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Yeh guys and gals this was f***ing hilarious story honestly.

 

I used to live in a council flat (social housing apartments) in Longbenton near Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

 

There was a story in the local paper about 15 years ago "Satanists found in an apartment!!!!!"

 

They had moved out and the young lad Rush fan had painted his wall with the 2112 cover on his bedroom wall obviously because he was totally into Rush

 

We all had such a good laugh at that it made me and me mate piss ourselves with laughter.

 

It is f***ing hilarious that these so called journalist make a living out of their garbage!!!

 

Steve

 

:LOL:

 

Did you guys get the nonsense programs (like we did stateside) which had super fanatical religious types playing rock and metal albums backwards and listening for hidden satanic messages? Those were fun--- "Natas natas natas", "number #9", etc

 

:LOL:

 

Yeah there was a high profile court case about Judas Priest playing backwards. I think they needed some publicity

 

And also Black Sabbath "Suicide Solution". Some lawyers said playing it backwards you could hear the words "Do It, Do it"

 

And if you play "Stairway to Heaven" backwards then some say you can hear "Sweet Satan"

 

Personally I have my 2 nice turntables from 30 years back and I really do not wish to f**k the motors and stylus by playing it in reverse and searching for "subliminal messages"

 

But then again I am not a lawyer

I remember some of those same accusations

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http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/sites/default/files/styles/logo-thumbnail/public/112010/untitled-1_135.png?itok=2uy50TJn

 

Not a Satanic symbol by any means! People who claim that are dumb.

 

Umm,

 

But narcissistic assholes like me can see the deeper image.

 

The star is for the masses to follow.

 

Look closer Texas King.

 

You can see the profile of the Devil's head in that naked man.

Where is this head? I don't see it.

 

Give me head!

 

Wait, I mean...

 

HAHAHA! You silly goose!

 

You must be fukking with me!

 

You can clearly see the black horn in the left arm.

The big white eye.

 

The black bone nose.

The white mouth

The black Devil chin.

 

It's clear as crystal.

 

RUSH IS SATANIC!

 

The Devil's Music!

 

You who worship such rubbish shall all burn in HELL!

 

 

"REIGN IN BLOOD" SUCKERS!

I see a geriatric T-Rex about to gum his food. That's what I see. And I need some of that special super duper dope to see that

 

I LOVED Marc Bolan man!!!!

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http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/sites/default/files/styles/logo-thumbnail/public/112010/untitled-1_135.png?itok=2uy50TJn

 

Not a Satanic symbol by any means! People who claim that are dumb.

 

Umm,

 

But narcissistic assholes like me can see the deeper image.

 

The star is for the masses to follow.

 

Look closer Texas King.

 

You can see the profile of the Devil's head in that naked man.

Where is this head? I don't see it.

 

Give me head!

 

Wait, I mean...

 

HAHAHA! You silly goose!

 

You must be fukking with me!

 

You can clearly see the black horn in the left arm.

The big white eye.

 

The black bone nose.

The white mouth

The black Devil chin.

 

It's clear as crystal.

 

RUSH IS SATANIC!

 

The Devil's Music!

 

You who worship such rubbish shall all burn in HELL!

 

 

"REIGN IN BLOOD" SUCKERS!

I see a geriatric T-Rex about to gum his food. That's what I see. And I need some of that special super duper dope to see that

 

I LOVED Marc Bolan man!!!!

Bang a gong get it on in the Cretaceous Period

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http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/sites/default/files/styles/logo-thumbnail/public/112010/untitled-1_135.png?itok=2uy50TJn

 

Not a Satanic symbol by any means! People who claim that are dumb.

 

Umm,

 

But narcissistic assholes like me can see the deeper image.

 

The star is for the masses to follow.

 

Look closer Texas King.

 

You can see the profile of the Devil's head in that naked man.

Where is this head? I don't see it.

 

Give me head!

 

Wait, I mean...

 

HAHAHA! You silly goose!

 

You must be fukking with me!

 

You can clearly see the black horn in the left arm.

The big white eye.

 

The black bone nose.

The white mouth

The black Devil chin.

 

It's clear as crystal.

 

RUSH IS SATANIC!

 

The Devil's Music!

