Flower Kings in Holmfirth

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Any love for Swedish prog on here? Good gig last night in a very nice venue that I had not visited previously. Timothy Taylor's Landlord on too so happy all round.

[BassTractor]

Yes and no.
Prog was a political movement more than a musical one back in the seventies, so for me a lot of it was not interesting, as they had progressive lyrics on basic folk or singer/songwriter music.

Samla Mammas Manna (a.k.a. Zamla Mammaz Manna, a.k.a. von Zamla), however, was musically exciting, with a vengeance.

Of later bands, I love Anekdoten. Though based on seventies prog, they have their own identity and originality, I think.

Flower Kings did not rock my boat when I heard some of their work. They seemed epigonous to me. I'm willing to be corrected on this though.

best,
bert

[KevB]

Mixed feelings over Flower Kings, some stuff I find good and on other occasions I can barely listen to them. Last album was OK though so had they been playing a little closer to home I would have liked to have seen them at least once. Which songs from the recent album did they do?

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Which songs from the recent album did they do?
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1 then 2 to open the show and 5 to close (pre encore)

Edited September 24, 2012 by ead

[WalMan]

Forgot they were over, mind I got back from hols too late to make the gigs

Did have the new[list]
[*]Neil Morse - OK may grow
[*]Marillion - not managed to listen to it yet
[*]RPWL - growing on me; and
[*]Live Moon Safari - hopefully to hit the CD In the car on the way home tonight
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waiting on the doormat when I got home though