Tonga Room SF (Not) to be demolished? - General Tiki

K kraken Tiki Socialite SF Bay area Joined: Jun 17, 2011 Posts: 110	K kraken Posted posted on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 1:10 AM Seems that the one, the only, aspect of today's Tonga Room that almost everyone dislikes is the live music. Not that we're against a live band at all, and only a few think they don't play well--the overwhelming objection is that their music is not in the least suggestive of south Pacific islands and tiki. Well, the management can easily fix that. But not, I hope, by bringing in Don Ho wannabes to play bland, vaguely-Hawaiian stuff--IMHO that would be no better. The glorious Tonga Room deserves authentic Pacific rim music: exotic if not actually orgiastic, and eminently listenable and danceable. Any advice for the management about this?

Seems that the one, the only, aspect of today's Tonga Room that almost everyone
dislikes is the live music. Not that we're against a live band at all, and only a few
think they don't play well--the overwhelming objection is that their music is not
in the least suggestive of south Pacific islands and tiki.

Well, the management can easily fix that. But not, I hope, by bringing in Don Ho
wannabes to play bland, vaguely-Hawaiian stuff--IMHO that would be no better.
The glorious Tonga Room deserves authentic Pacific rim music: exotic if not
actually orgiastic, and eminently listenable and danceable.

Any advice for the management about this?

Post #601596 by kraken on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 1:10 AM