The only problem I have with old songs, I work retail. The Muzak system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak) repeats the same songs multiple times a day.
I thought Imagine Dragons was a band I’d never heard until I checked out some of their songs and realized I’ve actually heard them a million times … always in grocery stores shopping at night.
There are different channels. The stores you’re going into are playing that music by choice, often to cater to specific demographics. You wouldn’t expect, say, a skateboard shop to play classical, just as you wouldn’t expect a greeting card store to play death metal. I remember when the hardware store I worked in switched from instrumental to music with lyrics.
At least when I worked retail it was at chocolate world, so just candy related songs (or Xmas), and then macys, so poppier than I’d normally listen to (and again, Xmas)
The only problem I have with old songs, I work retail. The Muzak system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak) repeats the same songs multiple times a day.
Me as a kid: Why do they only play old people music in stores?
Me recently: Hey I remember this! I love this song! No, wait-
I have noticed they play some banging tunes at my local grocery store
“because old people run them”
Dude. I worked retail back in the aughts, and when I go in stores today, I still hear many of the same songs from back then
I thought Imagine Dragons was a band I’d never heard until I checked out some of their songs and realized I’ve actually heard them a million times … always in grocery stores shopping at night.
There are different channels. The stores you’re going into are playing that music by choice, often to cater to specific demographics. You wouldn’t expect, say, a skateboard shop to play classical, just as you wouldn’t expect a greeting card store to play death metal. I remember when the hardware store I worked in switched from instrumental to music with lyrics.
I would happily shop at a greeting card store that played death metal — and I don’t even like death metal.
I’m mostly referring to clothes stores
Ugh, I’ve always hated the lyric free versions of songs that played in the JC Penny (?) clothing section my mother used to drag me to.
‘Attention K-Mart Shoppers’
Huh, that’s a really interesting collection. Thanks for the link!
lol
At least when I worked retail it was at chocolate world, so just candy related songs (or Xmas), and then macys, so poppier than I’d normally listen to (and again, Xmas)