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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1260 on: Aug 29th, 2007, 8:53pm » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 8:37pm, ChocolateSurprise wrote:You've tempted me know 
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Would you like a compilation CD Sue, to see what all the fuss is about?
(I've got an awkward feeling that I've promised you one already and not sent it....)
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1261 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 06:39am » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 8:40pm, Chessman wrote:Track listing for your first album:
1) Except for all the Motorbikes
2) Down in the valleys, we drink Magners
3) Watford, Watford, wherefore art thou?
4) There's a bloke works in the chippy looks like Hasse
5) Steroids and Piles
6) An ironing ban in Belgium
7) No Mrs Hopkins, the bedpan is full
8) The drip in my arm is illegal, I know
9) I've got those old Froberg blues
10) An orgy is a messy business
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Brilliant Carl! 
Wish i'd stayed a bit longer last night to see that!
Enjoy your days off!
Plenty of musical goings on today i bet!
Nikki XX
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1262 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 06:40am » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 8:53pm, Nov wrote:Would you like a compilation CD Sue, to see what all the fuss is about?
(I've got an awkward feeling that I've promised you one already and not sent it....)
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Nov! Send Sue one anyway! A CD! Jeez! 
Tell her it goes with the jacket, you can't have one without the other ...... 
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1263 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 12:12pm » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 3:10pm, CountingOutTime wrote:Well, let me say one thing, Didrik. If TFK, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse, or any one of the few great prog acts out there today were to become 'popular' with the young crowd, it would probably be the current fan base that suffers.
1. The bands would have to cater to the under 25 crowd by writing 2-1/2 minute dittys.
2. I have no doubt that any of today's prog greats could make it into the top 10 if they did start getting airplay.
3. We would start seeing these bands' videos on VH-1, replayed every half hour.
4. Every time you'd turn on the radio, you'd hear the bands' most popular song, also replayed every half hour, which, after awhile will make you want to scratch your eyeballs out, pour gasoline down your throat and light a match.
5. Your favorite prog band's name would be synonymous with 'bubblegum,' because that's all they'd be allowed to play on the radio, on their records and live in concert, as the younger crowd are very fidgety and cannot sit still for a 30-minute epic.
6. Ticket prices to see TFK at a 30,000+ seat arena would shoot through the roof, and for $300 you would get a seat in the nosebleed section, while some snotty nosed pimply faced geek has won your 10th row seat in a radio contest because he was the 53rd caller. Oh yeah, and he also has never even heard of TFK.
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I rather like the fact that I can listen to my favorite prog bands whenever I want to, and that they're an alternative to what's on the radio and on T.V.
Kudos to you, Didrik, for having good taste in music, for being able to appreciate all the nuances that a band like The Flower Kings puts in their songs, and most of all for understanding that to experience a 30-minute epic requires listening to every single note for the entire 30 minutes, without interruption by your best friend who is bored with it all and would rather be outside riding his skateboard. |
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Haha, well there may be a couple of stages between where TFK are now and this, but that's ok
Well I jsut can't understand why anyone wastes their time listening to hip-hop and r&b and all that crap, it is just plain awful. And that people can listen to bands like U2 and worship them is simply shocking.. not that they suck, but i get bored after about 2-3 listenings of each song.. ah well, people may call me boring and onesided because i mainly listen to maybe 3-4 bands, but if they only knew how diverse they all are.. like, how can you get tired of TFK? beats me..
And congrats nicky on viewing MTKF disc 2. can't believe it took you that long.. definitely my favorite music DVD ever!!
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1264 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 3:14pm » |
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I stumbled across something you all should take a few minutes off and read.. It is a detailed description of Roine Stolt's thoughts about his music (Adam and Eve in particular), his religious views, and his views on writing, originality, fans, and many other things. I really enjoyed reading it, and I must say that Roine is one of the persons in the whole world that impresses me most.. Ah well, I found it in the News archives on the TFK homepage, read under the title "Adam and Eve"
http://flowerkings.se/?s=news_2004
you should read the other stuff too, of course, but i found the A&R bit much more interesting..
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1265 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 7:37pm » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 8:52pm, Nov wrote:You're bonkers Carl
(in a nice way)
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Nov! How did you know? Yes indeed, I am the one and only Bonkers, lead singer and drummer with the Nikki Elvin Garage Band!
