Hey friends I am writing while I am away from home, attending to family matters. I read Rona's post about hearing Gord on two stations while driving in California. This, followed by a reply from Charlene including her remark about hearing Gord over the speakers at a restaurant I believe, led me to the following.
I could have easily replied in context with that thread, but the main point raised in Rona's was clear. My question for you all here would have muddied her thread, so I think it warrants its own. I hope you find it worthy of responses.
I'm sure you've all heard Gord on Muzak piped in to department stores, doctors offices, and....... elevators (arggghhh).
Here is my question for you all. As cloying, smarmy, and generally annoying as Muzak or various proprietary equivalents can be, is Gord's music on Muzak or the like:
a. a statement of the timeless nature of his
music, and testament to the intstrumental
-only stand-alone quality of his memorable
melodies as the case may be; and full "as
-recorded" songs on musak ?
b. or is it complete debasement and debauchery
of his music by virtue of being couched
in the company of Liberace, The Love Boat
Theme, and the like of less progressive
pre-recorded music packages for stores and
offices etc. ?
I am curious to here any responses on this. I will offer one example where it came through well in Muzak: the song "Beautiful" in intrumental version only. I have heard it many times while grocery shopping, and I have to admit it is a breath of fresh air and plays well as instrumental-only. On the other hand, the whole thought of his music played in the midst of, well, much *lesser* music, generally speaking, bothers me at the same time. You ?
GM Steve
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