A Simple Kind Mirror: The Lyrical Vision of Rush - Couverture souple

Roberto, Leonard

 
9780595213627: A Simple Kind Mirror: The Lyrical Vision of Rush
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595213626 ISBN 13 : 9780595213627
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

With over 35 million albums sold in their thirty-year career, the Canadian rock trio Rush clearly has been embraced by discerning music fans around the world. The band's musical and lyrical depth and complexity has inspired everything from comic books to novels. Fans on all levels extract varying degrees of meaning and emotion from the band's extensive and ever-changing catalog.This book is one fan's labor of love; an exploration of how the band's lyrical panorama changed from the fantastic to the realistic, from sci-fi adventures to gritty portraits of how humans face the modern world. This is by no means a definitive work exposing what the band's implicit messages and themes convey-that is beyond anyone's scope save that of the band itself. Rather, A Simple Kind Mirror is a song-by-song journey through Rush's 1980 to 1996 offerings, placing the social commentaries covered within.The beauty of this band is that fans can identify with them on many levels and process their messages in personal and individual ways. In A Simple Kind Mirror, Len Roberto explores the foundation of hope and inspiration Rush carries throughout its portfolio.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With over 35 million albums sold in their thirty-year career, the Canadian rock trio Rush clearly has been embraced by discerning music fans around the world. The band's musical and lyrical depth and complexity has inspired everything from comic books to novels. Fans on all levels extract varying degrees of meaning and emotion from the band's extensive and ever-changing catalog.This book is one fan's labor of love; an exploration of how the band's lyrical panorama changed from the fantastic to the realistic, from sci-fi adventures to gritty portraits of how humans face the modern world. This is by no means a definitive work exposing what the band's implicit messages and themes convey-that is beyond anyone's scope save that of the band itself. Rather, A Simple Kind Mirror is a song-by-song journey through Rush's 1980 to 1996 offerings, placing the social commentaries covered within.The beauty of this band is that fans can identify with them on many levels and process their messages in personal and individual ways. In A Simple Kind Mirror, Len Roberto explores the foundation of hope and inspiration Rush carries throughout its portfolio.

Biographie de l'auteur

Len Roberto has read everything available on Rush in print and online. This book is a personal and open attempt to record honestly what this music has meant to him and to share it with other fans.Len resides in Connecticut and is married to a wonderful companion. No doubt his daughter will be exposed to Rush?s music from an early age!

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595213626
ISBN 13 
9780595213627
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
70
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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