¡Gracias a mi amigo Ricardo Rojas por Anthem, de Rush!
Rush, gran banda de rock canadiense surgida en los años ’70. Su baterista, Neil Peart, se encontró con las ideas de Ayn Rand unos años antes de formar la banda, cuando vivía en Inglaterra. Rand inspiró un album de la banda, “2112”, y un tema de un album anterior, “Fly by Night”, que precisamente se llama “Anthem”.
La letra dice:
Know your place in life is where you want to be
don’t let them tell you that you owe it all to me
keep on looking forward, no use in looking ’round
hold your head above the ground and they won’t bring you
down.
Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
a funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
we marvel after those who sought
new wonders in the world, wonders in the world,
wonders in the world they wrought
Live for yourself — there’s no one else
more worth living for
begging hands and bleeding hearts will
only cry out for more
Well, I know they’ve always told you
selfishness was wrong
yet it was for me, not you, I
came to write this song.
Esta es una presentación de “Anthem” y “Red Barchetta” en vivo en 1991. El bajista y cantante, Geddy Lee, es un indígena canadiense.
Esto es algo que leí, sobre Rush, en The Objectivist Standard.
