Post #140404 by Maui_Matt on Wed, Feb 9, 2005 9:15 PM

On 2005-01-31 14:47, BarkerBird wrote:
Lavapants,

You voiced my one beef with the Lucky Tiki....

The regulars have no taste in music. I think they're the locals, or the leftovers from when it was the Wild Cherry.

But the FIRST THING I do when I arrive is pump about ten bucks into the jukebox. I take over that thing. And I enjoy the hell out of it, even as I make enemies of the crew that would rather play... AUGGHHHH... MeTaLlIcA and WORSE.... SCORPIONS?!?!?

Maybe it's making the everynighters happy to have that music... I can't really fault TikiBob, he has to have a customer base... but in my perfect jukebox, it wouldn't just be all tiki/exotica/retro... but it'd be a better mix than that!!!

I mean, WTF, No ELVIS?!!?

The key is a wide variety, but nothing that outright clashes. There's PLENTY of modern cool hip music that doesn't clash. I'm thinking of Moby, beck, etc.

But whatever the music, Lenard Skynard doesn't FIT A TIKI BAR!

[ Edited by: BarkerBird on 2005-01-31 14:53 ]

My friends and I seem to show up at least once of twice a week here, and try to pump in at least $10 worth of exotica music. The locals, last time, were literally complaining incessantly about how horrible the music was. Finally, their music came on, and they were cheering for it. We instantly went back to the machine and paid more to play more Martin Denny, in the middle of the stuff they selected.

I know people at work that have gone in there to be totally wowed by the atmosphere and drinks, but totally turned off by the music. I think a good compromise would be to have "Tiki Evenings" or some such. I understand it is a business, but it is really a shame that people are being turned away by blasting Bel Biv Devoe.

My 2 cents.