Pink Martini - Tiki Music

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Fri, May 5, 2006 11:13 AM Lounge is certainly not limited to "upbeat" or "light hearted." You go far enough in that thought and you get awful schlock like "Richard Cheese." Buffoonery. Lounge is music made by adults, for adults. In some ways, it had a certain peak as the rock and roll era got stronger and the old guard orchestra tried to embrace that feeling and incorporate those sounds. See "Billy Mure" and "Les Paul." Pink Martiki is hard to group though. I enjoyed their first CD and saw them live with the symphony in Nashville. But trying to mix them in with lounge is tough. A lot of it is because their mood and the length of the songs does not fit. The sounds are right though. Bossa beat, latin. I put them in with France Gall and others, but they don't quite fit any of the genres. Try "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" for a more peppy song by them.

Lounge is certainly not limited to "upbeat" or "light hearted." You go far enough in that thought and you get awful schlock like "Richard Cheese." Buffoonery.

Lounge is music made by adults, for adults. In some ways, it had a certain peak as the rock and roll era got stronger and the old guard orchestra tried to embrace that feeling and incorporate those sounds. See "Billy Mure" and "Les Paul."

Pink Martiki is hard to group though. I enjoyed their first CD and saw them live with the symphony in Nashville. But trying to mix them in with lounge is tough. A lot of it is because their mood and the length of the songs does not fit. The sounds are right though. Bossa beat, latin. I put them in with France Gall and others, but they don't quite fit any of the genres. Try "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" for a more peppy song by them.

Post #230643 by Swanky on Fri, May 5, 2006 11:13 AM