"The office door closed early The hidden bottle came out The salesman turned to close the blinds A little slow now, a little stout But he’s still heading down those tracks Any day now for sure Another day as drab as today Is more than a man can endure Dreams flow across the heartland Feeding on the fires Dreams transport desires Drive you when you’re down - Dreams transport the ones Who need to get out of town The boy walks with his best friend Through the fields of early May They walk awhile in silence One close - one far away But he’d be climbing on that bus Just him and his guitar To blaze across the heavens Like a brilliant shooting star The middle-aged madonna Calls her neighbour on the phone Day by day the seasons pass And leave her life alone But she’ll go walking out that door On some bright afternoon To go and paint big cities From a lonely attic room It’s understood By every single person Who’d be elsewhere if they could So far so good And life’s not unpleasant In their little neighbourhood They dream in Middletown…"
It’s hard to get past neil and geddy’s playing but once you can listen to this album a few times and hear the work Alex did, you’ll be blown away. He had the hardest job from signals through this album to make the guitar fit and fill out the sound and he nailed it. Very odd fills, chords, and his solos on this album are some of his best. I don’t think there are many guitarists that could have pulled off what he did on these synth era albums.
@@davidwoolbright3675 I know a lot of people really like this album but it just doesn't grab me. Music speaks to everyone differently. What resonates with some may not with others. I would put Hemispheres, 2112 and Permanent Waves in my top three. As to what order, it all depends on the day. Have a good one. Cheers
The lyrical content on this album sits front and center. The content of the storytelling and phrasing is amazing. The musical landscape is the bonus on top. This is just business as usual for Rush!
I always got the impression Neil continued some of the ideas he presented in this song with "The Mission" from "Hold Your Fire". In this song, we have "Dreams flow across the heartland, feeding on the fires". In The Mission, he continues "Hold your fire, keep it burning bright. Hold the flame till the dream ignites. A spirit with a vision is a dream...." It seems to me he continues that line of thought.
I love their Power Windows album, and this song is one of my favorites from the album. They played this on the Clockwork Angels tour when I saw them. As soon as those opening notes started, my jaw dropped. I honestly thought I'd never hear this one performed live again. I couldn't have been happier.... until they started playing "Territories" from this album. Being one of the other favorite songs from the album, and never thinking I'd hear it again, I was beside myself. What a great show.
The interesting thing is that the record company decided to push what I consider the weakest song on the album, "The Big Money", as the big single. Between this, "Territories," "Mystic Rhythms," and a song I consider my personal favorite of the band, "Marathon," it's a fantastic album, and was actually the album that took me from "Okay, Rush is alright" to "This is now my favorite band." A choice that was cemented after seeing them live in concert that year and experiencing a Neil Peart drum solo for the first time.
Absolutely correct! I nearly cried when they played Middletown Dreams. One of my favorite top 10 Rush songs. First time I heard it live. Another favorite one that I never heard live is Losing It. They had so many deep cuts that are better than all their big hits. I wished they played more of those great songs live. Second Nature and Double Agent are amazing too.
This era solidified my love for Rush. They weren't just super musicians but Neil was a brilliant poet. Grace Under Pressure, to Roll the Bones really shows how powerful his lyrics could be. Power Windows is as close as you can get to a perfect album. Considering the Oppenheimer movie currently in theaters, I can't think of a better song to listen to than Manhattan Project, off this same album!
“Don’t be over” - what I said at the end of the Clockwork Angels album, knowing it was their last, and what I said through tears at the end of their R40 concert, knowing it was the last time I’d see them live.
Been a fan of rush since 1980....this is hands down my favorite Rush song.....heard it back in high school 1986 and the rest is history. Thank you rush for writing the soundtrack to my of our lives.
