#StEx tour

[cryptic-mythos]

LAST ONE FOR THE NIGHT!! Made for @sandybobandy

Debbie Wake Dinahhhh!!!

Okay it’s time for me to eep now

[gutsofgold]

WHATDDYA THINK 😈😈😈⁉️⁉️⁉️

[cbtheredcaboose]

They 100% made a silly band, you can’t change my mind.

[tabooi]

i call this one "literally what was going on with the second us tour"

[letsraisealittlehelltrds]

I would die for some gifs of Buffy in the Japan Australia tours (bonus points for the '90 tour)

Buffy the Buffet Car, beer's on me!

Caron Cardelle as Buffy the Buffet Car (Starlight Express Japan Tour 1990)

Oh i love her so much 😭

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[u-n-c-o-u-p-l-e-d-dwoht]

YA GIRL IS SEEING STRAY KIDS RAAAAAAHHHHHH

[rustys-side-coach]

Rating ALL of the Rusties from the UK Tours that I’ve heard.

yes you heard that right.

I love the UK Tours so it was only natural that I do this lmao, and my phone broke to shit so I’m not able to do certain things until I get a new one, BUT I listened to most of the, yesterday! So imma go on a yap sesh lmao

JAMES GILLAN - 2004-2005

first Impression: he’s literally RUSTY. the man, the myth, the legend, he plays Rusty here the best of all the rusties I’ve heard, but he shouts way too much in the bootlegs I’ve heard.

like girl…..you’re okay….Pearl’s still here..you could try later..my god.. like I think he might be the more aggressive of the Rusties..but his voice is AMAZING, i could listen to him sing all day everyday and not get bored.

I could tell he loved playing rusty, his crazy was full of energy and he sang THE FUCK out of Starlight Express and the Starlight Sequence, but no improv when certain things happen so that’s a bummer lmao

but yeah my rating is definitely a 100/100. He played Rusty exactly how I think he should be played, and I’m really sad I don’t have that 2005 video bootleg of him….maybe one day..

Philippe Reynolds - 2005

first impression: he’s…okay…

so this Rusty is more mature of all of them methinks, and you can definitely tell when he tries to sing the solo in coda freight…he could not hit that high note and I’m almost died..

but his Crazy is energetic and really fun! Most of them are, but I could definitely tell he was having fun, even though he wasn’t able to sing the way other Rusties could, but he still killed it. And I thank the bootlegger for sitting so close, you could hear him loud and clear and I kept giggling when he got closer lmao

his Starlight Express kinda blew me away, while again, not able to hit those high notes he was so passionate about it that I just kept repeating the song for like idk 10 minutes?? But he played it straight and had that emotion that others don’t really have, so he gets like 5 points for that.

my rating is…90/100, first his first time playing rusty (I’m thinking it is) he did really well! Would love to get another bootleg to see if he grew into it, but I don’t think one exists lmao

no photo of him as Rusty, so here’s him as Nintendo lol (it’s the only photo of him at all actually,,)

Oliver Thornton - 2006

First impression: SpongeBob me boy.

this Rusty sounds really congested, really SpongeBob like lmao. But he still kills it as Rusty! His woo woo sounds like a pubescent child but also really comforting? He’s just so silly,, his Rusty is also very chuckly and bubbly i kick my feet when I hear him lol

like before crazy, he giggles and chuckles to all hell, and I love him for that, it’s so stupid but I would kiss him on the mouth and watch him giggle like a school girl if that makes sense idk,,

in Starlight Express, he’s got a bit of crazy vibrato going on, but he has some emotion in there so yeah idc he’s one of my faves and I will not take criticism, he can hit those high notes well and he kills it during everything he’s in,,,but.

But. He missed his cue for Crazy one time.

I held my head in my hands and wanted to melt into the couch..how do you do that???

ANYWAY. I loved him. He gets a 99/100. I’m still not over the missed cue for crazy…shivers

Cameron Neilson - 2007

first impression: go back to playing cb little bro/j

his first time playing Rusty, I could tell he wasn’t feeling it. He was a bit stiff and stale during his singing, but he tried.

I do have more bootlegs of him, and he does way better in those ones. He plays Rusty with some excitement and playful energy in there sometimes, he’s able to hit those high notes (sometimes) and his woo woo is just beautiful to listen to.

His Crazy is a bit like eh to listen to, he doesn’t do that well, but yk he’s trying and his voice is a bit more higher than how he played CB but he still sounds southern lmao, his steam was the most southern ever and I loved it 😭😭

yeah so he did well, but hmm he gets a…89/100. Go back to playing CB and I think he does better lol. Again, no photo of him as Rusty, so here’s him as CB!

