Eldergay here. I love the Comcast channel 448 "easy listening" which plays only instrumental versions of popular songs. It reminds me of years ago when major cities had FM channels with the Easy Listening format. It's delightful background music for dinner, reading, relaxing.
| by Anonymous | reply 201 | February 20, 2020 1:18 PM |
Easy listening, when it's just the instruments makes me sad. It makes me miss my mom. Great post OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 12, 2020 10:47 PM |
R2 here, not being sarcastic OP. Great post, brought back memories.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 12, 2020 10:50 PM |
Sometimes I think I am the only one that likes the music I listen to.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 12, 2020 10:53 PM |
[quote] Me!!
Who the fuck are you, R1?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 12, 2020 10:54 PM |
I keep the 24 Hour ARTS channel on in the background often.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 12, 2020 10:55 PM |
This is a very specific reference, but as a Philly kid in the 70s we would vacation at motels in Wildwood NJ and back then they had cable TV before we did, and there was always a channel that showed ads for local businesses and they would play easy listening music in the background, and that music reminds me of coming home from the beach all sunburned and exhausted and falling asleep in the late afternoon before my parents woke me up to go to some shore restaurant for spaghetti and meatballs! Hearing easy listening music takes me back to that time of feeling of security and well being!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 12, 2020 11:01 PM |
Theme from a Summer Place evokes all kinds of feelings and memories, and yet I have no idea why.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 12, 2020 11:04 PM |
For some reason the song Cavatina, featured in The Deer Hunter, makes me cry, yet I have no idea why.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 12, 2020 11:07 PM |
What's the difference between easy listening and yacht music?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 12, 2020 11:11 PM |
R12 Easy listening is similar (shares some ground) with adult contemporary - more mellow sounds. Easy listening might be more of a Doris Day/Peggy Lee sort of feel, in some cases.
Yacht rock is late 70s/early 80s pop, especially the ones with a slight R&B theme to it (think Michael McDonald era Doobies here) or the California singer/songwriter vibe.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 12, 2020 11:14 PM |
I'm starting to appreciate instrumental music from earlier era more.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 12, 2020 11:15 PM |
[quote] What's the difference between easy listening and yacht music?
The latter is accompaniment to fucking.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 12, 2020 11:15 PM |
Way back when every market had a “beautiful music” station, often with EZ in the call letters like EZ 101 in Philly. The DC area version was WGAY at 99.5. This is what your grandma would play on her console stereo when elegant background music was called for. It also was the soundtrack to cruising around town in her white 1975 Olds 98 Brougham with burgundy crushed velvet seat. This all went extinct by the mid 1980s.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 12, 2020 11:16 PM |
I'm starting to appreciate instrumental music from earlier era more.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 12, 2020 11:17 PM |
This is considered one of the great yacht rock albums.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 12, 2020 11:18 PM |
[quote]Theme from a Summer Place evokes all kinds of feelings and memories, and yet I have no idea why.
For me too, R9. I think it was because it seemed to be always playing on the car radio when I was a kid and we were going to the beach, which we did a lot in the summer. That song always evokes happy summer days for me, mixed with a tinge of sadness, perhaps because those days seem so long ago now. It's a lovely melody that tends to stay with you.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 12, 2020 11:18 PM |
Theme from Moulin Rouge is a staple on these channels too. Such an evocative melody.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 12, 2020 11:20 PM |
[quote]What's the difference between easy listening and yacht music? // The latter is accompaniment to fucking.
I think that's yachting music, R15.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 12, 2020 11:21 PM |
Easy listening is instrumental only. No vocals! Yacht music = soft rock.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 12, 2020 11:22 PM |
Another yacht rock classic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 12, 2020 11:24 PM |
Like that kind of music ... and then discovered the classical 24 hr. sound. Stick with it now.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 12, 2020 11:28 PM |
My hometown FM station, which is bizarrely owned by the Cesar Chavez Foundation, is one of the last stations in the US to program this format. They digitized the original automation tape reels from a long dead syndicator (Churchill Productions) of easy listening music. They continue to draw reasonably good ratings here in Trumpville, AZ.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 12, 2020 11:28 PM |
I tune into channel 448, too. I find it soothing and relaxing, particularly while working in my home office. Also, it excellent music during a stressful day. There were Philly radio stations which played that music. I miss them. My favorite is “Love is Blue” by Paul Mauriat.
