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yam yam 
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Posted: December 02 2013 at 16:55 |
^ It was released in November 2008, and the vocalist is female, so somewhat unlikely to have anything to do with Messrs Morse & co. 
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Posted: December 02 2013 at 15:55 |
I ran across this album on eMusic. I assume that it has nothing to do with this Flying Colors, but the performance of Bible stories does make it sound like something that Neal Morse would be involved with. 
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Posted: May 01 2012 at 13:00 |
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Listening to it now, and it's certainly not pop music, though perhaps that was their aspiration (or inspiration) for some of the tracks. In general though it strikes me as watered down Neal Morse music with a really great guitarist and a lame singer (for my taste, I don't really see what the point was of having him). Not bad, but not something I have any desire to hear again.
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Posted: April 01 2012 at 22:03 |
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Depending on your point of view, Neal Morse could count as a prog genius, but at least four of the five members are either actively involved in the prog community or played a viable role in its development. I think.
Having heard it, however, as far as I'm concerned... it's plenty darn proggy. It's not pop at all. My friends who like pop hated it. Couldn't differentiate between Flying Colors and Dream Theater. It's just mild prog with good choruses and melodies.
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Posted: April 01 2012 at 21:06 |
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I don't really count any as a prog genius actually.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: April 01 2012 at 21:02 |
I can't believe this isn't listed.
All but one member is a prog genius. The songs are melodically proggy. Bu because it isn't symphonic or obscure or because they have a sense of pop to them, they are ruled out?
Shame on you Progarchives.com.
The Beatles are here. This band should be too.
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Posted: March 29 2012 at 22:33 |
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What I really like is the interaction between Steve Morse and Neal Morse they do some incredible melodies and harmonies between the keys and the guitar. I would love to hear more of that in something more proggy but this CD is pretty great.
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Posted: March 27 2012 at 13:04 |
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In my opinion, Casey's vocals are no better or worse than Neal Morse's. In fact, the 2 voices blend well on songs where they're both singing (like in Blue Ocean).
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Posted: March 27 2012 at 04:09 |
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MacPherson sounds great. I'm going to go check out his other stuff, I quite like that sort of heavy alternative rock style.
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http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/
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Posted: March 27 2012 at 04:08 |
They should get into the archives,at least in PR because all the members except MacPherson are in bands in our database.
And I dig the album,good stuff.  |
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Posted: March 26 2012 at 23:51 |
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Going to add to this now that I've got mine. It's good. Maybe not very proggy, but I really like it. Melodic and strong, the vocalist is great, music sounds like diverse alternative rock, the prog is definitely there, so it should get into the archives, even if just as Prog Related.
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Posted: March 24 2012 at 14:26 |
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I've heard a couple of tracks off this one! Really looking forward to hearing the whole thing!
Prog or not I can't say. Proggish, yes. But I'm looking more towards the opener or closer to see the progginess, and I haven't heard those. What I have heard is definitely a great amount of very fun music.
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Posted: February 28 2012 at 10:15 |
 Horizons wrote:
johnobvious wrote:
Not going to sign up for facebook to listen to this. I can wait. |
Yea you aren't missing anything. |
I make this comment about Flying Colors having bought ALL Transatlantic & Spock's Beard and most Steve Morse CDs & Dixie Dreg CDs... The video seems like a crass attempt to go commercial with some boy-singer de jour in the pop rock world. I hope I am wrong.
But I really am typing here to say how cool I think Horizon's new Gabriel avatar is.
Very nice m8, very nice. Where is that picture from?
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Posted: February 27 2012 at 10:36 |
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Sea of Tranquility just gave this 5 out of 5 FWIW.
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Biggles was in rehab last Saturday
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:08 |
Horizons wrote:
johnobvious wrote:
Not going to sign up for facebook to listen to this. I can wait.
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Yea you aren't missing anything. |
Agreed, it wasn't all that good from a preliminary listen.
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 17:00 |
johnobvious wrote:
Not going to sign up for facebook to listen to this. I can wait.
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Yea you aren't missing anything.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 16:53 |
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I have listened to the entire album 3-4 times and I like it.The music is an interesting mish mash of different genres.One of the things that got me is the chemistry of the musicians involved.They sound like a group that has been together for years.
Only drawback....Portnoy sings quite a bit more than I expected. |
but how
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 16:44 |
I have listened to the entire album 3-4 times and I like it.The music is an interesting mish mash of different genres.One of the things that got me is the chemistry of the musicians involved.They sound like a group that has been together for years.
Only drawback....Portnoy sings quite a bit more than I expected.
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 13:46 |
Hmm, after seeing & hearing the posted promo clip.... hmm..
I never thought music had to be "prog" or any such label to be good, So I don't need famous progressive rock
artists to get excited. Having said that, the names in the band are excitement enough for anybody who enjoys good music and not some new pop sensation being sold as music. So... yes I am eager as anybody I supose.
But...
Have you guys heard that absolute crap - garbage - redundant - cliched every garage band sound - that starts around 2:24 of the video???
A tired cliche of commercial hard rock kiddie-band that has been recycled since Black Sabbath over 50 years ago...
I don't get it. Unless, the prog musicians here are trying to cash in on the commercial side of the mu$ic bizz...
I don't care for Green Day, but why would anybody want 50 year olds trying to be Green day?
Hmm....
Edited by dennismoore - February 15 2012 at 13:48
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Posted: February 15 2012 at 12:02 |
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Not going to sign up for facebook to listen to this. I can wait.
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Biggles was in rehab last Saturday
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Flying Colors release debut album(Morse, Portnoy+)
