Sven's The SOUND of TIKI CD -preview and discussion - Tiki Music

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Nov 8, 2009 8:07 PM I wouldn't say it did not have its own musical style, it just wasn't music-DRIVEN, primarily. Since the Tiki period came and went so fast it might not have had the time to develop further, but Denny and Lyman were clearly its contemporaries, paralleling Tiki's rise and fall: 1957 - mid-60s, when the Beatles made them look old. And let's not forget that Tiki had a large part of Polynesian pop inherent in it, and Polynesian pop DID get jump-started by the Hawaiian music craze. AND Hawaiian statehood then coincided with the big success of Marty and Arty, so "that modern music from Hawaii" did help inspire the spirit of Tiki on the mainland, no doubt, even if it did not get played in Tiki bars on a regular basis.

I wouldn't say it did not have its own musical style, it just wasn't music-DRIVEN, primarily. Since the Tiki period came and went so fast it might not have had the time to develop further, but Denny and Lyman were clearly its contemporaries, paralleling Tiki's rise and fall: 1957 - mid-60s, when the Beatles made them look old.

And let's not forget that Tiki had a large part of Polynesian pop inherent in it, and Polynesian pop DID get jump-started by the Hawaiian music craze. AND Hawaiian statehood then coincided with the big success of Marty and Arty, so "that modern music from Hawaii" did help inspire the spirit of Tiki on the mainland, no doubt, even if it did not get played in Tiki bars on a regular basis.

Post #492826 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Nov 8, 2009 8:07 PM