The Islands of the Fraternal Order of Moai

While musing on an another thread I mentioned a song that really got my tiki/exotica blood stirring... one that really portrays the ambience, mood and character of exotica and Polypop in my view. Granted there are probably many, many more but here's my offer... feel free to add your favorite. Might end up on a mix CD at Ohana, even!

Minoi Minoi is one tune I always enjoy.

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"Everywhere I look....UNIBROWS!!!"

Too many to list, but here is one of my Hawaiian favorites:

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"I'm a drinker, but I don't mess with the 151." - Loni Love

Quiet Village!

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I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. -W.C. Fields

Again, too many to count, but here are some of the old school stuff that always works for me:

Beyond the Reef
Left Arm of Buddha
Adventures in Paradise
Moon of Manakoora

Many old hapa haole songs, too.

I also listen to a LOT of contemporary Hawaiian/Pacific, and that's a whole thread of it's own.

Loki turned me on to this song by Throat Culture. Easter Island Head

BTW, how do I imbed a YouTube video?

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"A curious species. They have fantasies they hide even from themselves."

"Sarcasm: Because beating the shit out of people is illegal"

"[video]address of the youtube file[/video]"

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"Everywhere I look....UNIBROWS!!!"

Awsome! Thanks.

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"A curious species. They have fantasies they hide even from themselves."

"Sarcasm: Because beating the shit out of people is illegal"

Classic! I throw Taboo in that same category. Hard to forget your firsts in my case (some of the first music I heard as I was just getting into the culture).

And in our household, our go-to ramp-up song to activity, or when we're on our way somewhere to something fun ... it's hard to pass up The Hukilau Song.

some of my favorites to really get in the mood

oasis of Dakhla
jungle madness
lotus land
manila
voodoo dreams
miserlou
caravan
tambuku
black orchid
beautiful kahana
swamp fire
tiki
isle of love

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Definitely Quiet Village, but that may be because it's the easiest to remember.
I like mostly all exotica.

Some have just become anthems though. You just have to hear them if you go to a tiki bar.

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-Don

If I had to pick only one song, "Quiet Village," as recorded by Martin Denny, the original mono version.

Of course, I am obsessed with the genre. There is a huge amount of breathtaking material available.

Love the Don Ralke, btw, also.

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I chose gin over gym...

At night, when the torches are lit, I almost always turn to Bill Jafee and his Islanders - "Hawaiian Paradise"

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I chose gin over gym...

Quiet Village - Denny
Voodoo Dreams - Baxter
Voodoo Suite - Prado
Taboo - Baxter


We need to add Ohana to this list under Revivial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotica

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She's a beaver killer!!!

Drasnin...lots of Drasnin lately.

and some Tikiyaki Orchestra

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So lightweight are his shoes.

This is my new favorite.....

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The monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga!

my exotica playlist always starts with augie colon, "minamahal, sinasamba," so i have developed a pavlovian reaction to the song - when i hear it on a saturday, i know it's time to relax and drink, and probably grill and have a bonfire

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i run the stasi like bob fosse

Voodoo Love: The Waitiki 7

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"I don't just pass judgment, I lean on the horn and flip it the bird!" - Stephen Colbert

I know the Islanders did this, but I heard Dennys version first. And of course there is the moog version. This is my favorite though.

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"Warning: Contains multiple hairy penis"

yeaaaahh riptide, i love that one... kind of vibes me similar to "sleepwalk."

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i run the stasi like bob fosse

How do you implant those youtube videos here? I never spent the time to figure that out.

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I chose gin over gym...

"[video]address of the youtube file[/video]"

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I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast. -W.C. Fields

Why thanks!

(You'll be sorry that I know how to do that now.)

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I chose gin over gym...

Chilling version of "Lotus Land"

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I chose gin over gym...