[78-L] Mitch Miller Horrifies

[Bud Black]

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From: David Lennick
Date: 3/29/2009 10:52:34 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Mitch Miller Horrifies
 
Steven C. Barr wrote:
>
> "Easy Listening" music...an actual radio format of those days...was
> simply music selected to be as INoffensive as possible!! Something
> like a restaurant run along the same lines..."Oh, no...we DON'T
> serve chili...it's WAY too spicy, and someone might object on
> those grounds! Have a dish of oatmeal instead...?!"
>
> ...stevenc
>
Actually, well arranged easy listening music is far more complex than 99% of
pop and rock of the last 50 years, even though much of it was meant NOT to
be
noticed. Muzak, on the other hand, was as bland as possible and as limited
in
dynamic range as could be accomplished without filtering everything entirely

Has anyone noticed that while the term "elevator music" is still universally
understood, elevators haven't had music in them for years? Except in 
Airplane
II" of course.
 
Dl

Also in "The Blues Brothers."

Bud
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