Post #786332 by MrFab on Thu, Apr 26, 2018 2:13 PM

On 2018-04-26 06:34, tikiskip wrote:

It's funny how some things get a pass and are seen as tiki Like hot rods, Burlesque, Burlesque? like where the heck did that come from?
Fezzes, And so many other things...Jimmy Buffet is as much tiki or not tiki as a fez or Burlesque, but Jimmy Buffet is mostly HATED here.
[ Edited by: tikiskip 2018-04-26 06:38 ]

I think it's because tiki was revived by post-punk Southern Californians, and hot rods, burlesque, fezzes (as well as Rat Pack/classic Vegas, rockabilly, surfing, Googie, etc) are all part of the 'lowbrow' culture that was inspired by sexy, somewhat deviant mid-century coolness. Jimmy Buffet isn't mid-century, isn't from California (or anywhere near the Pacific), most certainly isn't cool, and there's no strong exotic feel to his mild country-pop music. John Denver in a Hawaiian shirt is still John Denver.

I've added some Mexican Day of the Dead stuff to my living room bar area. A culture clash, I guess, but in purely visual terms, it fits in.

[ Edited by: MrFab 2018-04-26 14:15 ]