After 42 years experiencing this band …I still get the same look on my face you both had …and it still makes me just as happy to see someone else GET it ….great job y’all
I’ve heard this song about 100k times since it came out in 85’. Still gives me chills. Saw them perform the whole Power Windows album @CowPalace Winter 86’
Interesting enough, this was Rush’s most symphonic phase with all the instruments and sounds melding together to create and form sounds and music that no other musician would ever dare to attempt. Add in the lyrics and you have Shakespeare meets Mozart on a heavy metal plane.🤯🎹🥁🎸🎤🤘🖖✌️
HYF had some great symphonic shift to the material, in its own way. Just with a more great compressed edge that's crisp and vigorating like a cold drink.
I think a lot of people don’t like this album. But to me it is a quintessential Rush album! I had just started listening to Rush thanks to Grace Under Pressure, so this was the first new release I had heard from them. I think it’s a great album.
You can actually listen to this four times in a row - concentrating each time on a singular part of the song Bass Guitar Percussion Vocal/lyrics and the story Neil is telling. It's amazing how much more you learn about the song and actually appreciate it even more. That's what I think anyway 😉 Alex's "wakka wakka wak Wakka wakka wakka wak" makes me smile every time I hear it.
Cool guys, yeah Rush is so focking good. Almost impossible to put these 3 together in 1 band….Amazing career, catalogue, humble normal guys…lots of humor….their fanbase kept on growing till they got popular and cool in 2013 and still their fanbase is growing. They influenced so many bands…great so see you guys exploring the rabbit hole. Greetings from The Netherlands!
I had to listen to this one again and there are so many great inspirational songs that they wrote over time. Two other ones that I truly love are Mission and Marathon. My favorite versions are from the show of hands tour. Actually every single song off of that tour was fantastic but those two in particular are very inspirational you should really look at them.
Back when the album came out this song became my go to song every day for about a year or so ... back then I used to say this song was what kept me alive during those days. I love it to bits.
"Turn The Page" from their "Hold Your Fire" (1987) is an AWESOME track. I promise you guys will love it - OR YOUR MONEY BACK 😅😅 Please put it on your list, as there are very few reactions to it.
For what it's worth, I'll second this! And I won't spoil it too much, but the way Alex utterly destroys his guitar during that solo gives me goosebumps every time!
The first Rush album I bought at the time it was released in the mid 80's. Sure, I love all the 70 and early 80's classics but I'll always have a special connection with this one. Great album.
Did you guys notice the musical changes when the lyrics changed to the middle aged maddona (keyboard pop sound) from the boy with the guitar (hard rock guitar sound) ? I still pick up on new things every listen. Even 40+ yrs later.Enjoy your journey. PS Counterparts is my fav. Check out Alien Shore, Cut to the Chase, Double Agent , heck all of them.
This song has so many beautiful layers that tells a story with the music, Power Windows is an incredible album by a very talented band!!! You need to listen Losing It ! Off Signals i have heard all these songs live , and the sound and power you feel at their concerts were unbelievable as well as the light show , Rush had the best sound live i have ever heard , there are a lot of talented bands out there and i have seen a lot of them. But Rush always seemed to me to be in a Class all by themselves!
Such a great song from Power Windows. My favorite track on the album. Geddy's bass tone, the keyboard elements, Alex ripping into it like a buzz saw but staying melodic, and of course Neil the human metronome with otherworldly fills.
❤ what a reaction 😸 I remember getting this CD from my big brother for xmas. Even if the album was from 1985, I heard it in the mid 90s for the first time. It was amazing.
I really appreciate u 2!!!!! Im 51, been playing drums and listening to rush for over 40 years. U r appreciateion is over whelming . !!!!!!love u both....lol, much love and respect!!!!
Gracias por el video. Para mi, esta es una de las mejores de Rush (la mejor del PW por lo pronto). Sensible, potente, arreglos increibles... instrumentos y voz se lucen..... y la letra, imposible no emocionarse
Power Windows (PW2, to my friends and I) is up there with their very best albums. This was the first of their albums that I bought on the day of its release. The melodies in this song are so beautiful and the middle eight brings tears to my eyes every time. Beautiful song.
Not listened to that one in a minute. God! They were such a unique and incredible band Really had their own sound, their own path. No one else sounded like that. Love it or hate it, Rush is just Rush!
