You can say what you want about synthesizers. Music doesn't have to be heavy to be good. Key's have a beautiful sound, and Rush show's this better than anyone else.
I say this with the utmost hetero masculinity, but Geddy has amazing eyes....does anyone know why he keeps these great eyes always obscured under his sunglasses? I thought maybe a sensitivity to light, or to add to his badass allure? Your thoughts? fact knowledge?
@Someguyfrom1973 I think he just got tired of dealing with contacts. He wore glasses on and off until 1990ish when he started wearing them all the time.
El mejor tema de Rush, para mí al menos. El clima, la fuerza, la sutileza en el momento justo. Gedy es un vocalista fuera de serie (y encima toca el bajo y los teclados ) en el min. 2,30 se luce. Solo Steve Perry de Journey llega tan alto en voz. Unos animales !!!
The lyrics just blow you away...People weren't happy with the synths of their signature at the time...I will always love Power Windows.You can slap it in,not skip a tune and if you had the fortune of seeing the concert...Something you will never forget
Why is every 80's rush music video devoid of alex lifeson? So annoying, and sad! He's such an integral part of the rush sound, especially in the 80's geddy synth era, especially this song...
brilliant? yes, but comparing them to the mighty Zeppelin and Floyd is just dumb...APPLES AND ORANGES, no better or worse, they are an island unto themselves as are the aforementioned bands
@gotbass33727 As much as i respect triumph, i still think rush has got the edge over them. Granted i haven't heard as much of triumph as compared to Rush
I love this song although Geddys hair cut was a bad idea lol. This era is what I like to call the " René Auberjonois Era" because Geddy looks like him lol.
To me, this is one of Rush's greatest songs. But it's almost indescribable; awe-struck, sad, complex, dark, refreshingly simple, very adult. I've always been fascinated with this video, too.
@Eternityflows YES YES YES! Someone else who has the fortitude to call it like it is. Keep on testifying for Rush because they are far ahead of all other bands of the last 40 years in musical skill and lyrical craftsmanship. I grew up with all the great bands and artists of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s and there are many awesome memories and fantastic tunes to go along with them, but Rush is IT. I had great buzzes with all the others but Rush is so diverse and dynamic that it's almost surreal.
IMO - This is Peart's Magnum Opus, certainly one of his best, a beautifully structured drum and stunning lyrics, I get shivers at "Feel the powers and wonder what they are".
It took me a long time to come around to Power Windows, but this is one RUSH's best, I really love Middletown Dreams and Grand Designs, but this song is the jewel of the album.
@MelancholyChrist WHAAAT. i saw them a month ago and they didn't play this... *sniff* but i will see them in a few weeks! are you sure it wasn't marathon? kinda similar, and that's what they played in nc.
@6cobaltblue1 Thanks. I know I'm putting myself 'out there' with a comment like that, but if people who claim to know anything about music and the artists that craft it, then they will appreciate the wisdom of my comment and realize that it makes complete sense. Furthermore, they'll realize it's RIGHT! Just delve into the brilliance that emanates from them at their performances and on their albums and one will soon have to accept that RUSH is incomparable in the field of musical ability.
@6cobaltblue1 Thanks. I know I'm putting myself 'out there' with a comment like that, but if people who claim to know anything about music and the artists that craft it, then they will appreciate the wisdom of my comment and realize that it makes complete sense. Furthermore, they'll realize it's RIGHT! Just delve into the brilliance that emanates from them at their performances and on their albums and one will soon have to accept that RUSH is incomparable in the field of musical ability.
this song will always be my go to song when im in a sruggle, panic or any situation, rush will always be my savior, my earliest memory of this song is on my 7th birthday, i pulled out rush in rio, listened to the disc, got blown away, i ran upstairs into dads office to get a rush disk and he braught me power windows,
When I first saw these guys in the 80s in Toronto, I dropped six hits of white clinical acid, followed that with a huge joint of black afghani hashish laced with china white opium, and went on the most fucking surreal trip of my entire drug hazed life...it was an experience of epic proportions...the only problem is that I still haven't 'returned'...
They ARE the best band of the last 40+ years. YES! NOT the Stones..NOT Pink Floyd..NOT Led Zeppelin..no one..RUSH is the most technically and lyrically superior group to exist..and I've heard them all. Yep, a BIG revelation..well, just deal with it because it's the truth. Forty+ years after they started, they are still the most powerful and superior live act in the music business so don't start any of your shit about "what about this band?" and "what about that band". RUSH IS IT!
@irena7777777 LOL Guess I can't argue with that too much. I grew up with their album "Umma Gumma" in my collection. Remember the piece from it called "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"?
Couldn't agree more. I grew up listening to this band (39 now) and all the others you mentioned and i can safely say that none of the others stir up emotions like this band do. I Love all the others too that you mentioned, but Rush are something more than Special.
@Hellmut34 Thanks for your comment. I realize I went out on a dangerous limb making that statement, but one only needs to sit back and listen to Rush's potent musical skill presented in song after song after song. If they're able to think outside the box even a little, they'll see I'm telling the truth. I've seen them several times and it's like putting on a set of earphones and plugging them into my RUSH collection. Their mutual respect for one another has much to do with their success as well.
