Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

J-Man wrote: but Snow has a special place inside of me. -Jeff

Roland113 wrote: Roland113 wrote: I think every song is at least very good with the exception of "Carrie" (which is awful).  M27Barney wrote: I have noticed though that Snow has that song Carie - reminds me of Barry Manilow so I have to skip it Seconded . . . or firsted as the case may be . . . as long as it isn't fist-  nope, not going there.

I kinda like that song

J-Man wrote: Roland113 wrote: Roland113 wrote: I think every song is at least very good with the exception of "Carrie" (which is awful).  M27Barney wrote: I have noticed though that Snow has that song Carie - reminds me of Barry Manilow so I have to skip it Seconded . . . or firsted as the case may be . . . as long as it isn't fist-  nope, not going there. I kinda like that song

Yeah, Carrie is pretty awful I'd agree.  But also I find Nick's song, Looking For Answers to be quite terrible as well.  But then, Snow is my least favorite thing that Morse ever did (well, tied with the Day For Night album, but that at least has the title track which is quite good).  Strangely enough, even though I don't much care for the album, I agree with Tom about the last half of the second CD (Freak Boy to the end) being the best part.  The Overtures are pretty cool too, but that is to be expected from Morse.

By the way Tom, The Great Nothing was actually written years before All Of the Above.  Back when "V" came out, I read an interview with Neal where he stated that he had written The Great Nothing years before (I don't think he gave an exact year).  All Of The Above was, I believe, a new song at the time that he was just putting together and decided to present to the TA boys.

Which all just goes to reinforce my idea of the "patented Neal Morse prog formula".  Which I happen to mostly love.  Perhaps my problem with Snow is that it is a bit of a departure form that formula?  Possibly, but most of the album retains that formula, just far less successfully than his other albums IMO.


 

^^ I voted in your poll and shared my opinion amongst all of the hating

It's early doors and I'm hoping that somebody else will vote YES....

Feelings . . . nothing more than feelings.  Barry Manilow is the shizzle in the missus manizzle.

Roland113 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Roland113 wrote: ^ Hey Jeff, Unrelated to the Flower Kings, I've been really getting into Vanden Plas lately.  With your progressive metal leanings as of late, I figured you'd be all over them.  I have "Christ 0" and "The God Thing", what should I get next? I'd recommend the Abydos album, which is the solo project from Vanden Plas' singer (his name eludes me at the moment).  Hmm, I'll have to consider that, though it was more the guitar and keyboard players that impressed me rather than the lead singer.  It's not like the lead singer was bad, I just didn't find him to be compelling.  I liked the tightness of the band and the melodies of their solos. Thank you though for the recommendation Scott,

Tom,

If you're liking those, I first recommend checking out the rest of their discography. All of their albums except for "AcCult" are really good. One of my personal favorites from them is "Beyond Daylight".

Aside from their discography, you might want to check Brazilian Prog-Metal band Mindflow. Melodic prog metal with powerful keyboards and guitars. All of their albums can be obtained for free on their website:

http://www.mindflow.com.br/

-Jeff

Roland113 wrote: ^ Thanks Jeff, your post had the magic word in it . . . Free . . . coincidentally, I'm downloading the Mindflow compilation CD right now.  I'm liking what I've heard on their player.

Roland113 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Roland113 wrote: ^ Hey Jeff, Unrelated to the Flower Kings, I've been really getting into Vanden Plas lately.  With your progressive metal leanings as of late, I figured you'd be all over them.  I have "Christ 0" and "The God Thing", what should I get next? I'd recommend the Abydos album, which is the solo project from Vanden Plas' singer (his name eludes me at the moment).  Hmm, I'll have to consider that, though it was more the guitar and keyboard players that impressed me rather than the lead singer.  It's not like the lead singer was bad, I just didn't find him to be compelling.  I liked the tightness of the band and the melodies of their solos. Thank you though for the recommendation Scott,

I haven't listened to VP in a couple of years, but I do recall liking all of their albums; I'm just not sure which one I'd recommend next.  I kind of enjoyed the Abydos album even more than the VP albums, although to be honest, it seemed to be in a similar vein, except that it is a concept album, that he was aslo going to turn into a stage production.  I don't know if anything ever happened with that or not.  I think that I heard that it was performed as a stage production in Germany, or something along those lines. 

Ohhh Mandy,  you came to the window and you flashed me but I couldn't believe Ohhhhhhh Mandy (or something like that).