The Main Monkey Business

Song_infobox
Name = The Main Monkey Business


SorA = album
Artist = Rush
Album = Snakes & Arrows
Released = May 1, 2007
track_no = 6
Recorded =
Genre = Progressive rock, Hard rock
Length = 6:01
Writer = Lifeson/Lee/Peart
Composer =
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Rush & Nick Raskulinecz
Chart position =
prev = "Spindrift"
prev_no = 5
next = "The Way the Wind Blows"
next_no = 7

"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. Their longest instrumental, "La Villa Strangiato" from "Hemispheres", is 9 minutes and 34 seconds long. "Limbo" from 1996's "Test For Echo" was their last recorded instrumental.

Neil Peart has stated that it took him three days to learn the song on drums.Peart, Neil. [http://www.rush.com/thegameofsnakesandarrows/Rush.Essay4.S&A.pdf "The Game of Snakes and Arrows"] (accessed March 1, 2008).]

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 mom used to describe someone up to no good:

Live performances

Snakes And Arrows Tour

References