100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #16: Genesis, Supper’s Ready

Supper’s Ready is undoubtedly the best song to come out of the 1970s progressive rock era.  Divided into seven sections, this 23-minute behemoth shines in the history of progressive music at, or very close to, the apex of inventive song writing.  The song plays out like a symphony with more aural twists and turns than you can shake a stick at, while the lyrics are sufficiently vague to leave much room for interpretation.  As Gabriel said, Supper’s Ready: “… [is] a personal journey which ends up walking through scenes from Revelation in the Bible…  I’ll leave it at that.”  I for one am glad he did, as it inspired me to write and publish The Final Battle in my short story collection, called- (This post has been cut due to reasons of ham-fisted cross-promotion.  Ed.)

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