As you’ve doubtlessly gleaned by now, it doesn’t take much to get me to sound off on stupid shit.
While obviously some c-grade trolling, there was a cheeky little article posted in SPIN Magazine (an alma mater of mine, of sorts) this week, taking rapper Travis Scott to task for wearing a 90’s-era Rush shirt during his performance on the Grammy Awards. Further fuel was blithely poured on the fire when it was revealed that said garment was actually borrowed from the rapper’s girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. The thrust of the SPIN article -– penned by one Andy Cush -– was cynically framed as a warning to impressionably young readers not to fall for the notion that Rush is “cool,” despite an at-best-iffy espousal by a rapper-of-the-moment.
Now, I’ve written about my ironclad affinity for Rush here many times (notably here and, more recently, here). But, be it the work of a troll or not, I do not take kindly to the pervasive reinforcement of ill-informed opinions.
Put simply, SPIN “hating on” Rush for “not being cool” is like getting angry at the fucking ocean. Rush established themselves without your awareness, endorsement and/or validation, well before most of the disrespectful millennials currently on the payroll of what currently passes for your magazine were even born. Rush are practically their own genre, and their acolytes are legion. Their music exists in a realm beyond your rinkydink scrutiny. If they are even aware of your insignificance, do you honestly believe Rush cares about what a generation that celebrates weedy piffle like Greta Van Fleet and Weezer cover albums and gives accolades to Cardi B deems cool? Rush’s music was here before you, and it will be here long after you.
You don’t get to decide of THEY’RE cool, THEY get to decide if YOU’RE cool.
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