Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

The gig is on Walpurgis Nacht - All Hallows Eve - Or Halloween to you septics....

Edited by M27Barney - October 21 2014 at 14:30

well I`ve been rethinking along the lines of for filling my even mind with TFK are PROG, as its far greater than listening to the arse wipe in work arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!...

wow many thanks I`ll check them out.  when I`m listening to music...  as I`ve been unable to find ways to fore feel my own inner self natural unaided high within the music, like I`d done in the `70`s PROG but since the `90`s nothing newer as added the same inner space highest highs... so I`ve absolutely now that M27Braney heads up will be high. can you give me say bands `20s PROG help please...  

Along the lines of good finds, I recommend Perfect Beings eponymous album.  Released this year it reminds me a bit of Big Big Train in terms of vocals, but then adds a good touch of Tony Banks sounding synth and Steve Howe sounding Guitar.  Enjoy

To be fair - every single song by lets say....."Scouting for Girls" sounds like the same song to me.....that happens when you don't like the music - your brain tunes it out till I just sounds like homogenous drone.....

I think this album sounds like this album....it does not sound like the other albums 

 I`ve been listening to THF TRM album a whole lot, its one of my own personnel fav`s  its IMHO its amazing sounding music up lifting album... another albums which I`ve always playing is PH/SWA/BITWOA they always push the highest progressive emotions to an all shattering pulsing  natural highest high everywhere within the music flowing around my ears ooh yes thank you TFK. still unsure if I`ll obtain the new live TA album  where its a step to far as most of the set been done on the other live album/dvds before... as well I`ve no interest in NM new solo album too!..  at this time having a few weeks of upsetting news on the families older people been told one member as only 3/6 months to live, another in hospital with COPD and Cancer, which we`ve be told as spread into his ribs  to say...

I`ll firstly say thank you for your post about my family, sorry about the emotic0ns its just hard to put into the right text how I`m trying to hold everyone together, also I`ve been forever blessed with having 4/5 topics buzzing around my brain at once and whenever I start or don't start as one topic will fellow in or around the same time and come out all gibberish to others, so as not to lose a friend I`ll been more focused on the post.

Hey guys, been listening to Heliopolis' new album.........very good stuff to my ears.  The singer is a dead ringer for Geddy Lee, though the music isn't all that much like Rush (some influence here and there I guess).  The bassist and drummer are from Mars Hollow, and started this after that band imploded.  Can't say for sure if this would appeal to fans of that band since I've never heard that band before (well, I think I heard their second album once, but don't remember anything about it).

Anyway, it's a quite good modern prog album........more a mix of retro and modern I guess.  Some beautiful melodies, a bit of dark dissonance here and there for effect, overall pretty uplifting themes and melodies.  Which I would imagine would appeal to FK fans.

On another note, I've also been listening to Hackett's Genesis Revisited Live at the Royal Albert Hall.  To be honest, my main feeling throughout is that I'd rather just hear the originals.  Don't get me wrong, the band is fabulous, Nad is great, Hackett is as incredible as ever........it's just that I don't think this adds anything whatsoever to the material that Genesis themselves didn't give it.  In fact, whenever some little difference occurs, I just miss the original even more.  Maybe actually being at a show would have been more enjoyable......I still haven't watched the DVD, so I'll have to do that soon to see if that helps the effect.  It is nice hearing Roine get to perform with one of his heroes and getting props from Hackett.

I`m still feeling my own way through the newer PROG bands, which isn't possible the likes of some persons on this website but its better for me as I`d been let down with some so called PROG!. which means I`ve gotten albums which I`ll never play again... I`ve been through the none PROG music this last week or so which I`ve never really been through before which as been a very strange feeling in deed, for as long as the old little grey cells will let me remember the music which as on many times allowed me the exit of life`s tidal waves of more downward deepest darkest moments within the modern times life`s throws up once now and than in times like this that's always allowed me the transport to exodus the life`s realities is the music we al call progressive rock