 

You who worship such rubbish shall all burn in HELL!

 

 

"REIGN IN BLOOD" SUCKERS!

I see a geriatric T-Rex about to gum his food. That's what I see. And I need some of that special super duper dope to see that

 

I LOVED Marc Bolan man!!!!

Bang a gong get it on in the Cretaceous Period

 

Yeah sure JB

 

Maybe I am just an old fart wishing for my youth again

 

But T Rex were f***ing great weren't they?

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I mean Top of the Pops had Marc, Bowie and this band as well

 

RIP Phil

 

Going to Dublin to get pissed on Guinness, visit Phil's statue and sit and do some acoustic jams in the bars there

 

Sorry I made a mistake!!!! I said Bolan was the coolest f***er on the planet

 

I meant Phil

 

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Editor's note: The following column was submitted by a member of the rock group Rush in response to Jim Hankins' July 19 coverage in the Daily Texan of a seminar entitled "No One Here Gets Out Alive." The seminar was sponsered by the Longhorn Christian Fellowship and centered on the theme that many popular rock music songs are trying to turn American youth against Christianity toward Satanism or other religions. The group contended that either blatantly or through subliminal means, musicians convey Satanic messages in their songs.

 

I am writing in response to an article which was written by your reporter Jim Hankins in your issue of July 19, "Group seeks to show rock 'n roll Satanic." It was awhile ago, but the article was sent to me through several intermediary steps. Besides, it's never too late to discuss a matter like this, and as I happen to be a member of one of the groups mentioned, perhaps I can interject a little rationality and truth into such a hysterical exercise in propaganda.

 

Satanism. Now here is a word that should be kept away from some people the way you should keep matches from children and guns from jealous husbands!

 

There is a certain trait evident in human nature which some people seem to possess in greater degrees. It derives from a state of insecurity and low self-esteem and shows itself in the actions of those who wish to make themselves look good by making others look bad. You see it everywhere once you start to look for it. People who can't gain respect for their own merits feel obliged to try and tear down those who do. We see it in the failures who try to prove their aloofness by criticizing the actions of those who actually do something, or in cases like this one where the weak and pusillanimous prove their righteousness by trying to punish the "less-righteous."

 

A big advantage to such an attitude is that it keeps them so involved in other peoples' lives that they need not examine their own.

 

So these are the grim-faced hypocrites who are stirring around in the dark places of life hoping to find something - anything - dirtier than their own reflection. And if they can't find anything - no problem - they'll just make something up!

 

And here they are accusing rock musicians of being sincere and dedicated Satanists attempting to poison the souls of America's youth with subliminal messages of devil-worship. You know that's almost a very good joke! Almost.

 

As one who knows many of these "demonic figures" personally, especially some of those mentioned in the article, the idea of some of these sold-out, burnt-out, cynical, strutting peacocks being so deeply and religiously committed to anything (save their "image" and chart numbers) is also a bit of a joke. And a pretty lame one at that!

 

These nameless mercenaries don't even demonstrate that kind of commitment in their music: why on earth would they be bothered to go to all that trouble to put anything else into it? All they need (and care) to do is find a kind of lowest common denominator of commercial "acceptability." Yes, you Christian crypto-fascists, it is a joke! The only problem is - you're not laughing.

 

I'm not laughing anymore, either. I've started to receive too many questions and letters from confused and impressionable young people wanting to know if it's true that we worship the devil. Who is it that is corrupting the minds of young Americans?

 

Let us not for one minute forget that this is the same self-righteous mentality that has put itself to work persecuting witches, Christians, Jews, Quakers, Indians, Catholics, Negroes, Communists, hippies and capitalists down through the ages. There's always somebody to kick you when you're down. It seems like every group has taken its turn at one end of the stick or the other. From the bitter oppressed to the righteous oppressor is a very short step.

 

Speaking for myself, as lyricist and drummer for "Rush", and one of those accused of this heinous crime, I must object, Your Honors. Far from being a closet Satanist, I confess crudely, I don't even believe in the old bastard! I wonder if that's better or worse in your eyes, Grand Inquisitor?

