I'm not sure exactly why, but this is one of the few albums that actually sounds better to me in the Mp3 format than the CD. The CD sounds good, but it was mixed oddly.
They should have a spot somewhere at the United Nations bldg. where you can push a button and activate this song. + Peaceable Kingdom probably could be a sequel to this.
why it's so cute it reminds me of that wilderness of mirrors between sars made of tin-can racers and slithering serpants.
with sasquatch showing it's junk i swear. um.
what was the species? um i dont know invader but next thing i knew i was at the diner with you nice bikers scrubbing brush landingcraft uberconductor. great job . boss. a commendation for you, citizen's salute.
still in 2012, i go back and must say, with sasquatch certainness, this, my rush friends, is their best song.
if only we mere mortals can emulate, like the taurus pedals, or flowers flown frozen from the pac nw or skunk apes with a name.... dot dot booozsche blooo-bada-bane
"Bosses get talking so tough. As if that wasn't evil enough. We get the drunken and the passionate pride, of the citizens along for the ride"
So effing true of most Amaircans. If only young people listened to and understood the meaning of lyrics like this instead of the crap media promoters for Bieber and Beyonce are pushing -the world might be a better place. Green Day's "Do you know your enemy?" is a nice exception to the rule but musically, no one holds a candle to RUSH.
@villastrangiato who, us? snotty nosed british lava lampers hockey hooligan soccer thugh milf loving bloody red white and blue sad sack americans? reminds me of neil from the young ones, hole in my shoe.
@villastrangiato taurus slippers, yawn and have a drift of beef jerkey, playing in great venues of ampitheatres and rockmen and ancient turles, gammera
I think that geddy's bass line in this song, with the fact that its played on the best bass guitar in the world, a Wal bass, makes it like sex to my ears
I was a Rush fan for a few years when this came out, and I was kind of surprised by it. It is, of course, real good. But it was different from what had come before, and it made it real clear to me that Rush was a very gifted, exceptional band that was here to stay for the long haul. And R30 yrs later, they are. God bless Rush!
We have a duty to save our fellow citizens from the stupefying effects of modern pop music. The cure is called Rush, and there is guaranteed to be a flavor out there for everyone.
And when I die, I would love to hear 2:17-3:30 of this track on endless, constant loop. Best part of it, and what an awesome slice of Rush in the 80s!
according to yahoo this album's cover is the 20th worst one of all time. They says it's because its of a kid trying to use the remote on a window even though some windows can be opened by a remote now...
I can't belive it was over 25yrs ago.....Still masterpiece of sound ,recording quality....precission of playing. After quarter of century nobody was even cloce to them in their class.
@sp3wvl Totally agree! This album absolutely stands the test of time! Every song is top-notch! Even the best of bands that've come along since cannot come close to saying that!
By posting that comment, you made people dislike it. Comments that say, "HURR DURR NO DISLIKES!!!" make people dislike it just to be an ass. Thanks for ruining the streak, moron.
Rush music is only understandable by us, the advanced race, the Rush fans. Don't waste your time explaining why Rush is cool to Lady Gaga's fans ....hahaha
I Asked my Teacher What she thought of Rush. Since theyre my favorite Band of all time. And she say she didn't like them and Never did. That Geddy lee's Voice Was ANNOYING and Obnoxious! WTF! THIS BITCH! LOL
@omarvgaga Just another dickhead , that will never know what they are really missing . its right that the idiots of this world never get to enjoy this beautifull music . lets keep it for the ones that know , and want to know more . turn on people who have a broader mind . i am 46 , i still try and find new music that matches or comes close to Rush . i still have not found it . tho some come close .
Any1 notice that the last time the chorus comes in at 4:57 it's in a different key from b4... Compare it to the entries at 1:54 & 3:29. The 1st two are in C major & the last one is in D major... The higher key raises the intensity level.... I love it when Rush does shit like that... like very few other bands on the planet.
i love this song. love to listen to the live" version from ...show of hands. theres just something uplifting and meaningful about it. the live" version just rocks out, got to have it at least once a week. :) D
I'm 36 and in awe as to what Peart could put on paper at my age. he truly is a magicman with prose.
