Cinema Show

Supper's Ready.

Its my favorite Genesis song at least. Cinema Show is an incredible song but Supper's Ready takes the cake IMO.

shaden wrote: What do the lyrics mean to it? I'm curious, I know that Peter does some pretty crazy lyrics, but what about the reference to the "chocolate surprise" and "Father Tyresius"? Does anyone have any interpretations?

I believe Father Tiresias (note user title) is a spiritual anomaly who is described as the being who heralds the end of society's love of materialism.  (I didn't make this up.  I interpreted this meaning from "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot.  Tiresias serves as the narrator/protagonist of the epic (430 line) poem, which I studied in English class. 

Read it here:  www.bartleby.com/201/1.html

Lines from this poem can be heard spoken by Trey Gunn in the creepy King Crimson song "The Deception of the Thrush".

valravennz wrote: NetsNJFan wrote: AbsentEnemy wrote: Aerosol Grey wrote: especially how soft and hard to hear the druming is when it should be raging. You should definetly hear the Seconds Out version then (maybe you already have). It's more or less the same as the studio version but Phil takes the drums up a few notches. that version is good, but Cinema Show definately looses impact without Aisle of Plenty right after, it should have just been part of Cinema Show it fits so perfectly. Yes I agree . Cinema Show has a nice quiet accoustic guitar conclusion which leads straight into Aisle of Plenty. I have tried listening to them separately and they don't work as individual pieces especially Aisle of Plenty. Together they tell a story and musically, I do not believe theycan be separated. Perhaps the title should be: The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty or as you suggest Nets, The Cinema Show.

I don't agree. Aisle of Plenty is a nice enough little piece, but by no means essential to Cinema Show.

My favorite Genesis song so far is: Dancing with the monlite knight, time table, Musical box, Suppers ready and the Battle of eping forest.

Cinema show a is nice tune but not my favorite.

NetsNJFan wrote: Cinema Show definately looses impact without Aisle of Plenty right after, it should have just been part of Cinema Show it fits so perfectly.

Hell, yes. That's why I list them together as one song in my overview of all-time favourite songs.

NetsNJFan wrote: AbsentEnemy wrote: Aerosol Grey wrote: especially how soft and hard to hear the druming is when it should be raging. You should definetly hear the Seconds Out version then (maybe you already have). It's more or less the same as the studio version but Phil takes the drums up a few notches. that version is good, but Cinema Show definately looses impact without Aisle of Plenty right after, it should have just been part of Cinema Show it fits so perfectly.

Yes I agree . Cinema Show has a nice quiet accoustic guitar conclusion which leads straight into Aisle of Plenty. I have tried listening to them separately and they don't work as individual pieces especially Aisle of Plenty. Together they tell a story and musically, I do not believe theycan be separated. Perhaps the title should be: The Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty or as you suggest Nets, The Cinema Show.

AbsentEnemy wrote: Aerosol Grey wrote: especially how soft and hard to hear the druming is when it should be raging. You should definetly hear the Seconds Out version then (maybe you already have). It's more or less the same as the studio version but Phil takes the drums up a few notches.

that version is good, but Cinema Show definately looses impact without Aisle of Plenty right after, it should have just been part of Cinema Show it fits so perfectly.

Absent Enemy:

I, too, prefer the live version of CS, as I find it ten times more "exciting" than the album version (which is superb in its own right).  But it's not only Collins.  Keep in mind that Bruford is the auxiliary drummer on the live track of CS on Seconds Out.  It is the interplay between arguably the two best prog drummers in the world that makes makes the 7/8 jam so frighteningly amazing.

Peace.