THE SOUND OF MUZAK - RETRO RELAXATION

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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.

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  • @stufferwhite
    @stufferwhite  9 місяців тому +5

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    • @danielgrimes4597
      @danielgrimes4597 6 місяців тому +1

      Thank You for these beautiful tunes. I can’t contribute money yet because I’ve had some traumatic & costly issues…
      The music & your character (going by your replies) shows real grace & you call the tunes beautifully!
      I hope to put some good content on Facebook myself but don’t have the emotional strength @ the moment.
      Rest Assured I will in time! Hopefully you’ll enjoy what you’re doing while waiting!

  • @melodymiller423
    @melodymiller423 8 місяців тому +31

    So beautiful. I think this music should be made popular again especially in the malls, its calming effect would do good today.

    • @jimkeskey
      @jimkeskey 6 місяців тому +1

      So smash and grabbers can have a soundtrack to go with their looting?

    • @liveincolor3537
      @liveincolor3537 2 місяці тому +1

      Fully agree

    • @dma124
      @dma124 24 дні тому

      Crime would go down, I think. Who wants to loot to terrific music like this? A lot of today’s music brings out the monster in most people.

  • @sgnmath1234
    @sgnmath1234 Рік тому +72

    I worked in McDonald's from 1980-1981 in Whitestone, Queens, NYC when I turned 20 years old. What we are hearing is the music played in the dining lobby while I prepared the lobby...... setting the ash trays on all the tables, washing the windows, sweeping and mopping the floors, and yes....cleaning the toilets in the MEN'S and WOMEN's bathrooms...without gloves. Oh yes, one more thing...attaching and raising the American flag on the flagpole in front of the building.

    • @letsfixthis
      @letsfixthis Рік тому +11

      Are you sure you didn’t work at McDowell’s in Queens?

    • @sgnmath1234
      @sgnmath1234 Рік тому +2

      Ha Ha !!!!@@letsfixthis

    • @jusprazem1
      @jusprazem1 11 місяців тому +4

      I arrived on the planet in 1980 a little over 1,000 miles south of your location. 😊

    • @wantingoneangel8976
      @wantingoneangel8976 11 місяців тому +3

      @sgnmath1234, everything sounded really nice in your comment, except I don't think they should have made you clean the toilets without gloves😬😲😦! And I remember going to McDonald's as a Kid from 1980 to 1981, but I'm not from New York. As a child from the 1970s and the 1980s I always liked that calming music they had in stores and restaurants! However, I remember the McDonald's playgrounds, delicious milkshakes especially around 🍀🍀 St Patrick's Day 🍀🍀the shamrock shake🍀🍀, and the Happy meals with toys🍔🍟🦄🐻🧸!!!

    • @Sergii-h1o
      @Sergii-h1o 10 місяців тому +6

      From spain....lov american past n specially MC Donalds ...never been to USA...i Worked it here on MC Donalds on spain..only for a month but theres a lot of stuff n too much working....guess time has changed it from a lot from then.......love USA!....always wanted timo can to travelllin over there here from spain.....here on spain its so kinda real different love muzak,s music greetings from spain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @KennyBFunky
    @KennyBFunky Рік тому +26

    Adding the "A CBS SPECIAL PRESENTATION" graphic at the beginning was a nice touch! It reminds me of Charlie Brown holiday specials with Dolly Madison commercials.

  • @jamescasarella8463
    @jamescasarella8463 10 місяців тому +23

    This music is so delightful and magical that it soothes anxious, sad souls!

  • @mitchsalawine5420
    @mitchsalawine5420 Рік тому +79

    Stuffer, in a time of angst, fear, anger and general pessimism... you have done something with your channel to bring a moment of peace and happiness in reflection to many. I really thank you for that:)

  • @alexandrekeyland
    @alexandrekeyland Рік тому +12

    So warm music ever, I've become a crazy fan! Thx

  • @letsfixthis
    @letsfixthis Рік тому +22

    I was born in 1979. Just a little too late to enjoy the best of everything from this era :(

    • @rippingmyheartwassoeasy
      @rippingmyheartwassoeasy 9 місяців тому +5

      Me too. I was born in 77. I have such wonderful memories of the late 70s and early 80s. I wish i could travel back to the 70s. Its my favorite time from the 20th century

  • @janvisser8452
    @janvisser8452 Рік тому +10

    A slinky stairs spring and not to forget the clickers !

