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- Title
Rand, Rush, and De-totalizing the Utopianism of Progressive Rock.
- Authors
Horwitz, Steven
- Abstract
Horwitz argues that the music of Rush can legitimately claim to be progressive rock, both during the mid-70s when their music was most clearly related to that tradition and in their less obviously progressive work in the 80s and 90s. Rush's libertarian/Randian lyrics do not, as several authors argue, reduce their claim to progressivity because libertarianism can be viewed as a progressive, utopian social philosophy. Rush's career parallels the rise of libertarian thought, and the band's move away from large, long-song structures parallels libertarianism's critique of the totalizing, centralized utopias of much leftist thought.
- Subjects
PROGRESSIVE rock music; MUSIC; MUSIC industry; LIBERTARIANS; UTOPIAS; LIBERTARIANISM
- Publication
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation), 2003, Vol 5, Issue 1, p161
- ISSN
1526-1018
- Publication type
Article