Post #650309 by JOHN-O on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 10:27 AM

On 2012-08-31 07:58, lucas vigor wrote:

...You are going to tell me that a band that plays every other tiki event, like the smoking menehunes, shouldn't play at tiki oasis? 2004 was the last time, bud. We are probably the only band around playing vintage hawaiian music, and oasis has had punk and ska bands playing but not us. What, do we suck that bad?

Lucas, you keep using Tiki Oasis as a barometer of your Tiki worthiness. That is a big mistake !! T.O. seems to be less about Tiki and more about the theme.

I think for a lot of people this year's T.O. was more like...

"James Bond ?? Cool, I love James Bond !! Now give me my free Tiki drink so I can get shitfaced."

OK, so maybe I'm exaggerating here. :D Personally I love to connect the mid-century pop cultural dots to Tiki that Otto challenges us to rediscover. To me that's almost as fun as actually attending the event itself. Very few people however, share that same geeky introspection. :(

Next year's "Hulabilly" theme looks like it's going to be really cool. Not only to highlight a Poly Pop musical genre that Spike's been ahead of the curve now for almost a decade, but also to educate people on Hawaiian music's impact on overall American culture.

I know this is a MAJOR oversimplification but it might go something like this: Hawaiian Steel Guitar --> Early Country --> Western Swing --> Rockabilly --> Rock and Roll --> Punk (ha, ha, I threw that one in for ATP). Also I'm sure Rhythm and Blues fits in there somewhere but we should save that for the Blaxploitation Tiki Oasis. :D

So Lucas, if you want to really play T.O. 2013, here's what you have to do. Go with the flow !!...

Change the name of the band to the "Smokin' Corn Cobs", affect a 1970's "Hee Haw" look, change the set list to include only Hapa Haole covers of Country songs, and replace Tiki Bong with Billy Bob Bong.

Got it ?? Now can you and BTD stop derailing my super boss thread !! :)

Instead add to this Hulabilly song list that I've compiled so far...

1. Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A by Moon Muligan (Here's a version by Eartha Kitt)

2. Everybody Does It In Hawaii by Jimmie Rodgers (Love that yodeling !!)

3. Hawaiian Cowboy by Roy Rogers (More yodeling !!)

4. Hula Rock by Bill Browning

5. Bop-A-Hula by Jimmy Newman

6. Hillbilly Hula by Jenks "Tex" Carman

7. Hula Boogie by Tommy Durden

8. Hawaiian Boogie by Elmore James

9. Hula Bop by Smokey Joe Baugh

10. Me Rock-A-Hula by Bill Haley & the Comets (I think this is a song that The Hula Girls are covering now)

11. Lula Rock-A-Hula by Teresa Brewer

12. Hawaiian Rock by Tommy Sands (Better than Elvis !!)

13. Hawaiian Rock & Roll by Morgan Clarke & The Hulawains

14. Chimpanzee Rock by the Hula Hawaiians (a 1957 Rockabilly tune by a Swiss group !!)