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^Come to think of it: it would be ideal for me to play the whole top 50 I displayed on page 2 on my death bed. That would be a great death ! Hey guys : PAGE 17 ! Edited by progrules - June 23 2009 at 05:09 |
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*laughs* I think we've taken a definite turn towards the morbid here...
I'm still sticking with the four second IKEA by night for my death bed song. Hey, if I outlived it, there'd be that uncomfortable silence after the song ended where everyone is staring at everyone else waiting for something to happen. Of course no one would say anything cause of the moment, then I'd make some awful croaking sound and rest against the bed but only for a second, cause I'd be messin' with them. I'd then suggest that we order a pizza or something to pass the time, maybe some gin rummy, maybe we could get someone else to put something else on the CD player... I'm just sayin' |
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progrules
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 10:24 |
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  Where a TFK appreciation thread can lead to !! Have we gone nuts or something ?
Maybe we should invite The Captain or Roj to have another say. We can't have this dialogue forever can we ? I think btw that Roger is still checking out Flower Power (GoD 15 times=15 hours for crying out loud
) And after that he will have The Flower King by Roine in his house and will have to spend many more hours listening to that ! So we will not be hearing much of him soon.But happened with The Captain ? I mean he created this thread didn't he ?
And where is Nov and Pablo and Infandous ? Are they leaving us in the lurch here ? HEY GUYS !!!!!!!!
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 13:50 |
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Hey I'm here  I check most days what you're on about but don't always post coz I'm also also busy on 2 mega Flower Kings threads (currently 255 pages and 143 pages) on 2 Genesis forums that I visit. I'm usually in the process of indoctrinating Flower Kings virgins by sending off compilation CDs and offering advice. I've turned several people into TFK fanatics doing this over the last few years So, keep up the good work and rest assured that I'm usually loitering around and occasionally posting.  |
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Hmm, it appears that yet another of my tangents has brought on a call to action...
Though, Pablo is still around, he's gone went and changed his name and goes as "The Quiet One" these days. On a Flower King side project related note, I just noticed that Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy are coming to Pittsburgh in October. Shoot, I guess I'm going to have to go to this one as well. I never thought of Pittsburgh as the hotbed of prog but shoot, we had The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Neal Morse and Izz last year. This year it's getting even better: IQ, It Bites, Phideaux, Singularity, King's X, Glass Hammer and now Karmakanic AND Agents of Mercy on the same night...I'm thinking a group jam at the end of the night with a few Flower King songs. I'm pretty freakin excited. |
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Seems to me that Pittsburgh is a pretty proggy place after all. I'm jealous mate !
Not to spoil the fun but I heard AoM a couple of times lately and it's a bit disappointing I feel. Especially the first couple of songs are underwhelming to me. Later on the album gets better fortunately.
PS Can you make some pictures or a vid of Susie and send them over to me ? I'm
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 07:06 |
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^ I picked Agents of Mercy up a few weeks ago and gave it a listen and was equally underwhelmed on the first listen. I've been in a Dream Theater / King's X mode lately so I haven't given it any further listens yet, but yeah, my first impression was much the same as yours.
Hmm, I don't know this 'Susie' character, she sounds as if she bears further investigation. |
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 16:53 |
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Hey guys I'm here, not posting here that much since I really don't t find anything I can add to the recent conversation, but trust me I'm always keeping an eye on this thread.
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Good to hear Pablo. That was the main thing !
By the way, in case you speak to Roj somehow, will you inform him that Roland and I are curious about his TFK progress ? He is absent for over a week on this thread now and that's much unlike Roger, isn't it ?
 Maybe he's sticking all of his time in listening lately, I remember he announced something like that.  Edited by progrules - June 27 2009 at 00:17 |
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Ok, I took the short cut there, I will explain. I noticed in your line-up of bands Glass Hammer came to your town. And their female vocalist is Susie Bogdanowicz (I reckon you don't know her, otherwise the first name would have been enough
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Ahh, no actually, the concert is in a little more than a month. I was actually confused, I thought Susie was in the "Agents of Mercy" not Glass Hammer.
I will totally keep an eye out for her, she has a great voice, though I've never actually seen the woman myself. edit: corrected, the internet is a wonderful thing and Susie is indeed quite the looker. One more reason to love 3RP |
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If you have their Inconsolable Secret album you can find (with some searching) a small vid on it with a peek in the kitchen. That's actually the only time I saw Susie (and the rest of the band).
