Too bad they had to...
1. Demand Rush Limbaugh stop playing their song.
2. Geddy talked glowingly about meeting Fatboy Michael Moore
3. Athiest Neil Peart tried to lecture GOP “it is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican,” as well as saying his Ayn Rand influence is done.
..all in 2012 just to get into the R&R Hall of Fame
Is that all? Then it was so worth it, wasn’t it. Never mind Peart saying that the HOF “kind of is” a big deal.
It occurred to me that the song they started out their set with was the Temple of Sirinx. Which from rush 2112 was a very large and well pronounced slap at the music industry that few recognized. I would call that a nod to Ayn Rand from behind the curtain. Let them that have ears to hear is what I said.
And I thought that Alex Lifesons “non speech” at the beginning while somewhat childish, really trivialized the award and the other awardees... and was another jab at the system that demanded these tributes you mentioned before they could be recognized.
I still hold them in respect.