Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Helloween are great..i have been listening them very much in the past..they have made some great albums ..Master of the rings,Better then raw,Keeper of the seven keys trilogy ..

Nov wrote: Roj M30 wrote: Just seen the news on the Transatlantic Website that they are touring the USA and Europe next April and May.  This is fantastic news .  Even though I don't have The Whirlwind yet (Santa please) I will definitely be at the gig at Manchester Academy.  I simply would not miss this.  Barney, that is a must right?   I hope you guys stateside will be able to get to one of the shows too.  Henk, there's even a night at Tilburg which you might be able to make?   Great news this is though.  This will undoubtedly be a big earner for the band and if there's a dvd to follow it might generate enough cash for Roine to fund a new TFK album too (please). I booked tickets for Shepherd's Bush Empire at 9am this morning as soon as they went on sale. I wouldn't hang around if I were you as I think they'll go pretty fast

Roj M30 wrote: Perhaps after all the London gig would be a good idea.  We could all indeed get pissed, Nov will be there to join in too.

Which is exactly what I did at the ReGenesis gig at the same venue a few weeks ago

We had a few beers in O'Neill's (next door to the venue) before the show. This included meeting and having a chat with Steve Hackett by the way. Then we had a few beers during the gig and then another couple for good measure back in O'Neill's after the (excellent) concert.

Overdid it a bit to be honest and I was hopeless company on the way for the very kind lady who drove us all the way there and back from Cambridgeshire 

I'm happy to repeat this performance on 21st May though

Roj M30 wrote: Roland113 wrote: ^  Wow, ok, you win the award for fan of the month.  I applaud your dedication. Roj, amusingly enough, if I could swing it, I'd much rather see them in London for a couple of reasons: 1)  I've never been to England, let alone Europe, I'd love to do the tourist bit 2)  I could probably pick up about five other great progressive concerts while I was there 3)  There would be the hanging out at the pub with you and Barney afterwards, getting . . . I believe that 'pissed' is the appropriate term. Sadly, putting the whole thing on a credit card is really not a viable option . . . maybe next year buddy.   Nah Tom, the Manchester option would be better as it's much closer for Barney and I .  I'm afraid you don't get that many prog gigs here though either.  This year I've managed IQ, DT plus the Download Festival (not much prog there  but plenty of good bands).    Perhaps after all the London gig would be a good idea.  We could all indeed get pissed, Nov will be there to join in too.  Either that or us lot head Stateside for 3RP or Nearfest .  Yeah, like you say, maybe next year!

Roj, there is a good chance that Mrs Lazland & I could be at Manchester as well. It's only about four hopurs from here, and it could be a once in a lifetime. Will keep you updated, but it would be great to have a few beers before the gig!!

Merry Christmas to all.

Roland113 wrote: Hey Barney, Happy belated solstice to you. Merry Christmas to the remainder of you all, Tom

^^ Thanks Roj, I'm rather hopeful to find Darwin's Radio under the tree tomorrow morning.  There are already three suspiciously shaped packages waiting for me so I'm fairly excited. 

^ Shoot, now I really want to go to the Manchester Show.  This year is not the time, but at some point once we're in a bit better shape financially, I'm totally going to bring the family over to the isles to meet you all.  Maybe for a Flower Kings show in 2011?  we can be hopeful no?

So santa was good to me (seven CD's though nothing FK related).  To those on here that like Frost*, I'd like to second Roj's recommendation for Darwin's Radio's "Template for a Generation".

Great stuff there and thanks for the recommendation Roj.  Here's something you don't hear from me every day.  The keyboards are excellent.  I love what Mark Westworth does on this CD.  I didn't have much of an opinion on Mr. Westworth's keyboard work after Frequency as I was very suspicious of what was his vs. what was originally written by Mr. Orford.  I'll be honest, the Darwin's Radio CD has me kind of excited for the next IQ CD, when ever that may be.  I think his keys will nudge the band in a slightly different direction which could be good.

Roj, thanks again for the recommendation, great stuff.

^cool, I Am by Tomas Bodin is really superb.

Roland113 wrote: M27Barney wrote: I was going to tell her that I'd only believe in my Guardian Angel if she looked like Megan Fox and gave me a blow-job....The wife managed to convince me that this was a bad thing to say to her deluded mother....   I think if guardian angels looked like Megan Fox, there would be a lot more converts.

I reckon it might make the front page of the "Daily Sport"

^ Great list, I haven't heard many of them but there's a lot of great names up there.

What is the band "Boards of Canada" like.  I've not heard much about them.