Maybe not.

At first, when I heard that Muzak -- the company that produces background music for hotels, restaurants and other businesses -- had filed bankruptcy, I thought, well, of course. It's that "elevator music" that takes any decent song and wrings all the life out of it, leaving behind pale, practically unrecognizable imitations that weakly waft through sound systems across America.

But then I checked out the company Web site. Muzak stopped producing that type of schmaltzy, bland music years ago. The firm -- which provides other services, such as sound systems -- actually uses real songs, putting them together by genre. A business can customize a playlist, depending on the atmosphere it wants for its offices. The catalog is gi-normous.

So I stand corrected. But that means somebody or something still puts out "elevator music," whether it's that noise played on the phone when you're on hold or heard as you walk through a shopping mall. I just hope they don't touch Coldplay.