UGH! I just found out that the album that brought me into the world of rock

[amyrose2712]

the first album I ever learned, Rush 2112 (today's date by the way) was, in part, possibly influenced by Ayn Rand.

[HopeHoops]

1. Prophetic, perhaps?

[KamaAina]

2. Oh boy! A Rush thread!

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. I have actually never read her work...

so I am only sickened by what I have assumed to be Objectivist ideas.

[KamaAina]

5. Neither have I!

I resemble that remark! I pulled her bibliography off Wiki.

[arcane1]

4. If it makes you feel any better...

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]

6. I take it you got one without the liner notes

Peart quotes "the genius of Ayn Rand" in the liner notes to that album.

[amyrose2712]

9. I did not know who she was when I actually got into Rush...

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]

7. It's still a great album, though.

Except for Twilight Zone. I never liked that one.

[OriginalGeek]

8. I still love the album

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]

10. I know, I read that too. I just needed to yell about it to the intertubes...

now I feel better.

[OriginalGeek]

11. Lol - I'm glad you feel better

FSM knows I love to yell at them tubes on occasion and it usually makes me feel better too.

[Bake]

12. And you are surprised?

Listening to a Rush album is about as interesting as reading Atlas Shrugged.





C'mon, what did you EXPECT from me????



Bake

[amyrose2712]

13. RUSH RULZ!