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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsUGH! I just found out that the album that brought me into the world of rock
the first album I ever learned, Rush 2112 (today's date by the way) was, in part, possibly influenced by Ayn Rand.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Well, at least it's one of her early works (Anthem), not the specifically Objectivist swill like Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead.
http://www.nimitz.net/rush/faq2ans.html#62
amyrose2712
(3,391 posts)so I am only sickened by what I have assumed to be Objectivist ideas.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I resemble that remark! I pulled her bibliography off Wiki.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)I learned that a song by Dream Theater actually quotes Atlas Shrugged! Well, not directly, but close enough that it's definitely not coincidence.
Worse: I had known the song for years before I actually read the infernal book, which made the discovery even more weird.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Peart quotes "the genius of Ayn Rand" in the liner notes to that album.
amyrose2712
(3,391 posts)I was about 4 when my sister taught me the album. The last time I actually read the liner notes was well over 20 years ago. So, again I would not have know who she was.
dawg
(10,624 posts)Except for Twilight Zone. I never liked that one.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)And considering it was 40 years ago, I have to wonder if maybe they have changed some since then. I would think songs like Nobody's Hero indicate some growth.
I know I've changed from that boy who just wanted to take a train to Bangkok.
edit to add maybe there's hope for Neil yet. From wiki:
Peart has never publicly identified with any political party or organization in Canada or the United States. Even so, his political and philosophical views have often been analysed through his work with Rush and through other sources. In October 1993 shortly before that year's Canadian federal election, Peart appeared with then-Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien in an interview broadcast in Canada on MuchMusic. In that interview Peart stated he was an undecided voter who supported Quebec federalism.[47]
Peart is often categorized as an Objectivist and an admirer of Ayn Rand. This is largely based on his work with Rush in the 1970s, particularly the song "Anthem" and the album 2112, the latter specifically credited to "the genius of Ayn Rand."[48] However, in a 1994 interview, while contending the "individual is paramount in matters of justice and liberty," Peart specifically distanced himself from a strictly Objectivist line.[49]
Although Peart is sometimes regarded as a "conservative" and "Republican" rock star,[50] he, in 2005, described himself as a "left-leaning libertarian",[51] and is often cited as a libertarian celebrity.[52][53] In July 2011 Peart reiterated those views, calling himself a "bleeding-heart libertarian."[54]
amyrose2712
(3,391 posts)now I feel better.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)FSM knows I love to yell at them tubes on occasion and it usually makes me feel better too.
Bake
(21,977 posts)Listening to a Rush album is about as interesting as reading Atlas Shrugged.
C'mon, what did you EXPECT from me????
Bake