  • @papawoody9597
    @papawoody9597 Рік тому +18

    The shots of malls and camping are my favorites because that, and the music was my childhood.

  • @colette282
    @colette282 Рік тому +53

    You cannot imagine the joy you bring to us with ithese amazing playlists! So comforting!

  • @lamonthamilton667
    @lamonthamilton667 9 місяців тому +7

    12:45 playgrounds usa. All neighborhoods use to have junglejims swings (without belts on them) swings the high bars and four square courts.

  • @tmorril
    @tmorril 4 місяці тому +9

    All very positive, relaxing, and uplifting!

  • @johnvrabec9747
    @johnvrabec9747 Рік тому +9

    Schwinn Sting Ray bikes, always wanted one!

  • @melissarainchild
    @melissarainchild Рік тому +9

    Aaaah, and we fire up the time machine on to better times...thanks Stuffer; you're the beacon of licht we all need...thanks

    • @DougBirdacks
      @DougBirdacks 3 місяці тому

      better times? did you see the price of gas at 36:27

  • @michaelkozak4608
    @michaelkozak4608 11 місяців тому +5

    ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC 🎶 SELECTION FOR PLAYING ON THE OVERHEAD SPEAKERS 🔊 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE 🏠 🙌 👌 😀 👍

  • @sigma6ers386
    @sigma6ers386 Рік тому +20

    As a kid watching Sesame Street back in the early 70's, I heard these type of music! It soothes my " hurt feeling" when my Mom scolds me, not doing my chores. Love to hear the flute playing.

  • @elmobolan4274
    @elmobolan4274 5 місяців тому +6

    That "Apple Jack" Jingle -OMG-I loved that cereal as a kid growing up in the 70's-I can't eat it anymore because I have hypoglycemia - 57yrs old...

  • @Leprechaunproduction
    @Leprechaunproduction Рік тому +23

    I may be a 90's kid, but this music is so calming, peaceful, hopeful, and uplifting that it's almost magical. I wish it was still played in stores today.

    • @tias.6675
      @tias.6675 Рік тому +3

      Same lol. Music is probably 15-20 years older than me, and I love it !

  • @annhaglund2814
    @annhaglund2814 Рік тому +7

    These wholesome photos!

  • @stevenmaginnis1965
    @stevenmaginnis1965 Рік тому +9

    Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ is the first mall image.

  • @mitchsalawine5420
    @mitchsalawine5420 Рік тому +17

    Love that shot of the 747 lounge area! I’m just barely old enough to remember that! Those were the days!

  • @gatheredwisdom
    @gatheredwisdom Рік тому +17

    I love this channel! I never thought waiting room, elevator, and mall music would be something I would associate good memories of the past with. A lot of time was waiting in lines for the dentist, grocery store, the gas lines. I remember those long gas lines. It makes me think back to fond times as a kid and reflect on my parents trying to do their best even if this music wasn't playing. It's sad how times have taken simplistic relaxing music out of the equation. I think society can benefit from background music of Muzak, really helps calm the mind.

  • @TheRoadTripChannel
    @TheRoadTripChannel Рік тому +6

    That collage of photos shows an actual bomb 💣, literally and figuratively speaking, the Ford Pinto. 👌

  • @frankrizzo4460
    @frankrizzo4460 7 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for this, it brings me back to a better time in my life. Some of the greatest memories were from those days I would go back in a heartbeat I miss them now more than ever before.

  • @VictorianMaid99
    @VictorianMaid99 Рік тому +28

    One of my best memories of being a child is going to Big Boys in a driving snow storm. It was 11:30 at night and some relatives were visiting us. My uncle said he was hungry and wanted a burger. Everyone else said yes so we went and got them! The world outside was all white with snow! I do not know why the burger sticks in my mind. 1976 seems so far away now.

    • @sgnmath1234
      @sgnmath1234 Рік тому +3

      The burger probably cost???? 50 cents ?

    • @melissarainchild
      @melissarainchild Рік тому +4

      it is far away...I know of people that build time pods...the Seventies...is in our hearts... 🤗

  • @mrbigarms
    @mrbigarms Рік тому +10

    I recognise so much of this lovey music, most, perhaps all of it originates from the UK, Particularly good is the magical harp playing and composition of David Snell 8:07 and other tracks later on. Most of this music comes from the "KPM music Library" often bought and used in the USA.

