Post #449585 by Tipsy McStagger on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50 AM

it's just a simple case of semantics....calling a hula wiggler a tiki wiggler is just being lazy and i see no harm in it...it's all part of the same genre' as far as i am concerned...we all know what someone is talking about when they say hula wiggler or tiki wiggler...i like to be more concerned with the broader spectrum of what polynesian pop means today, 2009 as opposed to what things use to mean or should mean...the age of tiki is gone...this is the new age of neo polynesian..this is what 21st century poly pop looks like....an all encompassing phenomenon of all things tropical be they tiki, hula, nautical, what have you....

.i haven't even read dukes article yet...and by god, i think i may be defending him here..(who would have thought!!??)

none the less, i do see your point sven and i'm not saying it's not valid..i personally just don't think it applies anymore...at least not to me...the vibe of tiki/poly pop is what is important to me...not classifications or divisivness...

" In a perfect world...Elvis would still be alive ....and all the elvis impersonators would be dead!!"

[ Edited by: Tipsy McStagger 2009-04-25 08:52 ]