21st century elevator music (Was Re: WBZ should hang its head in shame)

[Bill O'Neill]

On 6/5/2012 8:43 AM, Martin Waters wrote:
>      That is out of the mainstream for today's background music in 
> public places. The trend I hear now is to '70's and '80's rock. Just 
> last week, in Walgreen's, I heard "Nothing is Easy", Jethro Tull. I'm 
> waiting for the Clash to show up next. 

Due to the nature of my job, McDs tends to be offices on the road so 
I've sampled much of the aural accompaniment (once in radio)....  A lot 
of the more rural communities lean towards a country channel that is not 
necessarily top 10 but closer to mainstream.

Others, in more suburban/metro tend to lean 90s-00s with mixes that try 
to line-up with their more recent architectural incarnations 
(Starbucks-leaning).

Others, I note, are 70s-80s former A/C staples back in their day; and as 
I write this (Fair Haven, VT McDs) I just heard a segue from Little 
River Band's Reminiscing to Bob Seger's Against the Wind. That worked 
well with (who woulda thought) blueberry banana oatmeal.

So, it would appear that there is a degree of discretion afforded some 
chains' local or regional decision makers within a range of format 
offerings on their respective subscriber packages.  What I've not hear 
is any OTA radio.

Time for a free refill.

Bill O'Neill