I Was Never A Rush (The Band) Fan, But

It was shocking to hear this from more than a couple of years ago and realize how awful Geddy Lee sounded as he attempted to yelp and wheeze and bark his way through "The Spirit of Radio".  The guy could never sing but this is some completely unique atrocity.  Holy shit!  Call your doctor if you think you might suffer from COPD.

And here's the A.V. Club bringing what passes for unironic love of Rush and that song.  I've seen Rush in concert way too many times--when you're 12 or 13 or 14 you go to the concerts your older siblings and their friends go to--but never really got the joke.  To me, Rush is similar to Steely Dan.  Steely Dan are not jazz rock visionaries but instead are jazz pop wankers while Rush is not a band of art metal prog rock groundbreakers but instead are awkward and goofy Canuck hard rock clowns.  The dumb as post Ayn Rand Jr. lyrics are just a bonus.  (I always did kinda like this song, though, for some inexplicable dumb reason.)