Music on hold? - SV650.org

10-09-06, 09:18 PM

Phoned my house insurance company on Friday to ask if they could do a better deal next year, as the internet is turning up same/better cover for 1/2 the premium...
While on hold, they played me 'Love of my life' by Queen which goes:

Love of my life - don't leave me
You've taken my love and now desert me
Love of my life can't you see
Bring it back, bring it back
Don't take it away from me
Because you don't know -
What it means to me

etc etc ...

Coincidence or marketing ploy?

RR

Biker Biggles · 10-09-06, 09:51 PM

Don't knock it,you could have had to endure Greensleeves or some your call is improtant to us drivvel.

northwind · 10-09-06, 11:43 PM

it's like that episode of the Simpsons where Homer calls the parenting helpline, and gets "Cats in the Cradle"

I once accepted a job offer entirely because their answerphone music was the album Different Class by Pulp- I phoned up to check some details, got Live Bed Show, and thought "these guys are alright".

11-09-06, 03:06 AM

Speaking of which... Jarvis has an album coming out in the next couple of weeks.

I shall be interested in hear this, I tell you what.

northwind · 11-09-06, 08:53 AM

They played "Running the World" a few times on the big screen at Reading. Good chorus

But I can't repeat it here. It sounded a lot like Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine to me, same sort of lyrical style too. Like a slowed down "Suppose You Gave A Funeral..." Which is good

Viney · 11-09-06, 08:58 AM

Im still waiting to hear, Hanging on the telephone - Blonde

11-09-06, 09:07 AM

Bairstow Eves - Very dodgy electronic rendition of 'home on the range'...

Gazza77 · 11-09-06, 12:38 PM

Green Flag's is, or at least used to be "Rescue Me"

11-09-06, 03:03 PM

Just got "Have I told you lately (that I love you)" - Rod Stewart ftom a monitor repair shop (Samsung official dealer, actually)

11-09-06, 07:33 PM

HSBC phone banking.....drives me NUTS! It's some tallentless muppet on the piano, playing a tune that lasts all of 30 seconds, then starts again.
And as if it's not bad enough that they've been playing this crap since I became a customer 12 years ago, the quality of the recording has actually degraded over the years! It's as though they're playing it off a cassette tape!
Shocking really, hundreds of milions of pounds profit every year, and they wont even fork out a few hundred quid for some decent music! Music that, incidentally, you are guaranteed to hear for at least 15 minutes every time you call and speak to some bloke in Bombay who has to ask his supervisor what the date is and to whom you must repeat the spelling of your name at least 5 times.

10-09-06, 09:18 PM	#1
Reckless Rat Guest Posts: n/a	Music on hold? Phoned my house insurance company on Friday to ask if they could do a better deal next year, as the internet is turning up same/better cover for 1/2 the premium... While on hold, they played me 'Love of my life' by Queen which goes: Love of my life - don't leave me You've taken my love and now desert me Love of my life can't you see Bring it back, bring it back Don't take it away from me Because you don't know - What it means to me etc etc ... Coincidence or marketing ploy? RR

10-09-06, 09:51 PM	#2
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Don't knock it,you could have had to endure Greensleeves or some your call is improtant to us drivvel. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

10-09-06, 11:43 PM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	it's like that episode of the Simpsons where Homer calls the parenting helpline, and gets "Cats in the Cradle" I once accepted a job offer entirely because their answerphone music was the album Different Class by Pulp- I phoned up to check some details, got Live Bed Show, and thought "these guys are alright". __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

11-09-06, 08:53 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	They played "Running the World" a few times on the big screen at Reading. Good chorus But I can't repeat it here. It sounded a lot like Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine to me, same sort of lyrical style too. Like a slowed down "Suppose You Gave A Funeral..." Which is good __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

11-09-06, 12:38 PM	#8
Gazza77 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hebden Bridge Posts: 520	Green Flag's is, or at least used to be "Rescue Me" __________________ Formerly Blue K5 with added bits Then Triumph Sprint ST with scottoiler and R&Gs & TOR exhaust Now Benelli Tornado

11-09-06, 03:06 AM	#4
philipMac Guest Posts: n/a	Speaking of which... Jarvis has an album coming out in the next couple of weeks. I shall be interested in hear this, I tell you what.

11-09-06, 08:58 AM	#6
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Im still waiting to hear, Hanging on the telephone - Blonde

11-09-06, 09:07 AM	#7
Ping Guest Posts: n/a	Bairstow Eves - Very dodgy electronic rendition of 'home on the range'...

11-09-06, 03:03 PM	#9
Filipe M. Guest Posts: n/a	Just got "Have I told you lately (that I love you)" - Rod Stewart ftom a monitor repair shop (Samsung official dealer, actually)

11-09-06, 07:33 PM	#10
Nekkid Guest Posts: n/a	HSBC phone banking.....drives me NUTS! It's some tallentless muppet on the piano, playing a tune that lasts all of 30 seconds, then starts again. And as if it's not bad enough that they've been playing this crap since I became a customer 12 years ago, the quality of the recording has actually degraded over the years! It's as though they're playing it off a cassette tape! Shocking really, hundreds of milions of pounds profit every year, and they wont even fork out a few hundred quid for some decent music! Music that, incidentally, you are guaranteed to hear for at least 15 minutes every time you call and speak to some bloke in Bombay who has to ask his supervisor what the date is and to whom you must repeat the spelling of your name at least 5 times.

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