Post #358771 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Feb 3, 2008 12:15 AM

Well, we are getting a little away here from the "80s Tiki" subject, but if nobody else here has anything to contribute to that, let's talk some more about "Polynesia":

On 2008-02-02 17:38, BC-Da-Da wrote:
Also, while we're on the topic of the "Polynesia" album... the tracks that feature the female vocalist and no spoken word... those remind of the tracks from "Eden's Island" that have the female chorus. It's interesting that both "Eden's Island" and "Polynesia" come out of Los Angeles, as neither are entirely beatnik nor entirely exotica either.

I think it has to do with L.A. having been THE magnet for all kinds of talent in the mid-century. People crossed paths, musicians and actors, and much was tried out that has long since been forgotten. Just look at the bio of the female voice on "Polynesia", Marni Nixon:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633262/bio

WHERE does Exotica come into play there? Not really -it probably was another job for her as a voice professional....or maybe as a performer she did it because she was the artsy type and thought it was "deep" in sort of a beatnik sense....

And if this IS the Robert Sorrells whose voice is on the album (though spelled Sorrels with one "L" on the cover), it makes perfect sense that he had an acting career in Westerns and Twilight Zone serials and then, at the end of his life, went on a killing spree....an all American Colonel Kurtz character:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815171/

I wanna know who WROTE that stuff...we probably still can ask Marni Nixon, and Buddy Collette.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-02-03 00:17 ]