The times are tough!

So I heard this morning that the company that is Muzak, THE company that supplies elevators and shopping centers with the all instrumental melody versions of the classics that get stuck in our heads has had to file for bankruptcy. Now, blessedly it is only chapter 11, meaning that they are going to restructure and they are protected from their creditors while they do so, so they can find a way to get out of the debt they are in, or, then if they have to, file for chapter 13 and eventually shut down.
I say to you readers this is a tragedy! I would not know such wonderful songs as Girl from Iponema if it were not for what this company has done.
Is this what the world is coming to? What would the malls be with out the faint hint of a song you sort of recognize being played just soft enough that you are not sure if you hear it or not. These are the things that memories are made of. That extra bit that makes the sense of it whole.
Imagine the scene in A Christmas Story that takes place in the department store with out the background music.
The Blues Brothers in the elevator at the Cook County Assessor's Office!
Have we finally reached the point where the small details really don't matter any more?
While we are all caught up paying attention to a crazy lady who had too many babies, we are losing a bit of history.
Long live elevator music, department store background noise, mall melodies, and all those moments set to songs that you think you recognize but you were not quite sure because the words were not there, and it made the moment like a dream.
Those are the best. Hang on to the sound track of you life.