Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Roland113 wrote: See, I would absolutely include "The Flower King", it really was the start of the band.  Also, as I've always said, the person that deals with all of the grief of running a tournament gets to choose the rules.  If you start it Darkshade, you can do what ever You want. Enjoy,

While I agree, Roine himself does not.  In fact, he says they were not a real band in his mind until they recorded Retropolis ! 

Still, I think it's crazy to not include that one.  They Flower Kings have always played tracks from it, and they never refer to them as "solo" Stolt tracks.  Of course, Stolt wrote practically everything on the first few albums anyway.

infandous wrote: zumacraig wrote: i've really been enjoying Brimstoned in Europe.  Adam & Eve is losing my interest.  i don't know what it is.  i can't seem to pay attention to the entire songs.  i love the middle of Love Supreme, I love the intro to Drivers Seat and i LOVE Babylon.  the rest is just work to listen too.  too bad.  it kind of sounds stale to me.  anyway, just wanted to share. c Hey, I'm with you man.  Though I love A Vampire's View.  My favorite track on that album.  Also Blade Of Cain is a good track.  I agree with you about the rest. Brimstoned is an excellent live album, from a unique one - off tour.  Wish Roine would do something like that again!

zumacraig wrote: infandous wrote: zumacraig wrote: i've really been enjoying Brimstoned in Europe.  Adam & Eve is losing my interest.  i don't know what it is.  i can't seem to pay attention to the entire songs.  i love the middle of Love Supreme, I love the intro to Drivers Seat and i LOVE Babylon.  the rest is just work to listen too.  too bad.  it kind of sounds stale to me.  anyway, just wanted to share. c Hey, I'm with you man.  Though I love A Vampire's View.  My favorite track on that album.  Also Blade Of Cain is a good track.  I agree with you about the rest. Brimstoned is an excellent live album, from a unique one - off tour.  Wish Roine would do something like that again! yeah, i knew you'd be with me  Vampire's View is a really interesting track and i respect it, but don't listen to it much.  take the best of the two epics as well as Babylon and Blade of Cain, and it would've been great.  less is more, in this case.  i do like starlight man too.   yeah, circus of brimestone tour would be awesome.  so much they could play from all their projects as well as bunch of tomas instrumentals etc.  how about a 10 min version of Room With a View as well as The Rainmaker

Yeah, Vampire's View is the only one that harks back to the more symphonic stuff from the early albums, IMO, while also featuring a suitably over the top vocal from Daniel.  Personally, I think it works wonderfully.  There is a live version on Carpe Diem with Roine and Hasse doing the vocals, but I think it's just not the same without Daniel's vocal.

Starlight Man makes me cringe, I'm afraid.  I think Roine does a nice job on vocals, but the cheese factor on that song it just way to high for me.

Garden of Dreams wrote: For me, tracks 1-5 on Adam & Eve are gold but after that it starts to decline.I am not a fan of Starlight Man or most of Timelines in particular.  I have really grown to like Days Gone By, even though it is just a short little piano tune.

infandous wrote: Brimstoned is an excellent live album, from a unique one - off tour.  Wish Roine would do something like that again!

Garden of Dreams wrote: For me, tracks 1-5 on Adam & Eve are gold but after that it starts to decline.I am not a fan of Starlight Man or most of Timelines in particular.  I have really grown to like Days Gone By, even though it is just a short little piano tune.

Happy birthday to Barney

Ok, Adam & Eve.

Roj M30 wrote: Ok, Adam & Eve.   The first few minutes of Love Supreme are the most derivative of any TFK epic, however the second half of the piece is pure Flower Kings and is fantastic.  You'd do well to find a more gorgeous couplet than Cosmic Circus/Babylon.  I have to be in the mood for A Vampires View , but Days Gone By is stunning and echoes a similar piece from one of Tomas' solo albums though I struggle to recall the title of that.    The title track is great, but I love all the TFK "rockers" so no surprise there.  Timelines and Starlight Man are for me the weak points of the album, but still very decent.   Drivers Seat is amazing, end of story.  One of TFK's best epics without a doubt.   The album would get 4.5 stars for me.  And being me, I'd round up to 5.    Should I post this as an album review .

 

Edited by Roj M30 - May 11 2012 at 08:00

All this Adam & Eve discussion is making me want to listen to it again. Maybe I'll make a review too.