Yeah, I guess I'm not too surprised that people still hated Muzak and preferred real songs back then. But I like it because it's a nice change of pace. I feel like I hear the same 4 or 5 pop songs out in public. It's nice to just hear music, no words, just instruments. Plus I feel like there's a lot of care put into each composition. That's why I love Environmental Muzak/WTC Plaza Muzak so much (Dancing Queen and Every Breath You Take are so good!) I really wish more places incorporated it.
It's December 1989. Your grandma has brought you to Kmart to get her Christmas shopping done. She's turned you loose with a five dollar bill. The world is still exciting. The toy isle is still mesmerizing. This soundtrack is playing. You don't really even notice that you kinda like it. You have no idea that one day you'll be so nostalgic for this feeling that it hurts. Now, fast forward to 2020, the world is in flames. Everyone is jaded and unhappy. And Kmart barely even exists anymore. The world needs to go back to the Kmart Era....
@@Llamasomenumbers Too true. Ignorance is bliss. Blissful ignorance... I'd still go back if I could. Trade my cell phone in for an 8 bit computer and Oregon Trail in class.
@@Llamasomenumbers yes, the world has always been a pile of shit, im aware. Your comment serves to prove the exact point I was making with my original comment.
Shannonm75 I know it's so sad. While I do shop online I also love stores still and it's stinks that places like malls for example are becoming obsolete because of online shopping. I remember when I was a kid I would go shopping with my mom and I didn't know what kind of music this was but I loved going to the store because I loved the music.
Kmart was the place to be! It was where my family and I would go for essentially everything. Back in the 80's, Kmart had clothing, electronics, a pet shop (i.e. goldfish, hamsters), a jewelry corner, an ice cream counter (my favorites being bubble gum, pistachio, and chocolate), a cafeteria (They had the best Salsbury steak with mushroom gravy!), and, of course, my favorite toys around (i.e. G.I. Joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, ThunderCats, and Silverhawks)! Bring Kmart back now! Christmas is here! We need you now!
Our K mart had caramel corn and cotton candy instead of ice cream. You could smell it from the snack bar the moment you walked in. To this day, when I hear music like this I immediately remember it.
+MorningMary67 The one by where I live is surprisingly pretty busy. I went in there awhile back and nothing had changed since 1983. It was surreal. It stunk to high heaven and there might have been mold growing on the ceiling. I actually went in there for a can of soup and some sticky liquid had exploded all over the display. I took the cans to the front and customer service was like "whatever".
+Kendrick Jacobson Yeah, the one in my area is very dated. I was there yesterday and was thinking to myself that it hasn't changed very much since it first opened. That's awful about the mold, and even more disgusting about the soup display! They don't have many cashiers working at my Kmart and it's usually a slow checkout if you buy anything.
BTW, my Kmart just closed it's doors about a month ago. Can't say I didn't see it coming. That store had been there for over 30 years and now it's just sitting there, an empty ugly building. It's kind of sad because even though it wasn't my favorite place, I just got used to it being there. I'm wondering what they will put there now.
i know the one here in Miami on 163 street was once alive back in the 80s up until maybe mid 90s. even had a hot dog stand outside . then it became a super kmart and looks like a dead kmart now. giant space very few employees working there. just deserted. sad!
these are the good ol days....of shopping and walking into Kmart and hearing these nice melodys of music while you shopped...I know these tunes cause this was the only place my folks would shop for my school clothes back in the day...very nice job I appreciate the memories
I'm getting all nostalgic and shit. I'm heading down this weekend 2 attend the closing day of the Sears in Pompano Beach that my mother opened and worked 4 4 / 20 years before retiring. There was an old Kmart across the street that had a grand facade with a huge display window on the second floor facing Federal Highway. Unfortunately that Kmart was closed a couple years ago. I'm 39 years old and can't believe that Sears and Kmart are going away. Online is not the same.
I worked seasonal and liquidation at Kmart #3438 in Avenel, NJ. Today, the 43 year run of said store came to a close. Very rarely do people truly love their job, but I can tell you without any doubt, that I did. I'm gonna miss my Kmart, and the fellow associates who became like family to me.
this is the coolest thing i've ever seen. i love kmart and i still prefer to shop there over other larger chains. kmart is my zen zone. thanks for sharing!