Sometimes it takes a review/reaction like this to re- appreciate what a brilliant song this is both lyrically and musically Power Windows isn't an album I listen to too often but then you hear a track like this and it makes you reconsider
Hey guys. I believe you've done six of the eight tracks on this album. You're missing the best one. Marathon. I promise you you won't be disappointed. It's got everything.
@@frankievaccaro3216Mystic Rhythms is a perfect example of what I've always liked about Power Windows; there's an excellent performance of it on the R30 Tour video. 🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
This is by far the best Rush album of their “Synth Era”. There is not a song on this album that is not epic, musically or lyrically! But I will have to say, “Middletown Dreams” Is the most beautiful song tonally. I never get tired of listening to this song. The music is a beautiful example of tension and release! Which is what life is! The lyrics, written by the Professor, or poignant and every one who dials in to what is being said, is something that we can all relate to. Rush is the reason I became a musician. Favorite band of all time, and there are a lot of amazing bands. Rush takes top shelf, every time! Thank you for reacting to this song! Cheers!
This is the best song on the album, in my opinion. I’m feeling some strong nostalgia for the first time I listened to this album in 1984. A lot of people don’t like the synth era for Rush, and those feelings are valid. But I love the keys from Moving Pictures through Power Windows. Alex felt alienated since keyboards kind of filled his space, but he still puts his stamp on every song. The solo in Middletown Dreams is sizzling.
As others noted Neil used to often ride his bike (bicycle) all over the place, dropped off up to 100 miles outside a gig and ride in. Then later on a motorcycle after encountering some very difficult times with the loss of his daughter and rather shortly thereafter his wife. It was an escape, a journey lost in himself likewise as noted by him or others. Tragic to a degree but necessary (for him.) All three of these guys are very deep. Very caring and respectful of their craft and one another. Their results are powerful.
PWs is my favorite Rush album. I had just turned 18 when it came out. Loved it from the get go. Everything on the album speaks to me. It's a huge part of my life soundtrack.
Neil was an avid bicyclist. In the '80's he would often bike long distances. While touring, he would have the tour bus drop him and his bike off some distance from the show - usually something 100 miles and he'd bike the rest of way into the arena. I was hanging out at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium trying to score better seats 2-3 hours before a show started and I saw Neil whizz past me on his bicycle and into the loading dock of the arena! He has also written about his experiences doing a bike tour around Africa. After his very long motorcycle journey to recover from losing Selena and then Jackie, he would often ride his motorcycle between gigs on later tours with his assistant. He wrote of being essentially invisible on his long journey, able to travel town to town, sit in a diner and observe without anyone recognizing him!
The live track from Clockwork Angels tour is worth a listen to see them execute this song live. Geddy has to work his voice hard …. But the three pull this off in typical Rush fashion which in my humble opinion is spectacular.
First off, as a 40+ year hard core fan, this is my second favourite Rush album!! Second, this song is a hidden gem…beautifully crafted and recorded both lyrically and musically!! I find it interesting that with the exception of Xanadu, all my favourite Rush songs are the ones with beautiful melodies, not the hard/heavy songs🤔 You should check out the songs Bravado and Time Stands Still!! I like you guys, happy listening!!😊🇨🇦
Love watching your reactions as I remember reacting the same way. My favorite song on the album as it pertains lyrically to my childhood and also I saw them in concert at the time this was released at 17 years old.
I’ve been watching a lot of your Rush reaction videos and I am now your new subscriber , keep on the Rush Journey. love you guys. Ps Ive noticed your Caifanes tee, and have you hear Cafetacuva??
Imagine getting this cd the day it came out. RUSH was/is so respected , we knew it would be nothing but great. Driving through the California desert at night, this song made you think about sleeping towns you will never see again. sorry, long winded.
I was reading recently that Alex Lifeson hated the Power Windows album. He felt it was too synth heavy and the guitar was getting lost. He and Geddy kinda fell out over it.