As an elder gay, it brings back wonderful memories. The music played in banks, dentist offices, elevators, pharmacies, and department stores. It gave those places “tone.” (Per Mrs. Steinberg in “The Valley of the Dolls.”)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 12, 2020 11:30 PM |
OP here. I just listened to R28's link and it made me tear up. LOL....what great memories!
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 12, 2020 11:33 PM |
When today's youth are in a nursing home in 2070, will they be listening to instrumental versions of Lizzo's Good as Hell?
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 12, 2020 11:35 PM |
Theme from Summer Place is probably the definition of easy-listening. I remember sitting in my apartment back in the aught's. Our AC was out, and I was in the sweltering dining room downloading from Napster. Along came Summer Place and I had to have it, having so many memories of this song from childhood.
When we are starting teleconferences at work and we're waiting for the manager to make an appearance, I'll fire up Summer Place. It reminds me so much of being on hold in the 20th century.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 12, 2020 11:40 PM |
I refer to it as Music To Watch Tropical Fish Swim By.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 12, 2020 11:41 PM |
R28 here.
I’m so happy that you enjoyed the “Love is Blue” music, OP.
Here’s “lounge music” video from the 1960s-1970s. It’s a campy delight. It’s fun and entertaining.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 12, 2020 11:41 PM |
I give you heaven a little bit of heaven on earth...give it a chance, it builds.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 12, 2020 11:42 PM |
Memories of visiting my older relatives' old house in the country, with wood floors, big open windows bringing in the breezes from a tree-filled shady yard, iced tea on the screened porch in those plastic cups with the raffia sandwiched between colorful and clear plastic, and easy listening music always in the background from the big console stereo like someone mentioned above.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 12, 2020 11:43 PM |
You can find Andre Previn....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 12, 2020 11:44 PM |
I'm listening to Frank Sinatra as I type.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 12, 2020 11:48 PM |
“The Shadow of Your Smile”. It’s marvelous!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 12, 2020 11:51 PM |
Easy Listening is the ONLY music Maiden Aunt Brigade members listen to.
Our doilies simply ADORE it
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 12, 2020 11:53 PM |
My father used to play that all the time in the 60s, R41 - makes me laugh to hear it again.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 12, 2020 11:53 PM |
Here’s another favorite. I feel like I’m in a glamorous cocktail lounge in the 1960s.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 12, 2020 11:55 PM |
I love Enya, does that count? Reminds me of my mom
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 12, 2020 11:55 PM |
R42, your bitchy remarks are not needed. Why must you be cunt?
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 12, 2020 11:57 PM |
Don't draw attention to her, R46.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 12, 2020 11:58 PM |
Ignore the rough boys, Mark Keith Paul Jon, and they'll leave us alone
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 13, 2020 12:00 AM |
r44, since that was the original version, I don't consider it "easy listening," which to me are just instrumental covers.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 13, 2020 12:00 AM |
I think some of you are confusing Lounge music , which is cool, with EZ Listening, which is not
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 13, 2020 12:01 AM |
Along with the original 1968 "video" or promo as they were called then, which is, unusually, as good as the song.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 13, 2020 12:01 AM |
The music brought grace and style.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 13, 2020 12:01 AM |
I always found this one from Herb Alpert fascinating as a kid; we had the album in our music room*. Decades later, through the miracle of the internet, I discovered that my "German" great-great-grandfather was actually Jewish.
*spare bedroom where the stereo was located
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 13, 2020 12:02 AM |
[quote][R44], since that was the original version, I don't consider it "easy listening," which to me are just instrumental covers.
Well, you're wrong. What you're referring to is, just that, instrumentals.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 13, 2020 12:03 AM |
Oh, well, r55. At least you got to say "you're wrong" to someone today.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 13, 2020 12:04 AM |
R55 has stated her boundaries
Bossa nova IS Easy Listening damn it
[SFX: SWISH OF CAFTAN FABRIC, CLACKING OF CLUTCHED PEARLS]
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 13, 2020 12:05 AM |
On the other hand, R56, you learned something.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 13, 2020 12:06 AM |
[quote]This is a very specific reference, but as a Philly kid in the 70s we would vacation at motels in Wildwood NJ
Did you run into a lot of folks from Delo, OP? Wildwood is coastal Delco.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 13, 2020 12:07 AM |
"Delo" should be "Delco".