@tyme4mike Subjectively speaking, Rush are no doubt one of the great bands of our time, but you're acting like someone with a grave mental illness. Rush might be more technically advanced and "lyrically superior" to Pink Floyd, but I prefer Gilmour's solos and their arrangements (listen to Echoes). Dream Theater are far more technically advanced than Rush, but then again I prefer Rush. And it's that fucking simple... if you can't form a proper opinion about something, just shut the fuck up.
@rexasul It is MY opinion which this forum is about you arrogant inbred monkey. And another thing dipshit, my opinion is right. "Grave mental illness"? That's what necrophiliacs like you have. And remember, you started this just because I have a strong feeling toward the greatest band ever. I'll cut you a new asshole and leave you wanting more. What cesspool did you crawl out of anyway? The one that your sexual partners bathe in?
@tyme4mike Why do you think you're so special? You're a fucking dunce who can't think rationally enough to form a fair and reasonable opinion. I'm not going take you seriously if you can call me arrogant and then go on to say "my opinion is right". If you can't be bothered to think, then don't reply. I can't be bothered to converse with someone who can't be bothered to think, especially one that labels themself a Rush fan.
@rexasul You're the asshole who made the original rude comment fuckstick. So if you can dish it then be prepared to take it or YOU shut the fuck up..which is what you should do anyway because all you do is open your ignorant cakehole to change the placement of your fungus covered feet.
@kennyplay Thanks kenny. I know my comment is straight forward and I don't mean to insult the fans of so many great groups, but just do the comparisons. Everything from the consistency of their instrumental craftsmanship to the continuing potency of their lyrical work has remained as musically profound today as it did forty years ago, and to a degree that few, VERY few other bands can remotely approach. Yes, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, et al are awesome acts, but RUSH rises above them all. Peace man.
Does anyone else find the chorus the most euphoric music ever? I'm usually stood up wailing "Myyyyystiiiiiiic rhythmmmmmmmmssssss!" with my arms aloft by that point. Feels good, man.
I've always been a fan of RUSH.....I'm also a singer song writer a style some what different to hard rock but still like to think that my musicianship has been influneced by RUSH's music!!! If anyone is interested in having a listen, visit world wide web myspace dot com forward slash darrencinque
Una pieza maestra, Mystyc Rythms siempre sera para mi una inspiracion para tener paciencia, una inspiracion para tocar bateria, la lirica de esta cancion me hace fluir por el suave ritmo de la cancion, HAIL!
@MrGonza666 Amén Hermano, esta tema toca un techo que el resto de bandas ni se molesta en buscar. Es pura inspiración, da igual lo que estés haciendo, ya sea estudiar, trabajar o cualquier otra cosa... esta canción es la banda sonora de una via
@MrGonza666 Amén Hermano, esta tema toca un techo que el resto de bandas ni se molesta en buscar. Es pura inspiración, da igual lo que estés haciendo, ya sea estudiar, trabajar o cualquier otra cosa... esta canción es la banda sonora de una vida
What has often surprised me about Rush is what big sound they get from just 3 guys and it isn't just multi layered tracks either . They do this stuff on stage . It's amazing .
Our spirit is our life-force actuated by God.As human beings, we have the gift of communication with our Creator.Animals do not pray.They are not conscious of the existence of God.Animals operate on God-given instinct.
Humans do not have a spirit.We are spirits in the material world...
What separates mankind from animals is the fact that we are spiritual beings,and they are not...Neil Peart has given us this song as his reflection on spiritual matters.
@JBodine67 how arragant to think that animals don't have a spirit, you like many misled by some ancient writting that you are told to bow to. were is your spirit when you get chased down by a lion in the sarenghetti?
@JBodine67 Perhaps...*strokes beard* Perhaps we are the greater being we worship and we don't even know it? :o I know it sounds a little...OUT THERE...but think it through, you yourself said we are spiritual beings living in a material world...
@SolidKodi That is a thoughful comment SolidKodi...Deep....But there is only One Supreme Spirit, The Creator,The Great Spirit,which venerates worship from his creation.
@JBodine67 whats to say we are all not part of the supreme spirit, that we as a whole make it up. whats to say that without us the supreme spirit becomes, pointless?
@SolidKodi ...That is a good comment,SolidKodi...We,and all the natural universe are The Great Spirit's Creation....The creation is not greater than the One who created it.For example,the artist owns, and is master of, his art.The art is not greater than,nor has any power over,the artist.
this was not only my all-time favorite Rush album ever, if I had to pick just one, but also the epitome of '80's prog-rock where the band took their own uniqueness and melded it with the then futuristic sounds and their own influences and talents and still kept up with the times-just like then, just like now-just like Rush! Forever!
Alex Lifeson didn't like this period of keyboards - but I have to agree with Geddy, that some will say that this is the best Rush! It's as good as anything ELP or King Crimson did. They managed to be heartfelt and futuristic at the same time ! How in the hell??
