Muzak is Dead

Muzak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and I am already busy picking out music for the funeral.
Maybe we'll start with a soft instrumental version of The Beatles' "Come Together" or a smooth jazz version of "Jailhouse Rock".
Nothing represents mundane emptiness like Muzak. Muzak, a brand name like Q-tips and Kleenex, has become the generic name for the generic music it distributes, aka elevator music.
Elevator music might not be so bad if it remained in elevators. But it is pumped into office buildings, dentist offices, and into your ears in the form of telephone hold music.
Muzak takes music and sanitizes it to not offend, blends sounds and tracks to be there and not be there at the same time. For a detailed trip to Muzak-land read this 2006 New Yorker article on Muzak.
I don't wish misfortune on any company with employees. But as a concept, the death of Muzak is a triumph for art.

elevator music sample
music credit: Khuskan