Post #789362 by AceExplorer on Thu, Aug 23, 2018 4:08 AM

On 2018-08-22 17:43, HopeChest wrote:
Do fads generally last for over 12 years? :D

No, not by my definition. But as a "fad" I'm not referring to the absolute and technical history of the term or the genre itself, I'm talking about the current (recent) popularity of the soft rock genre. I think my point then is that exotica fans, who know and appreciate it for what it is, are committed to the genre in a different way than yacht rock fans are to their genre. Maybe I'm wrong. But I still have the same interest in exotica that I had 10-12 years ago. But as tikiphiles, we've got more "connection" to exotica, it's much deeper for us, it's not just a landing pad until the next form of "in" party music comes around.

The more I write about this the less I think I know and understand. I'm not dissing yacht rock, but am definitely surprised that people are going back to it in party environments. Did something on the musical landscape implode and leave a gap which could only be filled by soft rock? I don't know. It's interesting.