Genesis , In The Cage - "Medley" 1986

[raelraven2]

Phil may have struggled with SR later in the tour, but I don't hear him struggling with it at all in this particular show. He sings the whole "666 section" just about as well here as he did in 1982's Encore Tour, in which he was simply awesome.

[squonkynut]

I think Phil sings this better than Peter. There's more soul and passion in Phil's voice. This piece proves it.

[mulleoops]

I now understand why they replaced This one with Afterglow. A month later than this performce, which i believe was the opening show of the tour, Phil Collins almost lost his voice trying to hit the high notes. Just search for Los Angeles Genesis 1986

[gonzataker]

and I don´t undertand that people who hate Phil Collins because turn Genesis in pop, if he sang a classic like Supper's ready

[vinvanveen]

Beautiful. Awesome. SUCH a shame this isn't on the Wembley DVD, with the gorgeous surround sound ... ah well.

At least we have the original "Foxtrot" and "Seconds Out" albums, and the "Live 1973" bonus disk from the recent live box set!

[raelraven2]

This clips proves again that for all the grief Phil Collins took from fans of old school Genesis (of which I consider myself to be one), he really does sing this song better than Peter Gabriel.

[not3bad13]

Why is the called the "In the Cage" medley, when none of "In the Cage" is actually in it?

[madmagirus]

I have seen that before...Thanks!

I wished the Movie-Box contained the missing pieces of this tour

[farawaysoclose001]

Awesome!!! 

[somsom1]

Magnificient.

[emcderm]

Nice video. Way to much close up, though. This song has the most spectacular lighting effect and the camera man basically missed it.

[rde6565]

I have no shame. I had a lump in my throat and almost cried when I heard this. Amazing.

[Redliner500]

they did this version on the invisible touch tour at torontos CNE stadium,was expectin Cinema but got Supper instead!!!!!!!!!.friggen awesome!!!!

[argonnj]

I love the "3 violins" Melotron sound. 

[blackmore5555]

Six Six Six is no longer aloooooooone! Great video, thank you very much!

[blackmore5555]

Six Six Six is no longer aloooooooone!

[luvjammin04]

I can't thank you enough for posting this as I was at this front row in front of Tony Banks and this is simply amazing!!!

[mulleops]

Phil can no longer do this, but i believe Gabriel could still reach the high notes if Genesis were to peform this epic musical masterpiece

[MikeyRB77]

I would give anything to have seen this,

[johncorsino]

I MET PHIL ON THE LST NIGHT OF THE LAST TOUR 10/13/07 HE GAVE US DRESSING ROOM PASSES, 8TH ROW SEATS @ HOLLYWOOD BOWL. EVEN SCORED HIS EMAIL ADDRESS!!! RUTHERFORD WAS COOL, SO WAS CHESTER. DIDNT MEET TONY OR DARRYL BUT THEY WERE BOTH IN THE BANQUET ROOM B4 THE SHOW. PHIL'S DAUGHTER JOELY FROM HIS FIRST MARRAIGE WAS IN THE DRESSING RROM TOO. ALL VERY VERY NICE. MY GAL'S DAD WAS GOOD FRIENDS W/ PHIL, HE WORKED FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS.

[NS9144]

WHY Genesis never included this in the 2007 reunion tour I'll never know?

Even if they lowered the Key for Phils vocal like they did on a lot of the early material.

Including the closing section of "Supper's" would truly have been the highlight of the 2007 tour. And I'm glad I got to see it in Philly back then. It was the last tour they'll ever do.

[SPeacock]

@NS9144 Here's what I would have done: Dropped the last four songs after Los Endos (Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Invisible Touch, I Can't Dance and The Carpet Crawlers) - and replaced them with the complete version of Supper's Ready - as one final encore, and a proper sendoff. :)

[MikeyRB77]

Part 2!

[wallyweek]

More than 20 years later, I still can't see no reason to drop this in favour of Afterglow during the european leg of the IT tour. What a shame!

[yesshows100]

@wallyweek Yup, I saw them in NYC 1986, when they started doing Apocolpyse in 9/8 we went nuts. Total pandamonium. In 1987 we had no idea, we were getting ready for Apocolpyse in 9/8 and they went into Afterglow. Afterglow was great, but it was a temendous letdown!! Afterglow was the entire 2nd leg of the U.S.A. and European Invisable Touch tour. 1992 was way worse. During drum duet we're getting ready for Los Endos and they do I can't Dance. Total nightmare!! No Los endos on that tour.

