Ayn Rand Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[88keys]

True Story....


And it's about damn time.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

WTH are you smoking?

 

[UberNeuman]

Well.... okay then....

 

[Atomic Playboy]

This post not only serves to call you a jackass for wasting everyone's time, but also increases my post count by one. So if you accomplish nothing else with this thread, there's that.

 

[IronWing]

Horwitz, Steve. "Rand, Rush, and De-totalizing the Utopianism of Progressive Rock", Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1, Fall 2003, pp. 161–172

I always thought Rush followed a odd Christian theme, hadn't really thought about their music in the light of objectivism.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Horwitz, Steve. "Rand, Rush, and De-totalizing the Utopianism of Progressive Rock", Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1, Fall 2003, pp. 161–172

I always thought Rush followed a odd Christian theme, hadn't really thought about their music in the light of objectivism.

Merely another fevered snatch at relevancy.

 

[88keys]

Well, somebody got it.

I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand, but songs like FreeWill, Anthem, 2112, and Something for Nothing are very clearly inspired by Ayn Rand.

 

[CPA]

I knew this was about Rush as soon as I read the thread title.

Anyone that knows Rush knows that there is some Rand influence in some of their songs.

 

[Matt1970]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a joke. The Hard Rock Cafe down the street had more interesting things in it.

 

[ichy]

Horwitz, Steve. "Rand, Rush, and De-totalizing the Utopianism of Progressive Rock", Journal of Ayn Rand Studies, Vol. 5 No. 1, Fall 2003, pp. 161–172

I always thought Rush followed a odd Christian theme, hadn't really thought about their music in the light of objectivism.

Huh? There's nothing Christian about Rush's lyrics.

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill

Pretty obvious criticism of religion and socialism there.