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"Supper's Ready" is a song by the band Genesis. A recorded version appeared on their 1972 album Foxtrot, and the band performed the song regularly on stage for several years following this. Live versions appear on the albums Live at the Rainbow recorded in 1973, Seconds Out recorded in 1977, the compilation Genesis Archive 1967-75, and the box set Genesis Live 1973–2007. A reworked version also appears on Steve Hackett's 2012 album Genesis Revisited II and its accompanying live albums Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith and Genesis Revisited: Live At Royal Albert Hall.
In an interview, Peter Gabriel summed up "Supper's Ready" as "a personal journey which ends up walking through scenes from Revelation in the Bible....I'll leave it at that." AllMusic has described the song as the band's "undisputed masterpiece".
Nearly 23 minutes in length, the song is divided into seven sections. A number of musical and lyrical themes do re-appear throughout. The melody of the verse in section I reappears as a flute melody between sections II and III. The melody of the chorus in section I reappears with new lyrics in the coda to section VI. The song that comprises the majority of section II reappears briefly in instrumental form at the beginning of section VI, and then returns to form the body of section VII, with new lyrics.
Supper is either the main evening meal or a light snack later in the evening.
The term is derived from the French souper, which is used for this meal in Canadian French, Swiss French, and sometimes in Belgian French. It is related to soup. It is also related to the Danish word for soup, Suppe. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, suggests that the root, sup, remains obscure in origin.
Supper may refer to, on largely class-based distinctions, either a late-evening snack (working and middle class usage) or else to make a distinction between "supper" as an informal family meal (which would be eaten in the kitchen or family dining room) as opposed to "dinner", a generally grander affair (either or both in terms of the meal and the courses within the meal itself), which would be eaten in the best dining room, could well have guests from outside the household, and for which there might be a dress code. It is common for social interest and hobby clubs that meet in the evening after normal dinner hours to announce that "a light supper" will be served after the main business of the meeting. Supper can also refer to the largest meal of the day.
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Ready (Trey Songz album), 2009
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Stephen Richard "Steve" Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English guitarist, musician, songwriter and singer. He gained prominence as lead guitarist of the English progressive rock band Genesis, which he joined in 1970 and left in 1977 to pursue a solo career. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums and seven singles. Hackett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
Hackett released his first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte, while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia, in 1986. The group released the self-titled album GTR, which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular basis since.
Edit 12/25/12 - Thanks to a kind soul for providing timestamps after all this time. As a bonus, I've added a link to full lyrics as well as the first stanzas of each section's lyrics. Band: Genesis Song: Supper's Ready Album: Foxtrot Year: 1972 Full lyrics at: http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Supper%27s-Ready-lyrics-Genesis/2E83F9E74F4A4CF64825696000131E98 I. Lover's Leap [0:00 - 3:52] "Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off. Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes. As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time, I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right. ...And it's hello babe with your guardian eyes so blue Hey my baby don't you know our love is true..." II. The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man [3:53 - 6:07] "I know a farmer who looks ...
You can find this video and other good stuff in "The lamb lies down on Broadway" DVD.
Steve Hackett - Supper's Ready - Genesis Revisited
Supper's Ready (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford) Audio: Genesis Archive (1967-75) Video: Live at Bataclan (1973), Live at Shepperton (1973), Live at Melody TV (1974). I "Lover's Leap" 0:00 II "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man" 4:01 III "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men" 5:54 IV "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?" 9:40 V "Willow Farm" 11:13 VI "Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)" 15:39 VII "As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)" 21:13 Lyrics: http://www.lyricstime.com/genesis-supper-s-ready-lyrics.html
Tracklist and Amazon Links [CD, MP3, Vinyl]: Foxtrot: [CD]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002J1M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp;=1789&creative;=390957&creativeASIN;=B000002J1M&linkCode;=as2&tag;=youtubeco06c1-20&linkId;=UGIPJGG4JZBOJG5Y [MP3]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KQIRGW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp;=1789&creative;=390957&creativeASIN;=B001KQIRGW&linkCode;=as2&tag;=youtubeco06c1-20&linkId;=4TSWJB5HFANSNHON [Vinyl]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PCI1I0Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp;=1789&creative;=390957&creativeASIN;=B00PCI1I0Q&linkCode;=as2&tag;=youtubeco06c1-20&linkId;=GNDYTPBO7Z5OKZZG 1. Watcher of the Skies 0:00 2. Time Table 7:23 3. Get 'em Out by Friday 12:08 4. Can-Utility and the Coastliners 20:44 5. Horizons 26:28 6. Supper's Ready 28:09 ℗ & © 2007 Anthony Banks Ltd., Phili...