I know this music well. I worked in the apparel department of Kmart in Victoria, Texas from 1985-88. Wow, it was a crazy time then. A lot of VISA fabric thanks to Barbra Mandrel.....Only people 45 and older would get that....slacks in pastel color with the belt.
My local K-Mart opened in a brand-new mall in September of 1989, so this was playing there just a month after it opened. Sadly, the K-Mart is gone and the mall it was attached to is now abandoned and waiting for demolition.
My maternal grandfather had worked at a Kmart when my mom and her siblings were growing up. After he retired from being a welder like my father is still doing to this day (at least until my father retires himself), my grandfather would work at the Walmart in Mayfield, Kentucky as a door greeter, something elderly folks would do. Now listening to this track brings tears to my eyes, and it's not just because Kmart is gone, but about a year ago, a tornado hit Western Kentucky, and one of the places it hit was Mayfield...the twister destroyed my grandparents' home and also killed my grandfather.
I swear the one that pops up first at :22 sec is the k mart I grew up by in Waterford MI.... It was so weird seeing it... Closed in 2017, finally. One of the last.
@@ktoon1733 in late 2000's i have early euro specs e30 323i coupe M-tech-1 but i need to sell it because i don't have any left space in garage, i miss that car a lot, maybe someday i buy e30 again , and good luck to you i hope you find a e30 in nice shape..
“Attention Kmart shoppers…there’s a blue light special on isle 9” “ and don’t forget to to make a stop to our popcorn and ICEE machines for a delicious treat.”
The K-Mart in my city had just closed down last week due to the owner not disclosing that the place had asbestos under the floor. Anyways, Walking through an empty K-mart, lights dimmed, walls rotting, floorboards ripped out, and beautiful reverbed 80’s Muzak playing through the intercom was an absolutely surreal but warm feeling. A memory that will forever be burned into my mind.
If you want to know more about Tower Communications, I could point you in the right direction. I have an audio file that contains an interview with the founder of the company that discusses some of this.
i want to add i grew up in the early 90s, (born in 86) the kmart in Miami i used to go to (its a dead kmart now) i remember them playing the current hits of that time between 1989-1992 when i used to go there.. dont remember hearing tunes like this. BUT still good find!
I worked at the Monroe NY Kmart from 1989 to 1995 when I went away to college. The famous loop Tapes! The Christmas music used to drive me nuts bc they would loop The tape all day and to this day I hate that song rocking around the Christmas tree 🎄 lol
I was ten in 68 my dad bought me an alligator.from the pet department at Kmart in Macon ga .they had fish birds hamsters and gators! It's true! My mama literally flushed it down the toilet. That was a GREAT STORE . MEMORIES " NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY.
I’m 40 years old and remember when Kmarts looked like this and actually remember hearing this in Kmart.I hate what’s happening with Kmarts now after February 2020 there will be only 70 Kmarts left in the US. Sad
Conclusion: K Mart would be thriving if they still played these jams in the stores.
I totally agree. THAT'S where they messed up.
That and not letting Sears buy them
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- when disposable background music was more substantive and beautiful that today's chart toppers.
This music blows away those silly artists like Beiber/Rhianna/Minaj....
young people in 1989: god the music at kmart is fucking awful
young people today: muzak was the pinnacle of artistic achievement
Facts
Yeah, I guess I'm not too surprised that people still hated Muzak and preferred real songs back then. But I like it because it's a nice change of pace. I feel like I hear the same 4 or 5 pop songs out in public. It's nice to just hear music, no words, just instruments. Plus I feel like there's a lot of care put into each composition. That's why I love Environmental Muzak/WTC Plaza Muzak so much (Dancing Queen and Every Breath You Take are so good!) I really wish more places incorporated it.
The name of this song is finally revealed! It’s called, “Jamboree - Mladen Franko & His Orchestra.”
👍
No shit?
It’s actually Darude - Sandstorm
@@bigbowlowrong4694 it’s not
@@bigbowlowrong4694 f*** you, Draykie got it right, first time.
It's December 1989. Your grandma has brought you to Kmart to get her Christmas shopping done. She's turned you loose with a five dollar bill. The world is still exciting. The toy isle is still mesmerizing. This soundtrack is playing. You don't really even notice that you kinda like it. You have no idea that one day you'll be so nostalgic for this feeling that it hurts.
Now, fast forward to 2020, the world is in flames. Everyone is jaded and unhappy. And Kmart barely even exists anymore.
The world needs to go back to the Kmart Era....