Glass Hammer is a great band though their latest album was a slight disappointment.
Anyway, have a lot of fun on 3RP and tell us about it afterwards. I'm curious.
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I already nominated you for TFK fan of the month didn't I ? So that just leaves us fan of the year.
I really have to watch out for my no.1 position on this site
 . Is there anything you get out of it by TFK ?I mean you seem to me some sort of representative for the band. Or are you such a huge fan that you do it all for free ?? In that case:
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I just think that this band should be so much bigger than they are. Whenever I send a compilation CD off to someone they are gob-smacked by how good they are and in many cases end up buying all their albums. If only they could reach everyone who would love their music. I'm kinda evangelical about this band
I've met and chatted to the band after a couple of gigs and they are just such nice guys. I don't really want to get involved beyond that. I just want to bring their music to as many people as possible. Edited by Nov - June 28 2009 at 15:37 |
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I don't know them personally but from what I've seen on gigs (both live and on dvd) they really seem very sympathetic. Lately I reviewed Tomas Bodin's latest and did also some of his earlier albums but each time I'm doing this it gives the feeling I'm reviewing a friend's album. I tend to call him Tomas as if I know the guy. But that just shows what impression he apparantly makes on me. Simply a nice guy which also showed in an interview on Morow he did once. And of course I also adore his musicianship.
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I'm back guys, I've been on holiday for a week
 , that's the reason for my absence.
Flower Power is in my cd player but I've not really made much progress on it yet I'm afraid. Also I've not got it on my mp3 player yet so no chance to hear that whilst I was away either. That will change this week!
Also, The Flower King still hasn't arrived yet
 .TFK fan of the year, well there's a few possibilities aren't there? I'll exclude myself from that, as I'm only a (relative) newcomer to this wonderful band. When it comes to voting though, I'm open to bribes
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One week's deserved holiday
 , no Flower King yet , no Flower Power on mp3 player  = instead I had to listen to some of the others, World Of Adventures , Retropolis , Sum Of No Evil , Space Revolver and UTF to be exact. Next week, 6-12 July is the week I will really get the chance to give Flower Power a real listen.On listening to The Truth Will Set You Free from UTF (for about the 30th time) again I've come to the conclusion that this epic is almost perfect, however it's spoiled a little from 23' to about 28' for me. This section just does not seem to fit at all. Everything else before was wonderful and so cohesive, and the very end is truly superb. It would have been even better with that short section omitted.
Any other views folks?
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Hey Roj,
Welcome Back. Personally I don't have a problem with that section, though in general I'm not quite as exuberant about 'The Truth Will Set You Free' as you are. It's a good song, though not one of my favorites. I will how ever say this, I love 'The Devil's Playground' but feel that one of the sections takes away from the overall appeal of the song. From 12:28 to about 13:40 there's this annoying (in my not so humble opinion) straight almost marching band thing which really grates me. Hope all is well, |
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All is indeed well buddy, hope you are too.
I know exactly the bit of Devil's Playground you mean, and it's a bit annoying for me too. I suppose there has to be the odd song/part of song that doesn't do it. I know you hate the very start of Just This Once. The start of Last Minute On Earth with that guttural growling (repeated later in the album) winds me up.
With The Truth Will Set You Free, that's not my fave TFK epic, but still a very good one, and an epic that would have been to these ears almost perfect had it not been for the section I referred to.
This has given me an idea, TFK epics in order. Mine is presently:-
1. I Am The Sun
2. Stardust We Are
3. Monsters And Men
4. Driver's Seat
5. Love Supreme
6. The Truth Will Set You Free
7. Devil's Playground
8. Love Is The Only Answer.
Not sure where I'd place Garden Of Dreams yet, I don't really know it well enough. However, I'd stress that I love all these. They're all 5-star songs for me, in fact 1-3 are about 10 stars
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Hmm, interesting thought, though before I throw my ranking up there, what do you consider an epic? What is the time limit?
And yes, the sirens at the beginning of 'Just This Once' just plain anger me. Also, for those that are interested, I've started a blog in the blog section. My goal is to review 20 CD's per month for the next few months, there will be a lot of FK and FK related reviews in there. Yesterday was Snow by Spock's Beard, today is Black Clouds and Silver Linings by Dream Theater tomorrow will be Paradox Hotel. |
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Only disadvantage would be that I would die a very slow death (something like a whole working day 
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