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 13, 2020 12:08 AM |
In Los Angeles they had some controversy on Easy 100 radio station. The commercial showed Divine Brown, yes the hooker that got caught with Hugh Grant. And some parents groups claimed that she was easy just like the easy listening radio station. SMH.
On those stations is it true that every 5th song play play is by Sade?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 13, 2020 12:08 AM |
There is a local college radio station which mainly features jazz, but on Saturday afternoons from 1300-1700 (Central) plays old time radio, and from 1700-1900 (Central) plays easy listening and big band music on a program called Midwest Ballroom with host John "Radio" Russell. The station is WDCB, and they do stream on line. You can google the call letters and get the station. Listen to it regularly, and often rip and record the programs for when I'm travelling in the car.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 13, 2020 12:09 AM |
My mother loved "The Shadow of Your Smile." R41. She had a musical jewelry box that played it. Hearing it again always makes me remember her.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 13, 2020 12:09 AM |
The best Shadow of Your Smile is the original from the movie intro
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 13, 2020 12:11 AM |
Al Caiola and his orchestra
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 13, 2020 12:12 AM |
Lots of MABbers are reminded of their mothers by this music
Dr Freud, would you like to offer an opinion?
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 13, 2020 12:12 AM |
R57 Don't forget the zpp zpp zpp sound of her Dr. Scholl's slippers - stomping away in triumph!
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 13, 2020 12:18 AM |
The Datalounge Theme Tune.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 13, 2020 12:19 AM |
[quote] On those stations is it true that every 5th song play play is by Sade?
Sade is played on adult contemporary stations, for sure. You may be thinking of another variant of AC/easy listening - the "quiet storm" genre, which is mostly slower, romantic songs by artists played on R&B/soul stations, like Luther Vandross and yes, Sade.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | February 13, 2020 12:20 AM |
Herb Alpert could get it back in the day
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 13, 2020 12:22 AM |
And now, we interject utter flawlessness into the proceedings.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 13, 2020 12:22 AM |
"Look for a Star" at R62 came from a creepy 1960 British movie called "Circus of Horrors," which I saw as the bottom half of a double feature at a drive-in with my parents when I was quite young. The movie scared me, but I always remembered the song.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 13, 2020 12:23 AM |
Not exactly easy listening but when I was a wee lad I thought the Mystic Moods Orchestra was the most (to say the least).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 13, 2020 12:24 AM |
R72, aside from the AWFUL vocals by Burt Bacharach (why did he always feel the need to sing...he has NO voice), this is perfection from Dusty Springfield. She just makes you feel the sadness from this song. I love you, Dusty! (But what's up with that hair!?)
Instrumentals like Theme From A Summer Place, Love Is Blue, A Taste Of Honey, Quentin's Theme, Theme From Romeo and Juliet, etc are all part of Easy Listening, but to most people I think EL means Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, John Gary, Vic Damone, etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 13, 2020 12:32 AM |
“My Cup Runneth Over, an easy listening standard, always made me cry.
It reminds me of just how little time we really have with someone who loves us.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 13, 2020 12:34 AM |
Mellow music (soft indie rock, folk music, some classical and jazz piano), I can listen to, but Easy Listening numbs my brain, and not in a good way.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 13, 2020 12:35 AM |
[quote]“My Cup Runneth Over," an easy listening standard, always made me cry.
It's from the Broadway show "I Do, I Do," a musical adapted from "The Fourposter," a two-character play that traces a marriage over 35 years. The musical starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 13, 2020 12:37 AM |
It’s milquetoast for bourgey pussies.
And all the Millennials’ pop music is “Easy Listening” now, so OP is in luck.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 13, 2020 1:01 AM |
I love Burt Bacharach's music, but his singing makes Barry Manilow sound like Luciano Pavarotti.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 13, 2020 1:05 AM |
R71 - so right about Herb Alpert.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 13, 2020 1:08 AM |
I'll put it on low and fall asleep to the soothing sounds of yesteryear
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 13, 2020 1:11 AM |
New York's most-popular EZ station was WPAT, first in the nation to air 1/2 hour segments of music. "Gaslight Revue" from 7:00-11:00 PM, had a program guide with the selections.
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 13, 2020 1:18 AM |
Channel 69 on SirisXM. I love it..
