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

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 11:48 PM On 2010-04-09 14:20, bigbrotiki wrote: .....though we were into Punk, that Anti-attitude was directed more towards our brother's Hippy and Rock Star generation than that of our forefathers. Lawrence Welk was already somewhat amusing to us. Sid Vicious singing My Way was a tip of the hat towards the later Lounge revival. Yes, absolutely. Punk Rock generation = Tiki Revival generation. Actually one of the first "ironic" lounge acts was the Circle Jerks. Their act was captured in "Repo Man" (1984), a full decade before the Lounge Revival. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbnOFPud3M So Lucas, what do you think of this guy?.... (And Lucas knows who it is. For those of you who don't, it's NOT Jesus Christ, Jim Morrison, or Charles Manson.) Also I finally caught the Hula Girls tonight (although Vigor-less). I'll post on that elsewhere. [ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-04-10 00:52 ]

On 2010-04-09 14:20, bigbrotiki wrote:

.....though we were into Punk, that Anti-attitude was directed more towards our brother's Hippy and Rock Star generation than that of our forefathers. Lawrence Welk was already somewhat amusing to us. Sid Vicious singing My Way was a tip of the hat towards the later Lounge revival.

Yes, absolutely. Punk Rock generation = Tiki Revival generation.

Actually one of the first "ironic" lounge acts was the Circle Jerks. Their act was captured in "Repo Man" (1984), a full decade before the Lounge Revival.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbnOFPud3M

So Lucas, what do you think of this guy?....

(And Lucas knows who it is. For those of you who don't, it's NOT Jesus Christ, Jim Morrison, or Charles Manson.)

Also I finally caught the Hula Girls tonight (although Vigor-less). I'll post on that elsewhere.

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-04-10 00:52 ]

Post #523163 by JOHN-O on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 11:48 PM