Southern Bread

I read the latest blurb about the upcoming Rush album on Power Windows today. I’m a HUGE Rush fan and I can’t wait to get my hands on any new material they dish out. That being said, I must say that I’m dissapointed though by what I’ve been reading. I’ve commented before on my feelings about Neil Peart’s elevated self-image, but he always seems to come out with some good lyrical material nonetheless. This time around it’s looking different though. It looks like he’s taking the easy way out, by focusing on “religion in America” (that’s code for “I’m gonna bash Christianity bloody”) as the lyrical theme for the new album. That is so weak. How about tackling a subject that hasn’t been rehashed over and over for the last 100 years. It’s just going to be another Christianity bash-fest, and to be honest I’m starting to get pretty sick of it. It’s boring.

I’ve always thought that you can tell when a TV series starts running out of material or losing ratings because they start infusing more and more sex into it. It’s the same with literary work as well. You can tell when someone is starting to run out of ideas when they start bashing Christians. The whole world has been bashing(and killing) Christians since Nero. What more could he possibly bring to the table that is new or will change anybody’s opinions about anything. Maybe Neil should focus on the plight of Christians in his own native country, Canada. I’m convinced that what we are seeing in Canada right now is the first Christian “persecution by political correctness” in history. If Neil styles himself an intellectual, then he should show it by covering a topic that late night comedians haven’t already beaten to death.