Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 14, 2012

More like hard rocking Muzak Hobbes

I used to work in an office that had musac. Boy am I glad I’m out of there.

Your taste in music is questionable at best, Calvin.

As long as Calvin doesn’t turn it up to 11.

protest muzak for todays youth…….turn it high

When youth rebels, adults suffer- but Muzak is cruel and unusual punishment. “Light My Fire” on zither and flute? Ouch.

You could definitely get more people to leave a crowded area by playing elevator music instead of punk rock.

Wonder if Assad might try that in Syria instead of guns?It might work.

I’m feeling kinda urpy just thinking about it….

I may be a voice crying in the wilderness, but would it were true. If I have to choose between pablum and insanity, I’ll take the pablum, at least when I’m on an elevator.

Turn off the battery radio and plug in some AC/DC

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“The problem with rock ‘n’ roll is that the generation that created it is now the establishment”?

No, the generation that created it is now geriatric if not dead already, with hardly a week going by without an obituary for some old rocker, famous or obscure. Rock has dominated pop music for over 50 years now. It’s time for the next thing, whatever that will be.

Today’s rebels always become tomorrow’s establishment, Calvin…that goes for you, too.

ARRRRRRRGH! No! Not elevator Muzak!!!! That’s what they should have used at Gitmo!

Do you believe in this?

Whatever anybody thinks of muzak, Calvins got a point about the so called “rebellion” of rock music. Consider what was recently on the market. KISS bobleheads!!!

I actuallly heard a full string orchestra instrumental Musak version of the Beatles’ “I am the Walrus”, a tedious melody at best even with Lennon’s inscrutable lyrics, but without the words a totally let-me-out-of-here elevator tune.

You know you’re old when you can sing along with the elevator music.

….or become judges on televised singing competitions. :-D

“… you can check out any time you like…but, you can never leave.”

In the background, over and over, “Que Sera” forever!

Remind me never to go to one of your parties. There’s plenty of good music out there without having to resort to musac.

Would Hobbes feel the same way if his ear of the tiger heard “Eye of the Tiger” (1,000 strings version)?

I agree with you. We raised three boys, all of whom played stringed instruments. I learned to appreciate high brow music and the difficulty in performing it. They could also get down with good ol’ honky tonk stuff, too. Elevator music is relaxing and soothing to my frayed soul. You don’t have to pay attention to it while doing other things.

@rshive,…or “Crimson and Clover”, over and over!

“Unforgettable” …I wonder why it has two ts! That makes it as if it were not forget table instead of not forget able!

Many of those rockers died before they became old enough to become the establishment. It’s those rebellious baby boomers who became the establishment they so professed to hate that I have the problem with…. and apparently, so does Calvin

Muzak? I liked yesterday’s strip than this one. No offense to other Calvin and Hobbes fans.

Bill was just years ahead of his time. For a more recent take, see Sunday’s Crankshaft.

They had Musak piped in where I worked years ago — we used to climb up and disconnect the speakers in the ceiling, so we wouldn’t go crazy hearing the same monotonous tunes over and over and over, day after day after day….

Hang on, did nobody notice that this strip must be about 20 years old? 45 year olds indeed! Mick Jagger must be about 70 now, and what about the Who, Jefferson Starship, Paul McCartney, … Okay, maybe not Paul, more of a lover than a rebeller. Most of the crap today can’t be considered rock, there’s too many other names for it. Alternative, HipHop, Crappy Crap, whatever.

you know, sometime Calvin thinks he is such a smart ass.!!LOL

Ohhhhh Calvin! I think you would be ideal speaking to the public.

LOL xxx

I knew I was old when I heard Planet Caravan on an elevator in muzak form.

Play enough Bartok and your parents will want to sell the house and move away without you….

At a nineteen-year-old, I apologize for rap, shallow bubble-gum pop, dubstep, and autotune, among other things. It’s as if the industry tries to see how low they can push expectations. The eighties had all the best secular music; the only music I really like of the last decade or so is the Christian music.

45-year-old zillionaires? More like 75 today!

Wasn’t there a couple of strips where Calvin and Hobbes decided to form their own rock band, despite the fact neither of them had any musical talent (not that it mattered to Calvin if I recall)?

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That reminds me of last week when I went to the dump to drop off some recyclables. There was some guy dumping out a load of scrap iron, and 4 kids got up to dance.

I’m a dinosaur!

My five ‘favs’ of all time:

Quadrophenia – The WhoWhat’s Going On – Marvin GayeLet It Bleed – The Rolling StonesClose To The Edge – YesAlladin Sane – David Bowie

(Honorable Mention: Live At The Filmore East – Allman Brothers Band; Rainbow Bridge – Jimi Hendrix)

Long Live Rock!!!

They are only 45??? Boy, is this an old strip!

There was another criticism of elevator muzak once:

“I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get out of you on an elevator?”~~ Victor Borge, US pianist, comedian

O M G… sounds just like my dad! loves rock, absolutely, more than you can imagine, HATES muzac. great analytical mind