Post #361695 by Thomas on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 10:34 AM

Good insights Bongo Bungalow. I wonder what percentage of the college kids know/care about the song by the same name and its author's association with modern generic tropicana.

By the way, above I wrote:
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Styles and trends which are proximal, like tiki and "tropical," should be kept separate, in line with the saying, "good fences make good neighbors."
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I guess I meant kept conceptually separate, definition-wise, though in practice tiki decor tends to be cohabitate with generically tropical elements all the time, as has been discussed at length here on TC, most recently here:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=27357&forum=1&23