Tiny Bubbles - with a real tiki - on Lawrence Welk - Tiki Music

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11037	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 11:51 AM On 2010-04-08 21:33, bigbrotiki wrote: 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. From what I have seen, a vast majority of us are in our 40s and 50s. So WE started and furthered the "Generation Gap" - WE were responsible for the near-death of Tiki!

On 2010-04-08 21:33, bigbrotiki wrote:
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.

From what I have seen, a vast majority of us are in our 40s and 50s. So WE started and furthered the "Generation Gap" - WE were responsible for the near-death of Tiki!

Post #523060 by MadDogMike on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 11:51 AM