The Main Monkey Business

"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]

"The Main Monkey Business"
Song by Rush
from the album Snakes & Arrows
ReleasedMay 1, 2007
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock, instrumental rock
Length6:01
LabelAtlantic Records
Songwriter(s)Lifeson/Lee/Peart
Producer(s)Rush & Nick Raskulinecz

Background

The title of the song comes from a phrase lead singer and bassist Geddy 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
gollark: Oh, *that*. Synthetic soul generation was managed a few years back.
gollark: You checked wrong, clearly.
gollark: It is identical to traditionally produced chocolate down to the subatomic level.
gollark: Scenario 1107-ζ.
gollark: The [REDACTED] incident.

See also

References
  1. Peart, Neil. The Game of Snakes and Arrows (accessed July 11, 2013).
  2. Legends of Classic Rock - Rush, the Snakes & Arrows World Album Premiere


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