Bus station plays jazz to drive teenagers away

Ananova ^ | February 15, 2003 | Ananova

[MadIvan]

A bus station in America is planning to play classical music and smooth jazz to discourage loitering teenagers.

Officials at the Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina, hope the "grow-up" music will irritate groups of youths who hang around the station.

The station's loudspeakers already emit the calls of hawks and owls to frighten away pigeons that roost in the rafters.

"The idea is to make the atmosphere at the Trade Street station less pleasant for those who aren't there to catch a bus," a spokeswoman told the Charlotte Observer.

"We know if we play a certain genre, people won't want to hang around."

[Inyo-Mono]

The early hillbilly sounds of Bill Anderson would work so much better. Besides, I like Slim Whitman.

[Exit148]

"When my kids went to public school in Japan, the melody which played over the PA system was Edvard Grieg's Varen. In addition, the kids clean the school at the end of the day. Vandalism is virtually nil."

Freshmen at a private high school, here in Northern NJ, all complain because of the classical music they heard at their school. After a while they would hum along, and were proudwhen they could name the different pieces. They also began to enjoy the uniform look -- not uniforms as such, but pants, shirts and ties for by and skirts, or dresses for the girls.

My own kids - (now grown with families of their own), all want the music they heard while they were growing up, for their own kids to hear.

[Ed Straker]

[Oschisms]

Female vocalist- "Let Freedom Ring"? Wish I knew who it was and what it is actually called, and from what album.

Martina McBride. Song's called Independence Day. Dunno what album.

[Fresh Wind]

Kenny G's "music" is NOT jazz!! It is very effective as a pigeon dispersal agent, however.

[Future Snake Eater]

I guess it is kind of hard to "bust a cap from a 9" when you've got "Girl From Ipanima" rattling in your head...or maybe it's easier...hmmm...

[ActionNewsBill]

"The idea is to make the atmosphere at the Trade Street station less pleasant for those who aren't there to catch a bus," a spokeswoman told the Charlotte Observer.

Anything by Kenny G would keep me away from there.