The Buffet Rant and what it means. - Tiki Music

BVT Baron von Tiki Member Wichita KS Joined: Mar 09, 2010 Posts: 86	BVT Baron von Tiki Posted posted on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 1:10 AM NASCAR memorabilia in a tropical setting? My stomach just evacuated. Anyway. . . . I don't think it has anything to do with Jimmy Buffett or his music per se. Buffett is just the face of the Parrothead crowd. I think the book "Tiki Modern" illustrates the difference between true Tiki and Margaritaville: Intellectual underpinnings. As we all know, the peak of Tiki's popularity in the 50s owes much to the boom of atomic-age tech, the large groups of homogenous middle-class families who were supported and fascinated by those industries, contrasted with the fantasy of the "free savages" who weren't bound by societal constraints. The music, too, is similar. I mean, although it's labelled "pop,""space age pop," and "easy listening," exotica and space age pop have more to do with jazz than other genres. And jazz was also the darling of the intellectuals of the time -- the Kerouac/Ginsberg reading beatniks. So, intellectualism and the modern art movement is what separates Tiki from Margaritaville; It's also what separates a Polynesian Pop enthusiast from your stereo-typical Parrothead. [[[((8-0))]]] The Super Secret Sigil of The Electric Tiki Society(tm) [ Edited by: Baron von Tiki 2010-07-15 01:12 ]

NASCAR memorabilia in a tropical setting? My stomach just evacuated. Anyway. . . .

I don't think it has anything to do with Jimmy Buffett or his music per se. Buffett is just the face of the Parrothead crowd.

I think the book "Tiki Modern" illustrates the difference between true Tiki and Margaritaville: Intellectual underpinnings. As we all know, the peak of Tiki's popularity in the 50s owes much to the boom of atomic-age tech, the large groups of homogenous middle-class families who were supported and fascinated by those industries, contrasted with the fantasy of the "free savages" who weren't bound by societal constraints.

The music, too, is similar. I mean, although it's labelled "pop,""space age pop," and "easy listening," exotica and space age pop have more to do with jazz than other genres. And jazz was also the darling of the intellectuals of the time -- the Kerouac/Ginsberg reading beatniks.

So, intellectualism and the modern art movement is what separates Tiki from Margaritaville; It's also what separates a Polynesian Pop enthusiast from your stereo-typical Parrothead.

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The Super Secret Sigil of The Electric Tiki Society(tm)

[ Edited by: Baron von Tiki 2010-07-15 01:12 ]

Post #542579 by Baron von Tiki on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 1:10 AM