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 13, 2020 1:19 AM |
OP, your Easy Listening is from Music Choice, with 50 formats heard in 65 million homes.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 13, 2020 1:28 AM |
In my Last.fm days I became obsessed with Exotica. I guess that’s Easy Listening?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 13, 2020 1:35 AM |
R75 like I said: Flawless.
Aside from Burt's mumblings. But Dusty nails it perfectly.
And I love her hair there! It's about 82 different falls, but love it all the same.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 13, 2020 1:51 AM |
Raul Di Blasio
There are other artist I really like, Tony O'Connor, David Lanz,
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 13, 2020 2:33 AM |
R27 is talking about KAHM, which is broadcast from Prescott, Arizona. I don't know why he didn't bother saying this. Everybody acts like a secret agent on here. The programming is the old-fashioned "beautiful listening" format.
I get KAHM variably here in Phoenix. I would consider streaming it, but they charge too much - $10/month for a single channel of music I only want to listen to occasionally, sometimes ironically.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 13, 2020 2:38 AM |
I like the instrumentals-especially ‘Stranger on the Shore’.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 13, 2020 2:48 AM |
Tori Amos is as easy as I get
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 13, 2020 3:10 AM |
I'm in deep cover, R90.
I'll counter all the hetero-normative tunes already posted with one that's pronoun nonspecific.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 13, 2020 3:16 AM |
[quote]I like the instrumentals-especially ‘Stranger on the Shore’.
Written and performed by "Mr. Acker Bilk."
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 13, 2020 3:24 AM |
The Springfields were kinda Up With People-ish!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 13, 2020 3:36 AM |
Years ago I used to work for WRC Talk Radio in Silver Spring MD on the graveyard shift. All I did was play the commercials. We aired that awful Talknet if anyone remembers that. On the other side of the building was WGAY the elevator music station. When I would get bored I would go talk with the DJ over there. He had that smooth calm easy listening voice but the second he was off the air he would be cursing left and right and chain smoking. He knew his music but was always saying things like Connie Frances lied about being raped, Johnny Mathis was queerer than a three dollar bill and the fucking bosses made him play send in the clowns by 101 strings every two hours.
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 13, 2020 3:37 AM |
This is more classical than EZ listening but I love the Piano Guys pandora station. Plays lots of movie scores too and piano musical covers. Love to listen at work.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | February 13, 2020 3:40 AM |
I couldn't stand Easy Listening when I was growing up. My Mom had a tabletop radio in the kitchen that could pull WLS's signal. I always wanted to listen to Larry LuJack's top 40 countdown on Friday afternoons, but she always turned it to the local station, which played only easy listening, if I left the room for more than a minute. I swear they played the same few hundred records for about 35 years.
However, now that I'm older, I've set up Spotify playlists for Lounge, instrumentals and singers from that time period. Just the other day I finally found some Percy Faith that I liked (he was #1 on my hate list as a kid)....some of his early recordings have much better arrangements than the later ones, IMO and are quite good.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | February 13, 2020 4:11 AM |
I like easy listening music. Never really paid any attention to it until 1970 when I was 20 and in bed a couple days after having teeth pulled and constantly listened to the local FM easy listening radio station. I found the music relaxed me and reduced my stress from the pain and discomfort. It was a pleasant and enjoyable experience. I realized what makes easy listening music so restful is it puts no demands on the listener. You can just relax and flow along with the soothing sounds. So I have preferred easy listening music ever since - however that did not stop me from still liking and listening to hard rock, heavy metal, pop music, and lots of other types of music too. But to relax and feel good I always come back to easy listening.
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 13, 2020 5:35 AM |
In the car I like rock or uptempo pop. But at home I like classical or ambient or Enya/Bjork-type stuff.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 13, 2020 6:53 AM |
Al de Lory performs “Oh, Calcutta”.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 103 | February 13, 2020 7:19 AM |
Otonal - Raul Di Blasio
a staple piece in figure skating
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 13, 2020 9:55 AM |
101 Strings and Mantovani,
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | February 13, 2020 10:00 AM |
So? Who the fuck cares if you are the ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD who likes it.
If you like it listen to it. You don't to seek approval of other and if you do, see a therapist about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 13, 2020 10:29 AM |
I'm sure many of us would like to know R111 in real life.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | February 13, 2020 10:41 AM |
Music & Memories... KWXY AM and FM, The Sounds of the Desert. The long gone and beloved "Beautiful Music" format. Paul Mauriat, Ray Conniff & his singers...
