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Roland113 
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 Posted: April 15 2010 at 08:56 |
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^ they did at that.
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I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
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Posted: April 15 2010 at 09:11 |
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awesome
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 00:58 |
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Man, I do enjoy some Flower Kings. The recent news saddens me, but honestly I'd seen it coming.
 I imagine I could hardly hammer out a top ten songs list. Pretty much whatever I'm listening to at the time, y'know?  I'm sure I could look through them all and pick ten that seemed reasonable, but really, they're pretty much all awesome and classy. So instead: Listening to this masterpiece for the first time since recalibrating the home speakers. After all this time, do you really doubt it's black and white!?
I can't believe I still love this record, I've had to have heard it hundreds upon hundreds of times in the 7 or 8 years since I got it. |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 02:34 |
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1) I Am The Sun 2) The Truth Will Set You Free 3) Garden Of Dreams 4) Monsters & Men 5) The Devil's Playground 6) Stardust We Are 7) Big Puzzle 8) Back In The World Of Adventures 9) The Man Who Walked With Kings 10) Church Of Your Heart (off the top of my head)  |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 02:37 |
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Seriously? 4 seconds of drums better than, say, "Big Puzzle"?  |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 02:44 |
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This is pretty close to mine Nov. My top 4 are all in your top 6. A big
 to you. The Man Who Walked With Kings is another huge favourite of mine. That one could easily have made my top 10 as well.It's clear to see I Am The Sun is considered a serious work of art. Voted no. 1 by your goodself, Me and Tom
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Roland113
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 07:00 |
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Absolutely, it's some the best drum work on the whole album, truly, some of Salazar's best work. |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 11:29 |
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1. Garden Of Dreams
2. Just This Once 3. Stardust We Are 4. The Truth Will Set You Free 5. I Am The Sun 6. Big Puzzle 7. Devil's Playground 8. The Road Back Home 9. Humanizzimo 10. all their other songs  |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 11:31 |
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Best Flower Kings album. Ever. No contest. (though my personal favorite is still Retropolis, for sentimental reasons.....first Flower Kings I ever heard) |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 11:34 |
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It was actually a joke, by Salazar. Apparently he really liked the hot dogs they sold at IKEA (which, in Sweden, is more like a Wal Mart than what we get here in the USA). They would close at 9 PM, so he was always in a hurry to get done with rehearsals/recording so he could get there in time to get his hot dogs. This was his idea of a take for some song or other on Flower Power. Seriously, I kid you not. |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 11:54 |
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the IKEA near where I live sells hot dogs, and I agree they are quite awesome (and cheap!). They actually have a whole grocery store section with all sorts of awesome swedish food. You can even pick up a Daim bag.
If it wasn't so out of the way I'd probably go there more often.
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Has anyone else noticed that the section of "Monsters & Men" starting at 10:44 was later reused for "Pieces Of Heaven" by Transatlantic? It was also used in a section of "The Sum of No Reason".
It seems Roine liked that song a lot more than he wants us to think. Edited by Harry Hood - April 16 2010 at 12:02 |
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Posted: April 16 2010 at 13:24 |
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Well, he did say he really liked the song when he wrote it and first presented it to the group. Just felt it didn't live up to it's potential and has bad vibes for him due to the disinterest of some FK members and their subsequent uninspired performances on the studio recording.
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Posted: April 19 2010 at 06:36 |
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Roj,
All 10 are excellent choices, Flora Majora is possibly a top tenner, I reckon my order would be different.
Good weekend, I was in the Park Inn for the game - running round like a lunatic after Scholes sublime header shut up the noisy neighbours yet again !!!
I have listened to Darwins radio and weas impressed with the shorter tracks !!!
Have to listen some more me thinks....
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Posted: April 19 2010 at 06:44 |
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That was exactly my thoughts too. I do still prefer the shorter two tracks from the Darwin's Radio cd, though the epic has grown on me more.
Rob, I would definitely take a plunge on the new Kaipa cd, In The Wake of Evolution. This is really top notch and I think will be right up your bombastic symphonic street!!!
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Posted: April 19 2010 at 06:56 |
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Shorter tracks from Darwin's Radio? Are you guys talking about the first release or is there a third one out now?
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Posted: April 19 2010 at 07:10 |
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My top 10 songs from this great band!
I have tough times to choose : 1-Judas Kiss 2-There is more to this World 3-Big Puzzle 4-The Garden of Dreams 5-World of Adventure 6- The Sum of No Reason 7- Life in Motion 8- Last minute on Earth 9-The truth will set you free 10-Stardust we are |
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New one? We should be so lucky
 . Nope, the shorter tracks from the Template album were what we meant. Not short admittedly, but definitely shorter at least  .Also, with IKEA By Night, I just don't think some people have got the joke, Tom. Never have tried their hot dogs - something else for the "to do" list!!!!
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^ *Laughs* the 'shorter' ones are still in excess of ten minutes. Personally, I love all three tracks, great album all around though I prefer the first one.
Regarding IKEA, I totally need to try one of their hot dogs now. If they're good enough to inspire music, then their certainly worth being sought out. |
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Listened to "Garden of Dreams" last night, mainly because it had been getting into the top spots far too often to be anything but genius. The first 20 minutes are awesome, their are also some Stolte guitar genius moments... The finale is also awesome....but that bit with the gregorian moaning I think the teack sort of rambles for 10 minutes - If you had another bit of awesome synth/guitar mega-soloing in this part then you would be looking at a top three track rather than a top 10.......
I know Roj sort of likes weird bit's thats why he's more into Floyd than me - so I can see that the groaning and choir-boy interlude may appeal to his floydian appreciation module in his brain....
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Roland113 wrote:
). I know we did something similar very early on in this thread, but it's been a long time.... I'm especially wondering if there's any tracks that will make everybody's list.