Archive | August 29, 2019

SciFi SongFest, Songs 133-134

Two anti-musical dystopias:

133. Simon and Garfunkel, “The Sound of Silence” (1966):

134. Rush, “2112” (1976):

Rush’s adaptation of Ayn Rand’s Anthem, with the protagonist’s rediscovery of the light bulb replaced with a rediscovery of the guitar.

This song has the very un-Randian problem that the bad guys sound cooler than the good guy ….


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