ROINE STOLT'S THE FLOWER KING - Lost America (Lyric Video)

[@jepakara]

Others may disagree but IMHO Roine has one of the best voices in all of Prog. And of course it doesn’t hurt that he’s as good or better guitar player than anyone else out there.

[@robertouttamyndx4400]

I totally agree. It was the reason that his album with Jon Anderson disappointed me. I wanted to hear as much Ronie as I did Jon.

[@milton1448]

It's an acquired taste for sure.,

[@ProckGnosis]

For me it was an acquired taste, much like Jon Anderson whom I wasn't that crazy about initially either (I like both of them a lot now). What really helped me start to appreciated Roine was his work in Transatlantic and The Tangent, both because the other vocalists (Andy Tillison in the Tangent and Neal Morse in Transatlantic) I disliked even more. Stolt started sounding pretty good in comparison, and I slowly adjusted to his tone and style.

[@milton1448]

Roine is a word poet

[@gillesprevotal9060]

Make's me think of John Wetton

[@bukeksiansu2112]

I'm back in the world of adventures...

[@marekzamczaa4590]

Awesome great track - Thank You TFK !!! :) Flowers back with new fantastic album as always !!! Great work !!!

[@erka4646]

This is actually the best official lyrics video I've seen yet, it's a great surprise to find it for such an obscure album! Really perfect match between the awesome music and the visuals. ;)

[@HighTicket2Freedom]

Awesome track! Will be listening to this one a lot for sure!

[@MrCiampi1952]

NO DOUBT!!! He's the greatest!!!!

[@mrokkedillen]

Absolut great Track. Roine at his best. Reminds me a bit on his Solo blues album "Wall street vodoo"

[@mariangoldenville]

Sound like the first 70s albums of Kaipa with Roney Stolt!

[@Czyszy]

_Roney_ :)

[@steveblomerth]

If the rest of the album is this well done, it will be a good album.

[@trevorpugh6475]

Glorious Stuff, Steve. Very Hackett, of course and indeed very Yes/Squire (and all the better for it). Suffice to say, I love it!!

[@pecavallo]

Jonas is killing with that RIC. Nice change in tone, still rocking his basslines like no tomorrow. Lacking a little in the vocal / keyboard department.. I know Tomas is not with this project which shows, is Hasse in? I like the vocal variety he adds to TFK.

[@MusicVersa]

Yes Hasse is in

[@Angel_Investor_Music]

2:29 That solo is the best part of the song for me. Reminds me of the mid-part in Dissonata.

[@KennethACrashwaggonMusic]

Quite probably Roine will be behind my 2 fave albums this year. Not unusual though, to be fair. ;)

[@fabricegrard1001]

Fabuleux !

[@9Eternus]

Excellent!!!!!!

[@antelopefreeway214]

The lyrics are sufficiently vague that I don't know what the heck the point is or if there is one. Wow?

[@Kraz3e987]

I guess it's kinda like listening to old YES haha.

[@PhillAndersonGuitarist]

~Wait is this a prog album that Mike Portnoy isn't playing drums on?

[@louieturnerjr2575]

Love it. More cowbell!

[@weitzen]

Promising!!!

[@FlaudLogic]

The people who would most benefit by heeding the messages in this song sadly do not listen to prog :(

[@gregorymonte358]

I don't much like the musical sound of this song - it sounds so much like all of their other stuff. But lyrically what is most interesting is that a guy that doesn't even live in the United States gets what is really going on here.

[@littlestevey4172]

@@gregorymonte358 Yeah, I guess it is even more evident in the lyrics of Ze Pawns? JFK voice and talks of Illuminati.. Neil Morse I'm sure agrees?

[@yoremusic6920]

I don't know, but I feel something lacks, not only Hasse or Tomas, but something lacks in the composition itself. But still, maybe the song's gonna grow on me.

[@steveblomerth]

Have to agree, Hasse Froberg alternating vocals with Roine Stolt made The FLower Kings songs stronger.

[@yoremusic6920]

For sure! Hasse delivers great vocals.