You would think by now that by now people would realise that it is in the social and cultural eyes of the beholder. Power Windows is my favourite Rush album.
There are 5 kinds of Rush Fans--prog rock lovers, sci-fi enthusiasts, middle-aged Canadians, sociopaths & lesbians. Someone should turn that into an Internet quiz. WHAT TYPE OF RUSH FAN ARE YOU? LOL
@martygwest how about those like me who just appreciate great music and great lyrics...not to mention greatest live band ever...people like u just dont get it
@Delgift VT sucks from a production standpoint, no question about that, loud compressed sound. Most of the material in the 90s was weak. agree few good songs here & there, but for the most part u could combine the best songs from there last 5-6 records into one record and it would still be far short of anything in the 80s.
@Delgift eeeehh.....i dont know about the BEST. moving pictures would give it power windows a run for its money. to me, that was their best in terms of the arrangements of each song and how each song leads into the next. i thought they nailed it with moving pictures
When Clockwork Angels comes out I will download it on iTunes and change the album title to "That's Bullshit!!!"(or at at least until they get into the rock and roll hall of fame)
Power windows was just dark and fresh with a special mix in the moments of all their playing at this moment in 1985. and the synths were just placed so well and the sounds chosen so well. And the mix is fantastic. I am a pro bassist singer and Pro Tools engineer and just listen back to this record more and more in the mix of all rush records Iown. My definite fav.
Same here... I really miss their synthy stuff... Hold Your Fire was a little too "digital/trigger/dated sounding to me... but Signals (Oberheims and Roland Jupiter), P/G(Jupiters and PPG) and Power Windows(DX-7, EM-U) are some of my favorite records... Damn near perfect records if you ask me. ;)
Y'know... Alex Lifeson wasn't too happy with how Geddy was getting all the keyboards involved, and a lot of Rush fans weren't either... but I must say that lately I've been understanding Geddy's musical approach with them in the mid 80's. I'm a bigger fan of the harder, earlier sound of Rush... but this is one of the few synth-filled songs that I actually enjoy. Geddy's vocals and the ambient synths are well arranged.
I agree with the sentiment that this is Rush's most "spiritual" song.
For a band with so many questioning/atheistic lyrics, Neil seems to be making a commentary on the wonder of the unknown that resides in all of us when we look up at the stars or otherwise feel drawn "outside" of ourselves.
Personally, I relate to it on multiple levels when strange things happen to me in my life...paranormal stuff...synchronicities...and a spiritual awakening I had when I was 27.
This is my favorite Rush song. Almost indescribable to anyone who hasn't heard it before. Really makes me laugh though when you compare this to the crap that passes for music nowadays.
@Albinobluenardz I love rush myself but that doesn't mean other music is crap just cause you don't like something doesn't mean the guy next to you doesn't. Music is like art in that there is no right or wrong just opinions.
@kylerx7 Well, me saying other music is crap is obviously an opinion. I'm not a licensed music critic or anything. When I say crap I am referring to anything by Lady Gaga and that bulletproof song by La Roux. If you like them that's fine I respect that. It is just my opinion that they are crap.
well said and so true. Critics kept saying music is personal preference and not subjective and progresses as time changes. And this is up for debate and has been hack to death between music listeners and critics. This album was released in 1986 which makes it 24yrs old. If you take 1986 and reverse back 24yrs to 1962, the music is different but it's still "music." I am not sure if today's music is call "music." You'll be surprised to hear what musicologists think about this topic!! Look up.
wow this is probably their darkest and creepiest hit that i recall. it almost doesnt sound like rush in a way that it actually really does sound like rush.
the guitar work on this is so great. Alex is so under rated. its not difficult to play, but to write something like that is just amazing. his knowledge of obscure chords just blows my mind.
it would be sick if rush combined their heavy early music sound with thier late seventies prog sound with this eighties synth sound, and with their metal-ish sound today. it would be one hell of a sound that they yeild.
*shows
guitar1983 1 month ago
You can say what you want about synthesizers. Music doesn't have to be heavy to be good. Key's have a beautiful sound, and Rush show's this better than anyone else.
guitar1983 1 month ago 4
Geddy's "raccoon hat" hair period...
Shiv91ify 2 months ago
I say this with the utmost hetero masculinity, but Geddy has amazing eyes....does anyone know why he keeps these great eyes always obscured under his sunglasses? I thought maybe a sensitivity to light, or to add to his badass allure? Your thoughts? fact knowledge?
Someguyfrom1973 3 months ago
@Someguyfrom1973 I think he just got tired of dealing with contacts. He wore glasses on and off until 1990ish when he started wearing them all the time.
Shiv91ify 2 months ago
@Shiv91ify makes sense, I never thought about contacts. Maybe they were giving his eyesight problems. Many have issues wearing them.
Someguyfrom1973 2 months ago
No song better captures being alone, under the stars, in a Canadian Winter.
CusterFlux 3 months ago 3
I LOVE U RUSH, U R THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPEND 2 MUSIC!
crazypenny94 4 months ago
Chills.
