{"id":1292,"date":"2014-10-16T07:34:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T06:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2016-02-02T15:06:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:06:09","slug":"rockin-hold-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/rockin-hold-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How about some rockin&#8217; hold music..?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we looked at hold music and whether or not you require a licence to play it.<\/p>\n<p>Today we stumbled across some top pop music based on making a conference call and being stuck on hold. It could be metaphorical, it could be literal, but who cares when it sounds this good?<\/p>\n<p>Want to hear it? Of course you do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Alex Cornell &#8211; I&#8217;m on hold<\/h2>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F47334593&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then we found this&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Postmodern Jukebox &#8211; 10 genre variations on &#8220;I&#8217;m on hold&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAneQ2eZjSc\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<p>Which made us wonder about what could be the worst hold music anyone has ever had to endure. It <em>has<\/em> to be this from E-ZPass, a US-based electronic toll collection service&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>E-ZPass hold music<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xV9lcXxzqw\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Seriously, what are they thinking?!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Especially when the could legitimately use this&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Har Mar Superstar &#8211; EZ Pass<\/h2>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9IaPFzk2ue4\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the best or worst hold music you&#8217;ve ever heard? Let us know&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we looked at hold music and whether or not you require a licence to play it. 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