[@toniedvardsen8169]

Tomas maybe. Not Hasse. He is a great singer. But dominates TFK vocals too much, on their later albums. I prefer Roines warm voice ;)

[@yoremusic6920]

@@toniedvardsen8169 I liked the variety their voices brought. But I agree, Tomas is really missing here. Anyway, I feel that even the songs on their first album (Back In The World Of Adventures, without Hasse and no songs from Tomas) sounded much stronger than this one. I don't know what, maybe the melodies sound too tame here, or the harmonies... I don't know for sure.

[@toniedvardsen8169]

Meet the Flowerkings dvd is the best one ever. It contains EVERYTHING :) I like Hasse, but not on all songs

[@xsamitt]

22 people like 50 cent! go away we done need you here! Where real music is!

[@rmmco]

I dont know 50 cent. Roine is my number 1 musician but this tune is very weak allthough It´s normal to a musician that prolific .

[@timpan0]

I read: Rolling Stones

[@andywells7525]

The mix seems a little muddy but great song

[@jeaniemattone3899]

💐✨💜✨💐

[@edwindichio1875]

Not like the old Flower Kings, but not bad 👍

[@NightBeastNB]

I'm sorry but why not just "The Flower Kings"? Anyways, great song.

[@TheJeremydinazareth]

he Want to let you know that Flower Kings is His property :)

[@druidsadwyrnemrys232]

First it was The Flower King, then from there the project became the Flower Kings, now Roine is back as The Flower King

[@NightBeastNB]

Druid SadwyrnEmrys actually “The Flower King” was the name of his solo album. So it’s even more convoluted...

[@MusicVersa]

Tomas Bodin isn't with the band anymore (I believe for health-related reasons). As he was in the band from the beginning and was the only one other than Roine Stolt to regularly contribute compositions, I think Roine didn't feel right calling it "The Flower Kings" without him, but since most of the rest of the band is there and it's still Stolt's progressive rock music, he wanted to keep the connection.

[@Tintop]

@@MusicVersa really? I saw Tomas rather surprised and disappointed when he knew of "Roine Stolt's The Flower King" tour dates. He said he wasn't even asked to take part. That happened in the flower kings mailing group a few months ago. There was never lost a word about health. And tbh, they had better asked Tomas because the keyboard parts in this song could really need some magic...

[@friedrichkunzmann9272]

Am I the only one who finds the vocal layer really "weird-sounding" and over-compressed in a way? Just feels like it doesn't belong.... I'm saying this as, usually, a big fan of Roine's singing. Great to hear him sing again nonetheless! fun song.

[@davisflyer]

I like the music but the lyrics...

[@lmnop340]

Ridiculous and terrible. Maybe he just should have made an instrumental album.

[@smallcreep22]

Stolt or Flower Kings? who cares . it's new and sounds great. old FK-ish.

[@rm-stuffs2802]

It is The Flower Kings, but the reason the name Roine Stolt's The Flower King because Tomas Bodin is not here in this album, but this is orginally The Flower Kings. R. Stolt, Reingold, Froeberg, M. Stolt (former menber on bass 1994-1999), Kimins (keyboards), the rest are guests.

[@stellaspoochpitfeaturingro3522]

Is this an anti America song???

[@robertsmithers9059]

I hope not... I love the Flower Kings but I know where Roine stands politically and I don't care to hear about it in his music.

[@vladimirsandtner4438]

Can U say where Roine stands politically?? @@robertsmithers9059

[@d1schrom]

kind of sounds like it doesn't it?

[@snuppssynthchannel]

@@vladimirsandtner4438 Not anti America, more Points out whats wrong With America.

[@joelclonch6120]

@@AudioCDSound You must be confused, Hillary didn't win...

[@eventidewinds]

great musician, but I'm just not able to like his voice

[@roberthall29]

this crappy song played as an advertisement wile I was listening to motley crew at work.

[@snuppssynthchannel]

Only thing here that is crappy is Motley Crew!

[@siddhartino]

What the hell...

[@ZoltanvamosOfficial]

@@snuppssynthchannel agreed