96gummyworms 4 months ago
@Kostas4e the Steinberger L-series
jazzypatsan 4 months ago
They're just looking into the distance...........
imXaXteapot2112 4 months ago
El mejor tema de Rush, para mí al menos. El clima, la fuerza, la sutileza en el momento justo. Gedy es un vocalista fuera de serie (y encima toca el bajo y los teclados ) en el min. 2,30 se luce. Solo Steve Perry de Journey llega tan alto en voz. Unos animales !!!
cabes14 4 months ago in playlist RUSH
What kind of bass is Geddy playing?
Kostas4e 4 months ago
@Kostas4e Don't know the model, but it's a headless Steinberger.
RivieraKid34 4 months ago
@Kostas4e fender jazz
BRYANM2112 4 months ago
@Kostas4e oh my bad.....he usually plays a fender jazz, hes got some headless POS in this video....
BRYANM2112 4 months ago
Love the intro
CharlieHaasPop 5 months ago
I wouldn't really call this rock in any sense, but it's... incredibly good...
iamtheburninator 6 months ago
The lyrics just blow you away...People weren't happy with the synths of their signature at the time...I will always love Power Windows.You can slap it in,not skip a tune and if you had the fortune of seeing the concert...Something you will never forget
Tod661 6 months ago
geddy lee, the only guitarist that can rock a headless guitar
(yes a bass is a guitar )
JEDIMASTERZAK 6 months ago
Why is every 80's rush music video devoid of alex lifeson? So annoying, and sad! He's such an integral part of the rush sound, especially in the 80's geddy synth era, especially this song...
mikeweit 6 months ago
Mystic Rhythms and Territories should be part of the soundtrack of Aliens 2.
70SULACO 7 months ago
@tyme4mike Agree. And I've been listening the past 40 years.
Ozgard13 7 months ago
i hear other bands and think, i still like rush more
385Productions 7 months ago
who ever disliked this they are stupid,retarded,mentle,and a loser
and i know where you live so go fall in a ditch
49freckles 7 months ago
Rush is Alien...
pachin63 7 months ago
rush una grandiosa banda
rush hace da cancion una escuela de musica
flui el suave ritmo
edgardhonoriofrade 7 months ago
HOW DOES HE MAKE THAT NOISE WITH HIS GUITAR!?
crazypenny94 7 months ago
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numberninesixnine 7 months ago
@crazypenny94 Guitar synth maybe?
numberninesixnine 7 months ago
@numberninesixnine maybe
crazypenny94 7 months ago
4:43 - Looks like a Tool animation... long before Tool existed :)
aytherix 7 months ago
brilliant? yes, but comparing them to the mighty Zeppelin and Floyd is just dumb...APPLES AND ORANGES, no better or worse, they are an island unto themselves as are the aforementioned bands
nothingface2112 7 months ago
my favorite song and band
crazypenny94 8 months ago
Possibly the best Power Trio ever !!
rohanshah89 8 months ago
@rohanshah89
Next to Triumph lol
gotbass33727 7 months ago
@gotbass33727 As much as i respect triumph, i still think rush has got the edge over them. Granted i haven't heard as much of triumph as compared to Rush
rohanshah89 7 months ago
@rohanshah89
rush is better. :)
gotbass33727 3 months ago
I love this song although Geddys hair cut was a bad idea lol. This era is what I like to call the " René Auberjonois Era" because Geddy looks like him lol.
FreakinSweet86 8 months ago
Best bass player ever vs. worst mullet ever... who will win? You decide!
keviinmach 8 months ago
To me, this is one of Rush's greatest songs. But it's almost indescribable; awe-struck, sad, complex, dark, refreshingly simple, very adult. I've always been fascinated with this video, too.
joelvis72 9 months ago
@Eternityflows YES YES YES! Someone else who has the fortitude to call it like it is. Keep on testifying for Rush because they are far ahead of all other bands of the last 40 years in musical skill and lyrical craftsmanship. I grew up with all the great bands and artists of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s and there are many awesome memories and fantastic tunes to go along with them, but Rush is IT. I had great buzzes with all the others but Rush is so diverse and dynamic that it's almost surreal.
tyme4mike 9 months ago
A very strong end to one of their best albums.
IMO - This is Peart's Magnum Opus, certainly one of his best, a beautifully structured drum and stunning lyrics, I get shivers at "Feel the powers and wonder what they are".
It took me a long time to come around to Power Windows, but this is one RUSH's best, I really love Middletown Dreams and Grand Designs, but this song is the jewel of the album.
rdru00001 10 months ago
haha. geddy lee looks like a dinosaur.
BrillianttAdventure 10 months ago
@BrillianttAdventure a dinosaur? xD wtf man
FrancisDaBadAssBiker 9 months ago
@BrillianttAdventure nice weed, bro
SgtZaqq 9 months ago
Truly one of my favourites! Power Windows, Moving Pictures and A Farewell to Kings really blow my mind, but I can't really tell which one's better...
foolsong 10 months ago
Officially added to the list of Replay Offenders. Conviction: Rape.
PorcupineDracula 10 months ago
Saw this live like a Week ago in Maryland...Made the top 5 best concerts I've ever seen.