@@markysumm72 yeah dont get me wrong i like Grace Under Pressure - it different but thats Rush - they variety - idk the right term but Alex playing on it is more like rhythm u now - he shines on kid gloves - and some solos but yeah it more keyboardy - P W - i think he does great fills an solos and powerful chord stuff - territories - mystic rhythms - grand designs- even when Mr Alex is in he background he awesome - thx 4 let me say stuff 👋
Yeah the synth adds another layered element to their sound but it’s definitely very high/loud in the mix. Neil & Geddy still stand out pretty well but I think it dose overshadow/burry Alex’s playing at times. But than again my main instrument is guitar so I’m a bit biased when it comes to the guitar lol.
@@dmusiclife5727 if u wanna hear awesome Mr Neil lyrics listen to everyday glory In the house where nobody laughs And nobody sleeps In the house where love lies dying And the shadows creep A little girl hides, shaking, With her hands on her ears Pushing back the tears, ’til the pain disappears that some powerhouse writing and Mr Alex playing is good on it 2 🤘
Rush has always been my favorite band. Check out Best Intro Ever Spirit of the Radio . Instrumental of songs off their first few albums I could recommend endless songs that have lyrical and musical properties
Power windows is such an underrated album.
Not in this house.
One of their best👍
Absolutely. This album is one of their best. Every song is amazing.
Totally agree!!!!!
My favorite album
"The office door closed early
The hidden bottle came out
The salesman turned to close the blinds
A little slow now, a little stout
But he’s still heading down those tracks
Any day now for sure
Another day as drab as today
Is more than a man can endure
Dreams flow across the heartland
Feeding on the fires
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you’re down -
Dreams transport the ones
Who need to get out of town
The boy walks with his best friend
Through the fields of early May
They walk awhile in silence
One close - one far away
But he’d be climbing on that bus
Just him and his guitar
To blaze across the heavens
Like a brilliant shooting star
The middle-aged madonna
Calls her neighbour on the phone
Day by day the seasons pass
And leave her life alone
But she’ll go walking out that door
On some bright afternoon
To go and paint big cities
From a lonely attic room
It’s understood
By every single person
Who’d be elsewhere if they could
So far so good
And life’s not unpleasant
In their little neighbourhood
They dream in Middletown…"
Alex’s rhythm work on the second verse is just sublime. Some of his best work!
This song and in fact the entire album are an absolute masterpiece.
RUSH The greatest rock band that ever was or ever will be.
It’s hard to get past neil and geddy’s playing but once you can listen to this album a few times and hear the work Alex did, you’ll be blown away. He had the hardest job from signals through this album to make the guitar fit and fill out the sound and he nailed it. Very odd fills, chords, and his solos on this album are some of his best. I don’t think there are many guitarists that could have pulled off what he did on these synth era albums.
True!
Not a favourite Rush song for me. It's ok. Power Windows not a favourite album.
I always said the synth years made Alex a better player because it pushed him into different spots in the music and like you said, he nailed it!
I’m sorry Debbie because this album is astounding. It’s in my top 3!!
@@davidwoolbright3675 I know a lot of people really like this album but it just doesn't grab me. Music speaks to everyone differently. What resonates with some may not with others. I would put Hemispheres, 2112 and Permanent Waves in my top three.
As to what order, it all depends on the day.
Have a good one.
Cheers
The lyrical content on this album sits front and center. The content of the storytelling and phrasing is amazing. The musical landscape is the bonus on top. This is just business as usual for Rush!
YEP! Nicely put Sir✌
@@ChicTumshy Thank you!🤘🏼
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you're down
Dreams transport the ones
Who need to get out of town
I always got the impression Neil continued some of the ideas he presented in this song with "The Mission" from "Hold Your Fire". In this song, we have "Dreams flow across the heartland, feeding on the fires". In The Mission, he continues "Hold your fire, keep it burning bright. Hold the flame till the dream ignites. A spirit with a vision is a dream...." It seems to me he continues that line of thought.
