Timbale Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Has anyone ever read a description of the band naming the record label Anthem? I can only assume this was Peart paying tribute to the Ayn Rand novella...but I've never heard any of them talk about what I guess is a re-naming from Moon records. It seems a little bit funny that the new guy, in the band for such a short period of time, got to give the label its name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 It's the first song on the first album with Neil, so to me it seems that was probably a factor. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbale Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 18 minutes ago, goose said: It's the first song on the first album with Neil, so to me it seems that was probably a factor. I always knew they should have put Bytor & The Snow Dog in the lead-off track position... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 37 minutes ago, Timbale said: I always knew they should have put Bytor & The Snow Dog in the lead-off track position... I would have gone with Rivendell, but that’s just me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/16/2023 at 7:36 PM, goose said: It's the first song on the first album with Neil, so to me it seems that was probably a factor. That song included music from their first jam together which likely figured into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbale Posted September 23, 2023 Author Share Posted September 23, 2023 17 hours ago, ytserush said: That song included music from their first jam together which likely figured into it. I suppose so...but if they had jammed Making Memories that day instead....I'm not sure they would have named the label that. I mean, Peart named the song after the Ayn Rand book...so by extension they named the label after that too. Always wondered if Ray had a say as well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Didact Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 I think you're overthinking things a bit. Quote anthem ăn′thəm noun A hymn of praise or loyalty. A choral composition having a sacred or moralizing text in English. A popular song, especially a rock song felt to sum up the attitudes or feelings associated with a period or social group. That's about as on-the-nose as you can get for the name of a music label; the only really surprising thing about the choice is that no one else had called their label Anthem before Rush did. The fact that it's also the name of a song the band wrote is just icing on the cake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 10 hours ago, Rush Didact said: I think you're overthinking things a bit. That's about as on-the-nose as you can get for the name of a music label; the only really surprising thing about the choice is that no one else had called their label Anthem before Rush did. The fact that it's also the name of a song the band wrote is just icing on the cake. Wait... Too many bands and labels came before them for that to be the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbale Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 On 9/23/2023 at 11:34 AM, Rush Didact said: I think you're overthinking things a bit. Always. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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