The Day The Muzak Died

[Lazz]

"On Tuesday, Muzak Holdings LLC – the makers of the ambient instrumental music that has been a staple of elevators, supermarkets and the waiting rooms of thousands of dentists for 75 years – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid efforts to refinance its heavy debt load. Like videotapes and CDs, Muzak's music is in danger of being reduced to irrelevancy by the digital age. The Fort Mill, S.C., company is struggling to find audiences for its unobtrusive, watered-down versions of pop songs in a changing world where video screens are omnipresent, everyone is plugged into iPods and retailers are signing lucrative deals to play and promote the latest Top 40 hits."

Globe & Mail story

[Lazz]

I think I'll probably get over the shock of this pretty quickly

Tragically inconsolable, myself.

[Nightwolf]

good riddance to bad rubbish i say

"They" say, you know you're old when you hear your favorite song as Muzak on an elevator!!

[Lazz]

you know you're old when you hear your favorite song as Muzak on an elevator!!

I still have a great deal to look forward to, then.

[Chokai]

good riddance to bad rubbish i say

"They" say, you know you're old when you hear your favorite song as Muzak on an elevator!!

I love musak man. Its a real shame.