 

I can certainly assure you that my lyrics contain no "demonic" secret messages or cleverly concealed mystical commercials. Nothing like that, I'm afraid. It is not only absurd and pathetic, but it is also totally incompatible with my philosophy, my work and my beliefs.

 

I get all kinds of letters from people like this whose perceptions are narrowed and distorted by pre-set values and ideas, telling me the most fantastic things that they have somehow "discovered" in my words! As is ever true - they find what they want to find. Fair enough. I know what I put in there. It isn't that, and it isn't this either. Period.

 

I don't wish to offend anyone's genuine beliefs, as it is a fundamental tenet in my philosophy that people should believe what they choose to believe. It must be stated, though, that when you've "got" religion, like Siddhartha, you find it everywhere you look. And when you've got evil, you'll find it everywhere you look, too.

 

Ah! It's the old "recorded backwards" trick again, is it Watson? Ha! I'm sure you could play "The Star Spangled Banner" backwards and find a secret message there too. Wouldn't Francis Scott Key be surprised at your cleverness! How do you suppose he knew what it said in 1812?

 

Don't you think something as vague as this is rather like a Rorschach ink-blot, or cloud shapes? Interpretation is based on the perceiver's state of mind - not on any objective reality. An ink-blot is a cloud is a song - frontwards or backwards. One finds what one wishes to find.

 

Yes, there's something subliminal at work here all right. The subliminal and poisonous sickness that dwells in the minds of these fearful and pompous so-called Christians. And they even call themselves a "Fellowship." Think about that for a minute. Then think about what this paper and others have accomplished by giving innocent ink and paper over to this kind of drivel. You readers don't know that I would never even use the kind of grammar that these people have attributed to me, let alone the insipid and valueless supposed message. Listen to this: "Oh Satan, you, you are the one who is shining. Walls of Satan, walls of sacrifice; I know it's you are the one I love." That's disgusting. I mean really. You just know these people have to be sick. If you don't believe me, ask my Mom!

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Whenever people question my starman t-shirt i tell them they were giving them away at Caltex service stations or i am a Disney fan and start singing When You Wish Upon A Star.I drive a Chrysler car too.
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Whenever people question my starman t-shirt i tell them they were giving them away at Caltex service stations or i am a Disney fan and start singing When You Wish Upon A Star.I drive a Chrysler car too.

Why would anyone allow someone to "question" anything they choose to do or where? Do thy ask women why their shirt is low cut or guys why their clothes are boring or out of style? I doubt it. I would tell them to f**k off, not explain it.

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Whenever people question my starman t-shirt i tell them they were giving them away at Caltex service stations or i am a Disney fan and start singing When You Wish Upon A Star.I drive a Chrysler car too.

Why would anyone allow someone to "question" anything they choose to do or where? Do thy ask women why their shirt is low cut or guys why their clothes are boring or out of style? I doubt it. I would tell them to f**k off, not explain it.

"Hey, what's that star thingy?"

"f**k off."

 

:LOL:

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Editor's note: The following column was submitted by a member of the rock group Rush in response to Jim Hankins' July 19 coverage in the Daily Texan of a seminar entitled "No One Here Gets Out Alive." The seminar was sponsered by the Longhorn Christian Fellowship and centered on the theme that many popular rock music songs are trying to turn American youth against Christianity toward Satanism or other religions. The group contended that either blatantly or through subliminal means, musicians convey Satanic messages in their songs.

 

I am writing in response to an article which was written by your reporter Jim Hankins in your issue of July 19, "Group seeks to show rock 'n roll Satanic." It was awhile ago, but the article was sent to me through several intermediary steps. Besides, it's never too late to discuss a matter like this, and as I happen to be a member of one of the groups mentioned, perhaps I can interject a little rationality and truth into such a hysterical exercise in propaganda.

 

Satanism. Now here is a word that should be kept away from some people the way you should keep matches from children and guns from jealous husbands!

 

There is a certain trait evident in human nature which some people seem to possess in greater degrees. It derives from a state of insecurity and low self-esteem and shows itself in the actions of those who wish to make themselves look good by making others look bad. You see it everywhere once you start to look for it. People who can't gain respect for their own merits feel obliged to try and tear down those who do. We see it in the failures who try to prove their aloofness by criticizing the actions of those who actually do something, or in cases like this one where the weak and pusillanimous prove their righteousness by trying to punish the "less-righteous."