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 13, 2020 1:39 PM |
R104 I prefer this version. It's more wistful to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | February 13, 2020 4:07 PM |
R104 I prefer this version. It's more wistful to me.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 116 | February 13, 2020 4:08 PM |
[quote]Al de Lory performs “Oh, Calcutta."
And Lawrence Welk and "the boys" perform "Calcutta," which was a big hit for the Champagne Music Makers.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 117 | February 13, 2020 4:19 PM |
I love music. Any kind of music. Just as long as it's groovy.
| by Anonymous | reply 118 | February 13, 2020 4:30 PM |
Ferrante and Teicher's biggest hit was the "Theme From Exodus."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 119 | February 13, 2020 4:31 PM |
I was at a fancy hotel in London having dinner and there was a pianist playing the standards. Most of them from the 60s. I was wondering are there ANY standards today?
| by Anonymous | reply 120 | February 13, 2020 4:41 PM |
I love Yacht Rock and singer/songwriter, lounge. I like Ferrante and Teicher, I guess I like some easy listening. But generally speaking no I don't like the instrumental kind of it.
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | February 13, 2020 4:45 PM |
I'm just gonna toss this into the mix. Early 70s vibe. Just makes me relaxed and happy. The musical version of Quaaludes. I miss them too 😜
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 122 | February 13, 2020 5:16 PM |
"Elevator music"
People just love saying that, though I've NEVER heard music in a elevator in NYC or elsewhere. Is it a Southern thing?
Awesome easy listening song that hit all of the charts in 1968.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 123 | February 13, 2020 5:59 PM |
Don't recall the call letters, but remember a station whose slogan was "With Melody In Our Music." That says it all.
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | February 13, 2020 6:15 PM |
In New York, while Muzak was selling their music to stores, the same selections aired free on WBFM (101.9), today's All Sports WFAN.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | February 13, 2020 6:18 PM |
I was the bitch that posted the Kmart Christmas music clip - which was all easy listening.
(well, mostly that plus a few announcements about not smoking at the snack bar.)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 13, 2020 6:20 PM |
From 1962, easy listening for the Space Age.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 128 | February 13, 2020 6:29 PM |
R127's post reminded me of k.d. lang's version.
Some of k.d.'s work shows an appreciation for good easy listening sounds. Her voice fits the format so wonderfully.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 13, 2020 6:31 PM |
R130 Oh yes, that's right at the intersection of easy listening and yacht rock. That's where the Venn diagram overlap happens.
And of course, listeners of a certain age will associate that song with a particular TV show and couple.
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 13, 2020 6:45 PM |
There's a video for it, too - one of the earliest.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 132 | February 13, 2020 6:46 PM |
R133 I remember that either a TV station I watched as a kid would play that when they signed off.
Back when TV stations signed off!
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | February 13, 2020 6:52 PM |
r122 That music reminds me of the stuff ABC would insert into its movies and series and we were supposed to pretend was rock. It got me to stop watching television.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | February 13, 2020 8:02 PM |
You were watching way too much television anyway, R135.
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | February 13, 2020 8:33 PM |
The Dave Pell Singers’ version of ‘Oh, Calcutta”.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 137 | February 13, 2020 8:36 PM |
Buddy Merrill’s version of ‘Oh, Calcutta’.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 138 | February 13, 2020 8:37 PM |
‘Soulful Strut’ by Don Costa.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 139 | February 13, 2020 8:39 PM |
I wish department stores and grocery stores would go back to doing this. The ones where I live, specifically Wal-Mart and Giant Eagle blast shitty teen pop music, some random whiny basic bitch that can't sing in the first place, yelling out repetitive childish lyrics over and over again for several minutes.
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | February 13, 2020 8:42 PM |
I get hard for the Ray Conniff Singers.
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | February 13, 2020 8:52 PM |
‘Taurus’ from Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (1967). The sleeve said: “Must be played in the dark.”
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 143 | February 13, 2020 8:52 PM |
Big easy listening music lover here. I have it piped through the speaker system in my house 24 hours a day. I'm especially fond of smooth jazz.
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | February 13, 2020 8:55 PM |
At this moment I'm listening to the in-store music for Kmart stores in May of 1988.
