Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Originally posted by Roland113 Originally posted by dennismoore   How can you not love Space Revolver?   It has the single greatest Flower King song on it. Dennis we absolutely agree here, Space Revolver does have the single greatest Flower Kings song on it.  For my money, you don't get any better than I Am the Sun.

Heh, we all know that's not what he was talking about

However, I agree that Space Revolver is a brilliant album from beginning to end......with the exception of You Don't Know What You've Got, which isn't really terrible I guess, just seems kind of cliche and pointless (Tomas, I believe, told me on the old Flower Kings Yahoo mail group that they had included it because they felt the album needed a mellow respite from the full on prog that came before and after it.....I just think Roine could have tossed something far better off in 10 minutes that would have fit the bill.....incidentally, I also remember Roine saying he didn't care for the lyrics Hasse had for that tune, but liked the melody).

Originally posted by zumacraig Originally posted by Swedish Prog Mafia Hello Everyone, just thought I'd join in and say: The Flower Kings is my favorite band Some Trivia: *Favorite album: Space Revolver *Favorite Songs: Monsters & Men, I Am the Sun Part One, The Chicken Farmer Song     ) Welcome SPM, I Am the Sun is a masterpiece.  Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of that entire album.  Love Rumblefishtwist, but the rest I don't get.  BTW, has anyone ever tried to edit together the two I Am the Sun parts?  Wonder how that would sound.?

Originally posted by Roj Originally posted by M27Barney I've just recovered from a severe bout of food poisoning - at one point I thought I was in my very last hour on earth!!! Arse gravy and stomach pains like I was John Hurt in the Nostromo !!!! Anyway I am going on holiday this Saturday - Ibiza in Spain.... On the music front - Lets hear it for "From Land to Ocean" by Galleon - a truly fantastic double CD and definitely in my top 10 of all time............. It's always good to reference Alien, or indeed it's superior sequel Aliens. However this doesn't sound pleasant, glad to hear you're better. Ibiza eh? Clubbing it down Space or Manumission? Where are you staying? Actually Ibiza is really nice and only 2.5 hour flight too, enjoy!!

I am not a particular fan of hypnotic Trance, don't mind a bit of ambient spacy chords - it's just the whole hacienda style drug induced culture I just find unfathomable. Roj has always had this strange predilection for electronic music - I draw the line at Kraftwerk and Tangerine dream and a bit of Global communication none of which you could really spas out to in a discotheque......

Originally posted by dennismoore Originally posted by Roj Originally posted by dennismoore   Barney:  What did you eat that gave you the trouble? I would guess:   1. Eel Pie 2. Bangers & Mash 3. Fish & Chips 4. Haggas   Which was it?     Two weeks in Spain is not enough.    Isn't Ibiza where all the pron stars go to make their movies? I never saw any Dennis, though its full of beautiful people. Ibiza is the real dance music party island though there are quieter resorts too. And even though its in Spain us Brits can still get our staple food - fish and chips. I must correct you though young sir, us northerners wouldn't be seen dead eating bellies well or pie and mash, thats for shandy drinking southerners ;-). Hmm, keeping this a "wife friendly" post, sure we can pretend you know nothing of the sort of goings on in Ibiza... About Barney's culinary misadventure: I have no idea what eel pie is except that it is mentioned about 50 times in my favorite WHO record: Quadrophenia. I personally love eel when it is baked and served at a Sushi bar.  It is the best! Are the hotels in Ibiza expensive?  I speak Spanish so maybe I should take a holiday there..  Latin women are the best (trust me on that...)

Dennis, yo hablo espanol un poco, however much better spoken than written .

I'd recommend a trip to Ibiza Dennis for sure.  The hotels run the whole gamut from cheap n cheerful to top of the range and very posey.  An afternoon, evening and indeed morning on the terrace or in the club at Space is a great experience.  The music may be "dance" but it tends to be trancey and hypnotic therefore gets a big from me.  I saw Sasha and John Digweed once at Space and that is one of my favourite nights ever.  Brilliant music, great atmosphere, unfortunately (very) expensive alcohol etc etc.

