Post #789325 by AceExplorer on 08/21/2018

On 2018-08-21 10:11, Cammo wrote:
"But there will apparently be a new sub-genre within poly pop or whatever the whole conglomeration is called."

I agree everyone else doesn't know the difference. But what did I mean by the sub-genre comment? Hot rods aren't tiki and they're "in." Monsters aren't tiki, and they too are "in." Surf music isn't tiki, but many adopted it and it's "in." Yacht rock isn't tiki and I suspect it could also become "in."

What we're seeing is human nature. I would not call exotica all "mowed down" and "over." Yacht rock was once popular, then it died out, and it's coming back as a fad, so it may die a second death. It's hilarious to me... But traditional "tiki" music (if you can call anything really traditional in poly pop, ha) will always remain historically connected to mid-century tiki and poly pop.

I really think of yacht rock as a fad, without longevity, and it will fade out in favor of something else. I don't see it packing out stadiums like Jimmy Buffett does.