Sunday, November 16, 2008

Good and Bad "Art"

One of the pieces of art that I greatly despise is not really just one piece. It is rather a collection of pieces that I despise. I do not like the music that is played at Old Navy at all. This is an example of one of the pieces of music that was played at Old Navy a couple of months ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvKE5xAZttc&feature=related. This is just a little example of the many horrible songs that are played at Old Navy. Even thought this song is no longer played at Old Navy, it sounds very similar to some of the other songs that are played there. I remember when I was younger (as a child), I used to think that the music at Old Navy sounded good. I used to think that the music was bumping and the store had a great atmosphere. This was when my dad was the store manager at an Old Navy store and I would go in there every once in a while. However, now that I am working at Old Navy and have been working there for over a year now, I have had a very good chance to listen to a lot of the music that is played there, and my opinion of the music has greatly changed. I will admit that some of the music that is played there does sound good, but probably about seventy-five percent of more of it sounds bad like this music. Even though I, as well as almost all of the employees that I work with, would consider this music to be bad, this song sounds alright compared to some of the other music that is played there. I really do not think that this music makes folks dumber, but I do believe that it affects my performance and the performance of some of the other employees at my job. When I hear bad music like this, it makes me want to work less and somewhat makes me angry at the people that put that playlist together because they could have chose so many other good songs that may even encourage shoppers to shop there more often. I know that this music affects the performance of some of my fellow employees also because they told me so. One of the pieces of art that remind me that not everyone is a total knob is Lil Wayne’s music. This is an example of one of my favorite songs by him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHgYkrn9HI. This is his is his “Walk it Out” freestyle. They should play music like this at Old Navy. They could just take out all of the curse words and play it. I know that Old Navy has to appeal to all people by playing a variety of music, but they could still play more music like this. Everyone once in a while (like every three months) a song that is almost like this (a rap song) will be played, but at least three to five rap songs should be on every playlist at Old Navy. Another piece of art that remind me that not everyone is a total knob is Lil Wayne’s “Upgrade You” freestyle ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APS9EwRlNA8 ). This is another one of my favorite songs by him. He is a genius.

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