2007-02-21 06:26:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I know, it's so cheesy =)
2007-02-21 06:35:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supermarkets will still use Muzak, which is composed of pleasant, but non integrated melodies that start on a theme, but then change in key or rhythm without any apparent reason.
This ethereal music is supposed to provide an unnoticed accompaniment to your shopping activities, and can be changed to suit the mood of the shop, or weather and season for example.
This kind of 'entertainment' worked very well in the 80's and 90's, but with the enormous exposure we now have to popular music and rhythm, the idea of surreal music has become dated.
2007-02-21 06:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by More or less Cosmic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently (and this is absolutely true) the sort of supermarket music you hear is especially created because it is believed that mellow soft music in such a surrounding actually stimulates the mind and makes people want to spend more, and when you see Tesco's prices, why not?
2007-02-21 06:33:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that the annoying music they use during peak hours is to make the customers do their shopping quicker. It keeps the staff busy and stops people complaining about the queues.
2007-02-21 07:14:49 · answer #4 · answered by ♫ ♥green heather butterfly♥ ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know what supermarket you shop in but Ive been in some that have played chart music.
2007-02-21 06:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by norma d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its there to annoy the hell out of the staff! if you've ever worked in a store with music on loop (like i have) you will agree/understand especially at Christmas!!
2007-02-21 06:36:43 · answer #6 · answered by samfisher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's specially recorded/sequenced to lull your critical faculties in order to encourage you to BUY MORE!!
If it was video, you'd have those single-frame subliminal images of some attractive young woman stuffing a Cadbury's Flake in her gob.
2007-02-21 07:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by twentieth_century_refugee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all of it is. I find myself standing in the neighborhood supermarket singing the songs that are playing all the time.
2007-02-21 06:29:28 · answer #8 · answered by teardrop301 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi the reason shop music is terrible is because it is taped music done for the shop especially
2007-02-21 07:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by alan.robertson28@btinternet.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahaha!! yeah its old stuff that they play.
2007-02-21 06:31:55 · answer #10 · answered by Essie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