I love their Power Windows album, and this song is one of my favorites from the album. They played this on the Clockwork Angels tour when I saw them. As soon as those opening notes started, my jaw dropped. I honestly thought I'd never hear this one performed live again. I couldn't have been happier.... until they started playing "Territories" from this album. Being one of the other favorite songs from the album, and never thinking I'd hear it again, I was beside myself. What a great show.
Same
The interesting thing is that the record company decided to push what I consider the weakest song on the album, "The Big Money", as the big single. Between this, "Territories," "Mystic Rhythms," and a song I consider my personal favorite of the band, "Marathon," it's a fantastic album, and was actually the album that took me from "Okay, Rush is alright" to "This is now my favorite band." A choice that was cemented after seeing them live in concert that year and experiencing a Neil Peart drum solo for the first time.
Absolutely correct! I nearly cried when they played Middletown Dreams. One of my favorite top 10 Rush songs. First time I heard it live.
Another favorite one that I never heard live is Losing It. They had so many deep cuts that are better than all their big hits. I wished they played more of those great songs live. Second Nature and Double Agent are amazing too.
As a lifelong Rush fan I forgot about this song. Thanks!
This era solidified my love for Rush. They weren't just super musicians but Neil was a brilliant poet. Grace Under Pressure, to Roll the Bones really shows how powerful his lyrics could be.
Power Windows is as close as you can get to a perfect album. Considering the Oppenheimer movie currently in theaters, I can't think of a better song to listen to than Manhattan Project, off this same album!
“Don’t be over” - what I said at the end of the Clockwork Angels album, knowing it was their last, and what I said through tears at the end of their R40 concert, knowing it was the last time I’d see them live.
I seen them play this song on this Clockwork Angels tour. I was so happy.
Been a fan of rush since 1980....this is hands down my favorite Rush song.....heard it back in high school 1986 and the rest is history. Thank you rush for writing the soundtrack to my of our lives.
I have always appreciated that RUSH'S lyrics connect to the common man.
A complete masterpiece.
After 42 years experiencing this band …I still get the same look on my face you both had …and it still makes me just as happy to see
someone else GET it ….great job y’all
Finally. Someone who appreciates this song like I do...
I’ve heard this song about 100k times since it came out in 85’. Still gives me chills. Saw them perform the whole
Power Windows album @CowPalace
Winter 86’
In the early to mid 80's, Rush had the beast four album run in history. I'll take Signals over Hemisphere's any day of the week.
Na! I need both for different reasons and moods plus Hemispheres has Cygnus X1 Book two. Peace Bro👌
Hemispheres is magical
Neil Peart was the master of creating lyrics that so many fans could relate to. I was 15 when this came out and still love it today.
Interesting enough, this was Rush’s most symphonic phase with all the instruments and sounds melding together to create and form sounds and music that no other musician would ever dare to attempt. Add in the lyrics and you have Shakespeare meets Mozart on a heavy metal plane.🤯🎹🥁🎸🎤🤘🖖✌️
nice comp...agreed. I love me some PW
Yes Sir. Well put✌
HYF had some great symphonic shift to the material, in its own way. Just with a more great compressed edge that's crisp and vigorating like a cold drink.
I think a lot of people don’t like this album. But to me it is a quintessential Rush album! I had just started listening to Rush thanks to Grace Under Pressure, so this was the first new release I had heard from them. I think it’s a great album.
Every album was a challenge.
"But to me it is a quintessential Rush album" totally agree, the best record ever!
You can actually listen to this four times in a row - concentrating each time on a singular part of the song
Bass
Guitar
Percussion
Vocal/lyrics and the story Neil is telling.
It's amazing how much more you learn about the song and actually appreciate it even more.
That's what I think anyway 😉
Alex's "wakka wakka wak
Wakka wakka wakka wak" makes me smile every time I hear it.
