What a RUSH!

This summer, Mike took Christian to his first concert.  Rush.  I have to admit that I have never been a big fan of Rush.  But for a budding guitarist like Christian, and an old rocker like Mike, the concert was right down their alley.  When I saw concert tickets were on sale--I jumped at them.  I knew my boys would love it.

Because it was Christian's first concert, Mike splurged on a concert t-shirt.  Mike also forced Christian to take a "selfie" of the two of them together.  From the look on Christian's face, it may have been the only part of the concert he didn't love.  :)

Mike said that the show was amazing.  They played nearly all of his favorite songs--Tom Sawyer, Spirit of the Radio, Subdivisions, YYZ, Temples of Syrinx. Christian said that they also played a lot of their new music, which he loved.

Alex Lifeson

Geddy Lee

Neil Peart

For the first few hours after the show, Mike displayed some of the characteristics of someone with slight hearing loss. A couple of times I had to tell him to stop yelling.  He described the show as "Epic!  The music was so loud that my ears started to bleed!"  Just what a Mom wants to hear.

The best part for Mike of course, was watching Christian totally enjoy himself.  "We sang along to the songs.  We air-drummed with Neil Pert.  We screamed our lungs out.  We bonded."

Yet another example of rock music bringing fathers and sons together. :)