I'd also like to add that while I'm not one to believe in fate, one has to wonder how three of the wrold's most influential and gifted musicians ended up together. the odds are mind blowing if you acually think about it.
ok once again ,when i said that rush is an underated band i meant that they are underated in compare to real music means to other great bands like ,led zeppelin,pink floyed etc.. and not to some crappy shit like this justin bieber i even dont know who he is.So please gentleman if you want to answer about my commentar,i will be glad for everything,but please stop it to say things like ''eh because the people prefer this or that'' you know what i mean.
Why is it that so many people think power windows is a bad album? Ever song on it is not only classic but some of their most heartfelt and emotional work. Why people chose to bash it is beyond me.
really Rush is so underated , why ? why so many bands are considerated as bigger than them ? i cant understand this , and this wasnt even their best album , moving pictures was one of the best albums in music histroy
@richis404 Seriously? Power Windows beats the HELL out of Moving Pictures. I find Moving Pictures to be rather bland, actually, compared to works on Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Counterparts...
@thanecrios Moving Pictures is the zenith of Rush's talent. Alongside Permanent Waves it sat between 2 different Rush eras: After the prog rock epics such as Hemispheres and 2112 but before the onset of synth as heard in Signals/GuP/Windows - don't get me wrong; great albums in their own right but pale a little next to Moving Pictures.... Limemlight/Camera Eye/Barchetta - classics!
@mikemcd1971 I've listened Moving Pictures to death. Seriously. Side one is absolutely boring at this point. When I think about it and compare it to other prog that I listen to, Moving Pictures, particularly side one, seems absolutely drab. It doesn't have any of the excitement that tons of other Rush puts into me. Even when I first listened to it, after Tom Sawyer I was like "..that's it? That's the "best" Rush song? blaaahhh"
@thanecrios I wouldn't dismiss anyone not liking Moving Pictures - you're right, there's plenty more to like about Rush and all their albums prior to Hold Your Fire are great in their own right: I personally list Grand Designs, Between the Wheels and Digital Man amongst my favourite tracks alongside Hemispheres from the earlier albums. Moving Pictures simply blends the best bits of Rush together. I admit, it takes time and is a "grower" - but boring it ain't!
@mikemcd1971 Moving Pictures? A grower? Since when is ANY album as mainstream and commercialized as Moving Pictures a grower? Side one is fully of catchy riffs like much of the mainstream music at the time. In fact, I always felt that Tom Sawyer could have been a song by The Police if it was toned down a bit. I dunno, I just think that it's simply playing off all of the success that Permanent Waves had, because Moving Pictures is the only album that is noticeably similar to another Rush album.
@thanecrios Fair comment: Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves are very similar. Tom Sawyer could be a Police track in disguise, I take your point; I always think that about Vital Signs too! To be more specific, Camera Eye and YYZ may be the "growers" on the album. Despite being mainstream, it was the last album where synths took a backseat accompaniement rather than coming to the fore like they did Signals onwards. By Hold your Fire synths had took such a hold that I find that album unlistenable
@thanecrios No it doesn't, seriously. Power Windows was good but Moving Pictures was epic rock. Just hearing Limelight shows how classic that album was not to mention Red Barchetta. Obviously Tom Sawyer was great but that whole album was awsome. Powe Windows was good but not classic, more 80s synth pop than Moving Pictures.
@thanecrios And in my honest opinion, I know MP was a big hit for them but Counterparts charted higher and they don't even really include much from Signals (save for Subdivisions) forward to Test For Echo on their live setlists anymore! TERRITORIES NEEDS TO COME BACK
@richis404 ya but it was one album that everyone thinks there a rush fan if they know the famous songs aka limelight tom sawyer red barchetta yyz etc and i liked there more progressive music hemispheres is an awsome album but ya your right rush is underated
@zackjp moving pictures was my very first rush album and i never heard any song of it before. I found them on a sampler ,there was the song countdown on it from signals and i heard this song again and again then i wanted to hear something more from them and decided to buy me a whole album of them.For me in the early 80s were the best music, so i read the released date on the backside of the cover 1981 and so i choose moving pictures and i bought a masterpiece
@richis404 hmm we'll i didn't grow up in the 80's more like 2000's which really suck but in november 2007 went to a used cd shop i bought a the who cd and a farewell to kings listened to it every once in a while then started looking up on you tube vids and then near the end of grade 7 which was 2009 i bought rush retrospective 1 and listened for half the summer bought exit stage left in august 09 and rush gold then started buying ALOT of cd's now have over 20 cd's 1 vinyl and 3 cassetes RUSH
@zackjp the reason why i told you this story is to let you know that moving pictures isnt my favorite rush album because its maybe their most famous.Btw i was born in the 80s so lets say that i grow up in the 90s and i found out about rush in 1998 i think
@zackjp That's awesome. For me, one day I decided to put in my MOM'S moving pictures cd. I loved every song. I moved onto greatest hits and that opened it up for me big time hearing Fly by night and 2112. I bought A Farewell to Kings, Signals, All the World's a Stage, and Counterparts all in the same day. They are now my gods. Growing up in the 2000's does suck with today's modern music. Luckily Rush is still going.
