Jimmy Buffett is a tiki lover - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 11:37 AM SBT, the reason for the Buffet bashing in the Tiki community is that exactly "with his carefree style, fun music, and love of exotic things" he historically (albeit unknowingly) contributed to the devolution and gentrification of Tiki style by introducing his generic, hippy-esque Margaritaville world that had no specific cultural identity and was thus more safe, p.c. than Tiki. It is simply the generation gap between the Mai Tai and the Margarita period, between Lounge music and Rock music, that makes today's Tikiphiles want to differentiate between a real Tiki Temple like the Mai Kai, and a Florida "Tiki Bar" with only palmfronts and beer neons. Some people think that Bahama Mamas and Sex on The Beachs are so-called "Tiki Drinks", others know and care about the fact that they are NOT. For that, we might get called "Tiki snobs", but we prefer to think of ourselves as "proud keepers of the Tradition". I love drinking Margaritas, and I believe Mr. Buffet has genuine sympathy for Tiki culture...but to state that sympathy now is easy, where was he in the 1980s when Tiki hit rock bottom? [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-07-13 11:42 ]

SBT, the reason for the Buffet bashing in the Tiki community is that exactly "with his carefree style, fun music, and love of exotic things" he historically (albeit unknowingly) contributed to the devolution and gentrification of Tiki style by introducing his generic, hippy-esque Margaritaville world that had no specific cultural identity and was thus more safe, p.c. than Tiki.

It is simply the generation gap between the Mai Tai and the Margarita period, between Lounge music and Rock music, that makes today's Tikiphiles want to differentiate between a real Tiki Temple like the Mai Kai, and a Florida "Tiki Bar" with only palmfronts and beer neons.
Some people think that Bahama Mamas and Sex on The Beachs are so-called "Tiki Drinks", others know and care about the fact that they are NOT. For that, we might get called "Tiki snobs", but we prefer to think of ourselves as "proud keepers of the Tradition".

I love drinking Margaritas, and I believe Mr. Buffet has genuine sympathy for Tiki culture...but to state that sympathy now is easy, where was he in the 1980s when Tiki hit rock bottom?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-07-13 11:42 ]

Post #318440 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Jul 13, 2007 11:37 AM