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....with a twist.
If you like Rush you'll love this.
What a lovely bunch of far right gents they where.
Big fan!!
Best to ignore moronic Komrade Spart here, other than to mention Geddy Lee's mum was an Auschwitz survivor.
But the drummer read an Ayn Rand book in the 70s so fire up the far left outrage bus!
But the drummer read an Ayn Rand book in the 70s so fire up the far left outrage bus!
It was a bit more than that mind. But lets pretend because his mother survived the holocaust then they were a great bunch.
There's a photo of her at Bergen -Belsen and Geddy found other pictures of her extended family.
I guess political discourse has gone so far down the rabbit hole of late that anything to the right of Karl Marx is "far right"
Anyway, did anyone like the tune?
@grimep Have a read here https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/13/rush-nme-interview-1978-rocks-backpages
It would seem Mr Lee wasn't influenced by his grandmother's experience in 30's and 40's Germany. Sometimes our heroes have feet of clay.
OP the tune was ok to my ears.
Happy Rush Day everyone. And ignore the sad little trolls above.
Yes, Crown Lands sounds awesome. Will seek more.
Excellent!
A good article in The Guardian link above! Didn’t just read the book but swallowed it too.
The Guardian have also published a somewhat more balanced piece which references the NME interview:
Peart's ultra-libertarian stance was construed by the NME, never one to shy away from a ludicrous argument, as being dangerously close to Nazism, despite Rand – and Lee – being Jewish. "I believe in the sanctity of the individual," Peart said later. "In freedom of action without harming anyone else." While this debate raged on, in England at least, Rush displayed their desire for individual freedom on 2112's sleeve where they were pictured wearing silk kimonos, in what they admit in Beyond the Lighted Stage was an attempt to have an image, any image. As a young fan I found that picture a far more powerful message and, to this day, I've never met a Rush fan who ever gave two hoots for Rand or objectivism, but I know plenty for whom Rush's brilliantly openhearted, unafraid ludicrousness was just as much of a draw as their staggering technical aptitude.
I don't think they were particularly left-leaning, but at the same time I don't think they were anywhere near, say, Eric Clapton levels of idiocy. At least they matured out of their Ayn Rand phase.
Thanks OP, Rush are one of my guilty pleasures and so enjoyed Crown Lands very much. Hadn't realised it was Rush day, but managed to spend a fun 3 hours on Sunday trying to re-learn some of the bass lines from the Signals album. Hadn't listened to it for a while but lots of it came through as 'muscle memory'. My new B6 multi-effects unit has a nice "Prog bass" setting which probably helped get in the mood!