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | February 13, 2020 9:25 PM |
Stranger On the Shore. I can listen to it a million times.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 146 | February 13, 2020 10:11 PM |
Ebb Tide by Frank Cacksfield is another Easy Listening classic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 147 | February 13, 2020 11:36 PM |
R146 thanks for that one. I am not familiar with it but it's a great one!
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | February 13, 2020 11:37 PM |
Not classified as easy listening music, but accuradio offers a stream of classic French pop and every [italic]chanson[/italic] gives me [italic]frisson[/italic].
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | February 13, 2020 11:38 PM |
At night I play either Medwyn Goodall or sounds of nature CDs on a low volume all night long. It definitely helps me sleep.
| by Anonymous | reply 150 | February 14, 2020 12:13 AM |
A very good record store near me introduced me to some foreign language stuff. I like Ed Motta, who is from Brazil. His stuff is in both English and Portugese (depending on the album) and some of his stuff is in the easy listening column, others in yacht rock with almost a Steely Dan feel.
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | February 14, 2020 12:22 AM |
R140 The reason the department stores play that crap music is that the young people are now their target. Anyone over thirty is no longer considered a prime target.
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | February 14, 2020 1:49 AM |
I second that. Their Soundscapes Channel 543 in the am getting ready for work or gym, or any other time when watching TV at night when commercial breaks come on.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | February 14, 2020 2:31 AM |
Bob Crewe later cane out.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 155 | February 14, 2020 3:05 AM |
Muzak- every dentist office in the 70's played it while they tortured you!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 157 | February 14, 2020 3:22 AM |
This is as close as I can get to it =
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 158 | February 14, 2020 5:34 AM |
Sometimes. Too much of it sets me on edge.
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | February 14, 2020 5:57 AM |
Seeburg 1000 Radio, featuring the vintage vinyl library of Muzak's #1 competitor back in the day, bought out of BK.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 163 | February 14, 2020 11:52 AM |
R157, I like it. Maybe it’s nostalgia
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | February 14, 2020 12:41 PM |
For r139... same song... but different!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 165 | February 14, 2020 12:46 PM |
101 Strings can be very intoxicating
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 166 | February 14, 2020 12:49 PM |
Unfortunately I find this music incredibly cheesy and boring.
| by Anonymous | reply 167 | February 14, 2020 1:02 PM |
then go start another thread
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | February 14, 2020 1:04 PM |
Of all people! Jackie Gleason used to put out albums of easy listening music. I doubt he had much to do with it other than lending his name to the album cover but they were good albums!
Always loved Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk. There was something so wonderful and melancholy about it.
Great thread, OP
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | February 14, 2020 1:09 PM |
It reminds me of the terror of my pediatrician’s waiting room. I much prefer the 70s soft pop of my mother’s AM car radio.
| by Anonymous | reply 170 | February 14, 2020 1:12 PM |
her last video, an easy listening favorite
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 171 | February 14, 2020 1:14 PM |
If you're from a certain place, this will ring a bell, and you'll think of one name.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 172 | February 14, 2020 1:16 PM |
Pet Shop Boys occasionally release instrumental versions of their albums. It is the case with last months release, Hotspot. Well it's not "easy listening" but these versions are lovely.
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | February 14, 2020 1:21 PM |
Well, I never in all my life!
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | February 14, 2020 2:52 PM |
R174 Thank you! I forgot about Spyro Gyra. I loved them AND I know I have a couple of their albums stashed away in a closet somewhere!
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | February 14, 2020 3:08 PM |
I always thought Enya made beautiful easy listening music. Imagine my disgust when I saw the mac & cheese commercial with one of her songs playing in the foreground. OMG. It ruined some beautiful, weed induced memories.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | February 14, 2020 3:10 PM |
"who likes easy listening music?" is something i always ask myself in the dentist's office when i am forced to hear it.
as in, howinthehell does that crap make money? no one in their right mind would prefer that over actual jazz, would they?
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | February 14, 2020 3:51 PM |
I would rather listen to it than the tuneless, badly sung synthesized dreck that has constituted Top 40 radio for the past 20 years.
| by Anonymous | reply 179 | February 14, 2020 3:56 PM |
Plants love easy listening too.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 180 | February 14, 2020 6:31 PM |
I loved 101 Strings! They had wonderful instrumental music.
