THE SOUND OF MUZAK - 60's & 70's NOSTALGIA

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Muzak is an American brand of background music played in retail stores and other public establishments. The name has been in use since 1934, and has been owned by a division or subsidiary of another company ever since. In 1981, Westinghouse bought the company and ran it until selling it to the Fields Company of Chicago, publishers of the Chicago Sun-Times, on September 8, 1986. Formerly owned by Muzak Holdings, the brand was purchased in 2011 by Mood Media in a deal worth US$345 million. Muzak was based in various Seattle, Washington locations from 1986 to 1999, after which it moved its headquarters to South Carolina in 2000.

The word Muzak has been a registered trademark since December 21, 1954, of Muzak LLC, although it dominated the market for so many years that the term is often used (especially when used with lowercase spelling) as a generic term for all background music. The term Muzak is – at least in the United States – often used for most forms of background music, regardless of its source. It may also be referred to as "elevator music" or "lift music". Though Muzak Holdings was for many years the best-known supplier of background music, and is commonly associated with elevator music, the company itself did not supply music to elevators. Since 1997, Muzak has used original artists for its music, except on its Environmental channel.

[dwagman]

40:45. YES!! The sunken living room needs to make a comeback. I'd love to crawl in and live in that pic.

[beegood]

I’m listening to this in January 2024. It’s relaxing and reminds me of a time when I was young and didn’t have a care in the world. Everything was new and exciting for me back then.

[wandahughesgreene]

I Turned 65 today..listening and seeing this pics made me feel wonderful, grateful and happy☺️

[xzyeee]

What is absolutely interesting in the image at 42:11, is that the television isn't the focal point of the room. The furniture was arranged to emphasise the importance of people and the communication between people. The television was placed - more like securely ground/walled - outside of the arrangement of essential furniture pieces that really placed importance on people in the family talking with each other.

[DRAGON_FAN_TIM]

I feel like I'm in a Kmart in the 1980s listening to this music. Frank hasn't replaced the tape in 20 years.

[gott]

I truly wish that department stores (what's left of them anyway) would still play music like this rather than the same music I can hear on the normal FM stations. I think it just adds a more pleasurable ambiance to the whole shopping experience, which is pretty much dull and mundane thanks to everyone being in my way due to their paying more attention to their smartphones instead of where they are going.

[whynot]

Bestest Muzak channel out there...and I've listened to 'em all! Thanks!!!

[thomastedder]

I thank the GOD Most High for allowing me to be a child during the 70s. I enjoyed this music whether it was in the elevator, waiting room, at the grocery store, pharmacy, etc.
There is no doubt violent times are in every decade but as a child I never saw it. Our mid-class neighborhood for the most part in Miami Gardens FL were close. My brother and I at 7 and 6 would hold the fort many a' Friday or Saturday nights as our patents went out to Dinner or a movie. During the days the doors were rarely locked and some people left their keys in the car. Talk about the height of decency of Americans even in the midst of desegregation. We were a people of many ethnicities but for the most part we cared for each other - at least in my neighborhood.
Now we are somewhere down the Beginning of Sorrows Road headed for Tribulation City. To all those friends who passed on I miss you and I pray one day we meet again in the Kingdom of the GOD Most High. Halleluyah.

[joeybeargroovesever]

When most people think of the 60s and 70s, they think of hippies, folk music, and the psychodelic new age culture. But videos like yours remind us how chic, swanky, and posh it could be back then.

[corkscrewfoley]

I was born in '77, and while I'm not like 'this was before this and that etc etc, ' HOWEVER, it reminds me of going to Montgomery Ward's or any store with my favourite aunt, whose been gone 17 years.
While this music didn't play at her and my uncle's house, it brings me back there. I miss them every day, and this is a nice little thing here that brings me back. Thank you.

[SetInStoneNow]

Better times back then. People actually communicated face to face and used their minds to figure things out. I miss writing letters to my grandparents then watching the mailbox for their reply letter a couple weeks later. Way better music too. Everything was real and from the heart.

[themarinect]

This music brings back the childhood I never had

[VictorianMaid]

Brings back so many memories and feelings. We thought all the good times would not end.

[INKOSK]

I love this music! I was born in the 60’s and feel very comfortable when I hear this. Ahh, too much time has passed.

[whynot]

Happy music, happier times... Anybody have a time machine? Guess I'll just have to dream. Thanks for this slice of wonderfulness!

[AluminumOxide]

I listen to this genre of music every time I have work to do, its so relaxing, and lecturers and staff love it too at my university.

[chrismills]

This is absolutely banging. Been searching for the creme de la creme of Muzak, this is it!

[britecrystal]

I used to think older people listened to this kind of music. Now I'm 58 and LOVE it because it brings back memories of shopping at Kmart, the grocery store, Walgreens etc, ...even the doctors office in Hammond Indiana (Chicago's FM100).

[joesteedman]

Loved the A&P as a kid.Grabbing a big pickle out of the barrel. Watching the cashier grinding the 8 o’clock coffee beans loved the smell.Then as we left if we were good got a big gum ball from the machines.Those days will never come back it’s a shame.😢

[journmsu]

Listening to this is bringing much relaxation. I suffer from migraines and cluster headaches. Nice to be able to go back in time, if only in memories.