  • @CELTICFOXSTUDIO77777
    @CELTICFOXSTUDIO77777 Місяць тому +2

    Where's the vid of Mary Tyler More throwing her hat into the air in the middle of an intersection 😊thank , listen to your channel often, child of the 60's❤

  • @yasmeenflavien7500
    @yasmeenflavien7500 Рік тому +5

    The first advertise, the slinky is the 1 my parents offered me in 1978. It was the beginning of the fashion for rollerskate + disco at that time in Geneva. They opened the fair of the leisur, something like that in a huge exhibition hall. They put 1 dancefloor &1 guy with his huge cobra around his neck. Weird things...

  • @Don-nl1ec
    @Don-nl1ec 6 місяців тому +5

    "Funky Fanfare" never gets old............🎼🎵🎶

  • @dianadoos1944
    @dianadoos1944 Рік тому +7

    I wish I was there

  • @cfb15jan
    @cfb15jan 4 місяці тому +4

    Although Brit' compositions, most of the tunes were recorded in Belgium and Germany thoughout the late '60s and across the '70s.

  • @dianadoos1944
    @dianadoos1944 5 місяців тому +4

    the picture I love the most is of the family camping by the sea with the tent and dad at the bbq. I really love this

  • @cdynes385
    @cdynes385 10 місяців тому +7

    Ahhh...so calming..j😊ust the tonic needed😊

  • @gplunk
    @gplunk 3 місяці тому +2

    Some most excellent riffage laid down on these tracks....

  • @xzyeee
    @xzyeee 9 місяців тому +4

    There is something about the 2nd slower part of the muzak featuring the family in front of the blank t.v. screen I return to over and over again. There is such a flood of memories when that second part plays. It's almost like looking at the sunset and wondering...where did life go? I think Stuffer is a master of sequencing these pieces.

  • @Jake1968bc
    @Jake1968bc 8 місяців тому +15

    Back to a time when America still had class.

  • @Joniyah444
    @Joniyah444 Рік тому +8

    Now this was a cool mix. Chiffon ? How did you even find such a forgotten beauty.

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +4

      LOVE David Snell ! 🎵❤🎵

    • @Alexandra-dd1su
      @Alexandra-dd1su Рік тому +3

      not so much, thankfully,i come from the opposite part of the world and it is available on a local streaming

  • @terencem8795
    @terencem8795 Рік тому +10

    Thanks for this throwback to simpler times.✌️

  • @paulomedeiros9029
    @paulomedeiros9029 7 місяців тому +2

    Trouxe me boas lembranças,,, percebi que estava sobre brancas nuvens acolchoadas, Obrigado por me fazer feliz! 🇧🇷

  • @kaydee4296
    @kaydee4296 Рік тому +5

    At about the 37:00 mark check out the gas prices at the Shell station. This was during the 70s manufactured fuel "crisis". Looks too familiar with what's going on now.

    • @DougBirdacks
      @DougBirdacks 3 місяці тому

      manufactured by OPEC. nothing compares to what happened then. adjusted for inflation that's around $30/gal in todays money

  • @superorangeish
    @superorangeish Рік тому +6

    Amazing sound quality,great vibe and so cool that you segue'd all the tunes!🎶

  • @jenniferpearson8404
    @jenniferpearson8404 Рік тому +4

    this is gonna get me by. Thank you.

  • @BABYWOLF--1966
    @BABYWOLF--1966 Рік тому +4

    Love to be on that plane ❤❤❤

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 Рік тому +4

    The exact playlist I needed

  • @upup329
    @upup329 Рік тому +5

    Hi, great music, well done. Cheers

  • @shanewatkins5322
    @shanewatkins5322 Рік тому +3

    So good to hear this kind of music without the annoying “carry out on register one please.“ Interrupting it. Lol! 5:12

  • @Alexandra-dd1su
    @Alexandra-dd1su Рік тому +3

    Thank you!

  • @8601r2
    @8601r2 Рік тому +3

    16:55 has got a serious groove goin' on.

  • @janvisser8452
    @janvisser8452 Рік тому +6

    In the 70s the car fueltanks needed no locks. Nor many houses. And now ?

