Songs ruined by MUZAK
opfe...@jupiter.fnbc.com
My nominees are:
"Girls just wanna have fun" orig. Cyndi Lauper
"Proud Mary" orig. CCR, or Ike and Tina
"Respect" Aretha Franklin
"Jesus Christ Superstar"
Jeff Dauber
I can top all of these... I a Burger King in metropolitain Detroit, I heard
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath as muzak. Replace all guitar parts with
cheesy violins and you've got the basic idea.
FWA
Jason Hsu
writes:
> Anyone want to make a thread nominating the worst MUZAK version of a
song?
Dave Walker
*surprising* piece of Muzak I ever heard was the EZ Listening
version of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Welcome to the Pleasuredome".
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kirsten yvonne denoyelles
How about: Queen "Best friend"
Elton john "Rocket man"
Richard marx "Right Here Waiting"
Guns N Roses Can't remember which one it was...
I work at a drug store so i hear the best of 'em!
Kirsten
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Mike Halter
Sure. How about Strawberry Fields by the Beatles? That's completely
hideous. I'm sure they have Hey Jude too, but I've never heard it.
Love,
Mike "can you tell I like the Beatles?"
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Jason Hsu
song?
If nobody likes "elevator music," why didn't it go the way of dinosaurs?
And why was it invented in the first place?
Chris Camfield
a Muzak, DIPPY, *HAPPY* version of Every Breath You Take (by the Police).
*gag*
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JEREMY CRAIG MARKMAN
: |> Anyone want to make a thread nominating the worst MUZAK version of a song
Most any Beatles song...
Also, I remember hearing a MUZAK version of Barbra Streisand's "Woman in Love"
There's actually a nice little guitar riff that precedes each new verse
in that song, and when put to horns and violins, it loses most of its charm.
rON.
orchestrated. Sounds like Muzak to my ears. I can post/mail more info if
anybody is interested....
r.
Kevin Scott
> In article <1993Mar29....@fnbc.com>, opfe...@jupiter.fnbc.com writes
> |> Anyone want to make a thread nominating the worst MUZAK version of a song?
> |> My nominees are:
> |>
> |> "Girls just wanna have fun" orig. Cyndi Lauper
> |> "Proud Mary" orig. CCR, or Ike and Tina
> |> "Respect" Aretha Franklin
> |> "Jesus Christ Superstar"
>
>
Oh, the Muzak version of "Living in the Past" by Jethro Tull is utterly
horrible. The worst one I've heard yet.
KS
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Chris Hudson
In article <1993Mar29....@fnbc.com>, opfe...@jupiter.fnbc.com writes:
|> Anyone want to make a thread nominating the worst MUZAK version of a song?
|> My nominees are:
|>
|> "Girls just wanna have fun" orig. Cyndi Lauper
|> "Proud Mary" orig. CCR, or Ike and Tina
|> "Respect" Aretha Franklin
|> "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band
Chris Hudson
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Dan...Hehe...Muzak about a drug manufacturer! (It wasn't bad, actually!)
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but it was really them and not MUZAK, so it doesn't count. :)
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Robert Kudla
>Don't know if this qualifies as a horrible mangling, but the most
>*surprising* piece of Muzak I ever heard was the EZ Listening
>version of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Welcome to the Pleasuredome".
I was initially amazed (and delighted) to hear Stairway to Heaven
playing painfully in soft violins over the mall PA system, but it only
stands to reason.... the teenagers Plant and Page aimed it at are now
mostly 40-somethings. On the other hand, I was floored to hear "I'll
Find My way Home" by Jon and Vangelis over the supermarket speakers,
sounding much like the original but with the standard cheesy
sax/flugelhorn imitation vocals. I've never even heard that tune on
the *radio*....
My wish list for muzak (and I might even have to do some of it myself):
Any Jane's Addiction song, especially Been Caught Stealing (I half
expect Perry to do it himself)
Any Faith No More song which isn't already a muzak cover (perhaps War
Pigs? :) )
Any Yes tune of greater than six minutes in length, except Awaken
which already comes perilously close in places despite being my
favorite song of all time
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
"Hearing Aid" by They Might Be Giants
There are others, but hey, it's half past 3 and really, it's against
my better interests to be typing this in the first place, right?
Rob
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Vickie Mapes
>Don't know if this qualifies as a horrible mangling, but the most
>*surprising* piece of Muzak I ever heard was the EZ Listening
>version of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Welcome to the Pleasuredome".
I've never personally heard it, but Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights"
was turned into a Muzak piece. Ugh! (for the Muzak, not WH, which I
love.
Vickie
Lyle Warren Kopnicky
once. I hesitate to call it Muzak, because it wasn't too bad.
Actually I've heard it twice on the radio. I forget who it was, but
if someone mentioned his name I might recognize it.
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Patrick C Leger
by Lyle Warren Kopnicky@owl
> once. I hesitate to call it Muzak, because it wasn't too bad.
> Actually I've heard it twice on the radio. I forget who it was, but
> if someone mentioned his name I might recognize it.
>
Earth Crisis)?
JEREMY CRAIG MARKMAN
: I heard an instrumental jazz version of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out"
: once. I hesitate to call it Muzak, because it wasn't too bad.
: Actually I've heard it twice on the radio. I forget who it was, but
: if someone mentioned his name I might recognize it.
It was probably Stanley Jordan...