Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

M27Barney wrote: Sorry Nov - The singer comes across as a wanna-be Bryan Ferry.....and this song sounds like a Roxy Music tribute band.....Difference is Manzanera was a much-much better string-smith than that geezer in the VID.... And what with the freakin tom-toms........ It's sort of new-romantic bass line gives away their origins - distinctly average though better than the poppy gorganzola of the eighties..... Anyway listened to the first Transatlantic CD last night - didn't realise that track 4 was so good - mega - awesome actually.

Yeah, not hearing the Bryan Ferry connection either (though I think he was obviously influenced by Ferry's style).  This song is much better than any 80's pop crap I recall.  Not as good, to my ears, as anything on Spirit of Eden, but still not bad at all.  I'm going to have to pick up Laughing Stock and possibly Colour of Spring now.

M27Barney wrote: Roland always seems to get horses into his posts   Oh and I can have a bath now - the world didn't end...now there is a suprise.....

infandous wrote: M27Barney wrote: Roland always seems to get horses into his posts  When I watched that Vid I was instantly reminded of Roxy Music - that possibly says as much about how my brain is wired up as any possibly likeness to anybody else's perception. Philosophically it is impossble to prove that when I see red it's the same red that anybody else sees - thus when i say I think that they are like Roxy Music it's because when i hear music I hear something entirely unique to my brain, this is why I think that the track was very reminiscent of late seventies RM. Mind you I'm going off long remembered RM because I possibly not heard any RM for twenty years...thus my perception is maybe clouded with other memories....... Stephen Hawking has just about wrapped it up for god - i/e - no god could exist before the big bang because time didn't exist..... - and I've just wrapped it up for Talk Talk...cheesy eighties New Romantics - I'm not wasting any spondoolics when there is so much more worthy music to spend it on..... Oh and I can have a bath now - the world didn't end...now there is a suprise..... Well, to be fair, I've only heard maybe half a dozen Roxy Music tracks and that was probably several years ago at least, so you might be right However, that video that was posted is in no way similar to anything on the last two Talk Talk albums (well, maybe the quiet intro).  I really don't hear the "cheesy eighties New Romantics" though, but as you say, we all have our own perceptions so you are certainly entitled to yours.  Just don't include those last two Talk Talk albums as they are as far as you can get from "cheesy eighties New Romantics" (IMO, of course). However, it is rather clear that you probably shouldn't bother with any Talk Talk

Thats the spirit !!! - I am somewhat taken amiss by some peoples - dislike for say , the two non Nichols IQ albums, but surely Nom Zamo & Are you sitting comfortably are far and away superior to the two talk talk albums..Is this not true ? And iot looks like the Mayans are now backsliding on their "End of the World" buffoonery - saying that it was never end of the world just an end of one cycle.....Aye, why wern't you saying that yesterday you stupid bunch of primitive morons ! - Aye hindsight is always 20-20 vision as they say.....

Edited by M27Barney - December 21 2012 at 14:50

M27Barney wrote: and I've just wrapped it up for Talk Talk...cheesy eighties New Romantics - I'm not wasting any spondoolics when there is so much more worthy music to spend it on.....

zumacraig wrote: finally got some tiime to check in.  hope everyone's doing well and chillin' out for the holidays.  i need to catch up and reply to the actual thread when i have more time.   anyway, out of town for xmas and i brought SMPT:e to listen to.  man, i just can't get into it.  this is the second time i've tried.  i love the second album, but this one does not do it for me.  neal sounds more annoying than usual and the long ones just meander.  not to mention the lyrics.  how many words can you rhyme with 'ay'.  oh, and mike's singing...make it stop.  anyway, i probably need to lighten up.  i just really want to like this album as it's gotten some really positive reviews. any thoughts?   peace!

I'm with you man, I enjoy "All of the Above" and love "Duel with the Devil" beyond that they're mostly one of those bands that I should like but I don't.  Yes was like that for e.  It took me a long time to be able to tolerate Yes and even still, I wouldn't call myself a huge fan.  To me, Close to the Edge doesn't hold a candle to Selling England.

SMPTe is great. Sometimes if I'm in the right mood I even prefer it over Bridge. Songs like All of the above or My New World are for sure in my top 5.

For me Whirlwind is a best effort by TA. Easiest to digest and full of diversity. Classic prog, a bit of psychodelic moments, stunning jam song that reminds me of Run Like Hell..instant classic. That album had grown on me after a show in Poland where they played Whirl in It's entirety. What a blast I had. Roine proved that he's one of the best guitarist's around. Today I gave a listen to Black Forest by AoM and IT requires some time for me to get into that album and band. Vocal is quite weird tbh. But solo's on Elegy and Kingdom Of Heaven are truly beautiful. And that funky bass in ' quite little town'..Intriguing indeed. PS. Metry christmas everyone!