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It's not a good restaurant playlist if it doesn't have Massive Attack or Bonobo! The thing that drove me bonkers when I used to work in restaurants was the mon
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
It's not a good restaurant playlist if it doesn't have Massive Attack or Bonobo!
The thing that drove me bonkers when I used to work in restaurants was the monotony of listening to the same 2-3 hour playlist on repeat all day, every day. Certain songs still trigger me if I hear them today. They're fundamentally linked to the restaurant and I always feel a flood of memories when I hear them.
- cncrnd 8y agoI often put a song on repeat for a day or two. When I hear the song later, it's linked to the place I was at and the work I was doing at the time. For example, 'Strobe' is linked to waking up early and working in a coffee shop/lounge area with black tea and a banana. I remember reading something about music being one of the last things to go for patients with dementia, I wonder if there's something related going on there.
- subpixel 8y agoI am dating myself here but there was a period of _many years_ where trendy restaurants seemed to be competing to see who could play the most tracks by the Gypsy Kings.
- Fnoord 8y ago> It's not a good restaurant playlist if it doesn't have Massive Attack or Bonobo! Different people from different backgrounds and social status want to hear different music. How do you attract your target audience? That's the problem to tackle.
- n4r9 8y agoKind of ironic: I knew a group of students in Nottingham (UK) that had to instigate a blanket ban on Bonobo at social gatherings. They played him so frequently after getting back from nights out that it started to get monotonous.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoBonobo and Massive Attack are great great afters/kick ons music. They both go surprisingly well with ketamine (so I've heard). Nothing like a group of mates getting super weird to Bonobo at 6 AM on a Sunday morning.