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which basically was a big deck of reel-to-reel tapes that had a bunch of different songs on it, but they had different inaudible pulses that would trigger a different one to come on next, so you could curate lists on these huge reel-to-reels. It was just amazing. They were using this thing starting in the 50s. So the whole thing became kind of automated.

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They launched their own satellite in the 70s. They had a computer database in the 70s. Like they were very much pioneers and early adopters of a lot of different technology that we take for granted today.

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They launched their own satellite in the 70s. They had a computer database in the 70s. Like they were very much pioneers and early adopters of a lot of different technology that we take for granted today.

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They launched their own satellite in the 70s. They had a computer database in the 70s. Like they were very much pioneers and early adopters of a lot of different technology that we take for granted today.

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Absolutely. Yeah. And I mean, the whole point of it, too, is virtually unchanged. I mean, it's not necessarily to make you a docile shopper anymore, but it's like they're trying to make you feel like that brand is part of your identity by evoking memories in you using songs to unlock them.

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Absolutely. Yeah. And I mean, the whole point of it, too, is virtually unchanged. I mean, it's not necessarily to make you a docile shopper anymore, but it's like they're trying to make you feel like that brand is part of your identity by evoking memories in you using songs to unlock them.

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Absolutely. Yeah. And I mean, the whole point of it, too, is virtually unchanged. I mean, it's not necessarily to make you a docile shopper anymore, but it's like they're trying to make you feel like that brand is part of your identity by evoking memories in you using songs to unlock them.

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Pretty interesting stuff, man.

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Pretty interesting stuff, man.

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Pretty interesting stuff, man.

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Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness

Okay, one is More Than Music, Period and Environment, 1981 Muzak record that has not just sailing on it, it has Olivia Newton-John's Magic, it has Take Your Time, Do It Right. which I don't care if the lyrics are there or not. If you're sitting next to your mom in a doctor's office and Baby, You Can Do It, Take Your Time, Do It Right comes on, you both know what that song's about.

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Okay, one is More Than Music, Period and Environment, 1981 Muzak record that has not just sailing on it, it has Olivia Newton-John's Magic, it has Take Your Time, Do It Right. which I don't care if the lyrics are there or not. If you're sitting next to your mom in a doctor's office and Baby, You Can Do It, Take Your Time, Do It Right comes on, you both know what that song's about.

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Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness

Okay, one is More Than Music, Period and Environment, 1981 Muzak record that has not just sailing on it, it has Olivia Newton-John's Magic, it has Take Your Time, Do It Right. which I don't care if the lyrics are there or not. If you're sitting next to your mom in a doctor's office and Baby, You Can Do It, Take Your Time, Do It Right comes on, you both know what that song's about.

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It may even be more uncomfortable in that situation. And then it ends with Funky Town. Nice. It's a good one. The other one is called The Blue Album. It's a complete stimulus progression album, and it has a bunch of good songs on it, including Orlean's Dance With Me. Which is, if you ask me, the Muzak cover is way better than the original.

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It may even be more uncomfortable in that situation. And then it ends with Funky Town. Nice. It's a good one. The other one is called The Blue Album. It's a complete stimulus progression album, and it has a bunch of good songs on it, including Orlean's Dance With Me. Which is, if you ask me, the Muzak cover is way better than the original.

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It may even be more uncomfortable in that situation. And then it ends with Funky Town. Nice. It's a good one. The other one is called The Blue Album. It's a complete stimulus progression album, and it has a bunch of good songs on it, including Orlean's Dance With Me. Which is, if you ask me, the Muzak cover is way better than the original.

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No, it's a little different. And then if you're like, oh, this music's floating my boat, go start looking up Ronnie Aldrich, Frank Chexfield, Montevani, and just start there.

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No, it's a little different. And then if you're like, oh, this music's floating my boat, go start looking up Ronnie Aldrich, Frank Chexfield, Montevani, and just start there.

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No, it's a little different. And then if you're like, oh, this music's floating my boat, go start looking up Ronnie Aldrich, Frank Chexfield, Montevani, and just start there.

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I like Yacht Rock a lot, too. I'm super right now into West Coast cool jazz. Stan Getz, Chet Baker. Oh, I can't remember. I can't remember his name, but I just got into him. He's a great jazz pianist from that era. Bill Evans, the Bill Evans trio. Oh, love Bill Evans. You're just getting into Bill Evans? Yeah, I just started getting into him.