And another favorite...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 181 | February 14, 2020 6:47 PM |
John Cameron - Half Forgotten Daydreams (1974)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 182 | February 14, 2020 6:57 PM |
Marty Gold & his orchestra - Soulful Strut
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 183 | February 14, 2020 7:00 PM |
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil 65 - Introducing Vanda Sah - 1965 - Full album
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 184 | February 14, 2020 7:02 PM |
R157, in the 1960's while Muzak was charging businesses, in New York anyone could tune to WBFM at 101.9 and hear the same music free. Today the station is All-Sports WFAN.
| by Anonymous | reply 185 | February 14, 2020 7:11 PM |
R185 and the other poster above, your distinction between shops paying for music and radio is the way things are done, even today. Playing music for commercial purposes or in a business means you have to pay licensing fees. Radio is paid for by advertising.
| by Anonymous | reply 186 | February 14, 2020 7:24 PM |
Herb Alpert was definitely fuckable.
| by Anonymous | reply 188 | February 14, 2020 7:44 PM |
for this eldergay it breaks down into two brackets /
1) elevator music or muzak / virtually anonymous instrumental renditions of faves 2) am charters / name musicians/vocalists from many genres to create a broad swath of cheese from mid 50s through late 70s
any post 70s EZ is really it's own beast and be longs in another thread.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 190 | February 14, 2020 9:54 PM |
Does anyone listen to any of these songs/genres (I'm sorry, jandras) on any streaming stations or on iTunes radio stations?
Just curious, would like to know where to find them. Thanks!
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | February 15, 2020 2:50 AM |
I can figure out what calendar girl Julie London is supposed to for most of the months, but what is she supposed to be representing for March? A slutty Irish maid? And how does her fishing outfit represent September?
| by Anonymous | reply 192 | February 15, 2020 3:39 AM |
I just ask Alexa to play whatever genre, R191. I say "Alexa, play ambient!" and it'll play a serviceable playlist of very quiet instrumentals, although not without occasional repetition.
For Tune-In, go to their website and search for streams by genre. You can later ask your smart speaker to "play _____ from Tune-In!"
OT: I'll put in a good word for Progressive Voices on Tune-In, a beacon in our troubling times.
| by Anonymous | reply 193 | February 15, 2020 4:28 AM |
Will this damn song (Iconapop - I want more) just die already from popular culture? It's the equivalent of blowing an air horn directly into my ear.
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | February 15, 2020 7:05 AM |
r190 Camp records put out a gay version of this cover.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 195 | February 15, 2020 12:34 PM |
R192 / i believe for March / Julie held a feather duster for spring cleaning..... and for September she was playing hooky instead of going back to school.....at least that is what my sister and i came up with in 1958.
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | February 16, 2020 12:42 AM |
What the hell is Julie supposed to be for November? A slutty pilgrim?
| by Anonymous | reply 197 | February 16, 2020 12:49 AM |
Seems likely, R197, given that, for December, she's a slutty Santa's helper.
| by Anonymous | reply 198 | February 16, 2020 12:56 AM |
[quote] Does anyone listen to any of these songs/genres (I'm sorry, jandras) on any streaming stations or on iTunes radio stations?
TuneIn has the "Beautiful Instrumentals" and "Best of Seeburg 1000" streams (all instrumental) as well as Canada's "Crystal Radio" (that one has some vocals sprinkled into the mix. There are lots of others, but those are my favorites.
| by Anonymous | reply 199 | February 16, 2020 1:31 AM |
This is the dawning of the
age of aquarius
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 200 | February 16, 2020 10:12 PM |
The ‘Yacht Rock’ Spotify playlist is inexcusably poor and inaccurate.
Some entries make sense; like Toto, Air Supply, Hall & Oates, Robert Palmer, Lionel Richie, Phil Collins, Seals & Crofts, Steely Dan, Bad Company and later Foreigner...
But some do not belong. Would any of you call America, Jefferson Starship, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, Eddie Money, Styx, ELO, Supertramp, The Outfield, Talking Heads, George Michael, The Police, Cutting Crew, Loverboy, Billy Ocean or Men At Work ‘yacht rock’? Because I certainly would not.
And it has NO Michael McDonald solo songs. Not a one. A few Doobies cuts but that’s it.
These Spotify employees are either idiot interns, or lazy middle-managers with no knowledge of music history.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 201 | February 20, 2020 1:18 PM |
