That One Guy Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Rocks. And the rest of Power Windows too. Been playing the album back to back a lot lately. Good stuff. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Great song, one of the best on PoW imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Lang Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Even though this and Emotion Detector are the slightly 'weaker' tracks for me, that only proves what a truly fantastic piece of work Power Windows really is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Great album... but I think "Middletown Dreams" is the weakest track on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I have MD at #7 in my all-time Rush Top 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 4 2010, 02:08 AM) Great album... but I think "Middletown Dreams" is the weakest track on it. I guess you forgot Big Money "Big Money goes around the world " Horrible song, and the video is worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 4 2010, 01:47 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 4 2010, 02:08 AM) Great album... but I think "Middletown Dreams" is the weakest track on it. I guess you forgot Big Money "Big Money goes around the world " Horrible song, and the video is worse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOc7cwzyqgI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 comment on video calls geddys hair 'an epic mullet' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himey Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Dec 4 2010, 02:09 PM) comment on video calls geddys hair 'an epic mullet' mcgruber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of the 7 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Many of my favorite Rush songs are on this album, hence it's my #1. Middletown Dreams really validates how I feel in life and gets me through many days "as drab as today". I often get choked up listening to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Krinkle Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Mid eighties Rush in top form. The music on Power Windows was about the freshest music I'd heard in a long time when it came out. Still sounds fantastic to this day. To me, Rush were waaaayyy ahead of the curve with Power Windows. It was as advanced of an album that one could have been in 1985 and it was like a bookend with the first Rush album and everything else in between. For me Rush > Power Windows is my desert island collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusRushFan Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Dec 4 2010, 08:16 PM)Mid eighties Rush in top form. The music on Power Windows was about the freshest music I'd heard in a long time when it came out. Still sounds fantastic to this day. To me, Rush were waaaayyy ahead of the curve with Power Windows. It was as advanced of an album that one could have been in 1985 and it was like a bookend with the first Rush album and everything else in between. For me Rush > Power Windows is my desert island collection. I tend to agree with ya there also. Back when Power Windows came out, I had just gotten my new Rush13 license plates on my '83 RX-7. I spent many a night and day riding the roads and blasting the tunes loudly back then, proudly representing what I felt was, and would be, the greatest band ever. I still have those plates on that same car, and even though it's not my main vehicle to drive anymore, I drive it every now and then with the Rush tunes playing loudly, just to keep that feeling going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 QUOTE (That One Guy @ Dec 3 2010, 11:02 PM) Rocks. And the rest of Power Windows too. Been playing the album back to back a lot lately. Good stuff. That is all. great observation my friend Its my favorite although Moving Pictures and Counterparts sometimes flirt with the top spot with me ... I always go back to Power Windows,,, I never get tired of Marathon my fav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 QUOTE (SiriusRushFan @ Dec 4 2010, 10:43 PM) QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Dec 4 2010, 08:16 PM)Mid eighties Rush in top form. The music on Power Windows was about the freshest music I'd heard in a long time when it came out. Still sounds fantastic to this day. To me, Rush were waaaayyy ahead of the curve with Power Windows. It was as advanced of an album that one could have been in 1985 and it was like a bookend with the first Rush album and everything else in between. For me Rush > Power Windows is my desert island collection. I tend to agree with ya there also. Back when Power Windows came out, I had just gotten my new Rush13 license plates on my '83 RX-7. I spent many a night and day riding the roads and blasting the tunes loudly back then, proudly representing what I felt was, and would be, the greatest band ever. I still have those plates on that same car, and even though it's not my main vehicle to drive anymore, I drive it every now and then with the Rush tunes playing loudly, just to keep that feeling going. thats cool that the car has held up all these years, gotta love those rotary engines, My buddy had a 80s style yellow on when i was in high school, sweet older car, i want an rx8 or a mx5 someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamelight Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Yes, Power Windows is brilliant album. Sadly when I bought it first I used to