Bizarre attempts at Polynesia...bandwagon jumpers of the golden age of tiki - Tiki Music

L lemonsqueezer Member Joined: Jan 03, 2005 Posts: 91	L lemonsqueezer Posted posted on Tue, Aug 29, 2006 7:55 PM From the immense popularity of Hawaiian music it's no wonder that countless pop musicians from all genres (western swing, hillbilly, country, r'n'b, rock'n'roll, pop, jazz or what ever you call it) did record hawaiian tunes incl. such famous Artists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Perez Prado, Andrew Sisters, Elvis, Bill Haley and many many others. But are the listed examples really bizzare? It was mainstream. Annette's Hawaii Album has a kitsch factor where I could agree to call it bizarre. As English is not my mother language I think miss a lot of details in lyrics when you can say that the weirdness starts. So what other examples of Hawaiian pop music can you really call bizarre? Many of the popular Hawaiian Pop tunes like (In The Middle Of The Island, Buddy Knox's Hula Love, Lips of Wine, those hula hoop songs) where translated into German and many of those results ARE bizarre as the lyrics are often extremely stupid and rubbish wrong translations (but a lot of FUN Of course! But only if you understand German) And now back to the records discussed above, I personally love a lot of this stuff. In fact you can find many catchy tunes here, where you still can dance to. The Tennesee Ernie Ford record has probably the most danceable version of Pearly Shells that you can find (I play it a little bid slower), a great Version. He also does a great version on a very easy to find 45 from In The Middle Of The Island. & Btw. Hank's 'Hula Rock' was actually a cover of a Dusty Rose nr.5 hit. In general it's also recommended to check the 45 boxes as many artists did only record one 45 side with a Hawaiian influenced tune. [ Edited by: lemonsqueezer 2006-08-29 20:18 ]

From the immense popularity of Hawaiian music it's no wonder that countless pop musicians from all genres (western swing, hillbilly, country, r'n'b, rock'n'roll, pop, jazz or what ever you call it) did record hawaiian tunes incl. such famous Artists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Perez Prado, Andrew Sisters, Elvis, Bill Haley and many many others.

But are the listed examples really bizzare? It was mainstream. Annette's Hawaii Album has a kitsch factor where I could agree to call it bizarre. As English is not my mother language I think miss a lot of details in lyrics when you can say that the weirdness starts. So what other examples of Hawaiian pop music can you really call bizarre?

Many of the popular Hawaiian Pop tunes like (In The Middle Of The Island, Buddy Knox's Hula Love, Lips of Wine, those hula hoop songs) where translated into German and many of those results ARE bizarre as the lyrics are often extremely stupid and rubbish wrong translations (but a lot of FUN Of course! But only if you understand German)

And now back to the records discussed above, I personally love a lot of this stuff. In fact you can find many catchy tunes here, where you still can dance to. The Tennesee Ernie Ford record has probably the most danceable version of Pearly Shells that you can find (I play it a little bid slower), a great Version. He also does a great version on a very easy to find 45 from In The Middle Of The Island. & Btw. Hank's 'Hula Rock' was actually a cover of a Dusty Rose nr.5 hit.

In general it's also recommended to check the 45 boxes as many artists did only record one 45 side with a Hawaiian influenced tune.

[ Edited by: lemonsqueezer 2006-08-29 20:18 ]

Post #251520 by lemonsqueezer on Tue, Aug 29, 2006 7:55 PM