Lawrence Person's Futuramen

Everyone else is doing it, might as well hop aboard the “I Don’t Believe In the Rapture, But Here Are Some Snarky Blog Posts” bandwagon. Which brings up the question of what music is best for an apocalypse.

Putting aside the blindingly obvious choice of REM’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I feel Fine),” my favorite apocalyptic song has always been Genesis’ 23-minute long art-rock epic “Supper’s Ready,” the ending of which is a pretty literal description of the rapture. Plus it lets me continue the recent Peter Gabriel trend.

So here’s not one, not two, but four full length complete lives versions of the song. Some of the videos are slideshows and the sound quality varies, but some of Steve Hackett’s swoops and slides still give me chills.

This one is a very rare live concert video of the entire song:

Finally, this is not the entire song, as it includes several different snippets of various songs, but it also features live concert footage and the end of the song:

As a bonus, here’s an animated Tony Banks describing how the song came together:

Tags: Genesis, Music, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, Supper's Ready, Tony Banks

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