[SPeacock]

@yesshows100 I have to agree with you on the 1992 tour - that was a pretty disappointing setlist (with the exceptions of songs like "Dreaming While You Sleep", "Driving The Last Spike", "No Son Of Mine" and "Fading Lights"). They had to switch to Afterglow for the 2nd half of this tour as Supper's Ready was killing Phil's voice.

[SPeacock]

The beginning is actually Part 6 of Supper's Ready, not Part 3. :)

[zazozung]

I saw this tour opening night in Oakland, CA. They opened the concert with Land of Confusion instead of Mama. I believe that they played Invisible Touch right after this medley.

[chinwildchicken]

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[mulleops]

I forgot one thing. Why is it that Genesis decided to lower Invisible Touch and Land of Confusion but not this medley shown here and Toniht,tonight,tonight???? They are just as hard to sing, I should mean

[mulleops]

I missed some of the low lighted areas in the 2007 concert. There was too much light all over. This is a classic example of how to darken some part of the songs. They should have included that in 2007 as well. Speaking of singing high vocals, Not many singers in their 50, can do that. Not even Michael Jackson, if u watch his final performances last year. However, John Farnham does it brilliantly

[18jemini]

WOW, what a performance. Phil's vocals are EPIC. the band seem tighter on this than ever, it's amazing! Very emotive, especially knowing these vocal highs could not be reached again

[emergencystopping]

Holy crap, Genesis did part of Suppers ready during the invisible touch tour?

[SPeacock]

Yes, but only during the US and Australian legs of the tour (1986 and early 1987) - the parts of "Supper's Ready" were dropped in favour of "Afterglow" for the European leg, which ran for the remainder of 1987 (and the tour).

[RodneyRankin]

I had the great good fortune of seeing Genesis in Dallas in January, 1987, when Supper's Ready was still in the medly. I was a high school kid and I didn't know their Gabriel-era stuff. This Cage Medly totally blew me away! It still does.

[salmacis81]

Definitely, the best version of this song is in Seconds Out.

[argonnj]

Agree 100%

[xtallyx1]

When I hear trumpets blowing rock 'n roll, I'm heading in my bunker.

[zebonaut]

Its hard to bare that if Phil wouldn´t have had found out that this part wrecked hos voice so hard on a regular basis and dropped it, i would have seen this version in front of the berlin reichstag in ´87..

still, in that quit earth shook me to the bones also..

note how low chester keeps the time in the as sure as eggs is eggs part .. it is so muc slower than phil did in the original version.

good job, chester.

propably because he´s a religious man himself and thus loves the part?

[WintersWar]

thanks for posting. whomever recorded this did a great job too, they seemed to make the closeups at the right time.

[tharrison202]

I can't find the words. It's just so good.

[PeterMayer]

ok, so it's a wrist sweatband. I've seen him wear a watch with a friggin sweater!

[PeterMayer]

Phil and his wrist watch and trousers and belt

[tharrison202]

that was unbelieveable. Thank you sooooo much for posting. FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

[raelraven2]

If Mike and Tony were not wearing those stupid Miam Vice suits, and Mike and Daryl weren't playing those silly looking cracker-jack box looking guitars, this would rank as the best version of Supper's Ready I've ever seen.

[PeterMayer]

biggest but not the best. Check out 1973

[tomtraveller]

WOW... just found this clip.. I've had the audio one from LA for a few years now but now this..... AWESOME... I was lucky enough to see the NYC show in 1986 that included the Suppers Ready medley... Thanks for sharing this :)

[xtallyx1]

He gets out the marrow of my backbone when I hear this song live.

[WintersWar]

wow.

[raelraven2]

I used to have an audio tape of an early show from this tour (maybe LA?), when they were still doing Supper's Ready. Unfortunately, you could really hear the strain in Phil's voice, especially with the "666" line. Still, when I saw them a few weeks after that, and then again a few months later, I was psyched to hear SR, only to find it had been permanently dropped. It's a shame, because he sounds great here, and in the video of them rehearsing for the tour.

[tshirtjay]

Phil's voice is amazing!

[DrL0206]

It's a shame that they dropped this for the 1987 shows.

It might not have had the same effect outdoors though - especially Phil being lit on his own at the end - as it was still daylight when they did the medley part of the show.