    • @lamonthamilton667
      @lamonthamilton667 9 місяців тому +3

      Tell the TRUTH! we had NO ideal How Good we had it then compare to now. Our parents sent us out to play and meet other kids. Now there are no parents and the computer criminals and crooks teach them to Hate deny and Disregard or Respect All Authorities. And you wonder why???.

  • @sleepingwithcats5121
    @sleepingwithcats5121 Рік тому +5

    Bridget Loves Bernie, TV show, reminded me of that show.

  • @substatikvideos
    @substatikvideos 4 місяці тому +1

    56:06 A classic made famous by film director Quentin Tarantino.

  • @kaydee4296
    @kaydee4296 Рік тому +4

    Lovely selections of music. 🍃🌻🍃

  • @radiokiff
    @radiokiff Рік тому +2

    Très très bonne sélection. Mais il me semble qu'il n'y ait pas que du Muzak dessus. Est ce que je me trompe ? Un peu de KPM peut être ?

  • @lanetaglio
    @lanetaglio 11 місяців тому +2

    48:24 Stanley Lake Idaho ; )

  • @carmenrenee5930
    @carmenrenee5930 8 місяців тому +2

    Hello Stuffer! I have been on the hunt for some tunes that may be Muzak I've heard while on hold with Government agencies. Are you familiar with any of these?

  • @dixieboy5689
    @dixieboy5689 Рік тому +4

    >>>. 19:00.

  • @jenohorvath1894
    @jenohorvath1894 2 місяці тому +1

    Remek zene

  • @richardleonard1229
    @richardleonard1229 9 місяців тому +3

    What's the track at about 3:20? I've heard it in the background of an old MST3K short about Puerto Rico. :-)

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  9 місяців тому +2

      ALAN HAWKSHAW - "Centrepoint"

  • @ElisPalmer
    @ElisPalmer Рік тому +3

    Love this❤️

  • @Jake1968bc
    @Jake1968bc 7 місяців тому +6

    I feel bad for the kids today they'll never know the America we knew. This was before the internet and cell phones, and kids back then actually knew how to communicate with adults. Now they're so glued to their phones and not even interested in what's going on around them.

  • @DenisMark1
    @DenisMark1 Рік тому +4

    Love this channel - I don't know how other channels are allowed to post playlists (some do it in the comments) but I have had luck with the songs I am interested in using Shazam!

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +3

      I don't post playlists here but I do on the FB group page (Link in the description). There are also 2 longform "Watch Party" videos still up where the titles appear onscreen.

    • @DenisMark1
      @DenisMark1 Рік тому +3

      @@stufferwhite I didn;'t get a chance to join the watch party! And I think a fair number of us are not on facebook. So at least it's one more resource for people to enjoy what they've discovered through your good works!

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +4

      @@DenisMark1 I tried including track lists with timestamps in the description but they get yanked. Still trying to come up with a workaround for this. Perhaps in the comments if I dare chance it. 🙄

  • @natoukr
    @natoukr Рік тому +3

    super

  • @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont
    @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont Рік тому +4

    15:30 - "You kids misbehaved too much this week, so as punishment you have to sit on the floor with your mom and me and stare at this blank screen in silence instead of watching "The Brady Bunch. Believe me, it hurts us more than it hurts you."

  • @gianaccetta8571
    @gianaccetta8571 Рік тому +2

    The tracklist always seems to cutoff at 10 tracks on youtube.. mind telling me the name of the song at 26:20? mega mix!! thx alot :)

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +2

      DAVID SNELL - "Honey Love" Thanks for listening!

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +2

      Also look on the channel for the "Watch Party" videos. They feature all the videos from the series with onscreen titles. Hope that helps!

  • @ngle
    @ngle Рік тому +6

    Family watching emptiness on TV - with the saddest background music ever. An apt pairing.

  • @dancingcallingcard
    @dancingcallingcard Рік тому +2

    Does anyone know the title of 56:07? It is used in a gambling advert in the UK at the moment.

  • @happaxgamma
    @happaxgamma 2 дні тому

    18:57 New Leaf (2006)

  • @stephenguillot3336
    @stephenguillot3336 Рік тому +3

    Maybe a dumb question here,is this exact list available on CD? Would love to have it.

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +3

      The soundtracks to the newer videos are just compilations I put together. I suppose you could download the audio and burn it to a cd though.

