Limelight, Martin Popoff
Limelight, Martin Popoff
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Limelight
Rush in the ’80s

Author: Martin Popoff

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2021


Synopsis

Part two of the definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North—covering Rush's most iconic and popular albums, Moving Pictures and Power Windows

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 Popoff's staggeringly comprehensive three-part series takes listeners 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, there's an uproar amongst diehards, but the band finds a whole new crop of listeners. Limelight charts a dizzying period in the band's 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.

About Martin Popoff

Martin Popoff is the author of approximately ninety books on music, including several on Rush. He has also worked on various projects for Banger Films, including the award-winning Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage. Popoff has published more record reviews in books-approximately 7,900-than anyone in the history of music writing. He lives in Ontario, Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Phil

I enjoyed the book. Martin really knows how to write. My only complaint is that I had heard many of these interviews before.......more

Goodreads review by Mark

I adored this book. I loved reading about the details of the making of each album, about the tours in between, and about these three creative geniuses working with different producers over the years. I discovered RUSH in that life-altering way shortly after the release of GRACE UNDER PRESSURE. Then I......more