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Staying Alive by one of those Gibbs people from the '70s - and I'm not happy about it. One year ago this month a strange and terrible thing happened. I think it has to do with the fact that the people with the most disposable income are those in their 50's - like me. Many restaurants and shops tend to play music to attract those people. And I'm guessing that the people that sell canned music (Muzak, etc.) to those places decided a year ago to tell their customers that the changing demographics meant that they should start playing all the wretched pop music from the '70's - Andy Gibb, the Bee-Gees, Donna Summer, The Steve Miller Band, and such. Unfortunately, I grew up during that era but 95% of the music made my skin crawl. I remember being so happy when the '80's brought new music that I could stand to listen to again. That is, until September, 2007 (a date which will live in infamy, by my estimation) when they all seemed to simultaneously flip the switch from playing '60's stuff in my favorite restaurants to that horrid stuff that followed in the "me" decade. Oh, god, can I endure it all again?!
Sorry if I've offended you (afterall, somebody must have liked it). I'll just go dig up something in the backyard now.
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