MelancholyChrist 10 months ago
@MelancholyChrist WHAAAT. i saw them a month ago and they didn't play this... *sniff* but i will see them in a few weeks! are you sure it wasn't marathon? kinda similar, and that's what they played in nc.
BrillianttAdventure 10 months ago
@6cobaltblue1 P.S. I love u too. Peace and prayers and good thoughts coming at you from me. xoxo
tyme4mike 10 months ago
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@6cobaltblue1 Thanks. I know I'm putting myself 'out there' with a comment like that, but if people who claim to know anything about music and the artists that craft it, then they will appreciate the wisdom of my comment and realize that it makes complete sense. Furthermore, they'll realize it's RIGHT! Just delve into the brilliance that emanates from them at their performances and on their albums and one will soon have to accept that RUSH is incomparable in the field of musical ability.
tyme4mike 10 months ago
@6cobaltblue1 Thanks. I know I'm putting myself 'out there' with a comment like that, but if people who claim to know anything about music and the artists that craft it, then they will appreciate the wisdom of my comment and realize that it makes complete sense. Furthermore, they'll realize it's RIGHT! Just delve into the brilliance that emanates from them at their performances and on their albums and one will soon have to accept that RUSH is incomparable in the field of musical ability.
tyme4mike 10 months ago
Each time I hear this song, its just blows my mind. Its amazing.
TheBimmyandJimmy 10 months ago
one word: creativity
eatrush 10 months ago
this song will always be my go to song when im in a sruggle, panic or any situation, rush will always be my savior, my earliest memory of this song is on my 7th birthday, i pulled out rush in rio, listened to the disc, got blown away, i ran upstairs into dads office to get a rush disk and he braught me power windows,
Rush ROCKS!
showdonttellyyz 11 months ago
This video was directed by Jerry Casale of Devo
machmen1000 11 months ago
Most people experience puberty in their teens. Geddy Lee went through in his fourties.
BlackLink27 11 months ago
When I first saw these guys in the 80s in Toronto, I dropped six hits of white clinical acid, followed that with a huge joint of black afghani hashish laced with china white opium, and went on the most fucking surreal trip of my entire drug hazed life...it was an experience of epic proportions...the only problem is that I still haven't 'returned'...
tyme4mike 11 months ago
i like the live version better, but this is still an awesome song.
happyface4444 11 months ago
@happyface4444 That's how I feel about A Passage To Bangkok.
BlackLink27 11 months ago
@BlackLink27 agreed, also a ghost of a chance
happyface4444 11 months ago
Siempre me a gustado esta cancion
viajesmusicales 11 months ago
I just got this on vinyl, it's amazing!!!!!!
sanjac1974 1 year ago
Once i learn how to do percussion i want to attempt this song lol
Xown95 1 year ago
that just blew my mind
cr50089 1 year ago
They ARE the best band of the last 40+ years. YES! NOT the Stones..NOT Pink Floyd..NOT Led Zeppelin..no one..RUSH is the most technically and lyrically superior group to exist..and I've heard them all. Yep, a BIG revelation..well, just deal with it because it's the truth. Forty+ years after they started, they are still the most powerful and superior live act in the music business so don't start any of your shit about "what about this band?" and "what about that band". RUSH IS IT!
tyme4mike 1 year ago 44
@tyme4mike anything thats not rush sucks in my opinion
MrPogeymanz 1 year ago
@tyme4mike Rush AND Pink Floyd!!
irena7777777 1 year ago
@irena7777777 LOL Guess I can't argue with that too much. I grew up with their album "Umma Gumma" in my collection. Remember the piece from it called "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"?
tyme4mike 1 year ago
@tyme4mike
Couldn't agree more. I grew up listening to this band (39 now) and all the others you mentioned and i can safely say that none of the others stir up emotions like this band do. I Love all the others too that you mentioned, but Rush are something more than Special.
Hellmut34 11 months ago
@Hellmut34 Thanks for your comment. I realize I went out on a dangerous limb making that statement, but one only needs to sit back and listen to Rush's potent musical skill presented in song after song after song. If they're able to think outside the box even a little, they'll see I'm telling the truth. I've seen them several times and it's like putting on a set of earphones and plugging them into my RUSH collection. Their mutual respect for one another has much to do with their success as well.
tyme4mike 11 months ago
@tyme4mike Subjectively speaking, Rush are no doubt one of the great bands of our time, but you're acting like someone with a grave mental illness. Rush might be more technically advanced and "lyrically superior" to Pink Floyd, but I prefer Gilmour's solos and their arrangements (listen to Echoes). Dream Theater are far more technically advanced than Rush, but then again I prefer Rush. And it's that fucking simple... if you can't form a proper opinion about something, just shut the fuck up.
rexasul 10 months ago
@rexasul It is MY opinion which this forum is about you arrogant inbred monkey. And another thing dipshit, my opinion is right. "Grave mental illness"? That's what necrophiliacs like you have. And remember, you started this just because I have a strong feeling toward the greatest band ever. I'll cut you a new asshole and leave you wanting more. What cesspool did you crawl out of anyway? The one that your sexual partners bathe in?
