Kitchen Music, Episode 2 Revenge of the Bagpipes

[panini]

Rblum,
Caustic, not at all. My dad who was a very accomplished musician who made money playing with the likes of Glen Miller and Tommy Dorsey until he inlisted, used to tell me the same thing. You don't know where your music came from. And I was getting into music when the Beatles were coming over. Skipped a generation, I can't play a CD but my 14 yr old, after piano lessons has self taught himself on the Alto Sax and is playing the electric guitar this summer.

[Pierre]

Rblum,
let's not forget, the band credited for the beginning of EMO was Fugazi, which was formed by Mike from Minor Threat (if ever there was punk with guts, it was minor threat). however for me emo goes back further than that. i'm thinking the cure, yaz, the the, joy division, etc. it's kinda funny how musical genres get re-intorduced as the next big thing and noeone ever thinks about it's influences.

[Pete]

Unfortunately, where I am right now, the F&B manager does not allow music to be played in the kitchens, but I am leaving the company and start a new job. Unfortunately, it is in the FOH of a causal place so it will be a lot of non-offensive bubblegum pop. But in the kitchen I usually like to change it up a lot from Hispanic music (for the vatos) to bluegrass, to world music, to a lot of techno, industrial and ebm. Of course, a lot of punk, both old and new school, thrown in. Just usually try to stay away from country, rap and hip hop if any way possible.

[skitty]

In the car: KISS 99.5 San Antonio ROCKS!!!!
In the kitchen: Some crappy Hip-Hop channel that plays only 8 songs (Mike Jo-nes, Mike Jo-nes.....) Ever!!!! No I don't hate hip hop, I hate this crappy station.
At home: Tragicially Hip: In Between Evolution. Love "It Can't Be Memphis Every Night" Torment the neighbors with it. Daily. At 7:15 every morning.

[Frizbee]

Originally Posted by skitty

Some crappy Hip-Hop channel that plays only 8 songs (Mike Jo-nes, Mike Jo-nes.....) .

I am a big fan of good music on all levels. (Well except country…sorry to the fans) However I am so SICK of Mike Jones...and that stupid... “I'm so Icy” song. I swear I want to barf when I hear them.
We have the stereo system restaurant wide, so whatever they are listening to in the diningroom, (usually classic rock, classic 80's or big band all of which I adore) we listen to in the kitchens, and in the prep room. Early in the AM they play heavy rap (Which I can take except the aforementioned M.J.) or R&B which I like too. BTW I would love to hear some Metallica in the kitchen…that is usually what I listen to on the way in. At night when the Operating Partner is closing, he has an uncharacteristic pension of heavy rave or trance music, which I like as well...just gives me flashbacks of the gay clubs I have visited...LOL

Frizbee

[panini]

Jim,
Good to see Bowling for Soup is getting out there.
Goint to see them at home in a small venue on the 12th.

[chefjoe73]

Mars Volt, At the Drive In plus your usual Dead and Phish, plus some good 80's punk rock are among the top kitchen Cd's lately. Basically anything that helps keep the staffmoving at a good pace

[Andrew563]

during prep time, I like classical, seems to be inspiring.
when the rush is starting to build, I love the ramones, dk, rage against the machine.

cleaning up , I don't really care, I just am focused on getting done and getting on home.

[SushiGaijin]

if i'm first in, its only iggy, the birthday party, the ramones, or early 60's jamaican ska. why? because everything else sucks :-)


if i'm not the first in, the classic rock station is just fine by me.

[foodpump]

Although, I'm not that old, I am baffled at the concept of downloading music from the web, and only just figured out what an MP3 player actually is. Anyhoo, since I have a phone line connection, downloading is out of the question.

Music in the kitchen....Cd player/radio is on a high shelf, so I don't like to go off trotting every 40 mins to change CD's with chicken guts all over my hands. In the mornings I like a good shot of classical. We have a pretty good radio station (CBC) that is (drum roll please!) commercial free! However, if there's even a hint of opera, off it goes. By around 9 I'll switch to other stuff, and during service it goes off. I can tolerate any of my staff's requests to play their stuff, but I find anything longer than one hour of one particular band is too much.

[chefjoe73]

Oh yeah, and alot of Ween!!!!

[blue_wolf]

Originally Posted by chefjoe73

Oh yeah, and alot of Ween!!!!

Sunday morning music. Ween and Barry White. What a combo

[Cheech]

We usually battle between classic rock and hip hop. When I'm doing prep I like Tom Petty, and if I want to be left alone it's country or classical. When it comes to the hip hop I can generally stand it for an hour or so, then the throbbing in my head starts...

[(13)]

Usually a lot of classic stuff for us like Zepplin, Queen, Gunners etc. Been cranking the Jazz latley, though its not as much fun to sing to. I would love to crank some more metal, but i think chef would turn it off and put on celine dion....

[Peachcreek]

Friday has morphed into "Country Friday" lately. So today was the Notting Hillbillies. Hank III, Johnny Cash, Old and in the Way, a little Dead, Los Lobos, and the Beat Farmers.
But then again for pure listening pleasure, nothing beats Tom Waits....
And this year we upgraded our kitchen stereo.