 

A big advantage to such an attitude is that it keeps them so involved in other peoples' lives that they need not examine their own.

 

So these are the grim-faced hypocrites who are stirring around in the dark places of life hoping to find something - anything - dirtier than their own reflection. And if they can't find anything - no problem - they'll just make something up!

 

And here they are accusing rock musicians of being sincere and dedicated Satanists attempting to poison the souls of America's youth with subliminal messages of devil-worship. You know that's almost a very good joke! Almost.

 

As one who knows many of these "demonic figures" personally, especially some of those mentioned in the article, the idea of some of these sold-out, burnt-out, cynical, strutting peacocks being so deeply and religiously committed to anything (save their "image" and chart numbers) is also a bit of a joke. And a pretty lame one at that!

 

These nameless mercenaries don't even demonstrate that kind of commitment in their music: why on earth would they be bothered to go to all that trouble to put anything else into it? All they need (and care) to do is find a kind of lowest common denominator of commercial "acceptability." Yes, you Christian crypto-fascists, it is a joke! The only problem is - you're not laughing.

 

I'm not laughing anymore, either. I've started to receive too many questions and letters from confused and impressionable young people wanting to know if it's true that we worship the devil. Who is it that is corrupting the minds of young Americans?

 

Let us not for one minute forget that this is the same self-righteous mentality that has put itself to work persecuting witches, Christians, Jews, Quakers, Indians, Catholics, Negroes, Communists, hippies and capitalists down through the ages. There's always somebody to kick you when you're down. It seems like every group has taken its turn at one end of the stick or the other. From the bitter oppressed to the righteous oppressor is a very short step.

 

Speaking for myself, as lyricist and drummer for "Rush", and one of those accused of this heinous crime, I must object, Your Honors. Far from being a closet Satanist, I confess crudely, I don't even believe in the old bastard! I wonder if that's better or worse in your eyes, Grand Inquisitor?

 

I can certainly assure you that my lyrics contain no "demonic" secret messages or cleverly concealed mystical commercials. Nothing like that, I'm afraid. It is not only absurd and pathetic, but it is also totally incompatible with my philosophy, my work and my beliefs.

 

I get all kinds of letters from people like this whose perceptions are narrowed and distorted by pre-set values and ideas, telling me the most fantastic things that they have somehow "discovered" in my words! As is ever true - they find what they want to find. Fair enough. I know what I put in there. It isn't that, and it isn't this either. Period.

 

I don't wish to offend anyone's genuine beliefs, as it is a fundamental tenet in my philosophy that people should believe what they choose to believe. It must be stated, though, that when you've "got" religion, like Siddhartha, you find it everywhere you look. And when you've got evil, you'll find it everywhere you look, too.

 

Ah! It's the old "recorded backwards" trick again, is it Watson? Ha! I'm sure you could play "The Star Spangled Banner" backwards and find a secret message there too. Wouldn't Francis Scott Key be surprised at your cleverness! How do you suppose he knew what it said in 1812?

 

Don't you think something as vague as this is rather like a Rorschach ink-blot, or cloud shapes? Interpretation is based on the perceiver's state of mind - not on any objective reality. An ink-blot is a cloud is a song - frontwards or backwards. One finds what one wishes to find.

 

Yes, there's something subliminal at work here all right. The subliminal and poisonous sickness that dwells in the minds of these fearful and pompous so-called Christians. And they even call themselves a "Fellowship." Think about that for a minute. Then think about what this paper and others have accomplished by giving innocent ink and paper over to this kind of drivel. You readers don't know that I would never even use the kind of grammar that these people have attributed to me, let alone the insipid and valueless supposed message. Listen to this: "Oh Satan, you, you are the one who is shining. Walls of Satan, walls of sacrifice; I know it's you are the one I love." That's disgusting. I mean really. You just know these people have to be sick. If you don't believe me, ask my Mom!

 

The problem is that you have all of these TV Evangelists spouting about God and asking all of the elderly believers for money to carry on their work. Then they get caught out for financial corruption and Tax Evasion and the man get caught snorting coke with teenage hookers. So they go on their show and break down and cry and beg God for forgiveness for their sinning and all is OK. Then they start all over again.

