Clockwork Angels (2012): Songs Elimination (Round 6)

[_hi_water._]

"Seven Cities Of Gold"

 

12. "BU2B2"

11. "Halo Effect"

10. "Wish Them Well"

9. "Carnies"

8. "BU2B"

7. "Seven Cities Of Gold"

[zepphead]

I vote The Wreckers out

[goose]

I vote The Wreckers out

Seems any easy choice.

[78jazz]

I vote The Wreckers out

 

Me too.

 

I wonder if the book is worth a read though.

[Nova Carmina]

I vote The Wreckers out

 

Me too.

 

I wonder if the book is worth a read though.

 

Save The Wreckers! (ironic, no?)

 

And, no, the book is not really worth reading. It's most notable for the awkward and repeated ways Anderson shoehorns into the text the names of songs. Maybe if you weren't a fan, you'd never notice, but as a fan, it's a great big blinking neon sign that says "see what I did there?!?" and it takes you right out of the text. As a novel of a young man's journey to maturity in a fantasy world of steampunk England, separate from the music of Rush, it's merely meh.

[treeduck]

Let's get THE GARDEN out, let's dig it up! I knew right from the beginning that the old folks home area of TRF was determined to vote their favourite RUSH song of all time as the top song on Clockwork Angels. They love it because it made them cry crocodile tears over Neil's lyrics and they kissed the pages of his travel books all night long until they were soggier than yogurt! Dig the Garden up and get it out you RUSH wankers!

[treeduck]

(I was trying for a RUSHHEAD666 Earl special with that last post)

 

I think I got close, what do you think?

[laughedatbytime]

I vote The Wreckers out

 

Me too.

 

I wonder if the book is worth a read though.

 

Save The Wreckers! (ironic, no?)

 

And, no, the book is not really worth reading. It's most notable for the awkward and repeated ways Anderson shoehorns into the text the names of songs. Maybe if you weren't a fan, you'd never notice, but as a fan, it's a great big blinking neon sign that says "see what I did there?!?" and it takes you right out of the text. As a novel of a young man's journey to maturity in a fantasy world of steampunk England, separate from the music of Rush, it's merely meh.

That's a very kind review of the book.

[78jazz]

I vote The Wreckers out

 

Me too.

 

I wonder if the book is worth a read though.

 

Save The Wreckers! (ironic, no?)

 

And, no, the book is not really worth reading. It's most notable for the awkward and repeated ways Anderson shoehorns into the text the names of songs. Maybe if you weren't a fan, you'd never notice, but as a fan, it's a great big blinking neon sign that says "see what I did there?!?" and it takes you right out of the text. As a novel of a young man's journey to maturity in a fantasy world of steampunk England, separate from the music of Rush, it's merely meh.

 

While I appreciate the review, I meant the book The Wreckers is based on (and yes, I am guessing you have read that).

[goose]

(I was trying for a RUSHHEAD666 Earl special with that last post)

 

I think I got close, what do you think?

:notworthy:

[Nova Carmina]

I vote The Wreckers out

 

Me too.

 

I wonder if the book is worth a read though.

 

Save The Wreckers! (ironic, no?)

 

And, no, the book is not really worth reading. It's most notable for the awkward and repeated ways Anderson shoehorns into the text the names of songs. Maybe if you weren't a fan, you'd never notice, but as a fan, it's a great big blinking neon sign that says "see what I did there?!?" and it takes you right out of the text. As a novel of a young man's journey to maturity in a fantasy world of steampunk England, separate from the music of Rush, it's merely meh.

 

While I appreciate the review, I meant the book The Wreckers is based on (and yes, I am guessing you have read that).

 

Oops; sorry -- overshot the mark, there. I guess I didn't remember/know that song was based on a specific book.

 

Do you mean "Jamaica Inn" by Du Maurier? Yes, that book is worth reading reading, as is most of her stuff, although it's not a history, really, and she takes some artistic license with the episodes.

 

There is also an Ian Lawrence thing (also called The Wreckers). I've read it, too, after I saw it at a Scholastic Book Fair at my kids' school. It's for middle schoolers, maybe; it has interesting elements, but I wouldn't recommend it, exactly. Plus, it paints a cartoonish version of the Cornish, my family's people, so there's that.

 

And then there's a history by a writer named Bathurst, and that is an interesting work, and she covers a lot of ground -- or coastline -- to demonstrate the scope of the practice of scavenging ships. Lots of time spent in Cornwall, but with some nuance and historical context.

 

You could have yourself quite a little Wreckers spree!

[78jazz]

 

Do you mean "Jamaica Inn" by Du Maurier?

 

Yes.

 

I probably know this from the Hitchcock treatment, and I also wonder if Rebecca is worth reading as well.