Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Seems like I'm starting to revaluate Space Revolver after a long time of difficult relationship...! Some freaking good riffs and guitar works in there.. And Rumble Fish Twist is a masterpiece!! 

zumacraig wrote: yeah, love Rumblefishtwist.  I wish they'd do some more tunes like that.  i especially love the spacey ending:)

I'm listening to The Sum of No Evil on my new speakers, and it sounds amazing!!!

darkshade wrote: Roj M30 wrote: zumacraig wrote: yeah, love Rumblefishtwist.  I wish they'd do some more tunes like that.  i especially love the spacey ending:)   Yeah, something I really miss about latter-day TFK is the ambient stuff.  The last few minutes of I Am The Sun Part 1 and parts of Garden of Dreams also come to mind.  You guys should yell at all the reviewers who said those moments on those albums are filler or boring. I agree with you guys anyway, don't forget some ambient stuff on BITWOA too. Modern TFK has its moments too, how about the end One More Time? It's short though. The last couple of minutes of Transatlantic's" All Of The Above" is a great ambient section, one of my favorites.

Yeah, that one of the things missing for me on the last few FK albums, something that I really loved about the band.  The "filler" is usually awesome to my ears.  Every album had some until probably Adam & Eve (though even then I think it's still there in small doses worked into songs).  I think of them as interludes and palate cleansers for the more substantial tracks.  I miss them.  I absolutely love the ambient stuff in middle (more or less) of Garden Of Dreams.....I think it's perfect and works very well in the development of the piece.  I know some people don't like it and make their own edits removing those parts (and others), but I say it's their loss as the entire piece works so beautifully as a whole.


Edited by infandous - September 25 2012 at 12:45

darkshade wrote: Roj M30 wrote: zumacraig wrote: yeah, love Rumblefishtwist.  I wish they'd do some more tunes like that.  i especially love the spacey ending:)   Yeah, something I really miss about latter-day TFK is the ambient stuff.  The last few minutes of I Am The Sun Part 1 and parts of Garden of Dreams also come to mind.  You guys should yell at all the reviewers who said those moments on those albums are filler or boring. I agree with you guys anyway, don't forget some ambient stuff on BITWOA too. Modern TFK has its moments too, how about the end One More Time? It's short though. The last couple of minutes of Transatlantic's" All Of The Above" is a great ambient section, one of my favorites.

That stupid bit in the middle of IATS - no need for it really - I love ambience - sort of string synths or mellotron - if IATS - had that instead of the jumbled up lyrics and daft noises - ala Madness or the Bonzo Dog Doohdah Band....it would have been improved somewhat. The waiting room - The lamb is a similar pointless noise jumble...Mind u the lamb has a few short "experiments" in music - mind u - any daft fooker could make those bits so thats why they are pointless....

M27Barney wrote: That stupid bit in the middle of IATS - no need for it really - I love ambience - sort of string synths or mellotron - if IATS - had that instead of the jumbled up lyrics and daft noises - ala Madness or the Bonzo Dog Doohdah Band....it would have been improved somewhat. The waiting room - The lamb is a similar pointless noise jumble...Mind u the lamb has a few short "experiments" in music - mind u - any daft fooker could make those bits so thats why they are pointless....

Yeah, that san francisco part is goofy. i've learned to love it though:)

zumacraig wrote: i've been listening to BoE and the new Neil Morse a lot.  Numbers really took it's time, but I'm really liking it.  SoNE is good.  One More Time is classic TFK.  love the key solo in the middle. incidentally, i decided to listen to The Yes Album yesterday.  man, it sounded dated to me.  i guess i'm just so used to modern production.  Relayer even sounded a bit dated.  Going For the One sounded more timeless.  never thought there'd be a day i'd be tired of Yours is No Disgrace, but yesterday was the day.

darkshade wrote: zumacraig wrote: i've been listening to BoE and the new Neil Morse a lot.  Numbers really took it's time, but I'm really liking it.  SoNE is good.  One More Time is classic TFK.  love the key solo in the middle. incidentally, i decided to listen to The Yes Album yesterday.  man, it sounded dated to me.  i guess i'm just so used to modern production.  Relayer even sounded a bit dated.  Going For the One sounded more timeless.  never thought there'd be a day i'd be tired of Yours is No Disgrace, but yesterday was the day. I know what you mean about The Yes Album, and some parts of Fragile too. But I don't think CTTE, Tales, or Relayer sounds dated (maybe Tales a little). GFTO is dated a little to me. However, I don't think it takes away from how well written that music is. Your ears have gotten accustomed to modern drum sounds, particularly the snare, as opposed to the 70s snare sound, which sounds "loose" to me, if that makes sense. Overall, I know how you feel about losing some interest in Yes, or Genesis, Camel, etc. once you get into all these modern albums. Some of them beat the 70s classics IMO, especially TFK, who sometimes are like Yes if they were a much more eclectic band.