 

 

I am sure Satan would be quite proud of their level of fraud and hypocrisy. :rage:

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Editor's note: The following column was submitted by a member of the rock group Rush in response to Jim Hankins' July 19 coverage in the Daily Texan of a seminar entitled "No One Here Gets Out Alive." The seminar was sponsered by the Longhorn Christian Fellowship and centered on the theme that many popular rock music songs are trying to turn American youth against Christianity toward Satanism or other religions. The group contended that either blatantly or through subliminal means, musicians convey Satanic messages in their songs.

 

I am writing in response to an article which was written by your reporter Jim Hankins in your issue of July 19, "Group seeks to show rock 'n roll Satanic." It was awhile ago, but the article was sent to me through several intermediary steps. Besides, it's never too late to discuss a matter like this, and as I happen to be a member of one of the groups mentioned, perhaps I can interject a little rationality and truth into such a hysterical exercise in propaganda.

 

Satanism. Now here is a word that should be kept away from some people the way you should keep matches from children and guns from jealous husbands!

 

There is a certain trait evident in human nature which some people seem to possess in greater degrees. It derives from a state of insecurity and low self-esteem and shows itself in the actions of those who wish to make themselves look good by making others look bad. You see it everywhere once you start to look for it. People who can't gain respect for their own merits feel obliged to try and tear down those who do. We see it in the failures who try to prove their aloofness by criticizing the actions of those who actually do something, or in cases like this one where the weak and pusillanimous prove their righteousness by trying to punish the "less-righteous."

 

A big advantage to such an attitude is that it keeps them so involved in other peoples' lives that they need not examine their own.

 

So these are the grim-faced hypocrites who are stirring around in the dark places of life hoping to find something - anything - dirtier than their own reflection. And if they can't find anything - no problem - they'll just make something up!

 

And here they are accusing rock musicians of being sincere and dedicated Satanists attempting to poison the souls of America's youth with subliminal messages of devil-worship. You know that's almost a very good joke! Almost.

 

As one who knows many of these "demonic figures" personally, especially some of those mentioned in the article, the idea of some of these sold-out, burnt-out, cynical, strutting peacocks being so deeply and religiously committed to anything (save their "image" and chart numbers) is also a bit of a joke. And a pretty lame one at that!

 

These nameless mercenaries don't even demonstrate that kind of commitment in their music: why on earth would they be bothered to go to all that trouble to put anything else into it? All they need (and care) to do is find a kind of lowest common denominator of commercial "acceptability." Yes, you Christian crypto-fascists, it is a joke! The only problem is - you're not laughing.

 

I'm not laughing anymore, either. I've started to receive too many questions and letters from confused and impressionable young people wanting to know if it's true that we worship the devil. Who is it that is corrupting the minds of young Americans?

 

Let us not for one minute forget that this is the same self-righteous mentality that has put itself to work persecuting witches, Christians, Jews, Quakers, Indians, Catholics, Negroes, Communists, hippies and capitalists down through the ages. There's always somebody to kick you when you're down. It seems like every group has taken its turn at one end of the stick or the other. From the bitter oppressed to the righteous oppressor is a very short step.

 

Speaking for myself, as lyricist and drummer for "Rush", and one of those accused of this heinous crime, I must object, Your Honors. Far from being a closet Satanist, I confess crudely, I don't even believe in the old bastard! I wonder if that's better or worse in your eyes, Grand Inquisitor?

 

I can certainly assure you that my lyrics contain no "demonic" secret messages or cleverly concealed mystical commercials. Nothing like that, I'm afraid. It is not only absurd and pathetic, but it is also totally incompatible with my philosophy, my work and my beliefs.

 

I get all kinds of letters from people like this whose perceptions are narrowed and distorted by pre-set values and ideas, telling me the most fantastic things that they have somehow "discovered" in my words! As is ever true - they find what they want to find. Fair enough. I know what I put in there. It isn't that, and it isn't this either. Period.

