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The Trees
Rush
Posted on 05/20/2003 9:11:04 AM PDT by new spartacus
There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced the're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade.
So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "These oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: geddyleeisadude; ineedazot; liberalwhine; needscheese; templeofsyrinx; vikingkitties; zot; zotme; zotmebabyyeah
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someone please tell me what the hell ZOT means
To: new spartacus
To: new spartacus
Uhhh.....I don't think you meant to use that.
63
posted on
05/20/2003 9:48:57 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: katnip
You should have been listening to Rush . . .or Mozart! :-)
64
posted on
05/20/2003 9:49:01 AM PDT
by
mamaduck
To: Abe Froman
Well, just for you, the "Sausage King of Chicago". Zot is what happens when posts are deleted for whatever reason. Usually newbie trolls (trolls are usually DU lurkers who post and run). To Zot a post is to delete it.
65
posted on
05/20/2003 9:50:35 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: new spartacus
You sure missed that one.
Are you interested in what the song really teaches?
Perhaps it is that there is a natural order to things. Maples do very well in their own environment.
If we carry your interpretation to its logical end, the earth will eventually be covered with moss. Anything and everything else was depriving it of the sunshine it deserved.
66
posted on
05/20/2003 9:53:16 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(We learn by trail and errror. :-)
To: new spartacus
You have no idea about the lyrics. Like it was stated before, The Trees is a song about affirmative action and lowering everyone to the lowest common denominator - stumps. The word "noble" is definitely used in a sarcastic way.
Rush is one of the few rock bands that espouses objectivist idealogy in the tradition of Ayn Rand. The cases in point are the tunes Freewill, Something for Nothing, The Trees, 2112, Red Barchetta, Anthem, A Farewell to Kings, Tom Sawyer, etc.
I will grant that Neil Peart would not label himself conservative, but Rush is probably the closest thing to a conservative rock band that you can get.
Are there any others that you can think of? I would love to spend money on their CDs!
67
posted on
05/20/2003 9:53:44 AM PDT
by
Pest
To: mamaduck
I always heard this song as saying that trying to force equality was ridiculous . . .did I get it wrong? The simplest answer is always the best, and what I believe the original poster wanted to get across.
68
posted on
05/20/2003 9:54:53 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
To: new spartacus
Ah, the bloody mindset of egalitarianism, fresh from the French Revolution with its great addition to the history of mankind, the guillotine.
The left has always been, will always be, and can never be anything but the politics of death, destruction, and decay.
To: Abe Froman
Click on my name here, then scroll down just a bit and you will find the history of the Zot.
To: Admin Moderator
Did you ever hear the Rush Tune "Bastille Day"?
71
posted on
05/20/2003 9:59:07 AM PDT
by
Pest
To: Admin Moderator
Is it time yet?
72
posted on
05/20/2003 10:00:47 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Pest
But of course.
To: facedown
I believe it is...Bring it on!
74
posted on
05/20/2003 10:04:04 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If common sense is so common, why is it so difficult to find it?)
To: new spartacus
Is "new spartacus" a kindergarten kid? I was in high school before I ever heard "The Trees," and I understood it just fine; apparently this human lightning rod wouldn't get the point if he were impaled upon it . . .
To: Pan_Yan
Rush ping.
76
posted on
05/20/2003 10:13:05 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: dighton; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; jriemer; 4mycountry; Poohbah
77
posted on
05/20/2003 10:13:32 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(If common sense is so common, why is it so difficult to find it?)
To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
"Noble", IMHO, is meant to connote that the local hereditary ruler's decree was made into law - From a nobleman comes a "noble" law.
78
posted on
05/20/2003 10:16:44 AM PDT
by
MortMan
To: new spartacus; Poohbah
Trollkin, you need a much better song.
Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.
Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
How soft your fields so green, can whisper tales of gore,
Of how we calmed the tides of war. We are your overlords.
On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore.
So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins,
For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing.
Click to summon the Viking Kitties
79
posted on
05/20/2003 10:18:54 AM PDT
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: new spartacus; jriemer; dighton; Constitution Day; Zavien Doombringer
Oh yeah... ^_~
80
posted on
05/20/2003 10:27:14 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(If I'm a Viking Kittie, and kitties hunt mice, then why am I hunting "trolls"?)
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