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*.