 

I don't wish to offend anyone's genuine beliefs, as it is a fundamental tenet in my philosophy that people should believe what they choose to believe. It must be stated, though, that when you've "got" religion, like Siddhartha, you find it everywhere you look. And when you've got evil, you'll find it everywhere you look, too.

 

Ah! It's the old "recorded backwards" trick again, is it Watson? Ha! I'm sure you could play "The Star Spangled Banner" backwards and find a secret message there too. Wouldn't Francis Scott Key be surprised at your cleverness! How do you suppose he knew what it said in 1812?

 

Don't you think something as vague as this is rather like a Rorschach ink-blot, or cloud shapes? Interpretation is based on the perceiver's state of mind - not on any objective reality. An ink-blot is a cloud is a song - frontwards or backwards. One finds what one wishes to find.

 

Yes, there's something subliminal at work here all right. The subliminal and poisonous sickness that dwells in the minds of these fearful and pompous so-called Christians. And they even call themselves a "Fellowship." Think about that for a minute. Then think about what this paper and others have accomplished by giving innocent ink and paper over to this kind of drivel. You readers don't know that I would never even use the kind of grammar that these people have attributed to me, let alone the insipid and valueless supposed message. Listen to this: "Oh Satan, you, you are the one who is shining. Walls of Satan, walls of sacrifice; I know it's you are the one I love." That's disgusting. I mean really. You just know these people have to be sick. If you don't believe me, ask my Mom!

 

Neil knocked it out of the park with that one

 

.. reminds me why I love him so much

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Editor's note: The following column was submitted by a member of the rock group Rush in response to Jim Hankins' July 19 coverage in the Daily Texan of a seminar entitled "No One Here Gets Out Alive." The seminar was sponsered by the Longhorn Christian Fellowship and centered on the theme that many popular rock music songs are trying to turn American youth against Christianity toward Satanism or other religions. The group contended that either blatantly or through subliminal means, musicians convey Satanic messages in their songs.

 

I am writing in response to an article which was written by your reporter Jim Hankins in your issue of July 19, "Group seeks to show rock 'n roll Satanic." It was awhile ago, but the article was sent to me through several intermediary steps. Besides, it's never too late to discuss a matter like this, and as I happen to be a member of one of the groups mentioned, perhaps I can interject a little rationality and truth into such a hysterical exercise in propaganda.

 

Satanism. Now here is a word that should be kept away from some people the way you should keep matches from children and guns from jealous husbands!

 

There is a certain trait evident in human nature which some people seem to possess in greater degrees. It derives from a state of insecurity and low self-esteem and shows itself in the actions of those who wish to make themselves look good by making others look bad. You see it everywhere once you start to look for it. People who can't gain respect for their own merits feel obliged to try and tear down those who do. We see it in the failures who try to prove their aloofness by criticizing the actions of those who actually do something, or in cases like this one where the weak and pusillanimous prove their righteousness by trying to punish the "less-righteous."

 

A big advantage to such an attitude is that it keeps them so involved in other peoples' lives that they need not examine their own.

 

So these are the grim-faced hypocrites who are stirring around in the dark places of life hoping to find something - anything - dirtier than their own reflection. And if they can't find anything - no problem - they'll just make something up!

 

And here they are accusing rock musicians of being sincere and dedicated Satanists attempting to poison the souls of America's youth with subliminal messages of devil-worship. You know that's almost a very good joke! Almost.

 

As one who knows many of these "demonic figures" personally, especially some of those mentioned in the article, the idea of some of these sold-out, burnt-out, cynical, strutting peacocks being so deeply and religiously committed to anything (save their "image" and chart numbers) is also a bit of a joke. And a pretty lame one at that!

 

These nameless mercenaries don't even demonstrate that kind of commitment in their music: why on earth would they be bothered to go to all that trouble to put anything else into it? All they need (and care) to do is find a kind of lowest common denominator of commercial "acceptability." Yes, you Christian crypto-fascists, it is a joke! The only problem is - you're not laughing.

 

I'm not laughing anymore, either. I've started to receive too many questions and letters from confused and impressionable young people wanting to know if it's true that we worship the devil. Who is it that is corrupting the minds of young Americans?

