Limelight: Rush in the '80s by Martin Popoff (English) Paperback Book

Description: Limelight: Rush in the '80s by Martin Popoff This three-part series celebrates Canadas iconic rock band, offering the most comprehensive biography ever, combining cultural context and canon analysis. All based on extensive firsthand interviews with family, friends, musicians, and the boys in the band. Book two covers the height of Rushs popularity and is a look at all their 1980s albums. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Now in paperback, the second book in the three-part series celebrating Canadas iconic rock band, offering the most comprehensive biography ever, cultural context, and canon analysis. All based on extensive firsthand interviews with family, friends, musicians, and the boys in the band. Book two covers the height of Rushs popularity and is a look at all their 1980s albums.In the follow-up to Anthem: Rush in the 70s, Martin Popoff brings together canon analysis, cultural context, and extensive firsthand interviews to celebrate Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart at the peak of their persuasive power. Rush was one of the most celebrated hard rock acts of the 80s, and the second book of Popoffs staggeringly comprehensive three-part series takes readers from Permanent Waves to Presto, while bringing new insight to Moving Pictures, their crowning glory. Limelight: Rush in the 80s is a celebration of fame, of the pushback against that fame, of fortunes made — and spent… In the latter half of the decade, as Rush adopts keyboard technology and gets pert and poppy, theres an uproar amongst diehards, but the band finds a whole new crop of listeners. Limelight charts a dizzying period in the bands career, built of explosive excitement but also exhaustion, a state that would lead, as the 90s dawned, to the band questioning everything they previously believed, and each member eying the oncoming decade with trepidation and suspicion. Author Biography Martin Popoff is the author of 85 books on music, including four previous titles on Rush. He has also worked on various documentaries for Banger Films, including the award-winning Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage. Popoff has more record reviews published in books than anybody in the history of music writing. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Review "Limelight: Rush in the 80s is as densely packed and quote-heavy as its predecessor, taking a broad and deep look at a decade of great changes and great success for the band." -- The Oakland Press"Its top quality in terms of presentation and as predicted this well-appointed hard-cover matches the look and style of Anthem ... I love Rush and I love this book, and you will too." -- Metal-Rules.com"Lucky for the reader, Popoff is a stone-cold Rush fan. This is what makes these Rush books, beyond all the many others he has authored, especially wonderful ... Limelight: Rush in the 80s is for the die-hard Rush fanatic and the casual fan alike. Not that anybody should have any doubt, but Martin Popoff delivers once again." -- VintageRock.com"Music critic Martin Popoff delivers an excellent follow-up to his recent Anthem: Rush in the 70s ... Die-hard Rush fans will devour this fascinating deep-dive into the bands musically controversial decade." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review"Popoffs treasure trove of enlightening and entertaining glimpses into the workings of three complex individuals combined into a cohesive unit will appeal to anyone with even a casual interest in Rush ... readers will eagerly await the conclusion of this impressive endeavor." -- Library Journal"Straight from all the sources that matter, the book reads as an oral biography. Swaths of paragraphs are conversational and anecdotal, putting you in the room, on the stage, and in the mindset of unfolding events. Whats not to love? Whether youre a fan or not." -- The Aquarian"Whether its nostalgia youre after, or pure curiosity, Limelight: Rush in the 80s will make for an excellent addition to your bookshelf." -- Spill Magazine Long Description Now in paperback, the second book in the three-part series celebrating Canadas iconic rock band, offering the most comprehensive biography ever, cultural context, and canon analysis. All based on extensive firsthand interviews with family, friends, musicians, and the boys in the band. Book two covers the height of Rushs popularity and is a look at all their 1980s albums. In the follow-up to Anthem: Rush in the 70s , Martin Popoff brings together canon analysis, cultural context, and extensive firsthand interviews to celebrate Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart at the peak of their persuasive power. Rush was one of the most celebrated hard rock acts of the 80s, and the second book of Popoffs staggeringly comprehensive three-part series takes readers from Permanent Waves to Presto, while bringing new insight to Moving Pictures, their