The Sound of Muzak

This is connected with my previous posting... The noise at the discotheque has reminded me of following lyrics. They come from a song by one of my most favourite bands - Porcupine Tree (yes the band, whose concert I have visited in Vienna last year). It is a sarcastic vision of what will be the music like in the future... It is a hyperbole, of course... but who knows, what can be the next step, if it is now enough for some people to listen to an electronic noise with almost no melody and never changing (and the most simple) rhytm...

The Sound of Muzak

Hear the sound of music
Drifting in the aisles
Elevator prozac
Stretching on for miles

The music of the future
Will not entertain
It's only meant to repress
And neutralise your brain
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic
Gives what you want

Now the sound of music
Comes in silver pills
Engineered to suit you
Building cheaper thrills
The music of rebellion
Makes you wanna rage
But it's made by millionaires
Who are nearly twice your age

One of the wonders of the world is going down
It's going down I know
It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares
No-one cares enough

(Steve Wilson)