The Polynesian Paradise Dancers with CAKE (the band) for New Years - California Events

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Wed, Jan 2, 2013 12:35 PM On 2013-01-02 11:37, TheClamsCasino wrote: I'm just gonna say the Untouchables didn't belong at TO and take the flames as they come. No arguments here. Sure, great band....I remember them in high school when I was a mod.... but I can't think of even one thing tiki about them. I am all for the big tent, to widen the appeal....but c'mon already! I would not have any problems with most of this if a true hapa haole band (like mine) was included....but this is like ordering spaghetti and being told that marinara sauce is not a good fit for the dish. My favorite thread on this forum, hands down, was the polynesian floor show thread. Band after band in those pictures were hapa haole bands or something extremely similar....yet, the actual bands and the actual music have very little appeal to a majority of people here...I just don't get it. I mean, I grew up (like everyone here) surrounded by rock music. When I was a teenager, a trip to the music store was to be subjected to nothing but pointy guitars played by dudes wearing make-up and with blown dried hair. It's boring. Then, and now. We are immersed in it, surrounded by it. I always looked at tiki as something different....no matter what your upbringing was, the vintage music made during that era was excellent, and has stood the test of time. Shame more people don't get it.

On 2013-01-02 11:37, TheClamsCasino wrote:
I'm just gonna say the Untouchables didn't belong at TO and take the flames as they come.

No arguments here. Sure, great band....I remember them in high school when I was a mod....

but I can't think of even one thing tiki about them.

I am all for the big tent, to widen the appeal....but c'mon already! I would not have any problems with most of this if a true hapa haole band (like mine) was included....but this is like ordering spaghetti and being told that marinara sauce is not a good fit for the dish.

My favorite thread on this forum, hands down, was the polynesian floor show thread. Band after band in those pictures were hapa haole bands or something extremely similar....yet, the actual bands and the actual music have very little appeal to a majority of people here...I just don't get it.

I mean, I grew up (like everyone here) surrounded by rock music. When I was a teenager, a trip to the music store was to be subjected to nothing but pointy guitars played by dudes wearing make-up and with blown dried hair.

It's boring. Then, and now. We are immersed in it, surrounded by it. I always looked at tiki as something different....no matter what your upbringing was, the vintage music made during that era was excellent, and has stood the test of time. Shame more people don't get it.

Post #662890 by tiki mick on Wed, Jan 2, 2013 12:35 PM