Music everywhere, too much?

The worst tends to be what's on the phone while you wait. But generally, I don't notice that music is all around -- it's not at my office, I listen to NPR during the commute, many of the stores I frequent don't play music. All in all, I'm not overexposed so it doesn't bother me. Noise on the other hand is all around. It would be great to reduce both noise and light pollution overall -- per Themadmilkman, the great outdoors is the place to go (except for the dirt bikes, snowmobiles and jeeps!).

To me it's a question of quality and good sense. A lot of
the music around is really just noise. No lasting value
whatever.

It just gets tuned out.

yes,i feel the same way,everywhere you go top 40 music is being piped in,i commute about 3 hrs a day & thats my quite time.

Worst example is gas stations (can't call 'em service stations anymore!) that have little LCD screens on the pumps that spew out ads and music video clips! Make me want to finish fueling up by spurting gas on the pump, and throwing a match!