Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

zumacraig wrote: I have some CDs that need a good home...Any takers?  Free! Agents of Mercy-Fading Ghosts Tangent-Music That Died Alone Transatlantic-Live in Europe Neal Morse-Lifeline PM me if interested.

3 of those I would never part with.  I'm betting you can guess which one I would happily give away

zumacraig wrote: infandous wrote: zumacraig wrote: I have some CDs that need a good home...Any takers?  Free! Agents of Mercy-Fading Ghosts Tangent-Music That Died Alone Transatlantic-Live in Europe Neal Morse-Lifeline PM me if interested. 3 of those I would never part with.  I'm betting you can guess which one I would happily give away Live TA?

dennismoore wrote: zumacraig wrote: infandous wrote: zumacraig wrote: I have some CDs that need a good home...Any takers?  Free! Agents of Mercy-Fading Ghosts Tangent-Music That Died Alone Transatlantic-Live in Europe Neal Morse-Lifeline PM me if interested. 3 of those I would never part with.  I'm betting you can guess which one I would happily give away Live TA?   No silly, it would be the Saint Neal recording.   TA - Live in Europe is a bit rough sounding but it was the lad's first live record.  Why not keep it for posterity?

Actually, it was their second live album.  Live in the USA was the first (it was an official, Inside Out release.....even though it sounds more like an official bootleg to me).  Yes, I have them all

Lifeline does have it's moments, but when I start walking around the house making fun of it all the time, it's time to go.  I've not heard '?' but the titles on that seem very Jesus focused.

zumacraig wrote: Lifeline does have it's moments, but when I start walking around the house making fun of it all the time, it's time to go.  I've not heard '?' but the titles on that seem very Jesus focused. I think Whirlwind live is their best DVD, by a long shot.  I'm curious what their set will be when the tour.  They obviously can't do full songs from each album.  I'm thinking a truncated Whirlwind and All of the Above, new epic and maybe a Duel/Stranger medley.   As far as getting rid of CDs goes, I'm becoming quite the minimalist.  When it comes to new prog, its TFK for me now.  All the other ancillary stuff really doesn't float my boat and I'm tired of working at it.  If something pops up that blows my mind, then of course I'll check it out.

Yeah, "?" is really a great album.  I suppose for me it's because it's mostly Old Testament focused, and I studied that extensively in college (B.A. in Religious Studies).  Of course, there are still some praise type lyrics.....it's Neal, after all......but not as bad as other albums I guess (though worse than Momentum, which seems to tone it down quite a bit while still having basically the same message as all the other ones).

"?" and "Sola Scriptura" are still my favorite Neal works by far (aside from the lyrics, of course).

I'm listening to All Of The Above from SMPTe. Simply a prog masterpiece!

Well, kind of quiet here.  I guess we'll have more to talk about later in the next couple of months though 

I recently picked up the re-release of the first White Willow album.  I have the original release, and this is just a re-release, no remixing or remastering.  It does, however have nice new packaging and liner notes, and a bonus CD (which contains one song that I consider the great lost WW song).  I frequently talk to band leader Jacob Holm-Lupo on Facebook, so I feel a connection to his music I don't necessarily have with other bands and artists.  The album is great too, if you like somewhat gothic folk with beautiful female vocals (and some okay male vocals).

I also picked up the Colossus H.P. Lovecraft album...........a bunch of modern prog bands each doing a song based on a Lovecraft story.  To be honest, it's not really all that great, though I need to listen to it more.  I got it simply because I love Lovecraft's works and just couldn't resist.  I have a bunch of other Colossus releases, and think they are all very high quality.........but I missed a few before this one, and I'm thinking that perhaps they have taken the whole multiple prog band concept album thing more than a little too far.  Still, there are good tracks on it, so it's not like I wasted my money (3 CD set though, costing my $50 US, which I probably could have used to buy 4 better albums with.....oh well, I'll give it some more spins and maybe I'll like it more, I don't know).

Anyway, looking forward to all the stuff coming out from TFK camp in the next couple months!  I hope I'm not disappointed........


Edited by infandous - August 30 2013 at 13:24

BoE is the only album of theirs i can get through. Numbers is one of my least listened songs too :P

zumacraig wrote: I've been listening to BoE.  I really like it, the more I listen to it.  Numbers has some cool parts that just kill me.  Also, Felix just fits in.  He has a tighter, dryer sound than Zoltan.  He nails it too.   Not much of a WW fan.  Female vox just don't do it for me in that context. Aren't some of those dudes in Wobbler?  Those albums were okay.

Well, honestly BoE, along with A&E, is the FK album that I just can't hold my attention on for long.  I find Numbers to be almost interminably boring.  Felix IS good though......I think he's kind of like if Zoltan and Salazar were fused into one drummer.  The rest of BoE is a little better, and I like Pandemonium and Rising the Imperial pretty well.  Again though, the album as a whole just looses my attention more than any other FK album (except, as I mentioned, A&E).

I've been listening to Unfold, and the difference is just astonishing.  The music on Unfold just holds my attention completely and never lets go.  Just all around better compositions and playing for my tastes.

infandous wrote: zumacraig wrote: I have some CDs that need a good home...Any takers?  Free! Agents of Mercy-Fading Ghosts Tangent-Music That Died Alone Transatlantic-Live in Europe Neal Morse-Lifeline PM me if interested. 3 of those I would never part with.  I'm betting you can guess which one I would happily give away