What is the weirdest "MUZAK" version of a song you've heard?

[Coventina]

For me, it was probably "Bang and Blame" by REM.

I heard it while on hold on the phone not that long ago.

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1. I have a disco version of "Whole Lotta Love" on a vinyl LP

[elehhhhna]

2. "just got Paid" zz top

[greendog]

3. "look what they done to my song"

look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
well it's the only thing
that i could do half right
and it's turning out all wrong ma
look what they done to my song

look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
well they picked it like a chicken bone
and i think i'm half insane ma
look what they done to my song

wish i could find a good book to live in
wish i could find a good book
well if i could find a real good book
i'd never have to come out and look at
what they done to my song

la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la

look what they done to my song
but maybe it'll all be alright ma
maybe it'll all be okay
well if the people are buying tears
i'll be rich someday ma
look what they done to my song

ils ont change ma chanson, ma
ils ont change ma chanson

look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
well they tied it up in a plastic bag
and turned it upside down ma
look what they done to my song

c'est la seule chose que je peux faire
et ce n'est pas bon, ma.
ils ont change ma chanson.
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song

it's the only thing i could do alright
and they turned it upside down
oh ma
look what they done to my song

[Dulcinea]

4. "When Doves Cry "or "Like a Virgin"

Surreal.

[jobycom]

5. I heard a MUZAK version of that famous Kenny G song once

I kept wondering why they bothered to re-record it, the original sounded like Muzak in the first place.

[Initech]

6. It would probably be Devo's "Whip It"

Yup, I heard that at a McDonald's one time.

[LTR]

9. It could have been the version done by Devo

As I recall, Devo put out an album years ago consisting solely of 'Muzak' versions of their hits, called "EZ Listening" or something like that. I think it was a very rare, limited issue, and is long out of print.

[grannylib]

7. Muzaked version of Roxy Music's "Avalon." WHY?????

That's such a lovely, mellow piece of work as it is...WTF????

[thefool_wa]

8. "Head Like a Hole" - NIN

Yes, actually heard it in a department store back east several years ago. Scared the hell out of me.

[China_cat]

10. Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil

[murielm99]

11. I'm not quite sure if it qualifies

as muzak, but it was one of the strangest things I ever heard:

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, played by three ukuleles.

[NewWaveChick1981]

12. "Back in Black" by AC/DC

This was playing on Muzak in an elevator in a doctor's office building. It was all Muzak-ed out, and I could just visualize grandmotherly types tapping their feet to it. :rofl:

[Richard Steele]

13. Although I've not heard it, there's a MUZAK "Springtime for Hitler".

Saw Mel Brooks discussing it once in a TV interview.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. In Japan, a full choral version of Camptown Races

It sounded like about 200 voices singing the Hallelujah Chorus.

It ended with a coda:"And I bet my money on the bob---tailed....naaaaag!" :crazy:

It was obvious that whoever made the arrangement didn't speak English well enough to know what an inelegant phrase that is.

[JackDragna]

15. "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns n' Roses