Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

M27Barney wrote: I could but a lot of my watching Football (You call it soccer) is done in the pub with my mates

Who do you support?

I'm a Spurs fan so I'm well happy after Sunday's result

Nov wrote: M27Barney wrote: I could but a lot of my watching Football (You call it soccer) is done in the pub with my mates Who do you support? I'm a Spurs fan so I'm well happy after Sunday's result

Hi all.

Roj M30 wrote: Hi all. I've not posted on here for about 3 or 4 days, and it appears I've missed World War III . Rob, the way you listen to the music is just the way I do - 'phones on, drift away, and no chance of annoying the wife or the neighbours with your chord progressions or moog solos too. Tom, nice pic there buddy, lovely family.  You're also very lucky to have a wife that likes prog.  I'm sure I can find some photos of myself and my wife, but as for having the technological know how to put in on here - forget it .  Damn, it took me long enough to put on my avatar....and now I don't know how to change it!!  At least I picked a good one .

Hey Roj,

You missed a brief but interesting one there.

Thanks for the kind words on the family.  As weird as this may sound, I don't think I'd have married her if she didn't appreciate music.  When we first got together back in 96, I wasn't really into a lot of progressive myself.  There was still a steady diet of Genesis and Peter Gabriel, but that was it for progressive rock.  I was listening to what was being called 'Alternative' back then (Dave Matthews, Goo Goo Dolls, Live) or electronica.  Ended up going towards electronica for the next few years until 2007 when I made the jump back into progressive rock.  To her credit, she allowed me to drag her along through the various genre's over the years and has picked out things that she likes from each genre.

Her prog loves include Genesis, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Sylvan, It Bites, IQ and now Phideaux and yeah, she totally enjoyed both of the Three River's Prog fests.

  Yeah, I'm pretty lucky.

Oh and I forgot to mention this. I'm going to NYC to see a play on Broadway, and I'm leaving this morning and will be gone for probably 2 days. Let me know what goes on in the Flower Kings World!

I completed ripping the 10 FK studion CD's to MP3 (bitrate 320 kb/sec)

M27Barney wrote: I completed ripping the 10 FK studion CD's to MP3 (bitrate 320 kb/sec) Thus 10 directories and 154 tracks totalling 2.29GB I have just completed an MP3 epics (then faves at the end) compilation which goes onto one CD. 1. Stardust we are. 2. Monsters and Men 3-20. Garden of dreams 21. I am the sun Part 1 22 I am the sun  Part 2 23. Love Supreme 24. Love is the only answer 25. Devils playground 26. Drivers seat 27. The truth will set you free 28. World of adventures 29. Retropolis 30. Compassion 31. Road to sanctuary 32. Flora Majora   JUST OVER FIVE HOURS of quality , can use this to compare & contrast the epics. Just listened to the first two - and I can't really say which one is best - both Genius and both would get into my top 10 all time prog tracks..........

Nov wrote: M27Barney wrote: I was also made up when spurs won - I was born 5 miles from Old Trafford, and I live approx six miles from Old Trafford and have been a Man Utd fan since sperm met egg...... I'm a big admirer of Man Utd and love watching them play. To me they are the team that Spurs aspire to be. Well, you do have a habit of nicking our best players  I think it'll be 4 n a row for you this season and would love to see Spurs in the top 6. I also hope that Rooney has a fabulous season, topped off with a World Cup winners medal. I also hope that Micheal Owen is able to respond to (what I see as) an amazing gesture by Alex Ferguson to get him back to his old best and back at the front of the England team next June where he belongs. Anyway, back to The Flower Kings....... .......I wonder who Roine supports  By the way, do you know those girls in your avatar? I think they are rather gorgeous - all 4 of them Lastly, here are my top 5 TFK epics: 1) I Am The Sun 2) The Truth Will Set You Free 3) Monsters & Men 4) Garden of Dreams 5) Devil's Playground

M27Barney wrote: You don't rate Stardust we are?

Roj,

I think you and I see pretty much eye to eye on "I am the Sun".  I equate the song with my mental transition from rock and roller to father so yeah, it's kind of a personal song for me. 

Barney, I assume that by the 'daft bit' that you mean the 'I lost my heart in San Francisco' bit.  That one took me a while to appreciate, it's odd and quirky, but I think it works well if you look at the whole song as a progression in life.  The 'daft bit' signifies the confusion that you can go through when going througha major life changing event.  I've always thought part one was a little more arrogant and angry whereas part two sounded more humble and joyous.  The San Francisco is just the transition.

I could be totally off base, but that's just how I interpret the bit and the piece in general.