tyme4mike 10 months ago
@tyme4mike Why do you think you're so special? You're a fucking dunce who can't think rationally enough to form a fair and reasonable opinion. I'm not going take you seriously if you can call me arrogant and then go on to say "my opinion is right". If you can't be bothered to think, then don't reply. I can't be bothered to converse with someone who can't be bothered to think, especially one that labels themself a Rush fan.
rexasul 10 months ago
@rexasul You're the asshole who made the original rude comment fuckstick. So if you can dish it then be prepared to take it or YOU shut the fuck up..which is what you should do anyway because all you do is open your ignorant cakehole to change the placement of your fungus covered feet.
tyme4mike 9 months ago
@tyme4mike I am fully prepared to "take shit", just not the baseless ramblings of an mentally challenged thundercunt.
rexasul 9 months ago
@tyme4mike yes, they play those songs, that are so elusive, and their magic music make my morning mood!
VODMagazine 8 months ago
@tyme4mike well said.
kennyplay 6 months ago
@kennyplay Thanks kenny. I know my comment is straight forward and I don't mean to insult the fans of so many great groups, but just do the comparisons. Everything from the consistency of their instrumental craftsmanship to the continuing potency of their lyrical work has remained as musically profound today as it did forty years ago, and to a degree that few, VERY few other bands can remotely approach. Yes, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, et al are awesome acts, but RUSH rises above them all. Peace man.
tyme4mike 6 months ago
0:22 Gives me chills everytime
Zmann1218 1 year ago
Neils drums on this are so freakin' HOT! I bet his EKG has a groove to it as well...
mfpinterceptor 1 year ago
@mfpinterceptor I'm also willing to bet Neil's heart beats in 5/4 time.
silverpilot1979 11 months ago
It's neat, This video (and superconductor also) was directed by one of the members of Devo and it shows.
Digikid313 1 year ago
Does anyone else find the chorus the most euphoric music ever? I'm usually stood up wailing "Myyyyystiiiiiiic rhythmmmmmmmmssssss!" with my arms aloft by that point. Feels good, man.
nequest 1 year ago
@nequest You're not the only one :)
iAMmissMegan 1 year ago
best song on the catalog
constantinosbassman 1 year ago
not my favorite RUSH, i dont think they have ever made a bad song.
wikiwikiwee1 1 year ago
I've always been a fan of RUSH.....I'm also a singer song writer a style some what different to hard rock but still like to think that my musicianship has been influneced by RUSH's music!!! If anyone is interested in having a listen, visit world wide web myspace dot com forward slash darrencinque
bubblied 1 year ago
Una pieza maestra, Mystyc Rythms siempre sera para mi una inspiracion para tener paciencia, una inspiracion para tocar bateria, la lirica de esta cancion me hace fluir por el suave ritmo de la cancion, HAIL!
MrGonza666 1 year ago 20
@MrGonza666 Amén Hermano, esta tema toca un techo que el resto de bandas ni se molesta en buscar. Es pura inspiración, da igual lo que estés haciendo, ya sea estudiar, trabajar o cualquier otra cosa... esta canción es la banda sonora de una via
guarlord 11 months ago 2
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@MrGonza666 Amén Hermano, esta tema toca un techo que el resto de bandas ni se molesta en buscar. Es pura inspiración, da igual lo que estés haciendo, ya sea estudiar, trabajar o cualquier otra cosa... esta canción es la banda sonora de una vida
guarlord 11 months ago
Such beautiful imagery and sound that flow and compliment one another magnificently
soulielify8 1 year ago
0 people have no idea what good music is.
happyface4444 1 year ago 2
0 people dislike this song..
ipvideogames 1 year ago 2
@ipvideogames Don't jinx it
SolidKodi 1 year ago
@ipvideogames: That has to be a testament to Rush's brilliance, and to the intelligence level of their fan base.
soulielify8 1 year ago 2
Sorry SolidKodi but I can't here you over the chorus of God's universal creation giving glory to the One who created it.
Regard the clear night sky.
JBodine67 1 year ago
@JBodine67 :E
SolidKodi 1 year ago
@SolidKodi what is :E?...sorry,I'm old.
JBodine67 1 year ago
What has often surprised me about Rush is what big sound they get from just 3 guys and it isn't just multi layered tracks either . They do this stuff on stage . It's amazing .
MAJORDRUMMER 1 year ago
i sometimes catch a window into the future. i am not alone.
morpheus1x 1 year ago
This song sends shivers down my spine... gets me in a trance. It really creeps me out sometimes o.O
SolidKodi 1 year ago
Our spirit is our life-force actuated by God.As human beings, we have the gift of communication with our Creator.Animals do not pray.They are not conscious of the existence of God.Animals operate on God-given instinct.
Humans do not have a spirit.We are spirits in the material world...
JBodine67 1 year ago
We suspend our disbelief. We are entertained = How I think
Sparta729 1 year ago
cant describe how these songs make me feel....long live rush.
leftrickenbacker 1 year ago
I think this song has an evolutionary theme going on.
