Muzak

I think you'll like this one.

So I work at a grocery store. All summer, the background noise has been a set playlist of last year's top-forty and oldies hits playing three to four times repeatedly during the day. Certain songs I hated, and certain songs I tried to tune out so that I would not grow to dislike them (Bee Gees, Springsteen...). Three weeks ago, though, something changed. Someone (god knows who) tweaked the playlist so that it now incorporates three to four newer songs.

PB & J: I like the sandwich (toasted, please); the band is pretty catchy. Apparently some more elderly customers in our store think agree with the latter, because now that "Young Folks" is on the regular rotation, older gentlemen in my lineup amusingly whistle along every time it plays.

Sufjan Stevens also has a song on this revamped playlist.

Come buy your green beans (#4066), sui choy (#4552), toilet paper, bread, rice (golden phoenix 20 lb., #154), eggs, and soy milk from me and listen for yourself.