Need your opinion on this topic...

[Wayne 962]

Okay, for the last 7 years, Pelican has had the same on-hold music for our phones: Dave Brubeck's greatest hits. Mello, yet not too unhip, in my opinion. Several of my employees have indicated to me that they think that the on hold music is a bit dated and out of touch. While I don't really agree with them, perhaps it's time to mix it up a bit.

So, I will embark on making a mix of tunes to play for our on-hold music. Any suggestions from the Porsche crowd?

-Wayne

[Don Plumley]

John Tesh. Just say no.

Why don't you subscribe to one of the XM or Sirus satellite services. Commercial free and quite a variety. And for weekends or long drives, use the receiver in your car...

[dmfstudios]

Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries

The Beatles - Any Album

Star Wars - The Soundtrack

[alf]

The Speed Racer soundtrack of course.

[AFJuvat]

Deutschland Uber Alles?

AFJuvat

[banjomike]

http://www.cartalk.com/content/musicology/all_songs.html

now it would be lots of work to collect all of these songs, but it'd be cool.

[Mike Kast]

Tom Jones, John McLaughlin and The Beasty Boys with some spiratc Chipmunk Christmas Album to keep our feet tapping, no.
Oh Oh Oh! How 'bout Revolution#9!

[82SC]

911 engine noise

I have jack johnson in my CD player right now...

what ever you put add a subsonic mantra of buy more parts...buy more parts

MJ

[nostatic]

air supply

[Moses]

Originally posted by nostatic
air supply

These guys are brutal!

How about not putting me on freakin' hold, eh Wayne?

Oh, the question? Miles Davis.

[Wayne 962]

Hmmm, not too much help so far. I was thinking:

- I can't drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
- Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
- Panama - Van Halen
- That T-bird song - the Beach Boys
- Drive - Cars
- Cool the engines - Boston
- That Steve McQueen song by Cheryl Crow
- Turn the page - Bob Seger

???

-Wayne

[Zeke]

There should be no music. There should be no "on-hold" time.

Ok, so that's an impossible dream. Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" was used on PBS TV between programs for so long that I now hate it. However, it is one of the most inovative tunes ever recorded in that Brubeck was the master of meter change within a piece and exposed the technique widely due to the song's (and the album's, "Time Out") huge sucess. (First jazz record to sell a million copies).

But, your guys are probably right. Time to move on. Even though Brubeck is an old friend of my family's.

Good taste for 7 years. It'll be hard to follow.

BTW, "that T-bird song" is Fun, Fun, Fun ('till daddy took the T-Bird away)
Seger's "Turrn the Page" is kinda depressing. He has a road song, "Roll Me Away," that rocks a little more, even though it's also about a bike ride, metaphorically.
Just my .02 in the jukebox.

[EdT82SC]

Highway Star - Deep Purple
Red Barchetta - Rush
Cars - Gary Numan

[Victor]

Get rid of the music and have one of those customised infomercial type voice-over people tell your customers interesting and potentially revenue raising factual tid-bits of information about Pelican Parts.

[911mot]

I once phoned a local Nissan dealer parts department and got put on hold.
They played local traffic and weather news.
I was so shocked I hung on till I was served...

[hawaiipcar]

Movie soundtracks would be cool. Monty Python would be different.

[a911]

You should put covering song from Sopranos. I should look at my cd which song it is but is gr8

[RoninLB]

George Carlen would keep everybody entertained.

[thrown_hammer]

How about County Line by Chuck Berry?

[JeremyD]

Prince - Little Red Corvette
Doors - Break on through to the other side

THere are some good car cuts on the soundtrack of Gone in 60 Seconds...