Cool guys, yeah Rush is so focking good. Almost impossible to put these 3 together in 1 band….Amazing career, catalogue, humble normal
guys…lots of humor….their fanbase kept
on growing till they got popular and cool in 2013 and still their fanbase is growing. They influenced so many bands…great so see you guys exploring the rabbit hole. Greetings from The Netherlands!
I had to listen to this one again and there are so many great inspirational songs that they wrote over time. Two other ones that I truly love are Mission and Marathon. My favorite versions are from the show of hands tour. Actually every single song off of that tour was fantastic but those two in particular are very inspirational you should really look at them.
Back when the album came out this song became my go to song every day for about a year or so ... back then I used to say this song was what kept me alive during those days. I love it to bits.
"Turn The Page" from their "Hold Your Fire" (1987) is an AWESOME track. I promise you guys will love it - OR YOUR MONEY BACK 😅😅 Please put it on your list, as there are very few reactions to it.
For what it's worth, I'll second this! And I won't spoil it too much, but the way Alex utterly destroys his guitar during that solo gives me goosebumps every time!
Always so much fun to see how much you two just love Rush.... More, more, more!
Lyrics by mr. Neil Peart. So good. We miss him so much.
Alex Lifeson is a legend. Very few rock guitarists are able to sound as exciting and innovative as him.
The first Rush album I bought at the time it was released in the mid 80's. Sure, I love all the 70 and early 80's classics but I'll always have a special connection with this one. Great album.
Rush has many many great songs. This is one of their best
Did you guys notice the musical changes when the lyrics changed to the middle aged maddona (keyboard pop sound) from the boy with the guitar (hard rock guitar sound) ? I still pick up on new things every listen. Even 40+ yrs later.Enjoy your journey. PS Counterparts is my fav. Check out Alien Shore, Cut to the Chase, Double Agent , heck all of them.
Might be my fav RUsh song of all time. And that is saying something.
This song has so many beautiful layers that tells a story with the music, Power Windows is an incredible album by a very talented band!!! You need to listen Losing It ! Off Signals i have heard all these songs live , and the sound and power you feel at their concerts were unbelievable as well as the light show , Rush had the best sound live i have ever heard , there are a lot of talented bands out there and i have seen a lot of them. But Rush always seemed to me to be in a Class all by themselves!
Such a great song from Power Windows. My favorite track on the album. Geddy's bass tone, the keyboard elements, Alex ripping into it like a buzz saw but staying melodic, and of course Neil the human metronome with otherworldly fills.
Absolutely love this song .. and this entire album .. MAGIC!
❤ what a reaction 😸 I remember getting this CD from my big brother for xmas. Even if the album was from 1985, I heard it in the mid 90s for the first time. It was amazing.
Quite possibly my favorite Rush song
Right next to Between the wheels
This track is like a perfect Engineered machine. Perfectly tuned, everything works fine, everything sounds great. Just perfect.
"A boy walks with his best friend; one close, one far away."
It's such a great album that is highly underrated!
This song just absolutely checks all the boxes.
I really appreciate u 2!!!!! Im 51, been playing drums and listening to rush for over 40 years. U r appreciateion is over whelming . !!!!!!love u both....lol, much love and respect!!!!
Gracias por el video. Para mi, esta es una de las mejores de Rush (la mejor del PW por lo pronto). Sensible, potente, arreglos increibles... instrumentos y voz se lucen..... y la letra, imposible no emocionarse
Power Windows (PW2, to my friends and I) is up there with their very best albums. This was the first of their albums that I bought on the day of its release.
The melodies in this song are so beautiful and the middle eight brings tears to my eyes every time. Beautiful song.
Greatest Band ever in all the eras they performed Greatest reactions ive ever seen! Yiu guys are the best! Keep up the great work as i know its work.
This song , many state, is the follow on to Subdivisions. Which , lyrically, does make sense. Great reaction guys. Keep up the amazing work .
Not listened to that one in a minute. God! They were such a unique and incredible band Really had their own sound, their own path. No one else sounded like that. Love it or hate it, Rush is just Rush!
