Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

its been a moody nightshift in no player was being allowed PROG!   

well that's four class prog bands albums, some great listening too!. basic answer would be close your eyes pick up one then play... its another little downer of no prog music played at work, car or   anywhere... see if I`ll getting any listening time in today...

I decided to go with the Transatlantic one first. Listening now. I had heard this once when it came out, but did not give it my undivided attention, and wasn't in the right head space anyway. I remember a moment or 2. I can understand people saying it's not their best, but the bunch of mixed reviews paint it as an awful album, and I try to forget what others said about it while I'm listening. This album will probably grow on me after some time after the hype and haters quiet down.

I've actually been into Opeth since the Blackwater Park days, but I was more into metal back then, especially more extreme metal. I lost interest in the band way before Watershed came out. My musical tastes changed, and the classic lineup from Still Life through Ghost Reveries (the most complete Opeth lineup with the keys added) had crumbled. When Watershed came out, I checked it out, listened once or twice, thought it was cool, but never returned, I had moved on from the band.

I'm a firm believer that they could do all they could do with the style they perfected in the late 90s/early 2000s. Ghost Reveries was the peak, IMO. They managed to squeeze one more out after, but Mikael definitely knew it was time for change.

When Heritage was announced, I was intrigued by the lack of growls and the fact that they were probably never going to return on an Opeth album again; but also that they upped the prog level a bunch. I enjoyed Heritage a lot, and it was refreshing, though definitely transitional. I'm excited to hear Pale Communion, especially as it's been getting great reviews, and I'm hoping it's the album I thought Heritage would be.


Edited by darkshade - September 11 2014 at 10:20

thanks Roj, Opeth there not been on my listening to bands to be honest I`ve been on the heavy side of prog as I`ve gotten it many of the bands which I`ve added to the ever growing prog collection. there just a band I`ve been unable to sit and listen to them there just not my cup of tea. I don't think they ever will be as you said Emmmm, no... the listening today Marillion= Script For A jester`s Tear... TFK is a cd for tonight`s shift wow wee yes the only which wonderful album...

yeah its a great album NAGATB, the Tangent are recording a new album to be released in 2015 called A Spark In The Aether. you can if you wish pre-order it on the tangent website shop. there is also a solo album by Andy Tillinson to be released soon called Multiplex you can also on the website pre-order it to. the geekfreak as. the fact that members of TFK are or have been members of The Tangent only helps me like the music of the Tangent more... do you now of any good on the topic of Progressive Rock you would pass on to me.

H-era Marillion are great albums, but Fish-era is a magical timewarp in that I remember each album on its first released date then waiting for the tour date to arrive the concert, meet up with friends and bumping into the band at the bar, Roj, on the Tangent listen to the albums comm down and out in Paris and London, the two lasts ones are well worth a listen too!. the debut is also worth checking out.

Helen Hunt - sounds like cockney Rhyming Slang to me -
The old-porkies joke - phone the barmaid up and ask her if Michael Hunt is in the Bar tonight!
So when she - calls out ...... Has anybody seen Mike Hunt !!! Fnarr Fnarr....

Anyway off on my hols for two weeks.... (Just found out that you can remove nasal hair swiftly with long-nose pliars, but it's not for those who have a low pain threshold - it brings a few tears to your eyes and makes you sneeze!!)

TTFN

Edited by M27Barney - September 12 2014 at 04:49

Thanks for the recomm re:comm (pun intended) geek freak.  Those are the ones I will line up first, though it may take some time.....

Big fan but I don't understand the bonus disc thing they've been doing with the past few albums. It's either a double album or it's not folks. Spock's Beard has been doing it lately also. I just don't get it. In the past they put out albums that were clearly doubles. Maybe this is there way of trying to say" if you want it to be a single it's a single and if you want it to be a double it's a double" I don't know.

which TFK album was your enters in the world of TFK... is there one epic which to you is there amazing, epic which you wouldn`t be without... which albums would be in and all time list... right what a great nights listening into the early hours prog all the way... two TFK ooh wee yes happy GK... is there the one thing I`d like is a fan pack magazine by classic rock presents PROG, like they do with Slash ETC... wouldn't that be cool fingers crossed they could think about it maybe hmmm no I``ll email them I think ooh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!.