Post #522974 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 8, 2010 9:33 PM

Thank you for explaining that this is an earnest request for an explanation. :)

My point is that the THE main reason for the sudden disappearance of Tiki culture was the so-called the GENERATION GAP, a phenomenon that began in the mid-60s and continued into the 70s. It describes the huge gulf that opened in cultural, social and political consciousness between the generations that invented and enjoyed Polynesian pop, and their children, who wanted to have NOTHING to do with what the older generations thought was cool. Though this attitude is somewhat inherent in every generation change, the 60s/70s generational divide was more radical than any other before or after, and swiftly relegated Poly pop and Tiki to the scrap heap: One can vividly imagine how a young fan of the Beatles or Stones would have recoiled in horror at the clip Vern posted above.

I think this post would be a fine occasion to discuss this cultural phenomenon with some other examples.