The Symphony

The bands label Charisma who played more of a patron role with Genesis and also Jethro Tull on Crysalis, gave the band a lot of freedom when it came to writing, which enabled them to pursue their own ideas when it came to rock music and this may have helped to grow a particular audience. The music of Genesis as has been mentioned was very complex and likened to that of the symphony. The audience of Genesis’s music may have differed to that of the regular rock audience, in that it may have taken a certain kind of listening to sit through an epic 20 minute piece of music. Also performing these progressive pieces may have been a big accomplishment for the band members whose virtuosity and music could be compared to that of orchestra members performing a classical piece. The likes of Suppers Ready, is a 20 minute piece of a very complex nature and one wonders at how the band members remember such a long progressive form without sheet music.