The "Just Because It's From Hawaii, Doesn't Mean It's Tiki" Thread - Bilge

BB Bruddah Bear Member Los Angeles Basin, Westside Joined: Apr 07, 2011 Posts: 629	BB Bruddah Bear Posted posted on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 2:33 PM I'm with Lucas on the Hapa Haole music. I've always enjoyed it, and although I love exotica, I prefer the decidedly Polynesian/Oceanic music and drums that point to the South Pacific Islands rather than Exotica's more scattered Oceania/Orient/Africa/Middle East/Latin America sounds. My "music to put me in a Tiki mood" playlist has more Hapa Haole than Exotica, more combined selections from acts like Alfred Aholo Apaka, Andy Iona, Sol Hoopi, Nat Mara, Danny Kalauawa Stewart & his Islanders, Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders, Harry Owens & his Royal Hawaiians, Poly & his Hawaiian Ensemble, All Star Hawaiian Band, etc. than I do of the Exotica trifecta of BD&L. But I still like Surf Music, Slack Key, and even some quirky non-Hawaiiana/Tiki acts (that most folks wouldn't consider Tiki either) who did Polynesian songs too (Sons of the Pioneers' "Blue Hawaii" and Benny Carter's "Moon of Manakoora" for a couple of examples). Add to that, not all modern Polynesian music is the same, nor should it be considered Tiki just because it's from Hawaii. Some of the acts are like a modern version of some of the soft rock groups of the 70s, not very Tiki. The one type of Hawaiian music that I just can't take much of at all is the current trend of Hawaiian Reggae, or "Jawaiian" as my cousin calls it. Yuck. Sounds just like the stuff out of the Caribbean, and we all know how hardcore tikiphiles feel about Caribbean music in their Tiki. Hapa Haole Über Alles! Bear

I'm with Lucas on the Hapa Haole music. I've always enjoyed it, and although I love exotica, I prefer the decidedly Polynesian/Oceanic music and drums that point to the South Pacific Islands rather than Exotica's more scattered Oceania/Orient/Africa/Middle East/Latin America sounds.

My "music to put me in a Tiki mood" playlist has more Hapa Haole than Exotica, more combined selections from acts like Alfred Aholo Apaka, Andy Iona, Sol Hoopi, Nat Mara, Danny Kalauawa Stewart & his Islanders, Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders, Harry Owens & his Royal Hawaiians, Poly & his Hawaiian Ensemble, All Star Hawaiian Band, etc. than I do of the Exotica trifecta of BD&L.

But I still like Surf Music, Slack Key, and even some quirky non-Hawaiiana/Tiki acts (that most folks wouldn't consider Tiki either) who did Polynesian songs too (Sons of the Pioneers' "Blue Hawaii" and Benny Carter's "Moon of Manakoora" for a couple of examples).

Add to that, not all modern Polynesian music is the same, nor should it be considered Tiki just because it's from Hawaii. Some of the acts are like a modern version of some of the soft rock groups of the 70s, not very Tiki. The one type of Hawaiian music that I just can't take much of at all is the current trend of Hawaiian Reggae, or "Jawaiian" as my cousin calls it. Yuck. Sounds just like the stuff out of the Caribbean, and we all know how hardcore tikiphiles feel about Caribbean music in their Tiki.

Hapa Haole Über Alles!

Bear

Post #606771 by Bruddah Bear on Wed, Sep 14, 2011 2:33 PM