(Collins? DeVirgilo? Who are they?)
I have been stopped on the street by adoring fans - well, ok, it was by the Police - apparently Andy Summers wanted my autograph. Seems he is a big fan. (Could have done with him in the office to cool us down when we had that minor heat wave!)
Have you noticed how I have gone off on a tangent? Now there's a fine group! And no, I haven't been drinking! I am just naturally insane!
As Hasse says on Instant Delivery: 'Goodnightah!'
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1266 on: Aug 30th, 2007, 8:23pm » |
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on Aug 30th, 2007, 7:37pm, Chessman wrote:As Hasse says on Instant Delivery: 'Goodnightah!'
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Or as Roine says on MTFK, "Thank Youhoohoohoo!"
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1267 on: Aug 31st, 2007, 11:23pm » |
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on Aug 29th, 2007, 8:40pm, Chessman wrote:10) An orgy is a messy business
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Now that sounds like it could be an epic of considerable length! 
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on Aug 31st, 2007, 11:23pm, squonknikki wrote:| Now that sounds like it could be an epic of considerable length! |
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Indeed it could!
Broken down into six sections, of course:
An Orgy Is A Messy Business:
1) The bed of infinite paradise
2) God, it's hot in here!
3) You're looking gorgeous tonight, petal
4) Limbs Akimbo and his merry men
5) Post coital fallacies
6) Quick! Where's the Kleenex?
One wonders what the climax would sound like?
(Of the song, folks, of the song!)
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1269 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 6:08pm » |
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Brilliant Carl!
But you have missed out the all important 7th section .......
7) I could murder a cuppa now
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1270 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 6:14pm » |
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Alright, alright, back on topic
Got 'The Road Back Home' on heavy rotation in the car at the moment
Coming in to work tonight it hit me how flippin fantastic the version of 'Painter' is on there!
Now i absolutely love 'Magic Pie' followed by this on Flower Power, just orgasmic!
But this version is really great too! I really, really, love this song. It's just brilliant, always play it loud and sing my heart out to it!
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1271 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 8:16pm » |
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on Sep 1st, 2007, 6:14pm, squonknikki wrote:Alright, alright, back on topic
Got 'The Road Back Home' on heavy rotation in the car at the moment
Coming in to work tonight it hit me how flippin fantastic the version of 'Painter' is on there!
Now i absolutely love 'Magic Pie' followed by this on Flower Power, just orgasmic!
But this version is really great too! I really, really, love this song. It's just brilliant, always play it loud and sing my heart out to it! |
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Well, I have 'The Road Back Home' on order now. Should get it next week. So you like 'Painter' too do you Nikki? It's a great song isn't it? I just love the harmonies on it, plus everything else of course!
You have great taste, young lady.
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1272 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 8:24pm » |
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on Sep 1st, 2007, 6:08pm, squonknikki wrote:Brilliant Carl!
But you have missed out the all important 7th section .......
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Indeed. Of course, it should read: I could murder a cuppa now, and a fag. But in these days of pc it wouldn't go down well. Bit like a boil on the bum. I would still say it, of course, even though I don't smoke ciggies, just to be awkward!
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1273 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 8:43pm » |
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on Sep 1st, 2007, 8:16pm, Chessman wrote:Well, I have 'The Road Back Home' on order now. Should get it next week. So you like 'Painter' too do you Nikki? It's a great song isn't it? I just love the harmonies on it, plus everything else of course!
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I absolutely love it! Great taste, thanks! So do you!
Think i'll play it on the way home too!
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Re: So, does anyone here like The Flower Kings? :)
« Reply #1274 on: Sep 1st, 2007, 8:46pm » |
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on Sep 1st, 2007, 8:24pm, Chessman wrote:| Indeed. Of course, it should read: I could murder a cuppa now, and a f*g. But in these days of pc it wouldn't go down well. Bit like a boil on the bum. I would still say it, of course, even though I don't smoke ciggies, just to be awkward! |
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Ha! I was going to put that and thought better of it for some reason ...... 
Wouldn't go down well ......... brilliant!
I've never smoked ....... well not cigs anyway ......
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