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As [[Peter Gabriel]] has said, it's "a personal journey which ends up walking through scenes from Revelations in [[The Bible]]."
'''"Supper's Ready"''' is a seven-part song by the seminal progressive rock band [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], appearing on their 1972 album ''Foxtrot''. At 23 minutes long, it takes up one side of the original vinyl release (apart from a brief unrelated instrumental entitled "Horizons") and is Genesis' first real [[Rock Opera]] (if "The Musical Box" doesn't count, anyway). Alongside ''[[The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway]]'', It's one of the major contributors to Genesis' lasting reputation and influence on progressive rock, and it's exactly how a surrealist prog-rock opera should be done.
'''The song is divided into:'''
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#"Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)"
#"As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"
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* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: The supper in the title is the "great supper of God" during the Second Coming in Revelation 19. The song later paraphrases that passage.
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