@VODMagazine I agree; the DVD does answer a lot of questions about Rush. Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins summed it up when he said "someone has to explain why they're [Rush] there - Led Zeppelin has been over-explained". It's true - I love Led Zep aswell but it is astonishing that Rush don't get a fraction of the publicity yet they easily match them musically and are not far behind in platinum albums either! Well said Bill.
@richis404 Because the average music listener wants to wank off to Britney Spears, Katy Perry, or Justin Beiber. They don't get it. Luckily for us, we do!
@heashon2000 ok,but i wanted to compare rush with bands like ,pink floyd ,the rolling stones,genesis ...etc....all bands who are more famous and succesful than them
@richis404 I know what you mean but they have just been awarded the Living Legends award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in London and it was on the BBC :-) And I saw their "Beyond the lighted stage" at a giant cineplex in Central Europe recently. As Geddy Lee said in the documentary, They´re the biggest cult band in the world.
@richis404 The reasons are simple. One, their songs rarely conform to the standard length and level of intelligence that the radio stations want to feed out to the masses. Two, the trio would rather quit the music scene and take up plumbing than compromise their art. It's my understanding that 'Tom Sawyer' was the one song they ever made that was specifically targeted for mass media radio. Even then, it's still a fantastic piece of work ;)
@whitliggett yes look i got many of answers like this because the people misunderstand me a little bit.I compare rush with pink floyd for example and not with the pop shit from the radio and in compare to pink floyd rush is clearly underrated.
@alembicbassguy Power windows is pure harmony! :) I say this because i many people said to me that in their opinion power windows owns moving pictures,but this is ok because, its just a fantastic band!
@richis404 top two albums ever made...ever song on both albums are classics,...cept big money..just cant get into that one and i graduated in 1985...this album is so 1985..u had to be there
@richis404 rush is far from under rated. although they havent been conducted in the rock n roll hall of fame theyre still one of the best bands in the world
@richis404 at the end it don't matter. These guys where made for music, understandind that is part of the deal, plus; it brings us "the few lucky one" here, to listen.... and share thoughts
God, this song is fun to play. If you have a bass, you should learn it, it's not too hard, you just need to get the double-finger-double-string thing down, which you will never regret. Actually learn everything off of power windows. The only one I don't know is emotion detector. Man, that one is FAST. Hard to figure out what he's playing on that one.
@PumpkinlordEzmar Yeah, bro I realized quick that after playing bass for 4 yrs, I will easily be playing this lines for the rest of my life. So glad there is someone like Geddy on this planet. Often times, I think how can someone play bass like that? It's not even like he's on stage playing by himself. He makes these complex lines work in a song, which I feel a bass line should do. Support the song. He makes the listener say, "is that a bass". Have you tried "the big money"? That one is sikkkk!!
"Dont feed the People, but we feed the machines..........They shoot!! Without Fear ....In the name of a piece of dirt...For a change of Accent..or the colour of your shirt.....Better the pride that resides...In a citizen of the World!! Than the Pride that Divides..When a colourful Rag is unfurled...
I'm not sure exactly why, but this is one of the few albums that actually sounds better to me in the Mp3 format than the CD. The CD sounds good, but it was mixed oddly.
HerlequinStandard 6 days ago
Boozshe blappada pick up boozsche
/watch?v=U84Sy8S0f6I
moog sasquatch slippers
2012
SuperMegaUberGenius 1 week ago
feb.23,2012. 41,747 views, 234 likes, 2 dislikes
HappyMunsta 1 week ago
They should have a spot somewhere at the United Nations bldg. where you can push a button and activate this song. + Peaceable Kingdom probably could be a sequel to this.