This is my instrumental cover version of Supper's Ready by Genesis. It is a combination of sequenced parts and live playing multitracked using my Yamaha AW4416 digital audio workstation. I did this several years ago and was never happy with the mix, but have never seemed to have got round to remixing it. So, I thought I would upload as it is. Instruments used include Korg Trinity V3 synth, Korg Wavestation SR synth module, Emu ESI4000 sampler, Emu Proformance/1 piano module, Rickenbacker 330 guitar, Yamaha RGX620 guitar. My sequencer is Cakewalk Professional v6.0 running on PC. I played/programmed everything myself apart from where I sampled the train noises from the original record as it seemed pointless creating new ones. Also, the vocals in the "We will rock you little snake" section...
Supper´s Ready Live in Zürich 02.07.1977 in Excellent quality with the Supper's Ready story in german :-) The complete Concert can you be found on my Channel ... ________________________________________________ Phil Collins / Steve Hackett / Michael Rutherford / Tony Banks / Chester Thompson
In the studio, Tony Banks, keyboard player for Genesis, speaks about how he and Genesis wrote and arranged Supper's Ready
06:11 "Supper's Ready"
Teatro Opera - Buenos Aires 13 Marzo 2015 ernestopolicella.blogspot.com.ar
Here you can listen to my band: https://tangerinenoon.bandcamp.com/album/tangerine-noon-i 00:20 Watcher of The Skies 08:36 Dancing with The Moonlit Knight 17:50 I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 23:10 Gabriel's introduction to The Musical Box 24:15 The Musical Box 34:50 introduction to Supper's Ready 37:23 Supper's Ready
AMAZING performance of Supper's Ready by Steve Hackett on his Genesis Revisited Extended tour, December 8, 2014 at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. Steve & Co. SLAYED it!
http://thegenesisarchive.co.uk http://facebook.com/thegenesisarchive http://twitter.com/genesisarchive From a very long time (40 years this year) comes this classic piece of Genesis history. An early show Contents/Set The Musical Box Interview Supper's Ready Interview Return Of The Giant Hogweed The Knife Air Date/Recorded Date?: 10th January 1973 Show: Bataclan, Paris Source: Highlander Transcript and Translations: Medulla and Tacotac64 (Many thanks!!)
Dance on a volcano Carpet crawlers Return of giant hogweed The musical box Firth of fifth Fountain of Salmacis Supper's ready (first 7 minutes)
Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited - Live At Hammersmith 2013 Londra 10 maggio 2013 Formazione Steve Hackett - chitarre Roger King - tastiere, sintetizzatori Gary O'Toole - batteria, voce Rob Townsend - sax, flauto, tastiere, percussioni Lee Pomeroy - basso, chitarre Nad Sylvan - voce 1.Watcher of the Skies – 9:11 2.The Chamber of 32 Doors – 5:39 3.Dancing with the Moonlit Knight – 7:37 4.Fly on a Windshield – 3:34 5.Broadway Melody of 1974 – 3:19 6.The Lamia – 9:04 7.The Musical Box – 11:30 8.Shadow of the Hierophant – 10:14 9.Blood on the Rooftops – 5:45 10.Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers – 2:10 11.In That Quiet Earth – 5:03 12.Afterglow – 4:28 13.I Know What I Like – 6:15 14.Dance on a Volcano – 6:14 15.Entangled – 6:44 16.Eleventh Earl of Mar – 7:49 17.Supper's Ready – 17:34 18.Fi...
I. LOVERS' LEAP
Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off.
Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes.
As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time,
I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right.
......And it's hello babe with your guardian eyes so blue.
Hey, my baby don't you know our love is true.
Coming closer with our eyes, a distance fall around our bodies.
Out in the garden, the moon seems very bright.
Six saintly shrouded men move across the lawn slowly,
The seventh walks in front with a cross held high in hand.
......And it's hey babe your supper's waiting for you.
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true.
I've been so far from here,
Far from your warm arms.
