In a world where rebellion is obsolete, Easy Listening music is without a doubt the most subversive sonic genre to come along since Gregorian Chants - much more effective than overt propaganda, i.e. hymns and national anthems, Easy Listening has the ability to reprogram the brain and body so that after repeated pummeling the listener identifies implanted messages and commands as his own notions.
Mark Mothersbaugh (frontman of Devo) regarding EZ listening.
Beat-dancing
A widley used studied and expressive dance form, where hand and feet join the issue.
Cheesy listening
An English current, a fun camp variant of modern easy listening.
Club Montepulciano
A London club where they play a log of lounge music.
Cool atmosphere
Relaxed, friendly atmosphere known at Easy Tune parties, in contrast with the much more serious and uptied atmosphere in other places of entertainment.
Disc-jockettes
Female DJ's, mostly the half of a DJ-duo.
DJ-duo's
A much esteemed cooperation on lost of easy listening parties. Example: the Easy Aloha's, The Intuners (DJ's Karin en Aad) and The Kaminsky Experience. (a London DJ-duo).
Easy House
A future current, house-music with all the atmosphere characteristics of easy listening.
Easy listening
Tuneful, easy listening hum along songs.
Easy Tune
Collective noun for new and progressive easy listening, amongst others popcorn and exotica. In Holland frequently heard at party's.
Exotica
Easy listening with a tropical influence and the obscure Hammond organs. Example: Martin Denny and Esquivel.
Gold-digging
A much occupied hobby where one looks for secondhands records.
Indigo Club
A weekly lounge club at Madam JoJo, London. |
James Last
An old prick who often, by mistake, is connected with easy tune. Makes muzak (see muzak), which is used at party's as fuel for ritual bonfire.
Le Hammond inferno
From Berlin touring racial easy listening club.
Lounge
Retro-trend, extreme easy music. Example: Burt Bacharach, Ray Conniff, Mantovani.
Mike Flowers
Interpretator pur sand and singer of the band Mike Flowers Pops. Occupies himself exclusive with the production of covers and medley's. Hitted the charts in England right on number 2 with his cover of the Oasis' song 'Wonderwall'. Standardbearer of the cheesy listening movement.
Muzak
Dutch for colorless elevatormusic which has nothing to do with easy tune.
Popcorn
From origin Belgian current. Cosy, comfortable dancemusic.
Towa Tei
Former Dee-Lite DJ, now a days succesfull as solo-artist with his CD 'Future Listening'. Represents together with Pizzicato Five the Japanese branch of easy listening.
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