It’s always been like this, you just didn’t notice it because you were 9 and you had 5 dollars
@@Llamasomenumbers Too true. Ignorance is bliss. Blissful ignorance... I'd still go back if I could. Trade my cell phone in for an 8 bit computer and Oregon Trail in class.
Not gonna happen. Democracy is dead. We killed it for smartphones, streaming services, SUV's and 30 flavors of coffee and bagels.
@@Llamasomenumbers yes, the world has always been a pile of shit, im aware. Your comment serves to prove the exact point I was making with my original comment.
To 1989 yeah!
when you die heaven plays this on loop
or the purgatory waiting room
what are you talking about, it's already playing on a loop for those who go- it's Heaven, remember??
I'll kill myself and go back to earth as my punishment.
@@davidlodiemyer5698 The devil doesn't have the best music.
@50 The fancy things you loved so much are gone, they cry.
Book of Revelation 18:14 NLT
Please never ever delete this one!
It's wonderful and so interesting!!
Don’t cry because it’s over.
Smile because it happened.
Internet killed the real shopping experience.
shannonm75 unless you play muzack while shopping at amazon.
Shannonm75 I know it's so sad. While I do shop online I also love stores still and it's stinks that places like malls for example are becoming obsolete because of online shopping. I remember when I was a kid I would go shopping with my mom and I didn't know what kind of music this was but I loved going to the store because I loved the music.
Helps me not to starve because of my anxiety :)
I remember going back in like 2011 they were playing a lot of Selena Gomez at kmart
@Spiritpoweredinternet all of them is about getting themselves killed and making themselves go to jail
Kmart was the place to be! It was where my family and I would go for essentially everything. Back in the 80's, Kmart had clothing, electronics, a pet shop (i.e. goldfish, hamsters), a jewelry corner, an ice cream counter (my favorites being bubble gum, pistachio, and chocolate), a cafeteria (They had the best Salsbury steak with mushroom gravy!), and, of course, my favorite toys around (i.e. G.I. Joe, Transformers, M.A.S.K, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, ThunderCats, and Silverhawks)! Bring Kmart back now! Christmas is here! We need you now!
Our K mart had caramel corn and cotton candy instead of ice cream. You could smell it from the snack bar the moment you walked in. To this day, when I hear music like this I immediately remember it.
I remember when my grandma took me to Kmart almost everyday, it was so great. Sadly, the one in my town has been gone for quite a while.
K-Mart was always busy when I was a kid in the 70's. Now, the few that are left are dead when you go in. Kind of sad.
+MorningMary67 The one by where I live is surprisingly pretty busy. I went in there awhile back and nothing had changed since 1983. It was surreal. It stunk to high heaven and there might have been mold growing on the ceiling. I actually went in there for a can of soup and some sticky liquid had exploded all over the display. I took the cans to the front and customer service was like "whatever".
+Kendrick Jacobson Yeah, the one in my area is very dated. I was there yesterday and was thinking to myself that it hasn't changed very much since it first opened. That's awful about the mold, and even more disgusting about the soup display! They don't have many cashiers working at my Kmart and it's usually a slow checkout if you buy anything.
I still got one left in Sacramento. the only one.
BTW, my Kmart just closed it's doors about a month ago. Can't say I didn't see it coming. That store had been there for over 30 years and now it's just sitting there, an empty ugly building. It's kind of sad because even though it wasn't my favorite place, I just got used to it being there. I'm wondering what they will put there now.
i know the one here in Miami on 163 street was once alive back in the 80s up until maybe mid 90s. even had a hot dog stand outside . then it became a super kmart and looks like a dead kmart now. giant space very few employees working there. just deserted. sad!
When I was a kid, there was something incredibly soothing about the colors of the Kmart logo of the 80's. Especially when it was lit up.
The good old days. 1980-2012… in my eyes that’s when everything was normal.
these are the good ol days....of shopping and walking into Kmart and hearing these nice melodys of music while you shopped...I know these tunes cause this was the only place my folks would shop for my school clothes back in the day...very nice job I appreciate the memories
So greatful I grew up in this time period.
a e s t h e t i c s
PoopyCuber ｍａｋｅ ａｍｅｒｉｃａ ｇｒｅａｔ ａｇａｉｎ
perfectly reflects the abandoned and surreal feeling of walking through a Kmart today.
Service is needed in layaway, service is needed in layaway!