TheJameslehr 3 weeks ago
why it's so cute it reminds me of that wilderness of mirrors between sars made of tin-can racers and slithering serpants.
with sasquatch showing it's junk i swear. um.
what was the species? um i dont know invader but next thing i knew i was at the diner with you nice bikers scrubbing brush landingcraft uberconductor. great job . boss. a commendation for you, citizen's salute.
adios, cowbois tekbois
SuperMegaUberGenius 3 weeks ago
still in 2012, i go back and must say, with sasquatch certainness, this, my rush friends, is their best song.
if only we mere mortals can emulate, like the taurus pedals, or flowers flown frozen from the pac nw or skunk apes with a name.... dot dot booozsche blooo-bada-bane
SuperMegaUberGenius 3 weeks ago
how can you hate rush?
Nattysevenfold666 1 month ago
One of the better Rush albums
jjpeterson1 1 month ago
three wizards of the music met up in Canada and started the band RUSH .... end of story
93hosted 1 month ago
@93hosted Rush started out as three ordinary men. That's why they are down to the ground and epic at the same time.
DeftCrowMk3 1 month ago
@DeftCrowMk3 ORDINARY EYEGLASS
SuperMegaUberGenius 1 week ago
2 people can go fuck themselves.
awwwyeaboyeeee 1 month ago 2
quite a flairy nostil of undulates
SuperMegaUberGenius 1 month ago
Fantastic song and album. This song was so ahead of it's time!
Hickamheel 1 month ago
like if you got sent her by Ready Player One
TheBoardman13 1 month ago
"Bosses get talking so tough. As if that wasn't evil enough. We get the drunken and the passionate pride, of the citizens along for the ride"
So effing true of most Amaircans. If only young people listened to and understood the meaning of lyrics like this instead of the crap media promoters for Bieber and Beyonce are pushing -the world might be a better place. Green Day's "Do you know your enemy?" is a nice exception to the rule but musically, no one holds a candle to RUSH.
villastrangiato 2 months ago 3
@villastrangiato who, us? snotty nosed british lava lampers hockey hooligan soccer thugh milf loving bloody red white and blue sad sack americans? reminds me of neil from the young ones, hole in my shoe.
SuperMegaUberGenius 3 weeks ago
@2112Dmoney - I agree, the Wal is one sweet sounding bass. I wish Ged would drag it out more often.
villastrangiato 2 months ago
@villastrangiato taurus slippers, yawn and have a drift of beef jerkey, playing in great venues of ampitheatres and rockmen and ancient turles, gammera
SuperMegaUberGenius 3 weeks ago
I hate that Rush is ridiculed for usining lots of synthesizers during the 80's when these songs brought in so many fans to love the band.
dvdfrnzwbr 2 months ago
Hello everyone im from argentina and this is my favourite song of rush, i like it more than tom sawyer, saludos.
beatles122 2 months ago
@beatles122 Thats what makes them so good, so many fantastic songs! Love this one too!
jacostang1 2 months ago
glimpses of Genesis...
karlgustavsen 2 months ago
The drum parts on this song is unbelievable
satamique 2 months ago
Your Rush songs are great !!
gregblunier 3 months ago
MUSIC THAT REMINDS ME THE MOVIE ALIENS 2 (THE RESCUE) 3:52 UNTIL 4:44 IN THE STRETCH, RIPLEY AND WHEN YOUR TEAM IS TARGETED TO THE SULACO!
70SULACO 3 months ago
I think that geddy's bass line in this song, with the fact that its played on the best bass guitar in the world, a Wal bass, makes it like sex to my ears
2112Dmoney 3 months ago
2:44, reminds me of the who a bit!
Equipe3v 3 months ago
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between unfurled insert certainairy :P pointilism at fingerism
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better Bubba burgers and up the 7000 stares
raisins soaked in juniper 's moons
some them call them berries
vahallaendless vikings lost to packers sucks viral video girl
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SuperMegaUberGenius 3 months ago
The lyrics by Neil lol..still my favorite band of all time
AJAM69 4 months ago
Presidents and prime ministers from around the world need to listen to this song.
quidnick 4 months ago 2
You go there folks,you go to the Middle. Better beer.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
Some respondants are pleabes.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
i like 2:17-3:30, and i also like 0:34-1:27 as well. great song.