Bilbo490 1 year ago
What separates mankind from animals is the fact that we are spiritual beings,and they are not...Neil Peart has given us this song as his reflection on spiritual matters.
We all get a bit wiser as we grow older....
JBodine67 1 year ago
@JBodine67 how arragant to think that animals don't have a spirit, you like many misled by some ancient writting that you are told to bow to. were is your spirit when you get chased down by a lion in the sarenghetti?
gardenkeeper71 1 year ago
@gardenkeeper71 I went to see the man on the silver mountain...and he told me all about these sacred truths...
So,I follow the way of logic and reason.Also the way of love and self-sacrifice.
...and I enjoy a good RUSH song now and then...They are good Canadian boys.
Peace to you Gardenkeeper......
JBodine67 1 year ago
@JBodine67 Perhaps...*strokes beard* Perhaps we are the greater being we worship and we don't even know it? :o I know it sounds a little...OUT THERE...but think it through, you yourself said we are spiritual beings living in a material world...
SolidKodi 1 year ago
@SolidKodi That is a thoughful comment SolidKodi...Deep....But there is only One Supreme Spirit, The Creator,The Great Spirit,which venerates worship from his creation.
Peace to you SolidKodi.
JBodine67 1 year ago
@JBodine67 whats to say we are all not part of the supreme spirit, that we as a whole make it up. whats to say that without us the supreme spirit becomes, pointless?
SolidKodi 1 year ago
@SolidKodi ...That is a good comment,SolidKodi...We,and all the natural universe are The Great Spirit's Creation....The creation is not greater than the One who created it.For example,the artist owns, and is master of, his art.The art is not greater than,nor has any power over,the artist.
Peace SolidKodi.
JBodine67 1 year ago
@JBodine67 We are the artist and the art.
SolidKodi 1 year ago
This song takes you to a place many light years from this place, that's the vision i get anyway
Pr3d4t0R6sic6 1 year ago
this was not only my all-time favorite Rush album ever, if I had to pick just one, but also the epitome of '80's prog-rock where the band took their own uniqueness and melded it with the then futuristic sounds and their own influences and talents and still kept up with the times-just like then, just like now-just like Rush! Forever!
DEMONSPEED2112 1 year ago
Have no fear, music will circle around to speak the truth of heart and mind once again.
Just enjoy life until it happens.
markkens9 1 year ago
Alex Lifeson didn't like this period of keyboards - but I have to agree with Geddy, that some will say that this is the best Rush! It's as good as anything ELP or King Crimson did. They managed to be heartfelt and futuristic at the same time ! How in the hell??
jaxmikey59 1 year ago
Drums are so complex on this one. Full of hidden delights!
trackerhunter 1 year ago
GODS.....
RUSH1200 1 year ago
I wish Rush would go back to this and Signals. We need the smooth Rush back.
marxsbros1 1 year ago
Those Pretend being an Ever Suns Father are Haunted by Monsters as if Mads Hutters Forgot to Improve the Sun in 1989 at Ryesgade 106
MadsHutters 1 year ago
You would think by now that by now people would realise that it is in the social and cultural eyes of the beholder. Power Windows is my favourite Rush album.
ronhelf 1 year ago
this song has such a killer vibe to it
ZDawg09 1 year ago
There are 5 kinds of Rush Fans--prog rock lovers, sci-fi enthusiasts, middle-aged Canadians, sociopaths & lesbians. Someone should turn that into an Internet quiz. WHAT TYPE OF RUSH FAN ARE YOU? LOL
martygwest 1 year ago
@martygwest how about those like me who just appreciate great music and great lyrics...not to mention greatest live band ever...people like u just dont get it
execatty 1 year ago
@martygwest I guess I fit in with the first two categories huh dick face.
nljuggalo 1 year ago
@martygwest Will I love prog rock and can stand most music these days.
Heegoop 1 year ago
@martygwest I meant to say I can't stand most music these days at the comment I wrote to you a few days ago.
Heegoop 1 year ago
THIS VIDEO IS SOOOO 80'S but it still awsome
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp Will sure it's SOOOO 80'S but man the 80s FUCKING ROCKED.
Heegoop 1 year ago
@Heegoop i know :D
zackjp 1 year ago
I love this song!
jwhite519 1 year ago
@Delgift VT sucks from a production standpoint, no question about that, loud compressed sound. Most of the material in the 90s was weak. agree few good songs here & there, but for the most part u could combine the best songs from there last 5-6 records into one record and it would still be far short of anything in the 80s.
fendergibs 1 year ago
@Delgift eeeehh.....i dont know about the BEST. moving pictures would give it power windows a run for its money. to me, that was their best in terms of the arrangements of each song and how each song leads into the next. i thought they nailed it with moving pictures
emobangs03 1 year ago
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When Clockwork Angels comes out I will download it on iTunes and change the album title to "That's Bullshit!!!"(or at at least until they get into the rock and roll hall of fame)
happyface4444 1 year ago
Power windows was just dark and fresh with a special mix in the moments of all their playing at this moment in 1985. and the synths were just placed so well and the sounds chosen so well. And the mix is fantastic. I am a pro bassist singer and Pro Tools engineer and just listen back to this record more and more in the mix of all rush records Iown. My definite fav.
clarksouter 1 year ago
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MARTHA QUINN..MARK GOODMAN..ALAN HUNTER..NINA BLACKWOOD..80son8@siriusxm.com........
