Bangster of Goats Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 ...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Does this mean you don't like Power Windows? Some elaboration would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangster of Goats Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 14 2012, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Does this mean you don't like Power Windows? Some elaboration would be helpful. I am still in the process of collating data, and assembling charts and plotting graphs. I should have a full presentation ready by the end of next week. No, seriously... I love Power Windows! I was just listening to it while I made that initial post. It's just the huge stylistic changes, and studio output, in those four or five short years that hurt my widdle bwain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:45 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 14 2012, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Does this mean you don't like Power Windows? Some elaboration would be helpful. I am still in the process of collating data, and assembling charts and plotting graphs. I should have a full presentation ready by the end of next week. No, seriously... I love Power Windows! I was just listening to it while I made that initial post. It's just the huge stylistic changes, and studio output, in those four or five short years that hurt my widdle bwain. I also love the album, but my only complaint is with The Big Money. That song just hasn't aged well for me, and I find myself skipping it more often as the years pass ---it doesn't help that every time I hear it I think of that lame video for the song! Excellent guitar solo, though. That said, I thought this was going to be one of those "80's Rush sucks" threads. My favorite run of Rush albums is Signals through HYF, but I realize that's probably a minority opinion among Rush fans. I like the New Wave/Hard Rock hybrid sound, with some proggy moments thrown in for good measure. Be prepared to defend the album, as I'm sure there will be a few Power Windows haters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Count me in with the love. one of my fav albums....and to me it's even better cause it came after a real low point in Grace Under Pressure. So it made me real happy. Love EVERY track on this album. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaylonJennings67 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 One of my favorite tours. Album-wise - Marathon is a RUSH classic, among the best they've done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangster of Goats Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 The Power Windows album was actually my first "new" Rush album (and my first tour) so it will always have a special place in my heart and mind. I started liking Rush I think in 1982 or so, but I didn't start collecting their albums until Grace Under Pressure came out, which became my first ever Rush album. I then had everything by May 24 1985 -- very coincidentally Caress of Steel was the last one I had to buy and I just happened to buy it that day! (When I first heard the line "everyone would gather on the 24th of May..." I did a doubletake looking at the date on my watch and then chuckled to myself.) And then I had "the new one" to look forward to that would be coming out that fall... I remember taping Big Money off the radio as the album release neared, and playing it over and over... When it came out, everyone was hating the "new" Rush but I loved it! All the 80s stuff, not just PoW, holds a special place for me as a matter of fact, those being my high school years and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 10:53 AM)The Power Windows album was actually my first "new" Rush album (and my first tour) so it will always have a special place in my heart and mind. I started liking Rush I think in 1982 or so, but I didn't start collecting their albums until Grace Under Pressure came out, which became my first ever Rush album. I then had everything by May 24 1985 -- very coincidentally Caress of Steel was the last one I had to buy and I just happened to buy it that day! (When I first heard the line "everyone would gather on the 24th of May..." I did a doubletake looking at the date on my watch and then chuckled to myself.) And then I had "the new one" to look forward to that would be coming out that fall... I remember taping Big Money off the radio as the album release neared, and playing it over and over... When it came out, everyone was hating the "new" Rush but I loved it! All the 80s stuff, not just PoW, holds a special place for me as a matter of fact, those being my high school years and all. "When/how I discovered Rush" experiences are always fun to read. It was no fun being a Rush fan in high school in the 80's. Kids at my school dropped them like they were contagious when Signals was released. They even bitched because Alex cut his hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandDesigner Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM) ...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. I often think about how much change occurred in just the 5 years between AFTK and Signals. GUP came out 10 years after their debut. The same time between VT and CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomesickAlien Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:45 AM)QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 14 2012, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Does this mean you don't like Power Windows? Some elaboration would be helpful. I am still in the process of collating data, and assembling charts and plotting graphs. I should have a full presentation ready by the end of next week. No, seriously... I love Power Windows! I was just listening to it while I made that initial post. It's just the huge stylistic changes, and studio output, in those four or five short years that hurt my widdle bwain. Stylistically, the shift came with Signals. Keyboards are brought to the forefront, and the guitar sounds become echoing, razor thin and Andy Summers-esque. Hints of this sound can be heard on Vital Signs on MP, but the big shift came