[RTLIST] Muzak

[Ted Jackson jr. 6L6]

This from, of all places, the Richard Thompson list, amidst a
discussion of songs heard on muzak:

> I heard a muzak version of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper"
> while shopping one night.  I was so startled that the next day I called
> Muzak International (I got the number from the supermarket) to make sure
> I wasn't hallucinating.  I spoke to one of the music programmers who
> confirmed that it was indeed BOC.  He apparently got his start in
> progressive radio (and was quite familiar with WXRT, the only remaining
> progressive station in Chicago), but had to join Muzak when regimented
> formats took over radio in the early 80's.  It seems a lot of big name
> artists (or their record companies, or someone) license their tunes to
> Muzak, including Santana and the Eagles (though some might say that
> certain Eagles tunes aren't that far from Muzak).  This was before my
> conversion to RT, so I don't know if any of his stuff is licensed.  I
> hope not.
>
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theo


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