Oklahoma Trade Winds Motor Hotel Sign on American Pickers - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:58 AM Looking at the previous page: How good to see a post with true Tiki science here on TC again, thanks DC! Perhaps it should be noted that the "Trade Winds" moniker was a very common concept in Pre-Tiki Polynesian pop, not only popular with many motel owners across the United States, but also used for bars and restaurants. The only other one used as much would probably be "The Tropics". One could perhaps start a thread like the "Pago-Pago: All locations under one Roof" here on TC - but that would be a lot of work. I believe the popularity of the theme hails from this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6a7L_Xx5Io …made popular by Der Bingle:

Looking at the previous page: How good to see a post with true Tiki science here on TC again, thanks DC!

Perhaps it should be noted that the "Trade Winds" moniker was a very common concept in Pre-Tiki Polynesian pop, not only popular with many motel owners across the United States, but also used for bars and restaurants. The only other one used as much would probably be "The Tropics". One could perhaps start a thread like the "Pago-Pago: All locations under one Roof" here on TC - but that would be a lot of work.

I believe the popularity of the theme hails from this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6a7L_Xx5Io

…made popular by Der Bingle:

Post #701609 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Dec 9, 2013 6:58 AM