Posted on 11/28/2005 3:51:41 PM PST by Hound of the Baskervilles
I'm posting this in hopes of getting opinions and advice about my growing annoyance of being bombarded with loud hard rock music everywhere I go. It's in grocery stores, department stores, even dentists offices, and it's ALWAYS on TV, in practically every single commercial.
What's worse, I got a job at a major chain department store that caters to mid-America. It's not Penny'S but it is on a par with Penny's/ The sotre plays mostly rock and roll all day long. At night it's nothing but hard rock. The Killers, Lynrd Skynrd, Blondie, Billie Idol, Swiftfoot, ZZ Top, and on and on and on. The music is loud too. (It's loud in most stores.) Not only that, in the store where I work the lyrics of some of the songs are raunchy. Aerosmiths Walk this Way is about oral and group sex. Billy Idol's Rebel Yell is about, well I can't print the words. Even the song, What's Your Name Little Girl, (don't know the artists) is about picking up a woman at a hotel and staying the night with her, plus a band member "having a go" with one of the guests.
This is just my opinion please you rock fans don't take offense. I hate rock music. It's worse than animals growling and screaming. The electric guitar is the most annoying instrument known to man. I am wearing earplugs to work and night and in most stores. Still I can hear it. Help me someone to understand why this music is the most popular form of music in the world. If you like it tell me why so I can try to understand and learn to live with it because there is no escaping it. If you don't like it please give me some sympathy!
What you say? Are you some kind of Communist?!
31 posts on this thread and the best one is the first. LOL
Can you give me some examples?
I think you should quit your job.
You shouldn't put up with that loud electrified music.
Take a stand and drop out!
Join a commune where there is no electricity and only instrument you'll ever hear is an acoustic guitar. You'll have plenty of vegetables to eat and you won't have the Man telling you what to do, forcing that rock n' roll music on you.
One important thing to remember is that it's time to leave the party when you hear a slurred voice yelling "Hey, man, plan some Skynnard, man..."
I agree with you - but its a lost cause.
The teeny boppers who Rocked to Elvis in 1955 are all over 60 now.
People today think the Stones are "Classic".
Good music is gone forever.
Good taste, Jazz, Beethoven -
GONE WITH THE WIND.
Stores program the music for the demographic. I'd say your a demographic of one with that range of music.
Count your blessings. For the next month we're going to hear nothing but Christmas carols.
Thankyou. I guess the southern vernacular escapes some. I've always known that meant having a fight.
Rock is also on the Rush Limbaugh show.
If you don't get it, you just won't get it. It's ok...stick to Guy Lombardo. But I do have a question...what exactly do you do in this store? Is wearing earplugs conducive to doing your job?
Well to each their own I guess. I feel the same as you do whenever I hear Elvis singing "Blue Christmas"....which unfortunately at this time of year is an awful lot.
Thanks! I always wondered what he was singing. I thought it was:
Razzle frazzle dazzle playing on my guitar.
But keep in mind, I was usually drunk and/or stoned any time it was playing. :-)
Now THAT is an eclectic mix, my friend.
Hmmmmm...........Sinatra singing "Enter Sandman".....that would be something to hear.
However, as it happens, I like rock music. And I have to tell you that what you refer to as "hard rock" is no such thing--at least, not by today's standards. "The Killers, Lynrd Skynrd, Blondie, Billie Idol, Swiftfoot and ZZ Top" are not "hard" rock--they're at most "pop rock." AC/DC, Motorhead, Judas Priest and early Aerosmith would be canonical examples of "hard rock." Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Slayer would be canonical examples of "heavy metal." And then there's the really "hard" stuff, such as would be found on a Slayer, Obituary, Death, Cathedral or Exodus album. Count yourself lucky that you don't hear any of that stuff in public places!
My suggestion is to get an iPod, load it up with music you like, and listen to that in self defense.
In most cases, you are correct. A reason why I don't shop at Foot Locker or eat in Popeye's Chicken. Can't stand the hip hop being played, yo.
LMDAO!!!!!
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