It's good to feel you again,
It's been a long long time. Hasn't it?
II. THE GUARENTEED ETERNAL SANCTUARY MAN
I know a farmer who looks after the farm.
With water clear, he cares for all his harvest.
I know a fireman who looks after the fire.
You, can't you see he's fooled you all.
Yes, he's here again, can't you see he's fooled you all.
Share his peace,
Sign the lease.
He's a supersonic scientist,
He's the guarenteed eternal sanctuary man.
Look, look into my mouth he cries,
And all the children lost down many paths,
I bet my life you'll walk inside
Hand in hand
Gland in gland
With a spoonful of miracle,
He's the guarenteed eternal sanctuary man.
We will rock you, rock you little snake,
We will keep you snug and warm.
III. IKHNATON AND ITSACON AND THEIR BAND OF MERRY MEN
Wearing feeling on our faces while our faces took a rest,
We walked across the fields to see the children of the West,
But we saw a host of dark skinned warriors
standing still below the ground,
Waiting for battle.
The fight's begun, they've been released.
Killing foe for peace. . . bang, bang, bang. Bang, bang, bang...
And they're giving me a wonderful potion,
'Cos I cannot contain my emotion.
And even though I'm feeling good,
Something tells me I'd better activate my prayer capsule.
Today's a day to celebrate, the foe have met their fate.
The order for rejoicing and dancing has come from our warlord.
IV. HOW DARE I BE SO BEAUTIFUL?
Wandering through the chaos the battle has left,
We climb up a mountain of human flesh,
To a plateau of green grass, and green trees full of life.
A young figure sits still by the pool,
He's been stamped human bacon by some butchery tool.
(He is you.)
Social Security took care of this lad.
We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower.
A flower?
V. WILLOW FARM
If you go down to Willow Farm,
to look for butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies
Open your eyes, it's full of surprise, everyone lies
like the focks on the rocks,
and the musical box.
Oh, there's Mum & Dad, and good and bad,
and everyone's happy to be here.
There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag,
he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag.
The frog was a prince, the prince was a brick, the brick was an
egg, and the egg was a bird.
Hadn't you heard?
Yes, we're happy as fish and gorgeous as geese,
and wonderfully clean in the morning.
We've got everything, we're growing everything,
We've got some in
We've got some out
We've got some wild things floating about.
Everyone, we're changing everyone,
you name them all,
We've had them here,
And the real stars are still to appear.
ALL CHANGE!
Feel your body melt;
Mum to mud to mad to dad
Dad diddley office, Dad diddley office,
You're all full of ball.
Dad to dam to dum to mum
Mum diddley washing, Mum diddley washing,
You're all full of ball.
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the eyes.
Ooee-ooee-ooee-oowaa
Momma I want you now.
And as you listen to my voice
To look for hidden doors, tidy floors, more applause.
You've been here all the time,
Like it or not, like what you got,
You're under the soil,
Yes, deep in the soil.
So we'll end with a whistle and end with a bang
and all of us fit in our places.
VI. APOCALYPSE IN 9/8 (CO-STARRING THE DELICIOUS TALENTS OF GABBLE RATCHET)
With the guards of Magog swarming around,
The Pied Piper takes his children underground.
The Dragon's coming out of the see,
with the shimmering silver head of wisdom looking at me.
He brings down the fire from the skies,
You can tell he's doing well by the look in human eyes.
You'd better not compromise.
It won't be easy.
666 is no longer alone,
He's getting out the marrow in your back bone,
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll,
Gonna blow right down inside your soul.
Pythagoras with the looking glass reflects the full moon,
In blood, he's writing the lyrics of a brand new tune.
And it's hey babe, with your guardian eyes so blue,
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true,
I've been so far from here,
Far from your loving arms,
Now I'm back again, and abay it's going to work out fine.
VII. AS SURE AS EGGS IS EGGS (ACHING MEN'S FEET)
Can't you feel our souls ignite
Shedding ever changing colours in the darkness of the fading night,
Like the river joins the ocean, as the germ in the seed grows
We have finally been freed to get back home.
There's anm angel standing in the sun, and he's crying with a loud voice,
"This is the supper of the mighty one,"
Lord of Lords,
King of Kings
Has returned to take his children home,
To take them to the new Jerusalem.