Off: 101 adjectives

[Joseph Brooks]

"Space is Deep" Now there's one for the ages... Meltzer.. ok. I do agree
about Rand but right-winged and libertarian..? hmm.. that's a rare breed
indeed. I couldn't get through the first chapter of  "Atlas Shrugged" and I
read anything normally.

...and I think Geddy has done a good job of turning down the screeching the
last 5-10 years or so. Still, I understand that some people can't get past
the odd voice. I feel that way about Dave Mathews... And the Journey singer
whatsisname.....
His voice makes my skin crawl.

I wasn't aware that all of Peart's lyrics were based on Rand's writings but
I really have no clue so it could be true for all I know. Still, I like many
of his songs lyrics quit a lot. (Subdivisions and Spirit of the Radio come
to mind..). All this is really very subjective and sort of pointless to
argue about. I was just surprised to find so much anti-Rush sentiment here.

It'd be awful damn boring if we all liked the same things, eh? (and no, I'm
NOT Canadian :-)

JB
                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Doug Pearson [mailto:ceres at SIRIUS.COM]
                Sent:   Friday, March 12, 1999 12:55 PM
                To:     Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
                Subject:        Re: Off: 101 adjectives

                On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:34:10 -0800, Joseph Brooks
<Joseph.Brooks at GCCCD.NET>
                wrote:
                >Go figure.. I always counted Peart's lyrics as one of
Rush's strong points.
                >I don't understand what is bad about *most* of his stuff.
(everyone misses
                >once in a while..). Who do you consider to be a "good"
lyricist then?

                Anyone who doesn't base their lyrics on the absurd overblown
ravings of
                spiteful literary hack / bad armchair philosopher Ayn Rand?
(sorry, any
                right-wing libertarians on the list can flame me via
PERSONAL Email,
                please; and if anyone has ever read a book worse than 'Atlas
Shrugged' -
                I'd love to hear about it)  Robert Calvert or Richard
Meltzer, for instance.

                And while we're on the subject - male singers with weird
high-pitched
                voices don't *have* to be annoying, as long as they don't
screech.  David
                Thomas (Pere Ubu) and Fred Cole (a zillion bands over the
last 30+ years,
                from the Weeds to Dead Moon) are two of my favorite rock
singers, but their
                voices are definitely an acquired taste.  At least they
sound like weird
                guys, not like castratti.

                        -Doug
                         ceres at sirius.com