• protist@mander.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    Dude. I worked retail back in the aughts, and when I go in stores today, I still hear many of the same songs from back then

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I thought Imagine Dragons was a band I’d never heard until I checked out some of their songs and realized I’ve actually heard them a million times … always in grocery stores shopping at night.

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      22 hours ago

      There are different channels. The stores you’re going into are playing that music by choice, often to cater to specific demographics. You wouldn’t expect, say, a skateboard shop to play classical, just as you wouldn’t expect a greeting card store to play death metal. I remember when the hardware store I worked in switched from instrumental to music with lyrics.

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        6 hours ago

        I would happily shop at a greeting card store that played death metal — and I don’t even like death metal.

        • shyguyblue@lemmy.world
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          19 hours ago

          Ugh, I’ve always hated the lyric free versions of songs that played in the JC Penny (?) clothing section my mother used to drag me to.