RUSH1200 1 year ago
god i love their synth period. it was so great
emobangs03 1 year ago
@emobangs03
Same here... I really miss their synthy stuff... Hold Your Fire was a little too "digital/trigger/dated sounding to me... but Signals (Oberheims and Roland Jupiter), P/G(Jupiters and PPG) and Power Windows(DX-7, EM-U) are some of my favorite records... Damn near perfect records if you ask me. ;)
TheMilford 1 year ago
Y'know... Alex Lifeson wasn't too happy with how Geddy was getting all the keyboards involved, and a lot of Rush fans weren't either... but I must say that lately I've been understanding Geddy's musical approach with them in the mid 80's. I'm a bigger fan of the harder, earlier sound of Rush... but this is one of the few synth-filled songs that I actually enjoy. Geddy's vocals and the ambient synths are well arranged.
RickPaniagua 1 year ago
@RickPaniagua dude, alex hated it. he even looks angry in this video
emobangs03 1 year ago
It's rumored that Rush beat up Chuck Norris numerous times with prog uppercuts ... Chuck can't listen to this one with the lights off
LifesonFan4Life 1 year ago
I agree with the sentiment that this is Rush's most "spiritual" song.
For a band with so many questioning/atheistic lyrics, Neil seems to be making a commentary on the wonder of the unknown that resides in all of us when we look up at the stars or otherwise feel drawn "outside" of ourselves.
Personally, I relate to it on multiple levels when strange things happen to me in my life...paranormal stuff...synchronicities...and a spiritual awakening I had when I was 27.
AragornIsStrider 1 year ago
Capture my thoughts, carry them away.
BillF1967 1 year ago
in my opinion this song is undiscribable
CHEESEBURGER10000 1 year ago
This is my favorite Rush song. Almost indescribable to anyone who hasn't heard it before. Really makes me laugh though when you compare this to the crap that passes for music nowadays.
Albinobluenardz 1 year ago 30
@Albinobluenardz Agreed. Especially with the last statement.
AFallenLord 1 year ago
@Albinobluenardz I love rush myself but that doesn't mean other music is crap just cause you don't like something doesn't mean the guy next to you doesn't. Music is like art in that there is no right or wrong just opinions.
kylerx7 1 year ago
@kylerx7 Well, me saying other music is crap is obviously an opinion. I'm not a licensed music critic or anything. When I say crap I am referring to anything by Lady Gaga and that bulletproof song by La Roux. If you like them that's fine I respect that. It is just my opinion that they are crap.
Albinobluenardz 1 year ago
@Albinobluenardz u said it...i can give u 50 rush songs...better than anything ever made
execatty 1 year ago
@Albinobluenardz hear hear sir
Pr3d4t0R6sic6 1 year ago
well said and so true. Critics kept saying music is personal preference and not subjective and progresses as time changes. And this is up for debate and has been hack to death between music listeners and critics. This album was released in 1986 which makes it 24yrs old. If you take 1986 and reverse back 24yrs to 1962, the music is different but it's still "music." I am not sure if today's music is call "music." You'll be surprised to hear what musicologists think about this topic!! Look up.
paistekid 1 year ago
T-101 Vs T-1000
MadsHutters 1 year ago
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MadsHutters 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! It makes me feel so much awesomeness!!! i want a time machine!!!
luvangel1883 1 year ago
Far Out!
guytitanic 1 year ago
the huge sound effects and percussion work in this tune would be awesome for a top science fiction movie like bladerunner.
bademoxy 1 year ago
wow this is probably their darkest and creepiest hit that i recall. it almost doesnt sound like rush in a way that it actually really does sound like rush.
miiwii93 1 year ago
I listen to this song with headphones from the vinyl album. The deep rich sounds are amazing! Beats any mp3 version by a long shot.
SRTST51 1 year ago 14
@SRTST51 Yeah it does
WilAzzamEdison 1 year ago
@SRTST51 i have to agree
nashman2k7 1 year ago
@SRTST51 Indeed.
nljuggalo 1 year ago
Mr.LEE ,ALEX & PERT, thanks' 4 all that great music & lyrics......!
Elgoose2112 1 year ago
man i wish my drum set sounded like that.
TheMaster8061 1 year ago
Hope they bring this one back on this year's tour!
mandalay71 1 year ago 2
@mandalay71 Me too!
andrewwojcik21 1 year ago
the guitar work on this is so great. Alex is so under rated. its not difficult to play, but to write something like that is just amazing. his knowledge of obscure chords just blows my mind.
bassguitarpro88 1 year ago
Absolutely Incredible.
ThrashSpeedBurn 1 year ago
it would be sick if rush combined their heavy early music sound with thier late seventies prog sound with this eighties synth sound, and with their metal-ish sound today. it would be one hell of a sound that they yeild.
RocinanteKid2112 1 year ago