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Thursday, September 09, 2004

wwwrusssssssssssh

in a few hours time i will be rocking out to the mighty mighty gods of prog rock RUSH. i expect the gig to be wonderful, and i expect it to bring back memories of seeing them with my long lost friend john hanley - who for some inexplicable reason was nicknamed monty.
monty (for that is how we all referred to him) was a huge rush fan, he also wanted to be a drummer (in the style of neil peart) and a singer (but not in the style of geddy lee). often we would sit in my bedroom listening to music and he would rearrange piles of books and stuff to resemble a drum kit and then proceed to air drum (i of course air bassed). have to say i never really heard him sing.

so there we are at the old hammy odeon, rush are giving it some on the permanent waves tour. the audience is going wild. down the row from me i can see three guys air drumming and they are synchronised. trust me it is a funny sight to behold. i turn to monty and point this out to him.
he looks, he waits and then says "they are a beat out....." class.

monty also described rush as being a brainblast - this became part and parcel of the monty legend, but you had to say "brainblast" and clutch at your head at the same time.
i believe i was buying the moving pictures lp (do you remember them?) from virgin on oxford circus (it might have been an our price back then) when the cashier said to me "brainblast" and clutched their head. it was a moment of sublime wonderment.

he also referred to rush as being tight.

i expect them to be both a brainblast and tight.

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