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From The
Dan Patrick Show, and an interview with Geddy Lee from RUSH:
“If RUSH were doing their final
show, and you absolutely knew it was your final show, what would be the last
song you played if it was your choice?”
“Working Man.”
RUSH recently completed their R40 tour – forty years of this
trio playing together. The
last song? Working Man. There are other hints floating around that
the band is done touring, although they may have one more studio album in them.
Regular readers know my affinity for RUSH. While my history with the band doesn’t extend
40 years, it does cover pretty much all of my adult and adolescent life. I cannot say I was the most die-hard fan –
there were many who would see them numerous times on every tour. I saw them numerous times over the course of
my life.
Most pleasantly, I saw them on the tour prior to this one –
the Clockwork Angels tour. I am very
happy I did, as I believe that the Clockwork Angels album is their best one of
all; that says something for a band that has put out 20 studio albums.
RUSH introduced me to libertarianism. Most specifically, from their album 2112, “dedicated
to the genius of Ayn Rand,” I found her book Anthem (instead of a lightbulb, the
band’s hero finds a guitar). The rest is…the
rest.
When I walk around Toronto (the band’s hometown), I feel I
am walking on hallowed ground. I will
guess that I could probably write 100 posts based on the lyrics from 100
different RUSH songs. But that isn’t for
me…today.
Today is about the likelihood that they are done
touring.
From the introduction from another interview, “still down with the
nerds”:
[RUSH] has recorded more
consecutive gold and platinum albums than any other group besides The Beatles
and the Rolling Stones.
Down with the nerds? Count
me in.
Yep, count me in too
ReplyDeleteI can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy an article I wrote called Freewill: You Never Forget Your First Love -
ReplyDeletehttps://valme.io/c/philosophy/objectivism/q8qqs/freewill-you-never-forget-your-first-love
ReplyDeleteReturn to Forever (Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, and Al Di Meola) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoPyLJTN7ss
Perhaps I'm a curmudgeon,but when Peart haughtily declared that collective health care was so obvious, and that the only alternative was to vote Democrat, I suddenly had little desire to listen to Cygnus X-1 for another time. My digging the lyrics to Tom Sawyer would never be the same.
ReplyDeleteMe too that is, Neil Peart got me into reading the Fountainhead as well as Anthem. I've heard Stefan Molyneux say the same thing. I've seen Judge Napolitano(I think he's too old to be a Rush fan) write an article about The Trees too.
ReplyDeleteEver since I that snowy owl album cover caught my eye in the record store sophomore year of high school.
ReplyDeleteThe first Three were the best. Were they not??
DeleteHave you seen the Trailer Park Boys episode where Ricky kidnaps Alex Lifeson?
ReplyDeleteDigging through these archives tonight. Alas, Rush is no more. Neil, The Professor, went to his eternal reward last year. Love their music and have been a lifelong fan, but really, I am very skeptical of wisdom coming from Atheists. Even ones that can play La Villa so well.
ReplyDeleteI wrote this at the time of his death:
Deletehttps://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2020/01/this-one-is-personal.html
As to skeptical of wisdom from atheists...there is a good amount of Peart's lyrics that is problematic and troublesome. There are others where the turn of a phrase is both poetic and spot on. I cite several in the link.
God breathed in man - all men. Even in the most dedicated atheist, one can find kernels of wisdom. Well, maybe not ALL atheists.