Sometimes it takes a review/reaction like this to re- appreciate what a brilliant song this is both lyrically and musically
Power Windows isn't an album I listen to too often but then you hear a track like this and it makes you reconsider
Saw that tour twice. Top 3 album for me. Great reaction as always. Thanks Jeff!!!!!!!
exquisite track of course. great reaction vid.
Love Rush, love you guys. Awesome reaction!!!!
Hey guys. I believe you've done six of the eight tracks on this album.
You're missing the best one.
Marathon.
I promise you you won't be disappointed. It's got everything.
They've already done marathon.
Mystic Rhythms is the song you're missing.
@@signals-72
Hey. You're right. I must've missed this. I'm going to check it out right now. I love this album.
@@frankievaccaro3216Mystic Rhythms is a perfect example of what I've always liked about Power Windows; there's an excellent performance of it on the R30 Tour video.
🎤 🎹 🎸 🥁 🎸 🐐 🐐 🐐
This is by far the best Rush album of their “Synth Era”. There is not a song on this album that is not epic, musically or lyrically! But I will have to say, “Middletown Dreams”
Is the most beautiful song tonally. I never get tired of listening to this song. The music is a beautiful example of tension and release! Which is what life is! The lyrics, written by the Professor, or poignant and every one who dials in to what is being said, is something that we can all relate to. Rush is the reason I became a musician. Favorite band of all time, and there are a lot of amazing bands. Rush takes top shelf, every time! Thank you for reacting to this song! Cheers!
One on my favorite songs period! Rush forever!!!
Dude, watching you light up to 80’s Rush makes me soooo happy!
i so love you both .. thats my hearts jam yo. .. and i so see you two get it ..
I played the heck out of this album when it came out and for years after, lucky enough to see them many times over the years.
This is the best song on the album, in my opinion. I’m feeling some strong nostalgia for the first time I listened to this album in 1984.
A lot of people don’t like the synth era for Rush, and those feelings are valid. But I love the keys from Moving Pictures through Power Windows. Alex felt alienated since keyboards kind of filled his space, but he still puts his stamp on every song. The solo in Middletown Dreams is sizzling.
Visual music, Neil's lyrics paint a picture, and the music that accompanies it takes you on a cerebral journey.
Wonderful to see people enjoying this fantastic album, I can tell you got really into the spirit of the music which is exactly why it was written
Love your reaction!
Thank you for this, simply amazing!
My favorite Rush song. It's about despair, and hope. This one and, "The Analog Kid".
so far ... so good...🤘🤘🤘
You guy’s are right on with the lyrical message. It was definitely based on people that Neil knew.
Rush portrayed every everyday life, and what we dream about!
Power Windows is a 10/10 album
As others noted Neil used to often ride his bike (bicycle) all over the place, dropped off up to 100 miles outside a gig and ride in. Then later on a motorcycle after encountering some very difficult times with the loss of his daughter and rather shortly thereafter his wife.
It was an escape, a journey lost in himself likewise as noted by him or others. Tragic to a degree but necessary (for him.) All three of these guys are very deep. Very caring and respectful of their craft and one another. Their results are powerful.
Rush released this album on my 25th Birthday in 1985... Of course, I made it a gift to myself...
Always love your reactions.
PWs is my favorite Rush album. I had just turned 18 when it came out. Loved it from the get go. Everything on the album speaks to me. It's a huge part of my life soundtrack.
I was at this concert (Power Windows Tour) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada!!
When the drop into the chorus after the solo might be favorite part of any Rush song. They built the emotion up as only Rush could do
This album is not jewel of this band, it is jewel of the world and this song - unbelievable.
Yes! My favorite Rush song!
This shows us how versatile and unique they were. Harder rock first album. Then transition with time and killer individual talent in every song.
Neil was an avid bicyclist. In the '80's he would often bike long distances. While touring, he would have the tour bus drop him and his bike off some distance from the show - usually something 100 miles and he'd bike the rest of way into the arena. I was hanging out at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium trying to score better seats 2-3 hours before a show started and I saw Neil whizz past me on his bicycle and into the loading dock of the arena!
