Rod in Toronto Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 The prolific biographer and fellow Torontonian Martin Popoff has released today part 2 of his Rush trilogy. Entitled "Limeligh: Rush in the '80s", it's the sequel of "Anthem: Rush in the '70's", and will be followed by "Driven: Rush in the '90s and beyond". Here's my review of the book: https://www.sonicperspectives.com/features/limelight-rush-in-the-80s/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I have not read the first of these volumes but I am considering purchasing both volumes - I can get them on Amazon. They look like good reads and worthwhile reference material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 I have not read the first of these volumes but I am considering purchasing both volumes - I can get them on Amazon. They look like good reads and worthwhile reference material. They're both chockful of facts I didn't know about the band, and there's also stuff I knew, but it's tactfully addressed by the author so as to not seem redundant for long time fans like us. And he talks about each and every song they released! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I have not read the first of these volumes but I am considering purchasing both volumes - I can get them on Amazon. They look like good reads and worthwhile reference material. They're both chockful of facts I didn't know about the band, and there's also stuff I knew, but it's tactfully addressed by the author so as to not seem redundant for long time fans like us. And he talks about each and every song they released!I've just 'negotiated' a deal with my missus ...... If I buy the first volume, she will buy me the second volume as a Christmas present! (according to Amazon UK it will be released in two days time.)The downside is that I will not get my hands on it until Christmas but it gives me plenty of time to read and digest volume one! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Both books ordered!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 From Rod's review: “Hemispheres,” their last studio album of the ’70s Settled science? :P 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 From Rod's review: “Hemispheres,” their last studio album of the ’70s Settled science? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weatherman Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I had no idea that New World Man was their only song to reach the top 40 in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 I had no idea that New World Man was their only song to reach the top 40 in the US. Now you know!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 From Rod's review: “Hemispheres,” their last studio album of the ’70s Settled science? :P It was the last album addressed in Martin's book of the '70s, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital82 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 just got mine this week. great info by Martin as always, and some really cool pics too. some I've never before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 The first book arrived yesterday ... looks fantastic! Once i get the weekend over i will start reading!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzellewashington Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. Yeah, great point. It is already essentially an oral history, with long quotes strung together with a few transition pieces. It would be more honest to just go full "oral history." If the second one is like the first one, some more editing of redundant stories would be welcome, too. I'll read this, because I'll read them all, but my expectations are tempered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeLifeson Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Was actually gonna make a post asking if the 70s/80s Popoff books were worth buying. I've got a birthday coming up so I was thinking if they were good y'know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Freeze Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. Yeah, great point. It is already essentially an oral history, with long quotes strung together with a few transition pieces. It would be more honest to just go full "oral history." If the second one is like the first one, some more editing of redundant stories would be welcome, too. I'll read this, because I'll read them all, but my expectations are tempered. I agree - Popoff does have a certain enthusiastic style in his earlier books, and it still shows up from time to time, but he's gotten pretty lazy as a writer, mostly just stringing quotations together. I agree that there's some redundancy. I wouldn't mind knowing, also, when some of these interviews were conducted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeLifeson Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I went ahead and ordered his 70s book. If I like it I will order the 80s book at a later date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. Yeah, great point. It is already essentially an oral history, with long quotes strung together with a few transition pieces. It would be more honest to just go full "oral history." If the second one is like the first one, some more editing of redundant stories would be welcome, too. I'll read this, because I'll read them all, but my expectations are tempered. I agree - Popoff does have a certain enthusiastic style in his earlier books, and it still shows up from time to time, but he's gotten pretty lazy as a writer, mostly just stringing quotations together. I agree that there's some redundancy. I wouldn't mind knowing, also, when some of these interviews were conducted. Many of them were done when h collaborated with the making of Beyond the Lighted Stage. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 The Rush in the '80s book arrived today. As it is a Christmas present, it was promptly taken, unopened, out of my possession and 'squirreled' away! I Guess I shall have to wait until 25th December !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 How is this going to be much different than the two or three previous coffee table books Popoff wrote about Rush album by album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. Yeah, great point. It is already essentially an oral history, with long quotes strung together with a few transition pieces. It would be more honest to just go full "oral history." If the second one is like the first one, some more editing of redundant stories would be welcome, too. I'll read this, because I'll read them all, but my expectations are tempered. I agree - Popoff does have a certain enthusiastic style in his earlier books, and it still shows up from time to time, but he's gotten pretty lazy as a writer, mostly just stringing quotations together. I agree that there's some redundancy. I wouldn't mind knowing, also, when some of these interviews were conducted. Have to figure nothing new in the last five years and I'd guess a major portion is just recycled. I think the only new bits, and they aren't recent, are previously unpublished from around the time of Beyond The Lighted Stage. I've held off on these but I might get them at some point down the road maybe for no other reason than I have the rest of his Rush books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 As always with Popoff: great info/quotes/interviews, atrocious writing. Wish it was presented as an oral history. Yeah, great point. It is already essentially an oral history, with long quotes strung together with a few transition pieces. It would be more honest to just go full "oral history." If the second one is like the first one, some more editing of redundant stories would be welcome, too. I'll read this, because I'll read them all, but my expectations are tempered. I agree - Popoff does have a certain enthusiastic style in his earlier books, and it still shows up from time to time, but he's gotten pretty lazy as a writer, mostly just stringing quotations together. I agree that there's some redundancy. I wouldn't mind knowing, also, when some of these interviews were conducted. Have to figure nothing new in the last five years and I'd guess a major portion is just recycled. I think the only new bits, and they aren't recent, are previously unpublished from around the time of Beyond The Lighted Stage. I've held off on these but I might get them at some point down the road maybe for no other reason than I have the rest of his Rush books. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepphead Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I was thinking of purchasing the 'Wandering The Face Of The Earth' book. Can any of you guys recommend it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I was thinking of purchasing the 'Wandering The Face Of The Earth' book. Can any of you guys recommend it? Yes, that book I can recommend, just for the cool pictures and the thoroughness of the history. It's probably not the kind of thing you'll pick up and spend an evening reading, but to dip in and out of it is quite nice and useful. It is a bit of an investment, but as it can also double as a heavy concrete slab, you might find extra uses for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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