They've always been better indoors.

[yoyoma41]

not from the philly show at the vet

[pman1018]

I was only a baby when Genesis did this tour for the "Invisible Touch" album.

[MNori]

Amazing performance. Actually, i believe that SR and In The Cage top performances are always with Phil on the vocals. I do´nt believe they dropped SR in 86 because of Phil´s voice. I saw them ive in 2007 and Phil did a great job with some adjustments.

[ShieldsToAddison]

They did drop SR in 1986 because of Phil's voice. That's way too damn hard to do every night and they didn't have time to adjust because when they dropped it, they were already on tour.

Even in 2007 they didn't do SR, I'm assuming because Phil just couldn't do it. It's clear he had his limitations vocally.

[ceazea]

It just makes I/Touch sound silly!!!!!! How do you play this then follow it up with one of the "hits"?

[Reckoner65]

I actually thnk this is one of the great things about this band - you get both sorts of stuff. I love the old stuff, I like a lot of the later ones too. Thus I feel I have the advantage over those who stick rigidly with either, but not both! Though I did feel peeved that we didn't get the Supper's Ready bit in the UK on that tour. Oh well - I saw the whole of it in 1982.

[everchangingstone]

While I wasn't even born then, I feel your pain. Damn him for throwing out his voice on that song! But imagine it this way, imagine how awful Apocalypse would have sounded dropped a half-step or even a whole-step (They already played Eggs down a whole step)

[squonkynut]

@Reckoner65 LOL count yourself lucky, at least you got to see it, way before my time unfortunately

[MarcoWriedt]

@ceazea you are so right!! I agree 100%

[perchloythene]

I love Phil's biblical-rock theatrics here at the end. A little out of character. And this was a full year after he had already done the Sussudio album.

[discospankmaster]

Nice post, but what happened to "In the Cage"? I saw them twice in '86, but don't remember 'Supper's Ready'. Was this the "Genesis" tour? Best part of the show was the synchronized drum solo with Chester and Phil.

[CapLockFreak]

It was the Invisible Touch tour. This is from the first leg of the tour in 86. They dropped SR in 87, because Phil's voice couldn't take it anymore, and replaced it with Afterglow...so it ended up soundling like the second half of side 2 of Wind and Wuthering.

[LesPaulGoldTop21]

WOW!

[guitardude57]

Truly brought tears to my eyes. Incredible perfomance. If only they would tour just once with Gabriel and Hackett and let all of us that were too young to see them the first time hear Gabriel sing these masterpieces with (no offence to Steurmer) their orignal guitar parts as well.

[MandrakeMoorglade]

This was their best medley. It's too bad we probably will never hear them play Supper's Ready again.

[fendweller]

Well well, this is a genuine revelation. Like most people, I had no idea they'd even played this combo then. LOL about In Too Deep!

[ceazea]

One other thing. I saw the Clapton and friends tour in April 86 because I wanted to see Phil and Genesis was not coming here. That was a highlight to have him be 30 feet in front of me just playing drums. This was 5 months before this footage. How did the man have time to do so much? Producing records records writing touring acting. The guys was THE hardest working man in showbusiness in the 80's. And the most talented.

Just don't get married again Phil. Earn your hard earned keep!!!!

[ceazea]

Holy hell thank you so much for posting this. Unreal!!!!! This is the Genesis I know an love. 10 stars!!!!!! Part 3 of Suppers ready live with Phil singing it (sorry) though only heard a few times is one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard in my life.

[BoBo0807]

Wow. I have the LA show audio, but man, that killed.

I absolutely shudder to think of what they might have followed with..."In Too Deep?"

[BIXSIX]

no1 likes in too deep do they- ive heard a lotta criticism about it- it seems 2 hav been labelled as the quinessential modern genesid pop song i guess

[glechowski]

Look...I HATED "Invisible Touch" when it came out, as I was 16 and listening to FOXTROT day and night. It was only years later did I stumble across my FAVORITE 20 minutes of Genesis EVER! In the Cage/...In That Quiet Earth/Supper's Ready from Los Angeles-KBFW (cross reference: Wolfgang's Vault). They just f'in KILLED on the first leg of that tour. Phil really struggled with his voice as the tour went on and SR was replaced by AFTERGLOW. If you don't have the LA show on CD...you should!