He has also written about his experiences doing a bike tour around Africa.
After his very long motorcycle journey to recover from losing Selena and then Jackie, he would often ride his motorcycle between gigs on later tours with his assistant. He wrote of being essentially invisible on his long journey, able to travel town to town, sit in a diner and observe without anyone recognizing him!
The live track from Clockwork Angels tour is worth a listen to see them execute this song live. Geddy has to work his voice hard …. But the three pull this off in typical Rush fashion which in my humble opinion is spectacular.
One of their biggest fans since the 80s -- I'd say it's their best song (and that's saying a lot)
First off, as a 40+ year hard core fan, this is my second favourite Rush album!! Second, this song is a hidden gem…beautifully crafted and recorded both lyrically and musically!! I find it interesting that with the exception of Xanadu, all my favourite Rush songs are the ones with beautiful melodies, not the hard/heavy songs🤔
You should check out the songs Bravado and Time Stands Still!!
I like you guys, happy listening!!😊🇨🇦
Love watching your reactions as I remember reacting the same way. My favorite song on the album as it pertains lyrically to my childhood and also I saw them in concert at the time this was released at 17 years old.
I love all music but the 80's was something special.....this is one of my favorite songs of all time period.. :) Hope this reaction goes well ha
What a great fkin raw reaction. I feel it all over again just watching you both.
Lock and Key from Hold Your Fire. You won't regret it.
Definitely my favorite song on that Album such a Gem
Awesomeness. Thks guys!
Said it before, many times, will say it again...there is *everyone* else...then there is Rush...
I’ve been watching a lot of your Rush reaction videos and I am now your new subscriber , keep on the Rush Journey. love you guys. Ps Ive noticed your Caifanes tee, and have you hear Cafetacuva??
YES!
Arrangements on this album are next level.
Imagine getting this cd the day it came out. RUSH was/is so respected , we knew it would be nothing but great. Driving through the California desert at night, this song made you think about sleeping towns you will never see again. sorry, long winded.
This is a good tune. IMO, Available Light and Mission are more inspirational.
The beauty of Rush is, as you grow older, the more you feel their music.
Available Light is one of my favorites from them. It's a VERY underrated song!
Available Light, Mission (Live from the Show of Hands Tour), Bravado (Live in Rio) are just awesome.
My fav Rush song.
thanks for the react folks..
It is glorious
most badass song...
I was reading recently that Alex Lifeson hated the Power Windows album. He felt it was too synth heavy and the guitar was getting lost. He and Geddy kinda fell out over it.
🤔 nvr hear that one i know Mr Alex kinda say that about Grace under Pressure
@iam-no-one yep that one too when the synth emphasis started.
@@markysumm72 yeah dont get me wrong i like Grace Under Pressure - it different but thats Rush - they variety - idk the right term but Alex playing on it is more like rhythm u now - he shines on kid gloves - and some solos but yeah it more keyboardy - P W - i think he does great fills an solos and powerful chord stuff - territories - mystic rhythms - grand designs- even when Mr Alex is in he background he awesome - thx 4 let me say stuff 👋
Yeah the synth adds another layered element to their sound but it’s definitely very high/loud in the mix. Neil & Geddy still stand out pretty well but I think it dose overshadow/burry Alex’s playing at times. But than again my main instrument is guitar so I’m a bit biased when it comes to the guitar lol.
@@dmusiclife5727 if u wanna hear awesome Mr Neil lyrics listen to everyday glory
In the house where nobody laughs
And nobody sleeps
In the house where love lies dying
And the shadows creep
A little girl hides, shaking,
With her hands on her ears
Pushing back the tears, ’til the pain disappears
that some powerhouse writing and Mr Alex playing is good on it 2 🤘
Rush has always been my favorite band. Check out Best Intro Ever Spirit of the Radio . Instrumental of songs off their first few albums I could recommend endless songs that have lyrical and musical properties
I love rush ❤😊
Listen the live version, even better, powerful