Most irritating Exotica album and song - Tiki Music

D DejaVoodoo Member Woodbridge, NJ Joined: Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 144	D DejaVoodoo Posted posted on Tue, May 25, 2010 7:42 PM On 2010-05-25 14:12, I, Zombie wrote: On 2010-05-24 21:03, DejaVoodoo wrote: I fear I've made a financial blunder tracking down an Exotica LP on CD that may not be worth owning. :( Well I'm completely in the minority on this one, but I LOVE both these LPs and I think a double CD of the two is worth having (provided you didn't mortgage the farm to get it). I have both on vinyl and treasure them both. I also love Johnny Richards' "The Rites of Diablo" and Les Baxter's "Passions" -both of which are in that Exotica-as-horror category. I, Z Well, at least someone had something nice to say regarding "Orienta." :) I think I'll be joining that minority as the :30 second track clips of "Orienta" sound quite appealing to me. Yes, they're a little jokey with the appropriate, but often obtrusive, sound effects on certain tracks - "Rain In Rangoon" sounds like quite a heavy downpour! BUT, practically sight unseen, (or album unheard) I get that "Orienta" is meant as a stylized take on the Exotica genre, much like Disney's "The Haunted Mansion" was a not-so-scary twist on the traditionally terrifying haunted house, and the "Enchanted Tiki Room," when you really get down to brass tacks, really isn't 100% authentic, historically speaking. As much love and respect as I have for the "Enchanted Tiki Room," you have to admit that the only thing Tiki about the title song alone is the word Tiki! I don't think I'll be coming around much to Michel Magne's "Tropical Fantasy" based on what I have heard. But it's the second LP on the twofer CD so I'm sure I'll listen to it occasionally. No farms were mortgaged to afford this CD. It was just on the higher end of most commercially available CDs, say at Barnes "we-almost-always-charge-msrp-and-then-some" & Noble. It should be arriving in a couple of days. Thanks to the favorable reply to my original post, I can now say I'm excited!

On 2010-05-25 14:12, I, Zombie wrote:

On 2010-05-24 21:03, DejaVoodoo wrote:

I fear I've made a financial blunder tracking down an Exotica LP on CD that may not be worth owning. :(

Well I'm completely in the minority on this one, but I LOVE both these LPs and I think a double CD of the two is worth having (provided you didn't mortgage the farm to get it). I have both on vinyl and treasure them both. I also love Johnny Richards' "The Rites of Diablo" and Les Baxter's "Passions" -both of which are in that Exotica-as-horror category.

I, Z

Well, at least someone had something nice to say regarding "Orienta." :) I think I'll be joining that minority as the :30 second track clips of "Orienta" sound quite appealing to me. Yes, they're a little jokey with the appropriate, but often obtrusive, sound effects on certain tracks - "Rain In Rangoon" sounds like quite a heavy downpour! BUT, practically sight unseen, (or album unheard) I get that "Orienta" is meant as a stylized take on the Exotica genre, much like Disney's "The Haunted Mansion" was a not-so-scary twist on the traditionally terrifying haunted house, and the "Enchanted Tiki Room," when you really get down to brass tacks, really isn't 100% authentic, historically speaking. As much love and respect as I have for the "Enchanted Tiki Room," you have to admit that the only thing Tiki about the title song alone is the word Tiki!

I don't think I'll be coming around much to Michel Magne's "Tropical Fantasy" based on what I have heard. But it's the second LP on the twofer CD so I'm sure I'll listen to it occasionally.

No farms were mortgaged to afford this CD. It was just on the higher end of most commercially available CDs, say at Barnes "we-almost-always-charge-msrp-and-then-some" & Noble. It should be arriving in a couple of days. Thanks to the favorable reply to my original post, I can now say I'm excited!

Post #532253 by DejaVoodoo on Tue, May 25, 2010 7:42 PM