 

Let us not for one minute forget that this is the same self-righteous mentality that has put itself to work persecuting witches, Christians, Jews, Quakers, Indians, Catholics, Negroes, Communists, hippies and capitalists down through the ages. There's always somebody to kick you when you're down. It seems like every group has taken its turn at one end of the stick or the other. From the bitter oppressed to the righteous oppressor is a very short step.

 

Speaking for myself, as lyricist and drummer for "Rush", and one of those accused of this heinous crime, I must object, Your Honors. Far from being a closet Satanist, I confess crudely, I don't even believe in the old bastard! I wonder if that's better or worse in your eyes, Grand Inquisitor?

 

I can certainly assure you that my lyrics contain no "demonic" secret messages or cleverly concealed mystical commercials. Nothing like that, I'm afraid. It is not only absurd and pathetic, but it is also totally incompatible with my philosophy, my work and my beliefs.

 

I get all kinds of letters from people like this whose perceptions are narrowed and distorted by pre-set values and ideas, telling me the most fantastic things that they have somehow "discovered" in my words! As is ever true - they find what they want to find. Fair enough. I know what I put in there. It isn't that, and it isn't this either. Period.

 

I don't wish to offend anyone's genuine beliefs, as it is a fundamental tenet in my philosophy that people should believe what they choose to believe. It must be stated, though, that when you've "got" religion, like Siddhartha, you find it everywhere you look. And when you've got evil, you'll find it everywhere you look, too.

 

Ah! It's the old "recorded backwards" trick again, is it Watson? Ha! I'm sure you could play "The Star Spangled Banner" backwards and find a secret message there too. Wouldn't Francis Scott Key be surprised at your cleverness! How do you suppose he knew what it said in 1812?

 

Don't you think something as vague as this is rather like a Rorschach ink-blot, or cloud shapes? Interpretation is based on the perceiver's state of mind - not on any objective reality. An ink-blot is a cloud is a song - frontwards or backwards. One finds what one wishes to find.

 

Yes, there's something subliminal at work here all right. The subliminal and poisonous sickness that dwells in the minds of these fearful and pompous so-called Christians. And they even call themselves a "Fellowship." Think about that for a minute. Then think about what this paper and others have accomplished by giving innocent ink and paper over to this kind of drivel. You readers don't know that I would never even use the kind of grammar that these people have attributed to me, let alone the insipid and valueless supposed message. Listen to this: "Oh Satan, you, you are the one who is shining. Walls of Satan, walls of sacrifice; I know it's you are the one I love." That's disgusting. I mean really. You just know these people have to be sick. If you don't believe me, ask my Mom!

 

Neil knocked it out of the park with that one

 

.. reminds me why I love him so much

 

Neil sort of said what we all think, albeit a lot more articulately. Hypocrisy, fraud and just plain lying gets our goat. Humility, honesty and being genuine is the better way. If you believe the bible Jesus said "let he who has never sinned cast the first stone".

 

Far to many sinners casting stones in the modern world IMHO.

 

Steve

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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)
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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)

"year is really more like seven..."

 

6.66 rounds up to seven.

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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)

"year is really more like seven..."

 

6.66 rounds up to seven.

"Limbo" is from the Latin "limbus" which means "edge"...the edge of HELL !!!! :fury:

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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)

"year is really more like seven..."

 

6.66 rounds up to seven.

"Limbo" is from the Latin "limbus" which means "edge"...the edge of HELL !!!! :fury:

Confirmed. I'm burning my RUSH albums tomorrow.
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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)

"year is really more like seven..."

 

6.66 rounds up to seven.

"Limbo" is from the Latin "limbus" which means "edge"...the edge of HELL !!!! :fury:

Confirmed. I'm burning my RUSH albums tomorrow.

Mine won't burn. I've tried. They're from hell ! :blaze:

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I just tell the uninitiated the band are satanic and let them figure it out for themselves. adds to the air of mystery and whole new layers of meaning to some of their lyrics :)

"year is really more like seven..."

 

6.66 rounds up to seven.

"Limbo" is from the Latin "limbus" which means "edge"...the edge of HELL !!!! :fury:

Confirmed. I'm burning my RUSH albums tomorrow.

 

Vinyl wont burn, you just get a nasty smell of melting plastic

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