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| Jim in Merced CA
Tue 5/27/2008 9:37a | <Al Jolson? The Four Preps? I haven't heard them on KISS-FM recently.>
Oh, brother...okay, two out of the loop.
Here's the music loop for The Sunshine Plaza.
http://www.disneymusicloops.com/
'California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
'California Here I Come' - Al Jolson
'California Sun' - The Rivieras
'Avalon' - Natalie Cole
'Little Old Lady from Pasadena' - Jan & Dean
'San Fernando Valley' - Bing Crosby
'Surf City' - Jan & Dean
'If You're Going to San Francisco' - Scott McKenzie
'Hooray for Hollywood' - orchestral
'Route 66' - Natalie Cole
'Do You Know the Way to San Jose?' - Dionne Warwick
'California Girls' - The Beach Boys
'I Love L.A.' - Randy Newman
'Hollywood Nights' - Bob Seger
'Surfin' USA' - The Beach Boys
'San Francisco Bay Blues' - Peter, Paul and Mary
'25 Miles (Santa Catalina) - The Four Preps
With the exception of 'California Here I Come' 'San Fernando Valley' 'Hooray for Hollywood' and 'Avalon' -- they're all post-1950 pop songs.
And truly, I wouldn't have as big of a problem with these songs if they didn't have the vocals on them.
If it was just the music, it would be a 25% improvement.
With these 'California' pop songs blaring away, and The Beach Boys singing 'California Girls' for the 4000th time, it just seems like someone put together a themed CD at a corporate picnic.
Blecch. |
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| mawnck
Tue 5/27/2008 2:56p | I wouldn't use 58 years ago as the dividing line between "contemporary" and "not contemporary". The majority of park guests were not born when "California Dreamin'" was released. But I most adamantly agree that either a few thousand more songs, or else less obtrusive instrumental material, would be an improvement. |
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| alexbook
Tue 5/27/2008 3:12p | I'll grant "I Love L.A." and "Hollywood Nights" as being out of place, but for the rest...
Imagine it's 1958 and you're in Disneyland, and the music playing is mostly from the period 1900-1920. Would you complain that it's too "contemporary"? Or would you feel nostalgic for the "good old days" of your parents' and grandparents' time? |
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| Jim in Merced CA
Tue 5/27/2008 4:21p | <I wouldn't use 58 years ago as the dividing line between "contemporary" and "not contemporary". The majority of park guests were not born when "California Dreamin'" was released.>
Okay, then....What makes the songs special?
They're all about California. Okay...so what?
For a Disney theme park -- that's just not enough for me. |
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| alexbook
Tue 5/27/2008 4:31p | >>Okay, then....What makes the songs special?
They're all about California. Okay...so what?<<
To me, a lot of them evoke images of beach movies and sunny California afternoons in the 1960's. The whole "Frankie & Annette" thing. Admittedly, that doesn't really fit with much of the rest of the area's theming. Or does it? I'm never quite sure what the theme is supposed to be there. |
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| dshyates
Tue 5/27/2008 4:34p | Encino Mall-esque. |
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| ArchtMig
Tue 5/27/2008 11:02p | >>>Hey ArchtMig -- When was the last time you were in DCA?<<<
I tried getting in a week ago this afternoon, but arrived only minutes after the gates were closed.
>>>Hey ArchtMig -- When was the last time you were in DCA? The Hollywood BGM (background music) was changed years ago and now features all Disney music as well as Daisy Duck's pages.<<<
What are "Daisy Duck's pages"? |
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| davewasbaloo
Wed 5/28/2008 12:27a | I could see as a regular visitor, they could be a bit much. As a tourist, my wife gets a sense of excitement for DCA. Though we far prefer the score near Soaring and Grizzly. Instrumental versions would have perhaps been better.
But I agree, some of these songs are very only now, just like ragtime when DL opened. |
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| mawnck
Wed 5/28/2008 5:03a | >>Encino Mall-esque.<<
They should add Moon Zappa's "Valley Girl" to the loop. |
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| alexbook
Wed 5/28/2008 2:13p | >>>>>Hey ArchtMig -- When was the last time you were in DCA? The Hollywood BGM (background music) was changed years ago and now features all Disney music as well as Daisy Duck's pages.<<<
What are "Daisy Duck's pages"?<<
The music is interrupted occasionally by a female voice paging various Disney characters. It hadn't occurred to me that the voice was Daisy's, but I suppose it could be.
The pages are all pretty silly, but I can't think of any of them off-hand. |