with Signals. GUP and Power Windows were a natural evolution of this sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeminiRising79 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I listened to this album in college. Liked it, but it has high burn-out potential if u listen to it too much, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) i thought the album was ok when it first came out but nothing special, and it certainly hasn't stood the test of time for me. i don't even listen to it anymore. Edited July 14, 2012 by ReflectedLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vigilante Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 LoL Sounds like me, I got into rush around 78 . dug all that stuff back then. Then in 83 I went in the service and I got out in 87. GUP and Power Windows were sitting there in the music store so bang! I buy it of course .. And ya there was some shock factor lol.. Signals and GUP are in heavy rotation when i listen to there 80s stuff Power Windows not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_L Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 This is one of my very favorites - to me it's second only to Moving Pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 10:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. I hope your brain feels better For some reason, I associate most of this album with northwestern Ireland when I took a trip there in 2010. For some reason, that seemed to be appropriate to the occasion. I don't know why, but it was. The Grand Designs opening keyboard line really worked well with the beautiful geography. I really like all of the tracks (except Emotion Detector...just not my cup of tea). . Its like they have a song for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unattractive Truth Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I still listen to Power Windows all the time. I lurve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnoble Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I used to not like this album much because the production and heavy use of reverb on Ged's vocals made it all sound too mechanical and processed and almost robotic. However, my issues with the recent three albums...the layers of distorted guitars and bass, the songs that go on too long and are too dense.. made me appreciate Power Windows much more in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Great album and great memories of the old days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYM86 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Then it must really hurt when you step back and think about how many different sounds/ phases they've gone through in their entire career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 11:06 PM) ...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. I think even more mindblowing than that is the debut album to Hemispheres all in just 4 years. But yeah, I see your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGr8imL84AD8inF8sBlackSedan Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Jul 15 2012, 01:51 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 11:06 PM) ...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. I think even more mindblowing than that is the debut album to Hemispheres all in just 4 years. But yeah, I see your point. I see it as well. At the time I was introduced to in '81 anything before MP seemed like it was done in another lifetime and not just a couple years before. Not to mention now, being in my mid 40's, "a couple of years ago" doesn't seem as long as "a couple of years ago" when your 17. I watched Come On Children a week ago or so and looking at Alex then was weird knowing in "a couple of years" they would make but, and I agree with JohnnyBlaze, just 4 years after that they would have 6 studio, one live and a compliation album out including Hemispheres which I see as a monumental step up from . Someone else mentioned in a thread that Counterparts actually marks the centerpoint of their careers and that seems like just "a couple of years ago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathlikesilence Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:45 AM) QUOTE (substancewithoutstyle @ Jul 14 2012, 09:37 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 09:06 AM)...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. Does this mean you don't like Power Windows? Some elaboration would be helpful. I am still in the process of collating data, and assembling charts and plotting graphs. I should have a full presentation ready by the end of next week. No, seriously... I love Power Windows! I was just listening to it while I made that initial post. It's just the huge stylistic changes, and studio output, in those four or five short years that hurt my widdle bwain. Hemispheres came out 4 years after their first album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Fantastic Record. It is amazing how quickly music and look changed during that period of time. Much less change over the last 10 years. The first ten years were very different...each year even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spock Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Jul 15 2012, 12:51 AM) QUOTE (Bangster of Goats @ Jul 14 2012, 11:06 PM) ...came out only 4 years after Moving Pictures. For some reason this makes my brain hurt. I think even more mindblowing than that is the debut album to Hemispheres all in just 4 years. But yeah, I see your point. Yeah, just went to Wikipedia to discover that FBN and CoS both came out in 1975! I wonder what would happen if they went in for an old-school record-it-and-done in 2 weeks album? As for Power Windows - it still gets a lot of spin. As I get older, Middletown Dreams becomes more of a soundtrack of my life (as does "I think I'm Going Bald ). I think Manhattan Project is the only track that I routinely skip on that one. "Better people, better food, and better beer!" Good lyrics on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 One of my favs. Love the diversity of their sound. It makes for longevity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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