Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

*grumble* damn, even Barney likes it . . . this means I have to get it doesn't it?

M27Barney wrote: Roj is Right with Flowerpower, Stardust and Space Revolver - this showcases the very best of TFK with the exception of a few gems on the other CD's they don't come near in terms of consistency and majesty. Anyway - Roj - Just listened to the latest Steven Wilson CD - and it's the best thing he's done by a country mile...Listen up peeps - this is a RECOMMENDATION - the last two tracks blew my mind......Mind you he's not progressed with this one since it's nicked straight from Hackett/Phillips 1971-74 genesis - with bit of The lamb mixed with Watcher of the skies with loads of Ant Phillips solo works blended in here and there - only spoilt by the infernal Saxophone.....The last track is so symphonic prog it had the hairs on my neck standing up - take a bow Steve for finally producing some Symphonic prog.......Nows the time to get you epic head on and extend that last track out to a 45 minute mellotron and guitar fest...and it'll go down as one of the finest prog rock tracks ever - it's 7:57 length is the only dissapoinment....

Edited by zumacraig - March 15 2013 at 21:14

zumacraig wrote: M27Barney wrote: Roj is Right with Flowerpower, Stardust and Space Revolver - this showcases the very best of TFK with the exception of a few gems on the other CD's they don't come near in terms of consistency and majesty. Anyway - Roj - Just listened to the latest Steven Wilson CD - and it's the best thing he's done by a country mile...Listen up peeps - this is a RECOMMENDATION - the last two tracks blew my mind......Mind you he's not progressed with this one since it's nicked straight from Hackett/Phillips 1971-74 genesis - with bit of The lamb mixed with Watcher of the skies with loads of Ant Phillips solo works blended in here and there - only spoilt by the infernal Saxophone.....The last track is so symphonic prog it had the hairs on my neck standing up - take a bow Steve for finally producing some Symphonic prog.......Nows the time to get you epic head on and extend that last track out to a 45 minute mellotron and guitar fest...and it'll go down as one of the finest prog rock tracks ever - it's 7:57 length is the only dissapoinment.... the Ant Phillips influence has got me curious.  i got Grace for Drowning, but never listen to it.  like someone said above, we expect these records to just blow our minds, when we really need to pay attention or let them sit on the shelf for a while. btw, after hearing the news, i went and friended Hasse on FB.  i'm never on FB so it was fun for my wife to get the news of our friendship on her newsfeed!

Edited by M27Barney - March 16 2013 at 05:24

M27Barney wrote:  he neeeds to do "The Maelstrom" - 80 min epic with loads of anti-religious lyrics - I'd buy it!!!!

Tomas posted on facebook that TFK is definitely entering the studio after touring is done.

Can we expect the band's first double album in 7 years?

darkshade wrote: Tomas posted on facebook that TFK is definitely entering the studio after touring is done. Can we expect the band's first double album in 7 years?

M27Barney wrote: Roj is Right with Flowerpower, Stardust and Space Revolver - this showcases the very best of TFK with the exception of a few gems on the other CD's they don't come near in terms of consistency and majesty. Anyway - Roj - Just listened to the latest Steven Wilson CD - and it's the best thing he's done by a country mile...Listen up peeps - this is a RECOMMENDATION - the last two tracks blew my mind......Mind you he's not progressed with this one since it's nicked straight from Hackett/Phillips 1971-74 genesis - with bit of The lamb mixed with Watcher of the skies with loads of Ant Phillips solo works blended in here and there - only spoilt by the infernal Saxophone.....The last track is so symphonic prog it had the hairs on my neck standing up - take a bow Steve for finally producing some Symphonic prog.......Nows the time to get you epic head on and extend that last track out to a 45 minute mellotron and guitar fest...and it'll go down as one of the finest prog rock tracks ever - it's 7:57 length is the only dissapoinment....

Roland113 wrote: Still listening to it now, It's pretty good, it has a nice beat, I can dance to it, lot's of Mellotron though.

Heh, I would think it would be an album you could enjoy Tom.  Maybe not a favorite, but something you will appreciate and like well enough.

Personally,  I enjoy it a lot, but find that it is all a bit "clinical".  Very precise, but kind of lacking the thing that made those early bands so good......spontaneity, improvisation (particularly in terms of King Crimson), and "feel".  I don't know, Wilson always comes across as fairly cold to me, which worked very well in PTree, but maybe not quite as well when using all these analog type sounds and a 70's approach to music writing.

I think that is where Beardfish really drew me in.......they are retro, very proggy and 70's sounding.......but they actually sound like a band in the 70's sounded.  In other words, they ROCK and have tons of feel and groove.  I don't really get that from anything Wilson has ever done.  Of course, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy his stuff a lot, because I do.  But it's a totally different approach to music when compared to how the "classic" 70's groups did it (most of whom who still exist don't do it that way anymore either). 

Nov wrote: Currently listening to "The Sum Of No Evil" and actually enjoying it properly for the first time ever  I think sometimes we expect so much from these modern prog bands and often their new albums initially don't live up to our high expectations that we unfairly burden them with  It's amazing what putting an album on a shelf for a few years can do - like a fine red wine

I like Sum pretty quickly when it came out, but never really loved it like some of the previous ones.  However, after being frustrated with Banks after 8 or 10 listens, I pulled out Sum and loved it like I never had before.  I guess it probably is better to judge albums after the initial anticipation and hype has died down (maybe that will be the case for me and Banks over time........though it never was for A&E).  Sum is probably in my top 5 FK albums now, as a result.

Wowser!!! - this is perfect for a prog epic a poem by H.P.Lovecraft - Just look at the part names -