The Buffet Rant and what it means. - Tiki Music

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4105	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 6:23 AM On 2010-07-15 01:10, Baron von Tiki wrote: NASCAR memorabilia in a tropical setting? My stomach just evacuated. Anyway. . . . I don't think it has anything to do with Jimmy Buffett or his music per se. Buffett is just the face of the Parrothead crowd. I think the book "Tiki Modern" illustrates the difference between true Tiki and Margaritaville: Intellectual underpinnings. As we all know, the peak of Tiki's popularity in the 50s owes much to the boom of atomic-age tech, the large groups of homogenous middle-class families who were supported and fascinated by those industries, contrasted with the fantasy of the "free savages" who weren't bound by societal constraints. The music, too, is similar. I mean, although it's labelled "pop,""space age pop," and "easy listening," exotica and space age pop have more to do with jazz than other genres. And jazz was also the darling of the intellectuals of the time -- the Kerouac/Ginsberg reading beatniks. So, intellectualism and the modern art movement is what separates Tiki from Margaritaville; It's also what separates a Polynesian Pop enthusiast from your stereo-typical Parrothead. [[[((8-0))]]] The Super Secret Sigil of The Electric Tiki Society(tm) [ Edited by: Baron von Tiki 2010-07-15 01:12 ] Good point. I also would add that what separates us from them is that parrotheads are passive participants, whereas Tiki people include a LOT of artists and designers, from the musicians, carvers, scultpers, researchers, archivers to home tiki bar builders. Seems like almost everyone here creates something, and then gets drunk...while parrotheads juts get drunk (and listen to inferior, maudlin music). True, on the surface, the parrot heads might look like us, but I would say the scenes are completely different from each other. http://www.myspace.com/lucasvigor http://www.myspace.com/thesmokinmenehunes http://www.myspace.com/thehulagirlsband "yer jus not tuned into the series of tubes yet, let it soak in". [ Edited by: lucas vigor 2010-07-15 06:24 ]

On 2010-07-15 01:10, Baron von Tiki wrote:
NASCAR memorabilia in a tropical setting? My stomach just evacuated. Anyway. . . .

I don't think it has anything to do with Jimmy Buffett or his music per se. Buffett is just the face of the Parrothead crowd.

I think the book "Tiki Modern" illustrates the difference between true Tiki and Margaritaville: Intellectual underpinnings. As we all know, the peak of Tiki's popularity in the 50s owes much to the boom of atomic-age tech, the large groups of homogenous middle-class families who were supported and fascinated by those industries, contrasted with the fantasy of the "free savages" who weren't bound by societal constraints.

The music, too, is similar. I mean, although it's labelled "pop,""space age pop," and "easy listening," exotica and space age pop have more to do with jazz than other genres. And jazz was also the darling of the intellectuals of the time -- the Kerouac/Ginsberg reading beatniks.

So, intellectualism and the modern art movement is what separates Tiki from Margaritaville; It's also what separates a Polynesian Pop enthusiast from your stereo-typical Parrothead.

[[[((8-0))]]]
The Super Secret Sigil of The Electric Tiki Society(tm)

[ Edited by: Baron von Tiki 2010-07-15 01:12 ]

Good point. I also would add that what separates us from them is that parrotheads are passive participants, whereas Tiki people include a LOT of artists and designers, from the musicians, carvers, scultpers, researchers, archivers to home tiki bar builders. Seems like almost everyone here creates something, and then gets drunk...while parrotheads juts get drunk (and listen to inferior, maudlin music). True, on the surface, the parrot heads might look like us, but I would say the scenes are completely different from each other.

http://www.myspace.com/lucasvigor
http://www.myspace.com/thesmokinmenehunes
http://www.myspace.com/thehulagirlsband

"yer jus not tuned into the series of tubes yet, let it soak in".

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2010-07-15 06:24 ]

Post #542589 by tiki mick on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 6:23 AM