Tiki Music Defined - Tiki Music

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 10:42 PM Wow, nice post Spike. It's hard for me to articulate (or defend), but I just feel a kinship between classic Punk Rock and the Tiki Revival. It's like if you can understand Punk then you can understand Tiki. I know there's many facets of Tiki, but the ones that appeal to me are that Tiki is edgy, primal, and politically incorrect. To me, Tiki isn't a hula girl placing a lei around my neck and wishing me Aloha but it's taking that same hula girl (hopefully a virgin) and sacrificing her to the volcano God. (In a nice kitschy way of course). Now I loves me my Les, Yma, Drasnin, Annette, Don (Ho), and Louis & Keely but sometimes the sound of fast basic 3-chord rock 'n roll can be so good in the mid-century Tiki bar. If Rockabilly and Surf can be Tiki music then why not Punk ?? ATP, help me out here. :) [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-03-31 23:13 ]

Wow, nice post Spike.

It's hard for me to articulate (or defend), but I just feel a kinship between classic Punk Rock and the Tiki Revival. It's like if you can understand Punk then you can understand Tiki. I know there's many facets of Tiki, but the ones that appeal to me are that Tiki is edgy, primal, and politically incorrect. To me, Tiki isn't a hula girl placing a lei around my neck and wishing me Aloha but it's taking that same hula girl (hopefully a virgin) and sacrificing her to the volcano God. (In a nice kitschy way of course).

Now I loves me my Les, Yma, Drasnin, Annette, Don (Ho), and Louis & Keely but sometimes the sound of fast basic 3-chord rock 'n roll can be so good in the mid-century Tiki bar. If Rockabilly and Surf can be Tiki music then why not Punk ??

ATP, help me out here. :)

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-03-31 23:13 ]

Post #521316 by JOHN-O on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 10:42 PM