Close To The Edge v. Supper’s Ready

If you don't think Supper's Ready is the BEST song ever. YOU'RE DEAD TO ME!!!!!!!!! 



...no I'm kidding. But seriously, I wasn't really a big fan of Genesis until now. Supper's Ready offers more to me musically than Close to the Edge. I felt like Close to the Edge lacked a message and therefore lacked a mood and imagery...albeit, you can argue that Jon Anderson is a good lyricist, but it doesn't really help me enjoy the song. I like Supper's Ready better because it's a bit more accesible and you can feel more involved in that song than Close to the Edge where you have to hear in awe as Rick Wakemen races his fingers around the keyboard...Give me a break.

Supper's Ready is Genesis' best song, but I still prefer CTTE.

SR for me, but there even except for As Sure as Eggs is Eggs, It's just amazing.

Losendos wrote:     Another point in SRs favor is the great drumming by Phil. Surely it was a sad day when he moved away form prog

I do agree. I find it very funny how, when Peter Gabriel and Phill Collins were togethr, they created amazign Prog, but when the split up, they both mad crappy pop music.

How does that happen?

supper'sready72 wrote: Syndromet wrote: Come on!!! One of these tracks is fresh and exiting, the other is just boring. CTTE clearly wins this, even though Suppers ready is genesis best song ever. Supper's Ready. Boring?          I don't even know how to respond to that.

I agree with him if you compers the 2 songs Supper is boring, it yust doesnt come close to "Close to the edge" sorry but thats the truth...  And thats why Close to the edge wins becaus it have so much amazing playing and is so tight its mind blowing while Supper is yust long out stretched and completly boring at times. Ofcourse it hase its moments but nothing that comes close to the edge...

 

  Another point in SRs favor is the great drumming by Phil. Surely it was a sad day when he moved away form prog

Chipiron wrote: CTTE. In fact, I don't really like Supper's ready at all.... It really bores me.

I hear you, although I have in fact learned to sit through SR and even enjoy, say, 50% of it  

Lol, Eduardo sure is likely to find it baffling that somebody could actually get bored while listening to SR as it is supposed to have tons more creativity and diversity... All I can say is, what some people hear as diversity and creativity, I hear as a hotchpotch of ideas not executed nearly as well as on CTTE. Supper's Ready is just too rough on the edges and sounds too much like a musical tune to me. It might have gone down well on Broadway, lol...!

Sorry, I just can't take this prog suite as seriously as some (well, many!) of you do but still, it is fun to sing along to Gabriel on Willow Farm, can't deny that.

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 'Close To The Edge' it has to be. I just could not get into 'Supper's Ready' or, for that matter, most of the 'Foxtrot' album. The keyboard sounds in CTTE are just godly!

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CLOSE TO THE EDGE!!!!!!!

Supper's Ready isn't even close!

CTTE. In fact, I don't really like Supper's ready at all.... It really bores me.