🥲
this is proof good times have gone lost tapes, vinyl and other great items as well.. i remember back in 1988
i miss those days
W H E R E H A S T H E T I M E G O N E
Ｎｏｏｂ
T H E R E ' S S T I L L T I M E
Fishbone B I T C H A S S N I G G A
don't call Obama names like that
You need triple spacing between words, fishy !
Mom, Dad, my bike and off to the toy section. The simple life gone like sand through your fingers.
killer snare sound
this is a whole vibe
something about this song just feels like home
I miss Kmart. My Sister worked there and we as kids then ,loved it.
I'm getting all nostalgic and shit. I'm heading down this weekend 2 attend the closing
day of the Sears in Pompano Beach that my mother opened and worked 4 4 / 20 years before retiring. There was an old Kmart across the street that had a grand facade with a huge display window on the second floor facing Federal Highway. Unfortunately that Kmart was closed a couple years ago. I'm 39 years old and can't believe that Sears and Kmart are going away. Online is not the same.
We have Kmart in Australia and all the k marts are new and modern
tim gladman WHAT!?
Yeah, the Aussie K-Marts are like the Walmarts here in the States! Extremely popular in Australia!
Except for the ones that aren't....
In Australia kmarts pretty much as popular as target. Not like the biggest store but one of them.
Ｓｈｏｐｐｉｎｇ ａｔ Ｍｏｎｔｇｏｍｅｒｙ Ｗａｒｄ．
Childhood memories at their best
I worked seasonal and liquidation at Kmart #3438 in Avenel, NJ. Today, the 43 year run of said store came to a close. Very rarely do people truly love their job, but I can tell you without any doubt, that I did. I'm gonna miss my Kmart, and the fellow associates who became like family to me.
I can hear my mom now..."Boy, put that back and come here!"
this is the coolest thing i've ever seen. i love kmart and i still prefer to shop there over other larger chains. kmart is my zen zone. thanks for sharing!
This is such a cool instrumental! Thanks for posting. Brings back sweet memories of shopping in Kmart when I was a kid.
Attention KMart shoppers
how is this one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard
nostalgia, and i just found this 2 months ago
wow childhood memories! thank you for uploading this unfortunately the Kmart in my neighborhood will be closing down in Feb 2019:(
Sometimes I dream about Kmart
I know this music well. I worked in the apparel department of Kmart in Victoria, Texas from 1985-88. Wow, it was a crazy time then. A lot of VISA fabric thanks to Barbra Mandrel.....Only people 45 and older would get that....slacks in pastel color with the belt.
Yup. And they had sewed in seams in them.
polyester goodness
@@maryexstroughtonaire4244 yes!
This is one of my favorite big Kmart songs
the two ppl that disliked dont know how to get down... dopest elevator music ever.. fire... fam
Inaudibly a verbal message that only you're subconscious can hear " SHOP TIL YOU DROP" and. " Don't Steal" plays along with the music.
** your
My local K-Mart opened in a brand-new mall in September of 1989, so this was playing there just a month after it opened. Sadly, the K-Mart is gone and the mall it was attached to is now abandoned and waiting for demolition.
Wonderful feelings
Came here to pay respects to all the good nostalgic Kmarts throughout America that are now taken down.
Old America... I really hope we get you back, but we probably won't...
This give me memories that never happen🥺😢
"You're hired, only on a temporary basis. Now put on your uniform, we got a lot of work to do."
My maternal grandfather had worked at a Kmart when my mom and her siblings were growing up. After he retired from being a welder like my father is still doing to this day (at least until my father retires himself), my grandfather would work at the Walmart in Mayfield, Kentucky as a door greeter, something elderly folks would do. Now listening to this track brings tears to my eyes, and it's not just because Kmart is gone, but about a year ago, a tornado hit Western Kentucky, and one of the places it hit was Mayfield...the twister destroyed my grandparents' home and also killed my grandfather.
I'm sorry God bless your wonderful family.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic song!
I swear the one that pops up first at :22 sec is the k mart I grew up by in Waterford MI....
It was so weird seeing it...
Closed in 2017, finally.
One of the last.
This one has it all.
Thank you so so much for holding on to this
I truly missed K Mart...
weird... wow... so nostalgic.
I wish I lived in the 80s 😢
Me too. Everything was built better back then
Damn that red e30 looks very nice
I'm not a big BMW fan, but E30s were and still are cool cars.
