Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Roj wrote: ^I've just read your review - the only one that's up as a matter of fact!! You've sold me - I'm on it .

Enjoy, it was only released late last year so it was nigh on impossible to find before then.  I'm digging it and really re-energized me regarding Arena.

The Bearded Bard is a really big fan of Motorpsycho.  You might want to hit him up for additional suggestions.

In my car, I currently have Monarch Trail's Skye, Yes' Heaven and Earth, Chicago's Now, Tom Petty's Hypnotic Eye, and Weather Report's Night Passage.

Hey all. Is it OK to post here if I still haven't listened to the newest TFK album?

rushfan4 wrote: The Bearded Bard is a really big fan of Motorpsycho.  You might want to hit him up for additional suggestions. In my car, I currently have Monarch Trail's Skye, Yes' Heaven and Earth, Chicago's Now, Tom Petty's Hypnotic Eye, and Weather Report's Night Passage.

 

darkshade wrote: Roland113 wrote: darkshade wrote: Hey all. Is it OK to post here if I still haven't listened to the newest TFK album? Darkshade, what's shaking man, I haven't seen you in a while . . . absolutely it's ok to post. How's the world treating you these days?   Tom Haha, been missing my prog and realized it's been months since I've been on the forum. Spent the better part of the past year exploring the world of Phish. Then "Infinite Fire" from Flying Colors came up when I accidentally clicked the track on iTunes. Well now I'm going through Dream Theater's discography to "warm back up". Still listening to Phish, but not binging anymore. That, and a combination of uninteresting topics and my loss of interest in prog music for a while (even though I consider Phish prog) led to me not coming back here. But I think I'm back for good, for now

 

darkshade wrote: Hey all. Is it OK to post here if I still haven't listened to the newest TFK album?

Heh, of course you can man.  Good to see you back!   You should probably get the newest album though......the bonus CD is a must as well.  Not their best work, but I like it better than Banks and it's pretty solid overall.

As to your other post, I've always kinda, sorta liked Phish.  That first album is quite proggy, but I was then disappointed by what came after.  Live they are like a more modern Grateful Dead, with less of the folky, country vibe that the Dead sometimes had.  Still, there is no denying that they are all impressive musicians.

I've never really gotten tired of prog, because there is so much of it that is good.  I listen to other stuff, of course, but I never find anything that obsesses me in the same way.  It's kind of crazy when I think about it, that since the early 90's I've pretty much been listening primarily to prog (though I didn't become really obsessed with it until the end of the 90's when I found the internet and TFK's).

Heh, my post about posting here was in jest ;)

@Roland

Dream Theater go way back with me, way before I started listening to prog, or knew what it was. They were my gateway, along with Opeth. I actually bought the new DT album when it came out last year, but only listened a couple of times. Didn't do much for me, and by then I was in full-Phish mode.


@infandous

Looking up Phish album reviews is actually how I discovered this site. Phish are more rock and funk than The Grateful Dead, and their improvisations are way out there sometimes, way more than The Dead or any other jam band have ever gotten. Part of the obsession is that their "type II" jams are like pieces of music themselves, and there is so much of it that I just want to hear all of it, or as much as I can, but that will take years, and I've been into them for 10+ years already. I think I listened to over 300 shows since June 2013, most of which were new to me. And I'm not one to just keep listening to 'new' shows without going back.

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Sometimes you need a break from certain kinds of music to be able to appreciate it again when you go back. Sometimes it's a few days/weeks/months, sometimes it's years. I actually listened to new Transatlantic album once when it came out and enjoyed it but, again, wasn't feeling the symphonic prog at the time

New TFK is already being checked out at Amazon, along with new Transatlantic and Opeth albums. Not sure what else I should get. I heard there's a new Yes album, and I bought Fly From Here, but wasn't thrilled, I thought it was good/ok. Reviews look negative.

Any other TFK or TA-related stuff come out lately?

darkshade wrote: ------------- Sometimes you need a break from certain kinds of music to be able to appreciate it again when you go back. Sometimes it's a few days/weeks/months, sometimes it's years. I actually listened to new Transatlantic album once when it came out and enjoyed it but, again, wasn't feeling the symphonic prog at the time New TFK is already being checked out at Amazon, along with new Transatlantic and Opeth albums. Not sure what else I should get. I heard there's a new Yes album, and I bought Fly From Here, but wasn't thrilled, I thought it was good/ok. Reviews look negative. Any other TFK or TA-related stuff come out lately?

musitron wrote: rolland113 "White Tuxedos" will fit in my Radio Station. Thanks

You're welcome, enjoy.

musitron wrote: Not really a big fan of Flower Kings but I would like to add some songs from them in my Internet Radio Station. I like it dark, hard and sometime heavy.   Do you have songs in kind of darkly atmospheric or hard to suggest to me? Thanks.