Why Flower Kings?

[Javhar]

Though I've seen some remarks on this forum alluding to discussions about FK's popularity, I've yet to find any of the actual discussion itself. I'm quite curious about such a discussion, because there are two things about prog that I can't for the life of me figure out:

1) Why (judging by the amount of airtime and by online reviews) are the Flower Kings so popular?

2) Why is it that I cannot *stand* listening to their music?

I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's that they're the musical equivalent of Frankenstein's monster to me: Sewn together from corpses under the motto "more is better", resulting in a patchwork creature of mammoth proportions, intended by its creator to be beautiful, yet causing unsuspecting bystanders to flee in terror.

I'm guessing others have an opinion about them too..? (-:

Either way, here's my vote to PLAY LESS FLOWER KINGS. *Please*.

[ProgScape]

Javhar,

Don't worry. You'll never hear them on my radio show.

- mike.

[ianmitchell]

Personally I like the Flower Kings (most of the time), but to each his own. To answer your questions:

1) Solid musicianship, stylistic connection to the 70's bands that introduced most people to prog combined with some more modern elements, and catchy melodies on a lot of their songs (though the last seems to be missing on some of their recent albums).

2) No idea.

[cavalier]

.. one blink of an eye..

Don? what kind of vessel .. solid musicianship?

the day the ears went fly. First class laugh, eh klaxon. ...tooooot....