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Dear Ed,Well at last, the album and video have been released; sufficeto say that both are excellent and: mOVie on. The best news is that theband is heading back to the studio very shortly. Now the intrigue canstart to build as to what the new album will hold - searey, isn't it?Especially for those people who were shocked by the direction the ban~took after the last double live effort. Personally I can't wait •••I must applaud your boldness in printing the notoious '78 NME articlein issue 5, although it does worry me slightly. I'm sure you realisedthat it would alter a lot of people's perspective of the band befor youprinted it, and I think it would only be fair of you to present the bandsside of the story too, not just Miles. I can remember reading the articleyears ago when I first began ,liking Rush - my initial reaction was one'of shock. Having re-read it several times, it is clear that Miles setshis stall out very early on - he's taken a dislike to the band, and- ifhe can't get them to agree with him, then he's going to brand them, simpleas that and brand them he did.Lets face it, none of us know what was actually said in that interview ,we only know what Miles wrote. From the band's reactions it is obviousthat he literally perverted the truth. What makes his attitude. all themore insensitive and shocking is that, Geddy's family suffered at exactlythe hands of the kind of capitalist state he claims Neil was ' enthusingabout. It's no wonder they went through such a long period of uneasinesswith the press, let al one coming back to these shores.All your readers have read Neil's lyrics, they all know that he believes"in the individual". '2112' literally screams with the persons angerathis individuality, his identity being snuffed out by a capitaliststate. Tell me, is that a pro-capitalism statement? d'oes that make Neila fascist? When Neil wrote 'The Spirit Of Radio' or 'Tom Sawyer' or'Vital Signs' was he writing about people· who rebelled against the societythey lived in? individuality is the keyword. - '''Life in two dimensionsis a mass production scheme", "Everybody's got to deviate :Erom thenorm", "One likes to believe in the freedom of music".There couldn't be a bigger statement, against capitalism than 'The BigMoney' and 'Subdivisions', they burn with the emotions of someone whodoesn't want to have to conform, doesn't want to spend the rest of hislife being told what to do.'Read the lyrics, read the truth ••••STEVE DA1V1ARELL(MIDDLESEX)FOOTNOTEWe appologise to any reader whohas not seen their letter in thesignals pages. Due to lack of spacewe have had to omit a few. We hopeto include them in further issues.",-