Am I the only one who is starting to get sick of "classic" pop/rock?

Ninetales · 08-15-2018, 02:35 PM

I used to work at a grocery store for like 5 years during high school and early uni but never really got "sick" of the song cycles

even now I listen to a large amount of music on my own time, so going out and hearing "Don't Stop Believing" etc. in a store or at a bar still doesn't bother me much. the small doses are fine imo and it's pretty easy to ignore them anyway

**Janszoon** · 08-15-2018, 07:40 PM

Starting to get sick of it? I’ve been sick of it for a long time.

Neapolitan · 08-16-2018, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

As much as I like the stuff, and think it's really good stuff, and likely will be the best pop music ever made in the history of pop/rock music, the last year or so I'm actually starting to get really sick of the stuff. Not necessarily the stuff I listen to (though, even some of that I'm starting to give a long overdue rest), but all the "hits" you hear when you go into the supermarket. Or a department store. Or a coffee shop, or any other public place where they play music (but especially the supermarket). Pop/rock from the 60's through the 80's, invariably. I mean, how many bloody times do people want to listen to Journey's Don't Stop Believing before they get sick of it? Or Careless Whisper by Wham! I mean, some of this stuff isn't really good enough to still be playing 30-40 afterwards anyway, IMO, but it gets relentlessly played and played and played, anyway. Are they still gonna be playing this stuff in the supermarket 50 years from now?

When are they gonna give this stuff a bloody rest?? Enough already. I'm starting to long for the days when they played elevator music in the supermarket. Or, nothing at all. Heck, I can't even remember what, if anything, they played in supermarkets when I was growing up - I think maybe they played nothing at all.

I didn't know supermarkets had elevators, but anyway I have exactly what you're looking for:
InStore Audio Network - Intro Video

Oriphiel · 08-17-2018, 05:45 AM

Now Electronica's snorting lines of ants.

The Batlord · 08-17-2018, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

Now Electronica's snorting lines of ants.

I heard ants created Ultronica.

Oriphiel · 08-17-2018, 11:02 AM

*bants

Lucem Ferre · 08-17-2018, 11:10 AM

Worse than numetal, or goofy white rappers, is cliche and overdone dubstep. The true sign of a primitive life form.

Aux-In · 08-17-2018, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Worse than numetal, or goofy white rappers, is cliche and overdone dubstep. The true sign of a primitive life form.

They don't play any of those in the supermarket, but if they did...

SmokeAndMirrors · 08-21-2018, 05:55 PM

It's because they usually lack substance (definitely not all, but many). Very similar to extremely shallow people: It can be okay a first, then it shifts to being tolerable, and eventually you just want to completely destroy it. Radio will just keep doing that, it's been doing that for YEARS. That's why I stopped listening to the radio. I mostly have selective hearing (thankfully) so I can easily tune out in-store soundtracks...unless it's at my job. In that case, nobody's ever given me **** for just a single earbud in so long as I keep the volume low enough to be able to hear my surroundings and not disturb customers.

Zhanteimi · 08-21-2018, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

and I mean over-played in public

Then put on your ****ing headphones and let people worry about themselves.

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SmokeAndMirrors Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: In the Void Posts: 174	It's because they usually lack substance (definitely not all, but many). Very similar to extremely shallow people: It can be okay a first, then it shifts to being tolerable, and eventually you just want to completely destroy it. Radio will just keep doing that, it's been doing that for YEARS. That's why I stopped listening to the radio. I mostly have selective hearing (thankfully) so I can easily tune out in-store soundtracks...unless it's at my job. In that case, nobody's ever given me ** for just a single earbud in so long as I keep the volume low enough to be able to hear my surroundings and not disturb customers. __________________ "Like whispers in the dark..."**

08-15-2018, 02:35 PM	#21 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	I used to work at a grocery store for like 5 years during high school and early uni but never really got "sick" of the song cycles even now I listen to a large amount of music on my own time, so going out and hearing "Don't Stop Believing" etc. in a store or at a bar still doesn't bother me much. the small doses are fine imo and it's pretty easy to ignore them anyway