[greenmay]

Wow! Tears in my eyes. Magog64, thx for this video. If only there was a highdef pro-shot video of Suppers/ITQE/Cage: The 86 light show was the best I have seen by any group, ever. The sort of visual feast you'd expect to accompany the second coming! The power in the music and the visual spectacle make seeing Genesis one of the top 10 things to do before you die! Hey Genesis, please perform your next gigs indoors or at night for maximum effect.

[orion848]

i almost shat myself when i realized what they were playing...thanks for posting this. this should have been on the live at wembley dvd.

[MIACAIMAI]

i completely agree with you mate, the reason this wasnt on live at wembley was the fact that it took too much out of his voice and they were more concerned that phil was singing tonight,tonight,tonight, off the album they were promoting, this track was killing his voice. i was at the thu and fri gigs at msg nyc with the genesis fan club and wept when they did this,such a long time ago,i was 19yrs old,what a time i had,i do have the fri gig recorded,audio only off course.

[CapLockFreak]

Even if they still did SR in the medley, it still wouldn't have made the cut on the video, because it wasn't filmed at all. At the time, they were using HD cameras and recorders (this was 1987..HD was in its infancy). The tapes were way too short for the cameras to record the entire show at once, (about 45 minutes per) so they would switch the tapes during the ITC medley, cos they already had them filmed on previous tours, so they felt like they didn't need the IT tour version.

[BaronvonCase]

DID I JUST WITNESS SUPPER'S READY FROM THE INVISIBLE TOUCH TOUR?! You are a god.

Genesis might have been "poppiest" in 1986, but they sure as hell were in top form live. Very, very awe-inspiring stuff.

[PeterMayer]

I agree and I'm an older Genesis fan.

[mulleops]

Why didnt they play this in on their european tour in 1987

[kylehudson00]

Phil was having too much trouble with the "666" section so they dropped it in favour of "Afterglow".

[matthewimi]

I loved how he got high up on that platform & the light shown up from below.. I saw the Garden shows on the 2nd & 3rd October 86. All I had from this show was a bootleg audio... never a video. Thanks Magog.. Hey anybody know if there is a "GOG" out there.. yes I know revelation...

[twigglypiggly16]

I was there too. I never imagined that they'd play the whole "In that Quiet Earth", much less segue into Supper's Ready. I almost pooped myself.

[MIACAIMAI]

thanks so much for posting these vids of 1986 tour, i went out to the msg gigs nyc with the genesis fan club, we saw the thu and fri nite gigs out of the 5 nites they were there, only had ticket for fridays show but got ticket for thu gig off a tout[scalper]. unfortunately for us fans here in the u.k , we werent going to see them in the uk until july of the following year so this came up, my first visit to the usa. 2 memorable nites, i audio recorded it, must convert it over sometime.what a time

[stevedrums]

After all of these years, it moves me. Thanks so much for the post. I saw this tour in '86 at Giants Stadium and I was so st*** I don't even remember them doing this. I thought I heard 'Afterglow'. Oh, well!

[matthewimi]

Hello "Steve Drums". Yes you did hear Afterglow. Genesis did this above medley with Suppers during the first half of the Invisible Touch tour. I was at the 2nd & 3rd of October shows @ Madison Square Garden. You & I saw the Giants stadium show the 30th & 31st of May 1987. This was an encore of that tour. I hated the Michelob banners on the sides of the stage! Anyway, they replaced the end of suppers ready with Afterglow for the second half. See, you were not as sh** faced as you thought. lol.

[stevedrums]

Thanks so much for that clarification!!! I actually remember those obnoxious Michelob signs and sadly I remember Paul Young opening. That was a buzz kill! However, I think I was that s*** faced! Nothing to be proud of today, though!

[gothgirl25]

Thanks for posting this! Great stuff, and some good footage of Tony! :)

[salmacis81]

Ilove the way phil sangs this version!!!

What a voice!!

[lauriedesign]

Oh my!!! WONDERFUL!!! Thank you Magog for the post!!! And... great name by the way ;-)

[junito52]

even though i am seen it and hearing it i am at shock they did it

[JDog2727]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Great footage and decent sound. did you take this yourself?

[aeffron]

this is one of my favorite genesis vids/ this show was amazing and you feel like you really expierence with with them on this particular recording

[Magog64]

Invisible Supper's !!!! ah! ah! ah!

thanks Peter

[PeterMayer]

Magog! Prima once again!