Originally posted by Roj Originally posted by dennismoore   Barney:  What did you eat that gave you the trouble? I would guess:   1. Eel Pie 2. Bangers & Mash 3. Fish & Chips 4. Haggas   Which was it?     Two weeks in Spain is not enough.    Isn't Ibiza where all the pron stars go to make their movies? I never saw any Dennis, though its full of beautiful people. Ibiza is the real dance music party island though there are quieter resorts too. And even though its in Spain us Brits can still get our staple food - fish and chips. I must correct you though young sir, us northerners wouldn't be seen dead eating bellies well or pie and mash, thats for shandy drinking southerners ;-).

Hmm, keeping this a "wife friendly" post, sure we can pretend you know nothing of the sort of goings on in Ibiza...

About Barney's culinary misadventure:

I have no idea what eel pie is except that it is mentioned about 50 times in my favorite WHO record: Quadrophenia.
I personally love eel when it is baked and served at a Sushi bar.  It is the best!

Are the hotels in Ibiza expensive?  I speak Spanish so maybe I should take a holiday there..  Latin women are the best (trust me on that...)


Edited by dennismoore - June 18 2013 at 18:40

Originally posted by M27Barney I've just recovered from a severe bout of food poisoning - at one point I thought I was in my very last hour on earth!!! Arse gravy and stomach pains like I was John Hurt in the Nostromo !!!! Anyway I am going on holiday this Saturday - Ibiza in Spain.... On the music front - Lets hear it for "From Land to Ocean" by Galleon - a truly fantastic double CD and definitely in my top 10 of all time.............

It's always good to reference Alien, or indeed it's superior sequel Aliens. However this doesn't sound pleasant, glad to hear you're better. Ibiza eh? Clubbing it down Space or Manumission? Where are you staying? Actually Ibiza is really nice and only 2.5 hour flight too, enjoy!!

@Horizons:

Originally posted by Roland113 Originally posted by Horizons Destined Solitaire is by FAR their best album, an album that perfectly captures the band's brilliance in their heavier side as well as the quirky symphonic approaches they specialize in. Recommended place to start.  For modern symphonic Mike, i would suggest to you.. Echolyn - The End is Beautiful The Tea Club - Quickly, Quickly, Quickly IQ - The Seventh House IQ is the only Neo-Prog band i like. Not sure why, but they actually interest me. I know the singer is awesome though. That's one of three albums i have by them and is my favorite. They're are prolly better albums out there that would be a better recommendation, but from the three i have (7th House, Frequency, and Ever) i like it most atm. You prolly have heard these guys and this is a useless paragraph - oh well.  I'll second the notion that "The Seventh House" is IQ's best album and I do have all of them.  "Subterrenea" is a close second for me but I consider IQ to be the iconic Neo Prog band with "The Seventh House" being their best offering. Enjoy,

You need to buy more IQ - I have them all, including some of the early stuff - re-done which is bloody awesome - E.g. Seven Stories into 98 with original mixes and re-done in 1998....

Originally posted by Swedish Prog Mafia Hello Everyone, just thought I'd join in and say: The Flower Kings is my favorite band Some Trivia: *Favorite album: Space Revolver *Favorite Songs: Monsters & Men, I Am the Sun Part One, The Big Puzzle *First heard of the band when checking out Dream Theater & Transatlantic *Never saw them live, but I saw 'The Power of Two' concert in tilburg (Agents Of Mercy + Karmakanic) and I saw the Transatlantic concert on High Voltage (the one with Steve Hackett )

Welcome to the group!  You have a good user name for this group

Your favorites are good, though I personally don't care much for Monsters&Men, but plenty of others here love it as well.

Saw Power Of Two as well, in Pittsburgh PA, and have seen the Flower Kings 3 times (the first time in 2001, the most recent just a few weeks ago).  Never seen Transatlantic, sadly (but since they will tour again, I have another chance!).