Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UNTVAX!GRUTZ From: GRUTZ@UNTVAX.BITNET (Priest of Syrinx) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: Ayn Rand and 2112 Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 90 21:26:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 11 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway Original_To: JNET%"allmusic@auvm" Original_cc: GRUTZ If you check the lyrics off of the CD, Cassette, Album, whatever, you'll see that Peart give acknowledgement to Ayn Rand on the lyrics. You should pick up _Anthem_ by Ayn Rand (also a RUSH song.. guess Peart liked her works.. :) and read it... it corrolates directly to what Peart wrote about in 2112. Objectivism isn't practiced that much anymore. There is an Ayn Rand society around, but there are only about 2,000 or so members.. Neil didn't make any knocks against Objectivism... Ayn Rand's works are really good... if you can stand reading 1000 pages of Atlas Shrugged, it is a *great* novel... grutz