It seems Stevie and FM are everywhere!

JWS · #1 02-08-2006, 04:16 PM

Everywhere I go now I'm hearing either Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac music. I'm talking about public places where music is piped in. Just today I go into a restaurant and the first thing I hear is Stevie singing Gypsy. I go into the supermarket and its Gold Dust Woman playing (odd to hear that song in a market). I go to the bank and its Stevie again. An elevator...doctor's office... I've gone years without hearing any FM music...now suddenly its everywhere. All this seems to have started in the last month or so. Is there some kind of Stevie Nicks revival sweeping the country I haven't heard about. (No, I don't live in Australia) Anybody else notice this?

amber · #2 02-08-2006, 04:27 PM

I've been getting that "Stevie Nicks revival" feeling, too. I think she is enjoying a bit of a renaissance right now.

ragandbone · #3 02-08-2006, 04:33 PM

Recently, I heard Buckingham Nicks "Long Distance Winner" on XM satellite radio.

chiliD · #4 02-08-2006, 04:35 PM

What does that say about our favorite band being used as Muzak?

JazmenFlowers · #5 02-08-2006, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

What does that say about our favorite band being used as Muzak?

that they've made it -

to me, as cheesy as Muzak and the like are, I think it shows how memorable a band and/or song are

amber · #6 02-08-2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

What does that say about our favorite band being used as Muzak?

That they sound nice.

I thought muzak was technically familiar songs played by a band, no words, and made to sound way cheesier than the actual song.

Sahara · #7 02-08-2006, 04:52 PM

I've been having a similar experience with parmesan cheese. I've seen it mentioned about four times in the last two days.

Hmm.

[No, I'm actually serious about this]

JWS · #8 02-08-2006, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

That they sound nice.

I thought muzak was technically familiar songs played by a band, no words, and made to sound way cheesier than the actual song.

No. I'm not talking about muzak. What I keep hearing are the actual FM recordings. Today, it was Stevie singing Gypsy on the 1997 The Dance CD. I'm thinking maybe the Australia tour may have something to do with it. But why would that tour cause a ripple in the US.

amber · #9 02-08-2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JWS

No. I'm not talking about muzak. What I keep hearing are the actual FM recordings. Today, it was Stevie singing Gypsy on the 1997 The Dance CD. I'm thinking maybe the Australia tour may have something to do with it. But why would that tour cause a ripple in the US.

I know. I was saying what I thought Muzak was.
I hear Whenever I Call You Friend a lot. Others, too.

Jyqm · #10 02-08-2006, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

What does that say about our favorite band being used as Muzak?

I was wondering the same thing. Fleetwood Mac has become the inoffensive background music of choice for pharmacies and dentists' offices. Woohoo?

amber · #11 02-08-2006, 05:16 PM

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I was wondering the same thing. Fleetwood Mac has become the inoffensive background music of choice for pharmacies and dentists' offices. Woohoo?

Was FM ever not inoffensive and used as background music?

ragandbone · #12 02-08-2006, 05:17 PM

Retail stores have to play cable radio in order to avoid getting fined(ASCAP, BMI) and I have noticed they often pick 70's hits channels, so FM get a lot of play.

JWS · #13 02-08-2006, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Was FM ever not inoffensive and used as background music?

Yes. The Fleetwood Mac prior to Buckingham/Nicks joining. They were known then as an edgy British blues band. Kinda like John Mayall. Some FM fans at the time we're sort of upset with the new direction after BN came aboard.

JazmenFlowers · #14 02-08-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JWS

Yes. The Fleetwood Mac prior to Buckingham/Nicks joining. They were known then as an edgy British blues band. Kinda like John Mayall. Some FM fans at the time we're sort of upset with the new direction after BN came aboard.

an edgy British blues band on the brink of extinction maybe

if some FM fans were upset over the new direction, I'm sure they soon got over it

being inoffensive and used as background music, to me, isn't always a bad thing

danax6 · #15 02-08-2006, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

Retail stores have to play cable radio in order to avoid getting fined(ASCAP, BMI) and I have noticed they often pick 70's hits channels, so FM get a lot of play.

Exactly, we have a 60's/70's/80's classic rock station on all day at our store, and there is not a day that goes by without a Fleetwood Mac song. Not that I mind.