The Main Monkey Business
| "The Main Monkey Business" | ||||
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| Song by Rush from the album Snakes & Arrows | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, hard rock, instrumental rock | |||
| Length | 6:01 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records | |||
| Writer | Lifeson/Lee/Peart | |||
| Producer | Rush & Nick Raskulinecz | |||
| Snakes & Arrows track listing | ||||
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The Main Monkey Business is an instrumental from Rush's 2007 album Snakes & Arrows. It clocks in at 6 minutes and 1 second, making it Rush's second longest instrumental, the longest being "La Villa Strangiato". Drummer Neil Peart remarked that it took him three days to learn the song.[1]
In a recent interview on HDNET, Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee stated that the song found on the CD is a toned-down version of the original one. They referred to the original version as "crazy".
Background
The title of the song comes from a phrase Lee's mother used to describe someone up to no good:
...Long story short is, uh, this person was up to hijinx and my mother was telling me “Well I think there was some monkey business involved”, and I said, "What do you mean, monkey business? What kind of monkey business? And she said, “The MAIN monkey business”. So I love that phrase and every time I think of her saying “The MAIN monkey business” it makes me laugh.[2]—Geddy Lee, Legends of Classic Rock interview
See also
- List of Rush songs
- List of Rush instrumentals
References
- ↑ Peart, Neil. The Game of Snakes and Arrows (accessed July 11, 2013).
- ↑ Legends of Classic Rock - Rush, the Snakes & Arrows World Album Premiere
