December 15, 2003

Ad Nauseum

The holiday music is everywhere! Everywhere, I tell you! The other day it got as bad as a jazzed up, a cappella version of "Frosty the Snowman" in Borders. (I'm intentionally denying them the link to their site; consider it my own small form of vengeance for the psychological distress they've inflicted.)

I'm convinced it's all part of a deviously subtle marketing ploy to increase sales of Pepto-Bismol.

Posted December 15, 2003 12:53 PM
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Not quite in the holiday music category, but definitely related... I was in Key Food the other week when a version of 'These are a Few of My Favorite Things' came on the speakers. A country music version. Sung by a man. I wasn't sure whether I should be extremely disturbed or extremely amused. You can be the judge.

Posted by: shosh at December 15, 2003 2:11 PM

Even worse - I was once in Key Food and heard a muzak version of an Enya song. I suppose the original was a bit too exciting for them.

Posted by: Reuven at December 15, 2003 5:04 PM

The muzak version of "Orinoco Flow?" Ah, but that was one of my faves...

WRT holiday music: At some point, I'm gonna haveta hack Tom Lehrer's "Carol" into the system ("Hark the Herald Tribune sings/advertising wond'rous things"). Also, I just know that someone's going to go on a homicidal rampage someday after the 10,000th playing of that @!#!@ drummer boy song; I can't imagine that any jury would convict...

Posted by: Elan at December 16, 2003 9:08 AM

The part I hate about it is that I know all the words! And then I end up singing them all day long!

Posted by: Shoshana at December 16, 2003 3:13 PM
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