The music they play in Easons, Argos, Clerys, Tesco, Dunnes stores and probably more?

ivytwine · 21-07-2013 08:16AM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Speaking of which, I rang a bin company on Friday and they were playing Ave Maria on hold!!??

Why do nuns have such awful music when you're on hold??!!

SpaceTime · 21-07-2013 11:35AM

The reason for the crap music though is quite simply that the stores are cutting costs and are unwilling or unable to pay IMRO fees which can be quite steep if you've a large area to cover as many of them are charged based on the size of the area.

As the recession hits, people aren't really going to be forking out for copyright music if they can survive with generic, royalty-free stuff.

However, if they are paying IMRO and playing copyright music and just have a dire selection of very few tracks, that's just stupid as the IMRO license normally covers anything you want to play and expanding your range of tracks isn't going to cost a fortune!

Freddy Smelly · 21-07-2013 12:21PM

is the cd called "now thats what i call shopping mall music 3478657983478659"?

jill_valentine · 21-07-2013 09:46PM

nikpmup wrote: »

I was walking around Tayto Park with my sister and her kids last summer, when we realised that Afternoon Delight (of Anchorman fame) was playing over the tannoy. A song about shagging in the daytime in a kids theme park. Noice.

Arrested Development used it in a scene remarkably relevant to your anecdote.

billion dollar baby · 22-07-2013 03:33AM

A new one in Tesco has to be heard to be believed. A man singing about his bicycle complete with bell rings.

"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"RING RING"

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry

Vito Corleone · 22-07-2013 03:44AM

billion dollar baby wrote: »

A new one in Tesco has to be heard to be believed. A man singing about his bicycle complete with bell rings.

"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"I ride my bike until I come home"
"RING RING"

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry

Enjoy!

endacl · 22-07-2013 03:45AM

I remember being in Jervis some years ago when the Beautiful South had that 'Don't Marry Her...' song out. Anyway they had it blashting out as part of a looped playlist. The 'album' version.

It was fun meeting the amused glances of the very few others around the place who spotted the difference.

T'was this version they had on. I must have heard it at least 3/4 times in the space of half an hour...

lou the wrench · 22-07-2013 04:02AM

ì used to deliver to all supervalus around ireland and every store played the same depressing pop music all day i remember one cheesy song in particular that used to irritate d s**t out of me it was like an r&b song with lyrics like "i just wanna know" blah blah blah got so sick of it i started wearing headphones into the shops

monkeysnapper · 22-07-2013 05:32AM

That's why dad goes to aldi . The silence is bliss

TheLastMohican · 22-07-2013 06:01AM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Speaking of which, I rang a bin company on Friday and they were playing Ave Maria on hold!!??

I know it's early in the morning but can you be a bit more specific.

Gunod's or Bach's?

Aglomerado · 22-07-2013 09:19AM

TheLastMohican wrote: »

I know it's early in the morning but can you be a bit more specific.

Gunod's or Bach's?

It was Sister Mary Gondola!

SpaceTime · 22-07-2013 02:22PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

Enjoy!

That's what happens when you hang around with French hipsters for too long!!

jimmytwotimes 2013 · 22-07-2013 03:35PM

SpaceTime wrote: »

Speaking of which, I rang a bin company on Friday and they were playing Ave Maria on hold!!??

sung by a nun at the switchboard??

billion dollar baby · 22-07-2013 03:45PM

SpaceTime wrote: »

That's what happens when you hang around with French hipsters for too long!!

Nice to see the video is equally as awful!

gitane007 · 22-07-2013 03:55PM

I leave shops instantly when i hear the following

"Shine bright like a diamond"
"Shine bright like a diamond"

FCUK OFF NOW YOU CNUT!!!!!!.

DainBramage · 22-07-2013 04:41PM

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

worked in dunnes for a summer as a student. the music used for the few months i was there was terrible, awful cover versions of well known songs, which weren't that good to start with. most of the slows were chilled out, slowish songs and i think the idea behind them was to get shoppers to slow down, relax, spend time in the store and hence more money.

