Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

M27Barney wrote:   That sounds VERY promising - Thanks for the birthday wishes lads - my birthday brought me 12 new CD's to listen to - The AOM's CD's are not as good as the third  but the Lalo Huber solo effort is excellent as is the last Galleon CD in the collection - All European Hero - also excellent..... The rest I will report on as I listen. The football season ended in dramatic style - but against my team so it looks like prog and all the discussions thereof will have to being me succour..... TTFN

 

My most recent TFK purchase was the Tour Kaputt CD and DVD.  The last CD purchase was The Sum of No Evil.  Dream Theater led me to Transatlantic which led me to TFK.  Back In the World Adventures was my first purchase and I loved it.  Retropolis was next and I loved it too, and I was hooked and went on a buying spree until I had the rest of the catalogue.  I am pretty sure that my first new release purchase was The Rainmaker, but it may have been Unfold The Future.  I've always been kind of lukewarm on Space Revolver and Stardust We Are.  Not really sure why, seeing that they are favorites around here.  Flower Power was actually a really late purchase for me and I've never really given it the listens it deserves.  I think that Adam and Eve, Paradox Hotel, and The Sum of No Evil are all great albums too.  I would still like to track down a couple of live albums:  Alive On Planet Earth, Live In New York-The Official Bootleg, and Brimstoned In Europe. 

First thing I decided to listen to today was Transatlantic - "The Whirlwind" Bonus Disc, and it's really enjoyable, especially when not considering the main album. By itself, it's some enjoyable prog, and is really a nice mix of TFK and SB/Morse with DT drumming. And you still get The Whirlwind theme in there with Such A Time.

As for the covers, they're just alright, but the Santana cover is the best!

Transatlantics cover is better really.....except for the vocals.

rushfan4 wrote: darkshade wrote: ^ Sounds like a discography run-through is in order. I haven't been listening to much TFK lately, so I forget how some songs go. Ive been focusing on getting more Spock's Beard albums, as I only have 5 at this point. It's funny, after I got heavily into Transatlantic, Spock's Beard "V" was the first album I got once I branched out into the Transatlantic family tree. But I never got into them as much as TFK, The Tangent, Karmakanic, etc. Neal's solo albums appealed more even, probably because of Portnoy on drums. I also am sort of holding off until June when BoE comes out. I'm sure I'll be TFK-crazy around that time. I just did a run-through back a month or two ago at the same time you were doing one.  What I really need is a two-week period of being locked in a room with no doors or windows with non-stop TFK playing in my ears.  That isn't ever going to happen though.

I may have a day like that in July. I have a vacation week that will have at least one day dedicated to just listening to music. TFK will probably be the band of choice, if I'm in the mood.

Right, I forgot you had done that recently. Yea the marathon I did was the last time I listened to much TFK. I only listened to BITWOA and TSONE a couple times since.

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Dream Theater covers are usually better than the originals, though I don't know about their cover of Larks' Tongues In Aspic 2 and To Tame A Land. The former was really awesome until halfway through, and they couldn't keep the energy up, unlike King Crimson did. The latter is much better when Iron Maiden plays it. Also their Master of Puppets album cover was just ok.

Their cover of Odyssey by Dixie Dregs was a lot better than the original however. As was their cover of Achilles' Last Stand from the A Change of Seasons EP. Their cover of Dark Side of the Moon was good, better than I thought. But you can't replace the original.

darkshade...those LOST pictures!!   

M27Barney wrote: Just Listened to Anubis - Tower of Silence - twas saved by the last track which is reasonable - one for the collection only me-thinks....So listemed to "Garden of Dreams" (for guaranteed enjoyment - The final instrumental movement is possibly in the top 10 symphonic prog moments of all-ttime - it's just pure genius.....over indulgence at it's pompous best - I love it. I want pomposity.....I reckon TFK should re-do "The Lamb" by Genesis - it would be a monster seller as well - If they were allowed to do it of course.....

New interview with Roine Stolt
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More interviews!!!

One with Roine Stolt and one with Jonas Reingold.

http://www.deliciousagony.com/
Just click "Interviews" on the left hand side.

New info about upcoming Transatlantic, Agents of Mercy, Karmakanic, 3rd World Electric albums and tours.

And, of course, new info about the new Flower Kings album. Roine discusses how they acquired the new drummer Felix.

Just wondered if this post might be the one that brings up Page 200.