Is anyone else watching the Rush documentary on VH1??

I know there are some fans on here that might like to know....

Disclaimer: I don't dislike them but they aren't my favorite band either...

Enjoy! :hi:

But thanks for the warning.

The anti-Rush sentiment around here never ceases to amaze me....

Something along the lines of "If you can't give it up for Rush now, you're just being an old dickhead."

Thanks for the heads up Eyerish! Geddy smiles upon you with his shining grace.

However, looks like I'll be seeing them in concert when they come to No. Va in August--:woohoo:

I'd rather watch Pachyderms poop. :hide:

A terrible, screeching soundtrack, though...

:evilgrin:

It's good to see the Greatest group in the world finally getting some respect, although not too much on this site I see.

...were often inspired by the works of Ayn Rand. I don't have a problem with anyone who despises Ayn Rand. I know I certainly do.

What these people don't take into consideration, though, is that while their lyrics often sing the praises of individuality and personal freedom, it's done with a sensibility and compassion which is absent in Rand's works. They don't do songs in a positive vein about "Free Market > All blah blah blah". Rather, in songs like Big Money from the Power Windows album, the message is quite the opposite.

So Rush may be Libertarian, but there is a world of difference between Left Libertarians and Right Libertarians. Personal freedom vs. free market capitalism and corporate personhood. I'm way in the Left/Libertarian corner in those political quizzes that measure one's political beliefs on a 2-dimensional grid, and consider myself a staunch Progressive. So, Rush has a major degree of appeal to me lyrically, and since I love prog rock, it only follows that I like their music. I think more of their detractors should give material from their entire career a listen, rather than bashing the band for putting a song called "Anthem" on their second album and therefore assuming that every song they do is straight out of "Atlas Shrugged".

I'm tired as hell and this probably read like shit, but it's something that's been bothering me about DU -- and some people feeling the need to skewer Rush all the time -- for a long time.

That is a spot on analysis. Even Peart has described Rush as left- leaning libertarians.:thumbsup:

Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they are bad-:banghead:

Just because you like them doesn't mean they're good?

I am not watching it but I will be seeing them live in Sept!

As always the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award dinner was spectacular!

One had a little too much self pity, but still good reading. I would like to get to his bicycling books as well.
He does express a rather liberal or left point of view there, perhaps with a lot of Canadian slant (do you blame him on that?)
(He is a Canadian).
He writes about how he was against the song and the idea of "Okie From Muscougie".
I saw a tad of the documentary or You Tube with one of their songs. Just not for me. I guess I have never heard their music.
But they are still out there doing their thing, making the big money, so more power to them. I know Neil enjoys life.
dc