13maxmom 4 months ago
Big sound ,all intact .The capital of this album.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
I was a Rush fan for a few years when this came out, and I was kind of surprised by it. It is, of course, real good. But it was different from what had come before, and it made it real clear to me that Rush was a very gifted, exceptional band that was here to stay for the long haul. And R30 yrs later, they are. God bless Rush!
probrojeffro 4 months ago
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peart and his laffitte crabs
you ever notice how seinfeld makes these jokes about better food, better people, better beer. like you. rush territories.
i yearn then flush
then wash hands and return to work
SuperMegaUberGenius 4 months ago
We have a duty to save our fellow citizens from the stupefying effects of modern pop music. The cure is called Rush, and there is guaranteed to be a flavor out there for everyone.
Phantom121904 4 months ago 2
And when I die, I would love to hear 2:17-3:30 of this track on endless, constant loop. Best part of it, and what an awesome slice of Rush in the 80s!
DanZero77 4 months ago
2 PEOPLE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT FOR
BETTER PEOPLE
BETTER FOOD
BETTER BEER
With the exception of the live performance on ASOH video, this needs to be put back into their next live setlists, STAT
DanZero77 4 months ago
@DanZero77 My favorite line. lol
probrojeffro 4 months ago
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its only been 30 years. i will find a bad RUSH song before i die. and if not, i will continue full time to hunt one down
MultiRushfan 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Rush
according to yahoo this album's cover is the 20th worst one of all time. They says it's because its of a kid trying to use the remote on a window even though some windows can be opened by a remote now...
lunkheroofnuts 5 months ago
I can't belive it was over 25yrs ago.....Still masterpiece of sound ,recording quality....precission of playing. After quarter of century nobody was even cloce to them in their class.
sp3wvl 5 months ago
@sp3wvl Totally agree! This album absolutely stands the test of time! Every song is top-notch! Even the best of bands that've come along since cannot come close to saying that!
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jundzill 6 months ago
They shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the color of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
when a colorful rag is unfurled
My favorite line from the entire album.
achromat666 6 months ago 2
This is the best song of all time, nothing else even comes close...
donjlegacy 6 months ago
Esse som é místico , fascinante.
Rush , melhor banda do mundo.
RushALMM 6 months ago
This song changed my outlook on life. This band has been THAT profound to me.
Meef1701 6 months ago 2
A brilliant musical expose on nationalism.
pineapplepeanuts 7 months ago
Its so nice to see that my Rush videos dont have any dislikes :D
Das right. dont fuck with Rush.
thepeanutbuttercup8 7 months ago 36
@thepeanutbuttercup8 I like my friend =)
speed1205 7 months ago
@thepeanutbuttercup8 Until now...
Just kidding! Made it 114 likes, thanks for uploading brother.
CobainStJohns 7 months ago
@thepeanutbuttercup8
By posting that comment, you made people dislike it. Comments that say, "HURR DURR NO DISLIKES!!!" make people dislike it just to be an ass. Thanks for ruining the streak, moron.
Slazors 4 months ago
Dear Youtube,
I noticed you have put a dislike button on Rush's songs. Please remove this as soon as possible. Thanks!
Brewcrew273 8 months ago 56
@Brewcrew273 No dislike button must remain, reminds us who we are surrounded by, LMAO
superunt43 6 months ago
@Brewcrew273 Only braindead retards would dislike RUSH.
MultiFloyde 5 months ago
@Brewcrew273 the one wwho put dislike is not a human
walkandlookup 4 months ago
@walkandlookup yes I think it was some nigger in my opinion
MrJonny333031 3 months ago
Rush does not need entry on Hall of Fame. Rush only need us, the rush fans. That's enough to build and keep a happy community.
ferrucciog 8 months ago
because if you put a person in a set,
steam nurture machines
their babies in the warmth
an orca moves around the world
yet no other alien planet invader could bet it but man
the truly only alternative is to talk to loren micheal about lader cats again
but really convince him with old Rush songs from his past
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
it's true
watch?v=xfBFwVztHfs
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
GUPta
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
Rush music is only understandable by us, the advanced race, the Rush fans. Don't waste your time explaining why Rush is cool to Lady Gaga's fans ....hahaha
ferrucciog 8 months ago 4
@ferrucciog I am a Rush fanatic AND a Gaga fan.
InvaderPOE665 8 months ago
@InvaderPOE665 pick a side! haha jk
cpmaniac 8 months ago
@InvaderPOE665 Impossible!
senoreo 4 months ago
@senoreo Making the impossible happen since 1994.
