Easy Listening in US vs Europe

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Earlier tonight, I played my new Paulinho Da Viola (samba) CD for my girlfriend, who is from Israel, and her first response was "Oh, it's like easy listening."

I, of course, got offended, but she later explained that she was under the impression that there had been a trend in Israel, carried over from Europe, of DJs playing "Easy Listening" which included stuff like Jobim and some French music (she didn't provide many specifics). Has anyone else heard of this, or heard the term used to mean anything other than Kenny G and Celine Dion?

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

This is a fairly sound compilation from the UK's "easy" trend:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005N8BF/qid=1098165281/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_11_2/202-3831944-8460652

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I always associated the term with stuff like Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin or lounge music actually, rather than "adult contemporary" stuff like Celine Dion.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

So I still don't know if I would have really classified Jobim as easy listening but whatever - it's easy to listen to, I guess, in a good way.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it does still seem to be different from the US though. Here I'd expect a station that boasted "easy listening" to play adult contemporary.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Judging from a few websearches, I might be wrong.

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― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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