listen to it very much, especially Middletown Dreams, that was my favorite track on it. That's why I can't listen to it so often anymore. But that, and the other tracks are all very great although I find Emotion Detector, Grand Designs and Marathon the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 MD is a good song, one that I'm not so sick of hearing. When I listen to PoW and take it for what it is, I like it alot. But when I compare it to other Rush albums, for me it is somewhere in the middle of the pack. As a matter of fact, I like it less than any album that came before it, but I like it more than any album that came after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow-Dog2112 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 i like the vocals on this track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I used to not like PW much because of the sterile totally-80s overproduction and the annoying "Geddy sounds like he's singing in a trash can" echo on his voice that sucks the warmth and humanity out of the songs. That being said, the muddy, overdistorted, too many layers of guitar, and non-existant melody of most of the past two albums make me apprecitate it much more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 i like this tune and think they should bring it back from the dead. they probably won't though and continue to beat the others to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Dec 19 2010, 12:27 PM) i like this tune and think they should bring it back from the dead. they probably won't though and continue to beat the others to death. Alex doesn't care for the middle '80s Rush that much because of his diminished guitar role and the band as a whole doesn't care for playing much PW/HYF material because of all the keyboard/samples/triggers that they have to do. Although modern technology has made playing those busy complicated songs much easier now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 QUOTE (That One Guy @ Dec 3 2010, 10:02 PM) Rocks. And the rest of Power Windows too. Been playing the album back to back a lot lately. Good stuff. That is all. I like it too. It's not one of those albums that has stood the test of time well though. It sounds very 80s and very cheesy. Unlike something like MP or 2112, which still somehow sound somewhat modern. Anything with heavy keys and overly melodic vocals or grand music doesnt fit into anything going on today, I think this is why most average rock fans still think 2112 sound great. Its sort of heavy at times, not too many keys, so it works for them. But ill always love this album. Great bass and drum work on it. Its the kind of album only rush fans could love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 QUOTE (trenken @ Dec 19 2010, 06:38 PM) QUOTE (That One Guy @ Dec 3 2010, 10:02 PM) Rocks. And the rest of Power Windows too. Been playing the album back to back a lot lately. Good stuff. That is all. I like it too. It's not one of those albums that has stood the test of time well though. It sounds very 80s and very cheesy. Unlike something like MP or 2112, which still somehow sound somewhat modern. Anything with heavy keys and overly melodic vocals or grand music doesnt fit into anything going on today, I think this is why most average rock fans still think 2112 sound great. Its sort of heavy at times, not too many keys, so it works for them. But ill always love this album. Great bass and drum work on it. Its the kind of album only rush fans could love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger J Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 QUOTE (trenken @ Dec 20 2010, 07:38 AM) QUOTE (That One Guy @ Dec 3 2010, 10:02 PM) Rocks. And the rest of Power Windows too. Been playing the album back to back a lot lately. Good stuff. That is all. I like it too. It's not one of those albums that has stood the test of time well though. It sounds very 80s and very cheesy. Unlike something like MP or 2112, which still somehow sound somewhat modern. Anything with heavy keys and overly melodic vocals or grand music doesnt fit into anything going on today, I think this is why most average rock fans still think 2112 sound great. Its sort of heavy at times, not too many keys, so it works for them. But ill always love this album. Great bass and drum work on it. Its the kind of album only rush fans could love. What he said. I do like MD after seeing the bass cover by a member on here. The bass line is great in MD, same with most of PW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 I love PoW basslines. If they swapped some of the keyboard lines for guitar I'd want to hear the whole thing live *this* bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow-Dog2112 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 QUOTE (jnoble @ Dec 19 2010, 12:40 PM) QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Dec 19 2010, 12:27 PM) i like this tune and think they should bring it back from the dead. they probably won't though and continue to beat the others to death. Alex doesn't care for the middle '80s Rush that much because of his diminished guitar role and the band as a whole doesn't care for playing much PW/HYF material because of all the keyboard/samples/triggers that they have to do. Although modern technology has made playing those busy complicated songs much easier now. but they played marathon so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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