Music on the Street

Look carefully and you will see speakers in the entrances to these shops. Although not all stores call to customers with abandoned refrains, the practice is not uncommon on the main shopping streets. Our small street, Pei Xin Jie, has only one shop that occasionally plays tunes. The shops that harmonize are generally on larger streets. Like the street around our corner where these two shops are. Mostly you hear pop melodies. Played loudly. Often foreign pop, or melodies that sound foreign. Kenny G is popular. I've heard the Eagles. And others. Yes, the strains do compete. These two shops are across the street from each other. Their pieces could be heard on either side. You sometimes swing quickly from one song to another as you pass stores. And you catch yourself walking with a beat. It can't be helped.