Also worked in Dunnes and among the ****e songs they played repeatadly was a version of the stranglers Golden Brown.
Which nearly made turn to heroin as the song invokes. Years later and I cant still stomach this song.

jimmytwotimes 2013 · 22-07-2013 04:56PM

DainBramage wrote: »

Also worked in Dunnes and among the ****e songs they played repeatadly was a version of the stranglers Golden Brown.
Which nearly made turn to heroin as the song invokes. Years later and I cant still stomach this song.

they certainly left mental scars!

PickledLime · 25-07-2013 12:10AM

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

worked in dunnes for a summer as a student. the music used for the few months i was there was terrible, awful cover versions of well known songs, which weren't that good to start with. most of the slows were chilled out, slowish songs and i think the idea behind them was to get shoppers to slow down, relax, spend time in the store and hence more money.

I'd love to know who is paid to come with these ideas because if I'm not wearing headphones, I'm in and out as quick as possible, largely because of the insufferable ****e that's passed off as music :mad:

Seanbirney · 28-07-2013 07:37AM

jill_valentine wrote: »

The Bat For Lashes one?

See, that's the thing - perfectly fine song on the album, but easy ruined by Dunnes.

No, I figured out it was a horrible cover version of some Duffy song!:pac::pac::pac:

Assassin saphir · 28-07-2013 11:15AM

Theses covers in Tesco
Paolo Nutini Candy Lyrics
Arms of the ocean Florence and the machine

Kill me plz

eoinkoenig · 06-08-2013 08:23PM

mrblondecutsear wrote: »

I work in a clothing retailer and due to budget cutbacks in the last few months they have replaced the music that is normally played in store with a fine selection of some of the worst songs I have ever heard in my entire life. They are all incredibly dull and genuinely slowly starting to destroy my soul after listening to them for hours on end day in day out. I've recently discovered that several other retailers and supermarkets seem to be playing the exact same tracklist in their stores. I even had a discussion about some of the odd song choices with a guy working in argos (one song starts with these opening lyrics "Father John do you remember when I was on my knee's with my eyes closed tight".
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I believe this is the song you're talking about:
http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=4139&mediaID=15397&play=true

Luap · 06-08-2013 09:10PM

Shops Christmas music is the worst!

jimmytwotimes 2013 · 06-08-2013 10:39PM

Luap wrote: »

Shops Christmas music is the worst!

especially when they start playing it as soon as they've packed away the boxes of Halloween masks

eoinkoenig · 05-11-2013 04:18PM

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

worked in dunnes for a summer as a student. the music used for the few months i was there was terrible, awful cover versions of well known songs, which weren't that good to start with. most of the slows were chilled out, slowish songs and i think the idea behind them was to get shoppers to slow down, relax, spend time in the store and hence more money.

When I'm in there it's always unknown songs.

diograis · 05-11-2013 04:43PM

heard tesco playing a dodgy britney spears' "till the world ends" cover, unforgiveable

05-11-2013 04:46PM

eoinkoenig wrote: »

When I'm in there it's always unknown songs.

Almost always Muzak covers of popular or semi-popular easy songs when I'm in. Except from around 7-9 in the evening strangely enough.

martinedwards · 05-11-2013 05:11PM

I managed a branch of Electronics boutique (now game) in a big mall.

the mall manager bought piped in Muzak on a satellite system and it was truly awful.

it sounded like a really low budget 70s porn movie......

Probably......

It wasn't until I got a petition signed by all the other store managers, and then another one signed by a load of customers that he eventually agreed to change it

fluke · 05-11-2013 05:24PM

I worked in a Super Valu years ago and the songs they played were the usual pop songs of the time (lots of Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne...)

Anyway Mariah Carey was on one evening (over-singing/ screaming) and this old lady comes up to me - 'that's awful, she sounds like she's being raped, I'm going to complain to the manager about this'

She got a laugh outta me and I said sure go on and complain.

saralou2011 · 23-12-2013 08:24PM

The xmas song's have been really bad this year really depressing songs I'm surprised the customers and staff are not crying

Wattle · 23-12-2013 08:39PM

I always add an extra line to that Bing Crosby / David Bowie song:

Paruppa pom pom
Ruppa pom pom
Me and my bum

The music they play in Easons, Argos, Clerys, Tesco, Dunnes stores and probably more?

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