OK, what is the point of this thread? These are discussion forums, what exactly can we discuss in this thread? Maybe, what's your idea of bad music, or maybe, why you think your taste is so much more superior than others.
Maybe you could have added this nice joke to this thread.
Music in the workplace? Enjoy even the "bad" music before all music gets banned. That's what happened at my job. I'd take that annoying top 40 radio station (WBWB) again over the boring, dull sound of forklifts and machines anyday.
Originally posted by crazed: Music in the workplace? Enjoy even the "bad" music before all music gets banned. That's what happened at my job. I'd take that annoying top 40 radio station (WBWB) again over the boring, dull sound of forklifts and machines anyday.
Yeah, see this is where you and I differ. Bad music is worse than the sound of a forklift or a backhoe, or anything I can imagine. It's distracting because it's so bad. Therefore I think a person should be penalized for playing bad music.
I just find it really excruciating having to listen to some no talent band sing a bunch of horrible lyrics while strumming their instruments in the most generic way possible. If I have to listen to one more Good Charlotte song I think I'll kill someone.
C'mon hudson don't be that rude with Good Charlotte! Tons of artists are worst then those guys.
Well even if there was good music at work, i wouldn't have the time to listen and to focus on the songs. Forget about slow songs and more serious songs. And forget about complexity...well, white stripes albums could fit.......
Originally posted by Sinister: Way to be a pessimist, Nhaz.
Heh, well! My first idea was that there was some kind of democratic process to the music played on one big boom box and the majority always disagreed with hudson. I'm just wondering why he never gets to play something "good" aloud, or bring headphones. It's not like there's a committee that defines good from bad and his coworkers are in direct violation in that they play "bad" songs.
I really appreciate the fact that I now have a desk job and I can listen to my own music. (Although, as an aside and a warning, if you download a few songs off a blog or two everyday, it will blow out your internet usage and you will be written up for "doing nothing but sit on the internet all day") I used to work in a garage type environment, and listening to other people's "bad" music actually introduced me to a few things I hadn't actually considered listening to before. Classic Rock for instance was garbage before I was forced to work along side if for a year.
In the general case, I would take Bad music over silence. Because silence makes people want to whistle. And people whistling makes me want to flip my desk at them. But I think the real answer is that not all work is the same activity, and not all activities are better with music.
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I agree with the post that said that you can gain new appreciation for different genres of music by being forced to listen to it.
Like a lot of people, I had a classic rock phase in high school but kind of grew away from it in college. However, during the summers I worked in a factory on night shifts and was forced to listen to classic rock with the guys working there. I realized how great some of that music really is, especially played really loudly in that setting.
That said, these days I am subjected to modern "country" radio all day from a work station outside my office. Sometimes I have to close the door in order to not yell across the hall. I guess I have new appreciation for classic country by comparing new country to it, though.
Silence is better. I'm exposed to bad music all the time: at the grocery store(or any store for that matter), TV, or when I choose to listen to the radio (I spend more time changing the station than listening to anything). And at work there's bland mexican music on the left side of the warehouse and smooth jazz on the right. it's horrible
Well even if there's bad music at work, you are exposed to something. I can't stand silence when i'm working, i need some noises, anything......even if it's bad music. No music at all makes time going slower, it brings me down 'cause i totally focus on my boring job and it makes a colder work environmnent.
I've had both experiences. One job I was forced to listen to corporate muzak, which was about 60% shit, about 40% classic adult pop (i.e. Beatles, Love, Motown recordings, Beach Boys, ect). And the other experience was in an office setting, where I can listen to whatever I want on headphones.
Both had their advantages. The muzak that pumped through the grocery store I worked at got me into 60's music (except for the Velvet Underground; for some reason they didn't play that one), and the office job allowed me to not listen to the 40% of shit Muzak pumped out.
I still remember stopping what I was doing (not the goal of Muzak, I'm sure) to listen to this beautiful song every time it would come on, which was about once a week for me. It took me awhile to find out it was "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon. So being forced to listen to a lot of shit still had its occasional advantages.
I'm lucky enough to have my own office at work. There's no policy that discourages playing my own stuff, so it's pretty much on all day. In a lot of ways having good music on in the background helps me stay focused.
On the other hand, I worked in a farm supply store for six months during college. Obviously they played modern country all the time, and it made me want to jump out of a window about half of the time I was there. One day a bunch of us switched it over to classic rock, and it was amazing how much it improved my mood.
Modern country is a freakin' joke. Seriously. If it's not all a big joke on society then I can't go on living.
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