Kris Manuel - 2007-2008

first impressions: oh…..oh no…baby no…

was he an emergency cover??? Because he was STRUGGLING when he was first introduced..he played Rurhgold and Electra in both UK Tours, so it’s a given that uh…..yeah uh….

his Rusty sounds really nervous sometimes…like I can tell he tried to play Rusty, he has the voice that I think he tried to act as Oliver? But it does sound kinda good lmao

anyway, he missed his cue before crazy HOW DO YOU DO THAT??? but uhhhh his voice does good, he tries to be good in singing, in one bootleg he does really well, in the other,…not so much. I feel bad lmao why did he play Rusty??

my rating? Mmmm 80/100. Not that good but he tried. I feel bad,, no photo of him as Rusty, so here’s him as Dustin!

Adam Ellis - 2008

First impression: SpongeBob 2: electric boogaloo

hello SpongeBob. It’s nice to hear you again/j but really omg, why does he sound so nasally and high pitched? Idk why but it makes me laugh when I hear him, it’s so silly to me and idk it’s makes him more endearing..

his starlight express and starlight sequence gets me going, it’s very good and I’d listen to it all day everyday in time with James lol. But I think he does pretty well, he plays Rusty how you think he would.

energetic and silly, I’d wanna get another bootleg with him, but I guess watching the 2 videos of him does me good…

ratingggg 90/100. I love him. He’s so silllyyyy

HIM WITH THE MULLETTTT

Jamie Golding - 2009 NZ Tour

First impression: okay buddy..

well, he played Rusty! I mean, he does pretty good, I loved some of his improv, but he just…plays Rusty like..idk how to explain it but he’s not really into it. He plays it straight, he sounds likes he pretty bored but I guess he’s trying to get back into it?

yes, he sang his heart out in both songs, his crazy though, not that crazy. Also when the songs ended basically no one clapped??? Like I think barley anyone was there so I…I think I almost cried lmao.

also I don’t like the way he pronounces Starlight. I have the same problem with Oliver’s ‘poppa’ but it’s not that bad aside from me going 🤨 every time he said it. But yeah I guess he’s did good. Idk I wasn’t feeling it with him.

my rating……….80/100. Wished he did better..

Kristofer Harding - 2007-2013

first impression: HELLLOOOOO KRISTOFER RUSTTYYYYY 😍😍😍😍

my man. My favorite Rusty of all time.

he does the most improv of all the rusties here, and I love everything he says and does (I can hear it lmao) he plays him like a little guy so energetic and positive,,

Ik that he’s British but I don’t care, he keeps making karate noises and grunts during crazy, and he does so much improv in that one song it made me fall in love when I first heard him. He’s so dorky and plays Rusty like a PERSON with a personality. Not saying the others don’t lol

I love him always and his silly woo woo and his stupid little catchphrase ‘yeah’ every time he’s confident I’m going to blow him up with my mind i love him alwaysssssss

my rating for my all time pookiebear 100/100 I DONT CARREEEEE NO ONE TALK TO ME GET OUT THE WAYYYYYY

Stuart Armfield - 2013

first impression: yeah he’s good!!!

he plays Rusty with this emotion of determination and confidence. You can tell how passionate he is when he sings starlight express and how happy he is during the starlight sequence.

he acted serious and almost hesitant during laughing stock, he plays the seriousness of the show very well. I have no gripes with him. Just wish he was a bit more sillier, but I can’t change the way he played him, so hehe.

rating 90/100. I wasn’t able to listen to all of him before my phone broke, so I rated him from my memory of yesterday. Alsoooo no photo of him as Rusty 😒😒😒 so here’s him as CB!!

[buff-electra-truther]

Chubby Electra because my mind just really had to know what that would look like. Bottom-heavy, very ambiguous looking, very cute.

[ur-average-goldfish]

I’m new to trading and the bootleg community. I don’t have any bootlegs of my own to trade. Is it possible to trade money for bootlegs? I want to get some Starlight Express boots but I don’t know if people only trade bootleg videos?

[trainqueen379]

Some fresh doodles

Weltschaft (1989 Bochum version)

Fliegender Hamburger (1987 Japan/Australia tour)

Bi-Decker (1983 workshop)

[itsnotamatterofif]

Wanna make a stex OC based on the Peppercorn steamers so godamn bad…

Lil peppercorn the steamer who doesn’t even know races are a thing bc they’ve been built for the North Yorkshire steam railway and don’t know life beyond sedentary scenic tours

[montygatorguy]

a whole lotta locomotion sounds aggressively american to me and i don’t know why or how to describe it

[gutsofgold]

everyone say thank you london revival for bringing back curley haired rusty

[tending-the-hearth]

genuinely don't get people who hate on cats the musical and starlight express how do you live your life not finding an absurd amount of joy in the stex megamix and finale version of mr. mistoffelees when the cast just gets to be silly and have fun with each other

[tabooiart]

You are my starlight, all through the night

[pealeii]

save me expreso astral. save me….