Post #521774 by congatiki on Sat, Apr 3, 2010 9:44 AM

Nice post Lucas, not really familiar with the selections but I do see the
"proto-exotica" element. Very educational.

I conducted a far less scholarly study of my own last night with a few
people enjoying cocktails in the Conga Lounge.
Played some classic exotica and asked people to offer their first "visual"
impressions...the images that the music helped create. The exotica spurred images
of islands...hula girls...mystery...temptation...sacrifice...all the good things
about the "tiki" illusion.

Then we tried some classic Sun rockabilly...which conjured up images of
cars...fuzzy dice....girls (the great thing about music...you can always think
about girls) hot rod art...cars....girls....and cars. And cigarette packs in
rolled up sleeves.

If music does not inspire "tiki/exotic" images in the mind....can it be "tiki"
music?