California Rite-Aid blasts Barry Manilow music to discourage loiterers

www.foxbusiness.com ^ | Published June 28, 2018 | By Amy Ganz

[Red Badger]

A Rite-Aid store in California has come up with a creative way to repel loiterers: Barry Manilow music playing full blast.

The Oak Park neighborhood in San Diego has seen an uptick in crime and homeless people, according to The Wall Street Journal.

People sleeping in their cars and hanging around the parking lot have caused customers to complain to the management team.

[Fiji Hill]

"Mandy" was originally recorded and released by Scott English under the title "Brandy" in 1971. Under the original title, it sounds like a song to a bottle of distilled spirits.

[taildragger]

What no constant looping of Minnie Riperton's "loving you"?

Research it, our good-guys used it to break the wackadoodles at club Gitmo, drove um bonkers...

[Sedona13]

Who can endure songs by Bearly Manenuf. I can not support this. This is just wrong.

[PistolPaknMama]

but I like BM’s music.

Me, too, but not full blast 24/7 when I'm trying to sleep in my car! lol

[Sedona13]

*Barely*

[Mears]

“What no constant looping of Minnie Riperton’s “loving you”?”

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Good lord,I had forgotten about that dreadful song.

.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

They should crank up Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” at 11. Works every time!

[trisham]

CVS did it to me with “We Built This City” by Starship.

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I hate that song.

[rjsimmon]

when I'm trying to sleep in my car!

Hopefully you will have pulled into a rest stop at that point...

[Fiji Hill]

Isn’t Rite-Aid worried that Barry Manilow might discourage customers, too?

Music consisting of popular songs is often piped into markets like Trader Joe's and Sprout's and chain restaurants like the Black Bear Diner. But the songs are always hits from the 1950's into the 1980's. For some reason, they never play songs by Drake, XXXtentacion or Cardi B, who rule the charts in 2018.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I love Barry Manilow. 😊

[WKUHilltopper]

“...Ray Stevens...”

I was thinking more like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzoUu7w-YM

[Mrs. Don-o]

:o}

[Mrs. Don-o]

She lost her youth and she lost her Tony

Now she's lost her mind!

[AFreeBird]

Any relation to Brandy (you’re a fine girl) by The Looking Glass?

[AFreeBird]

Hey there Georgie Girl...

[D Rider]

Yoko Ono... John John John

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

What no constant looping of Minnie Riperton's "loving you"?

The Captain and Tennille, "Muskrat Love"

[SunkenCiv]

Obviously the crooks are homophobic. ;^)

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/barrymanilow/index

[Bob434]

LOL Now that’s funny- not exactly a ringing endorsement for manilow lol