InvaderPOE665 4 months ago
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ferrucciog 8 months ago
bp oil spill deadens the nerve
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
when my babies and parents die
do i teke it personal
or call it an act of God.
i see pergatory
so we all figure ones that we let go will be there when we come back
must we nature them or nurture them
the whole wide world an endless rhetorical question
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
@SuperMegaUberGenius shame
SuperMegaUberGenius 8 months ago
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there are only Two bands in the world, Its Rush and Not Rush
AllNightLong3333 9 months ago
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AllNightLong3333 9 months ago
what would a microscope be in a time machine 2011 petri dish
SuperMegaUberGenius 9 months ago
toby from the office
you know you could just drop it
SuperMegaUberGenius 9 months ago
One of my least favourite albums yet it is still FANTASTIC.
Rush are the epitome of incredible.
slater231 9 months ago
best album
Saulman14 9 months ago
I Asked my Teacher What she thought of Rush. Since theyre my favorite Band of all time. And she say she didn't like them and Never did. That Geddy lee's Voice Was ANNOYING and Obnoxious! WTF! THIS BITCH! LOL
PS. Im 16.
omarvgaga 9 months ago
@omarvgaga tell ms krebopple it's plural and personal
SuperMegaUberGenius 9 months ago
@omarvgaga Just another dickhead , that will never know what they are really missing . its right that the idiots of this world never get to enjoy this beautifull music . lets keep it for the ones that know , and want to know more . turn on people who have a broader mind . i am 46 , i still try and find new music that matches or comes close to Rush . i still have not found it . tho some come close .
virdy65 5 months ago 2
trata de tocar el bajo asi, en vivo y cantando.....
leonfigu 10 months ago
@leonfigu puedes cantar en ingles? XD
InvaderPOE665 9 months ago
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the greatest Rush masterpiece period.
TheTherese3 10 months ago
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the greatest Rushmasterpiece period.
TheTherese3 10 months ago
the greatest Rush piece period.
TheTherese3 10 months ago
This song has some of the best lyrics ever.
"Better people... better food... better beer!" - how Canadian :)
soundy106 10 months ago
What a song!!!
MrArbss 10 months ago
drums at 4:41.......
guitarcrusin 11 months ago
You got to love the way Alex's Lead tone sounds like a Mega-watt laser =]
weldorjay 11 months ago
@weldorjay I love the overtones
guitarcrusin 11 months ago
Any1 notice that the last time the chorus comes in at 4:57 it's in a different key from b4... Compare it to the entries at 1:54 & 3:29. The 1st two are in C major & the last one is in D major... The higher key raises the intensity level.... I love it when Rush does shit like that... like very few other bands on the planet.
guitarcrusin 11 months ago 3
@guitarcrusin Totally. It's cool when people find out these little things. It indeed, makes me happy.
Bools46and2 10 months ago
@Bools46and2 & that's why we love them so much.... best band in the world!
guitarcrusin 10 months ago
One of Neils BEST Lyrics! :-)
vinnykster 1 year ago
Caveman say , " I like it " : he must be a fucking genius , unlike these other Simian apes running around
Dj7baylum 1 year ago
I seem to be @ a connumdrum when I categorize Rush albums in oder of best -Worst , I just can't fuckin do it.
Dj7baylum 1 year ago
i love this song. love to listen to the live" version from ...show of hands. theres just something uplifting and meaningful about it. the live" version just rocks out, got to have it at least once a week. :) D
tauras88d 1 year ago
@tauras88d Thats why i play the lottery...:)......anything can happen....anything!!
william194113 1 year ago
I'll never understand why a lot of people hated this album, songs such as this are brilliant :O
YetAnotherMovie89 1 year ago 2
I'm 36 and in awe as to what Peart could put on paper at my age. he truly is a magicman with prose.
I'd also like to add that while I'm not one to believe in fate, one has to wonder how three of the wrold's most influential and gifted musicians ended up together. the odds are mind blowing if you acually think about it.
mitchsara 1 year ago 2
@mitchsara Thats why i play the lottery...Anything can happen. Anything...........:)
william194113 1 year ago
@william194113 That would be Mission. Not Territories
Pryce2112 1 year ago
@mitchsara Brilliant comments!
drivin951 1 year ago
ok once again ,when i said that rush is an underated band i meant that they are underated in compare to real music means to other great bands like ,led zeppelin,pink floyed etc.. and not to some crappy shit like this justin bieber i even dont know who he is.So please gentleman if you want to answer about my commentar,i will be glad for everything,but please stop it to say things like ''eh because the people prefer this or that'' you know what i mean.
richis404 1 year ago
This whole album was unbelievable considering the time period it was released in. It just simply blew everything else away at that time.
heashon2000 1 year ago
Why is it that so many people think power windows is a bad album? Ever song on it is not only classic but some of their most heartfelt and emotional work. Why people chose to bash it is beyond me.
