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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Have you ever actually ridden in an elevator that played music? I'm not sure I can remember ever having that experience.

Of course, I'm familiar with the term "elevator music". And I don't doubt music in elevators was a thing or anything. But I'm surprised to hear it's a thing now-a-days.

I think I've probably been in elevators in establishments where music was playing over a speaker system, and the music was audible in the elevator, but the music was never only in the elevator as far as I can recall.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

The self cleaning public toilets in my city always play an instrumental version of What the World Needs Now Is Love.

It feels like it must be an inside joke of some kind. The song, without its singer or lyrics, is relatively unremarkable.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I used to run a theatre and our elevator had a speaker. I could play whatever music I wanted on it. If we had a show in the auditorium, I would put that through the speaker, if I remembered to set up the matrix for it. I rarely did, so there hardly ever was any music playing in the elevator.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 2 points 10 hours ago

Did you ever consider blasting some high energy beats like hardstyle, EDM, euro dance, or something like that?

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

It’s all thanks to the Muzak company and studies in the 50s/60s that suggested bland music made people work better.

There’s an article on it here to get started.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 points 21 hours ago

Can't have Grandma twerking on the way up to her doctor's appointment.

[–] BucketBong@p.hobo.social 4 points 19 hours ago

Because it's a little known fact that Kenny G owns all the elevator Sound systems in the world.

[–] postman@literature.cafe 1 points 14 hours ago

I might direct you to Joseph Lanza's book, Elevator Music from University of Michigan Press (2004)

[–] hot_mocha_decaf@lemmy.cafe 4 points 21 hours ago

They start jumpin, jumpin, jump up jump up, everybody jumpin jump up jump up

[–] overcast@lemmy.zip 5 points 22 hours ago

maybe it’s a way to make the ambient feel “elegant” and classy it happens a lot in clothing stores

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

I set up the system to allow elevator music in the waiting room at a clinic, and gave it to the receptionist with instructions on how to use it... That clinic gets very Honky-Tonk. All the time.