Tiki Music Defined - Tiki Music

E emspace Member Vancouver Joined: Jan 05, 2003 Posts: 879	E emspace Posted posted on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 11:37 AM Yup, rock's predominance is a result of suits figuring out new ways to line their pockets, plain and simple. Same thing with disco in the Seventies: all these amazing players and vocalists with deadly chops suddenly had to go disco! But at least they HAD chops. Then a few guys who could barely play their instruments at all decided that loud stupid 3-chord tunes are the true spirit of rock (who am I to argue?) and started playing "punk". Does anyone think the suits hesitated for more than the time it took for the sound pressure waves to reach their eardrums? Was punk TOO daring, too radical? HARDEHAR, it is to laugh! Punk was the sound of jingling cash registers, folks! Now of course those suits and their numerous parasitic descendants have figured out lots of creative new ways to dispense with musicians altogether, as with pretty much all current R&B - and Tiki Joe's Ocean. :wink:

Yup, rock's predominance is a result of suits figuring out new ways to line their pockets, plain and simple. Same thing with disco in the Seventies: all these amazing players and vocalists with deadly chops suddenly had to go disco! But at least they HAD chops.

Then a few guys who could barely play their instruments at all decided that loud stupid 3-chord tunes are the true spirit of rock (who am I to argue?) and started playing "punk". Does anyone think the suits hesitated for more than the time it took for the sound pressure waves to reach their eardrums? Was punk TOO daring, too radical? HARDEHAR, it is to laugh! Punk was the sound of jingling cash registers, folks!

Now of course those suits and their numerous parasitic descendants have figured out lots of creative new ways to dispense with musicians altogether, as with pretty much all current R&B - and Tiki Joe's Ocean. :wink:

Post #610580 by emspace on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 11:37 AM