# Plz recommend upbeat workplace appr music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669 "2024-08-13T20:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/21 "2024-08-14T01:56:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > not 5 or 10 sets of different tunes and moods delivered into 5 or 10 sets of earbuds. That’s becoming what people do, and it’s causing serious problems. This is not a good thing in a restaurant back of house: “Yo, coworker, how much longer on that double pepperoni?” " … " “YO HOW MUCH LONGER ON THAT FUCKING DOUBLE PEPP?!?” " … " Then the manager has to get involved, people get cranky, etc. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/22 "2024-08-14T02:03:29Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Once you have subjected an innocent bystander to your music, inappropriateness has begun. Get back to me once the onslaught of Christmas music has begun. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/23 "2024-08-14T02:13:48Z")
I’m a fogey, but what about zero music? No earbuds, period; that’s a firing offense. No radios, period. No nothing but the sounds of exertion and the dulcet tones of folks cursing their fellow workers when they foul up? That’s sure to promote fewer distractions and total worker harmony and good morale? Right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/24 "2024-08-14T02:27:30Z")
I used to play Pete Townshend’s “Empty Glass” album at work before opening time and it got a lot of compliments. Also Don Henley’s “Building the Perfect Beast”. Plus it’s the right season for “Boys of Summer”. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/25 "2024-08-14T04:53:56Z")
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Everybody likes Sam the Sham. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/26 "2024-08-14T12:01:48Z")
is he family to Don the Con? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/27 "2024-08-14T13:32:46Z")
Do your streaming apps curate their own playlists, like Rock Yacht as was mentioned? I listen to Freegal a music app available through my public library and when I’m done with my own playlist I’ll venture into their playlists I find titles like _Grill and Chill_, _soul Classics_, _2020 Grammy Nominees_, _Stomp and Holler_, _Soul Psychedelic_ or _Top guitar solos_ I always say don’t like this song wait two minutes it’s over. Oh and I’ve been having fun finding artists covering the same tune. I have a dozen versions of _I like it like that_ because I like it like that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/28 "2024-08-14T13:46:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > By “innocent bystander” do you mean customer(s) or cow-orker(s)? Years ago I stopped in at work when we were closed so I could do some paperwork. I forgot to lock the door after entering. Someone saw my car and stopped. I did not hear the door chime because I was blasting a CD. When I just happened to walk out front, I see a woman standing there looking confused while the speakers blasted out, _Why Don’t We Get Drunk And Screw_. It was embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/29 "2024-08-14T14:36:37Z")
Sounds like the intro scene to a porno. Did you offer her a drink? Did she accept? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/30 "2024-08-14T14:45:16Z")
Heh, no, but that song was the absolute cleanest on the CD. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/31 "2024-08-14T16:41:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > _Why Don’t We Get Drunk And Screw_. It was embarrassing. I gather, you work at a hardware store 😉 * * * luckily your feet didn’t stink, your head did not hurt and you actually did love jesus /s ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/32 "2024-08-16T06:36:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m a fogey, but what about zero music? No earbuds, period; that’s a firing offense. No radios, period. No nothing but the sounds of exertion and the dulcet tones of folks cursing their fellow workers when they foul up? > > That’s sure to promote fewer distractions and total worker harmony and good morale? Right? 😉 Just because _you_ were never allowed to listen to your music at work, you want to deny it to everybody? Sheesh. Some people. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/33 "2024-08-16T07:31:17Z")
Earth, Wind & Fire are happy, upbeat, and inoffensive. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/34 "2024-08-17T04:40:21Z")
I had an office area that asked about playing music using the existing PA speakers back in the 90s. As the supervisor, director, or whatever, i decided it was OK and let them figure out what music they wanted to hear. I just said that it couldn’t be commercial radio. They went through every permutation possible, including assigning certain hours of the day to be programmed by each employee. It was a disaster. I won’t even try to list the ways in which this failed. Finally, I dragged in my old 5-CD changer and set it on random shuffle. I loaded it with two Cars albums, two Go-Gos albums, and the first Boston album. No complaints. Every so often, I’d swap out another Cars album, or replace Boston with something else for a month, but it basically stayed that way for about a year. We were in and out of the office frequently, so nobody just sat there listening to the music full-time. Later, I had a 5-CD changer tthat could play MP3 files, so I was able to significantly increase the play-list, but the albums remained pretty similar. Some Fridays I’d load it with 60s music. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669/35 "2024-08-18T02:48:47Z")
Madonna’s Like a Prayer and Nsync’s Bye Bye Bye. They’re all I fixate on after watching the Deadpool and Wolverine movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669.md?page=1)