Just realized this used to be a Kmart...
www.yelp.com/biz_photos/americas-thrift-stores-alabaster
also agree on the e30. It was the last of a kind.
I would love to find a late 80's 325i manual 4 door.
@@ktoon1733 in late 2000's i have early euro specs e30 323i coupe M-tech-1 but i need to sell it because i don't have any left space in garage, i miss that car a lot, maybe someday i buy e30 again , and good luck to you i hope you find a e30 in nice shape..
A couple weeks ago I drove by the location of the K-Mart in my town, and it was finally closed down. RIP.
Oh God, I can feel it.
i love kmart too much. my favorite store.
Peace of mind
Sooooo smooth sound 😎😌👍👌❤🌻
The images and music are giving me weird feelings I can’t explain.
“Attention Kmart shoppers…there’s a blue light special on isle 9” “ and don’t forget to to make a stop to our popcorn and ICEE machines for a delicious treat.”
I used to think the announcement guy was the same guy who was on the Brawny paper towel rolls.
The K-Mart in my city had just closed down last week due to the owner not disclosing that the place had asbestos under the floor. Anyways, Walking through an empty K-mart, lights dimmed, walls rotting, floorboards ripped out, and beautiful reverbed 80’s Muzak playing through the intercom was an absolutely surreal but warm feeling. A memory that will forever be burned into my mind.
Remember the announcements of the blue light special, and how people would hurry over to see what it was.
OMG! @ 00:15 ...I had that exact BMW 325i...same color and everything :D
Americans onced LOVED malls - ( a movie quote ) " why are you going to the mall AGAIN you went yesterday , did you lose something ? " : )
I LOVE THIS
I hear this song in my head everytime I'm high AF not knowing what pizza to order.
🤣🤣💜💜
This is one of those songs where you feel nostalgic but you don’t have any specific memories in mind. It’s a cool feeling though.
Actually I DO have specific memories in mind, but if I didn't, it would be this:
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anemoia
make K-Mart Great again.
I’m so happy rn
Omg wow so good I'm in love!!!!
My first job was Kmart at the South Hills Mall in Poughkeepsie, NY in early '88.
Birds loved nesting in the signs. They seemed to like the "t" the best.
I always feel this was made for kmart, it like such a great song for such a great store.
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Nostalgia
If you want to know more about Tower Communications, I could point you in the right direction. I have an audio file that contains an interview with the founder of the company that discusses some of this.
yes please!
Yeah that would be great, do you still have the link?
And then that random shoplifter during the song lol
Haha this is awesome! Memories!
It must have driven workers crazy to have to listen to the same cassette for a month several times a day.
I'm gonna play this for some sensual time
It's all about 1:45 - 2:00 hotdamn.
i want to add i grew up in the early 90s, (born in 86) the kmart in Miami i used to go to (its a dead kmart now) i remember them playing the current hits of that time between 1989-1992 when i used to go there.. dont remember hearing tunes like this. BUT still good find!
origins of Lo-Fi hip hop
this is one of the most depressing songs I’ve ever heard
It is
the Best store ever
I worked at the Monroe NY Kmart from 1989 to 1995 when I went away to college. The famous loop
Tapes! The Christmas music used to drive me nuts bc they would loop
The tape all day and to this day I hate that song rocking around the Christmas tree 🎄 lol
Rip Kmart
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It was the best music of its time. I appreciate you, I appreciate me. Lets love, now
This feels so damn R I G H T.
Waiting for that blue light special that never came
i'm dying reading these comments
Rest in peace. You served us well
@@aterval8157 now i'm back and the muzak brought me back to life
@@NateSassoonMusic phew, that was a close one
The love of my life is a 1989 baby. This is cool.
I was ten in 68 my dad bought me an alligator.from the pet department at Kmart in Macon ga .they had fish birds hamsters and gators! It's true! My mama literally flushed it down the toilet.
That was a GREAT STORE .
MEMORIES " NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY.
poor alligator!
I’m 40 years old and remember when Kmarts looked like this and actually remember hearing this in Kmart.I hate what’s happening with Kmarts now after February 2020 there will be only 70 Kmarts left in the US. Sad
Now, as of July 2020, 44 kmarts are left here in the US
Daniel Toscano thanks for the update.I hate theirs only 44 left.It’s like a piece of my childhood is dying with it.
@@Jbaz79 no problem
The description..... And they were finally used. It is now imortalised on the internet.