crowning glory. Limelight: Rush in the 80s is a celebration of fame, of the pushback against that fame, of fortunes made -- and spent... In the latter half of the decade, as Rush adopts keyboard technology and gets pert and poppy, theres an uproar amongst diehards, but the band finds a whole new crop of listeners. Limelight charts a dizzying period in the bands career, built of explosive excitement but also exhaustion, a state that would lead, as the 90s dawned, to the band questioning everything they previously believed, and each member eying the oncoming decade with trepidation and suspicion. Review Quote "Popoffs treasure trove of enlightening and entertaining glimpses into the workings of three complex individuals combined into a cohesive unit will appeal to anyone with even a casual interest in Rush ... readers will eagerly await the conclusion of this impressive endeavor." -- Library Journal Promotional "Headline" Excerpt and review pitching to music publications: long lead, weeklies, and digital Outreach to lifestyle publications, long lead, weeklies, and digital Author interviews on Rush fan podcasts and blogs Targeted email newsletter outreach Official partnership with online fan groups for promotions, signed copies, and other preorder promotions Excerpt from Book "The right time, the right place, the right song, the right parts." Pleased with the living/working arrangements for A Farewell to Kings, Rush tried it again for Hemispheres. Pleased with the living/working arrangements for Permanent Waves, Rush tried it again for Moving Pictures. Fortunately, the sequel effort this time didnt disappoint, and the guys found themselves more Canadian than ever. Living and raising families in Canada, writing on Canadian farms, recording immersed in the Canadian forest, bridging the divide between English Canada and French Canada, winning Junos and paddling canoes . . . Rush were celebrating everything it meant to be Canadian. "We went out to Ronnie Hawkinss farm, out in the Stony Lake area," begins Alex, on preparations for the record that would serve as Rushs Machine Head and Paranoid, or Fragile and Not Fragile, as it were. "I guess its just north of Peterborough. He had a really nice little home up there, nice cottage with a big barn on it. We converted the barn into the studio, and set Neils drums up, and had areas for Geddy and myself. And it was a really nice location. "We were there in the summer, and everybody was in good spirits. There was a good energy to the work. We started writing there and basically wrote everything in rehearsal there, and then moved into Le Studio later that fall and started recording. There was a real positive energy, not unlike what we went through with Snakes & Arrows years later. But at that time, there was just something that was very strong and positive about where we were with that record. I dont want to say it was effortless, but the effort seemed to be very smooth. We had some guests visit, and we had a lot of fun across the whole process. It wasnt just in the studio -- it was a really nice place to be at that point in our lives." The guys were enthusiastic about carrying on the concept kicked off with the last album. "Yeah, it was great, really exciting," Alex continues. "Because instead of one story you had five stories in the same time span, but you could link them with a sentiment or with an idea. A little bit less so with Permanent Waves but more so with Moving Pictures -- that whole idea of a collection of short stories is what we were after and thats what Moving Pictures is." Consensus is that Moving Pictures is the record where Geddy toned down his patented high shriek. "I bought it at Kresges," laughs Lee on coming up with it in the first place. "I keep it downstairs in my studio for when I need it. Lifetime guarantee. "I think I can still shriek if the music requires it," figures Geddy. "I have no conceptual adverse feelings about it. As the music changed, it became more interesting for me to write melodies as opposed to shrieking. It was basically used for cutting through the density of the music. And sometimes we would write without any consideration for what key we were in in the early days, and I would find myself with twelve tracks recorded in a key that was real tough to sing in, so I didnt have a choice at that point. Re-record the record in a different key or just go for it. Details ISBN1770415696 Author Martin Popoff Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1770415696 ISBN-13 9781770415690 Format Paperback Series Number 2 Series Rush Across the Decades Country of Publication Canada Illustrations 65 Halftones, color Place of Publication Montreal Pages 375 Publisher ECW Press,Canada Imprint ECW Press,Canada UK Release Date 2021-10-07 DEWEY 782.421660922 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-09-30 Publication Date 2021-10-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133344355;

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