    • @stephenguillot3336
      @stephenguillot3336 Рік тому +2

      Ok,thanks 😊

  • @flllllfflflllflflllflf
    @flllllfflflllflflllflf 8 місяців тому +2

    5:00

  • @flllllfflflllflflllflf
    @flllllfflflllflflllflf 8 місяців тому +2

    19:00

  • @universityofnowhere
    @universityofnowhere Рік тому +18

    This world has gone to pot. Everything was so much classier in the 50s, 60s, early 70s - gone forever unfortunately 😞😞

    • @dianadoos1944
      @dianadoos1944 5 місяців тому

      I know what you're saying, we'll never see this again

  • @Sunshinepati
    @Sunshinepati Рік тому +4

    16:56
    56:07

  • @saschaesken5524
    @saschaesken5524 Рік тому +3

    Family in Front of TV screen.
    He looks like Robert Wagner.
    She like F. F.M.

  • @annhaglund2814
    @annhaglund2814 Рік тому +2

    omg

  • @stufferwhite
    @stufferwhite  Рік тому +11

    As of tonight the show has a Facebook group page. Feel free to join and help us build the community!
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  • @BSilva1984
    @BSilva1984 Рік тому +5

    ☺☺☺

    • @BSilva1984
      @BSilva1984 Рік тому +4

      thank you

    • @stufferwhite
      @stufferwhite  Рік тому +1

      @@BSilva1984 Thank YOU for listening man! I'm checking out your channel, good stuff man! Digging the Hall & Oates tunes! I'll check out more later! 👍🎵🎶♥

    • @BSilva1984
      @BSilva1984 Рік тому +3

      OK

    • @BSilva1984
      @BSilva1984 Рік тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/3HvRLltSodo/v-deo.html

  • @12potatos
    @12potatos Рік тому +1

    whats the name of this track?

  • @gunsunnuva8346
    @gunsunnuva8346 Рік тому

    At 28:20, that's a computer with an LCD panel? And it looks photoshopped into the picture at the base overhanging the ledge. What's the point?

  • @HypnoticHollywood
    @HypnoticHollywood Рік тому +2

    9:00, 13:15

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 6 місяців тому +4

    I'm rather fascinated by these light sounds. While still rather bland and generic, there are some points of interest in the music, things that you would rarely hear in the pop music of the 60s and 70s. Muzak is sort of like smooth jazz before smooth jazz existed.

  • @sclarin2
    @sclarin2 Рік тому +2

    That second song is from the MST3K short Progress Island USA
    ua-cam.com/video/ZlyaVk8PKwQ/v-deo.html

    • @blvp2145
      @blvp2145 Рік тому +1

      I love that documentary of progress Island. And the riff

    • @richardleonard1229
      @richardleonard1229 Рік тому +1

      You beat me to it. That short has some great background tunes. :-)

    • @blvp2145
      @blvp2145 Рік тому

      @@richardleonard1229 You’re right the music they used for that documentary was just pure gold.

  • @purpleatun5654
    @purpleatun5654 10 днів тому +1

    🩵💚🩵💚🛰

  • @KLHJ
    @KLHJ Рік тому +3

    Great Slinky Toy for Girls and Boys (not transgenders) ...

  • @bobsamuels8570
    @bobsamuels8570 Рік тому +1

    I think the world was a better place when we had a cocktail hour, now it seems everyone is mean in the true sense of the word. Mean is even funny and funny is profitable but if you've had to many cocktails your strictly punished for being so mean.

  • @YachtsOnTheReg7
    @YachtsOnTheReg7 Рік тому +7

    Oh man I miss Bob's Big Boy Hamburger restaurants (pic at 3:05). I was born in 1972 but I still remember going to them in the late 70s and early 1980s in Southern California. What a great childhood memory.

    • @mitchsalawine5420
      @mitchsalawine5420 Рік тому +1

      Me too! Up north, where I’m from originally, Big Boy were Manners Restaurants. And here in the south, they were Shoneys Big Boy.

    • @johnvrabec9747
      @johnvrabec9747 Рік тому +1

      Sheldon Cooper's favorite restaurant.

  • @STEPMOMMEE
    @STEPMOMMEE Місяць тому +1

    John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer would listen to this music at the mall and grocery store while trying to meet new young friends to hang out with and party.