NeurocideVIbeKILLa 1 year ago
Saw rush on don kirschners rock concert in 1978.Never looked back after that.
djsi38t 1 year ago
Wal bass lovely
zane1961 1 year ago
Rush, I love you.
Skatepro5 1 year ago 2
Better people, better food and better beer.
lilypod23 1 year ago
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sos1001001 1 year ago
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sos1001001 1 year ago
Rush is awesome!
cgood1wvu 1 year ago
really Rush is so underated , why ? why so many bands are considerated as bigger than them ? i cant understand this , and this wasnt even their best album , moving pictures was one of the best albums in music histroy
richis404 1 year ago 24
@richis404 Seriously? Power Windows beats the HELL out of Moving Pictures. I find Moving Pictures to be rather bland, actually, compared to works on Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Counterparts...
thanecrios 1 year ago
@thanecrios Moving Pictures is the zenith of Rush's talent. Alongside Permanent Waves it sat between 2 different Rush eras: After the prog rock epics such as Hemispheres and 2112 but before the onset of synth as heard in Signals/GuP/Windows - don't get me wrong; great albums in their own right but pale a little next to Moving Pictures.... Limemlight/Camera Eye/Barchetta - classics!
mikemcd1971 1 year ago
@mikemcd1971 I've listened Moving Pictures to death. Seriously. Side one is absolutely boring at this point. When I think about it and compare it to other prog that I listen to, Moving Pictures, particularly side one, seems absolutely drab. It doesn't have any of the excitement that tons of other Rush puts into me. Even when I first listened to it, after Tom Sawyer I was like "..that's it? That's the "best" Rush song? blaaahhh"
thanecrios 1 year ago
@thanecrios I wouldn't dismiss anyone not liking Moving Pictures - you're right, there's plenty more to like about Rush and all their albums prior to Hold Your Fire are great in their own right: I personally list Grand Designs, Between the Wheels and Digital Man amongst my favourite tracks alongside Hemispheres from the earlier albums. Moving Pictures simply blends the best bits of Rush together. I admit, it takes time and is a "grower" - but boring it ain't!
mikemcd1971 1 year ago
@mikemcd1971 Moving Pictures? A grower? Since when is ANY album as mainstream and commercialized as Moving Pictures a grower? Side one is fully of catchy riffs like much of the mainstream music at the time. In fact, I always felt that Tom Sawyer could have been a song by The Police if it was toned down a bit. I dunno, I just think that it's simply playing off all of the success that Permanent Waves had, because Moving Pictures is the only album that is noticeably similar to another Rush album.
thanecrios 1 year ago
@thanecrios Fair comment: Moving Pictures and Permanent Waves are very similar. Tom Sawyer could be a Police track in disguise, I take your point; I always think that about Vital Signs too! To be more specific, Camera Eye and YYZ may be the "growers" on the album. Despite being mainstream, it was the last album where synths took a backseat accompaniement rather than coming to the fore like they did Signals onwards. By Hold your Fire synths had took such a hold that I find that album unlistenable
mikemcd1971 1 year ago
@thanecrios No it doesn't, seriously. Power Windows was good but Moving Pictures was epic rock. Just hearing Limelight shows how classic that album was not to mention Red Barchetta. Obviously Tom Sawyer was great but that whole album was awsome. Powe Windows was good but not classic, more 80s synth pop than Moving Pictures.
ViciousAlienKlown 1 year ago
@ViciousAlienKlown I agree wholeheartedly with that mate.
mikemcd1971 1 year ago
@thanecrios And in my honest opinion, I know MP was a big hit for them but Counterparts charted higher and they don't even really include much from Signals (save for Subdivisions) forward to Test For Echo on their live setlists anymore! TERRITORIES NEEDS TO COME BACK
DanZero77 4 months ago
@richis404 ya but it was one album that everyone thinks there a rush fan if they know the famous songs aka limelight tom sawyer red barchetta yyz etc and i liked there more progressive music hemispheres is an awsome album but ya your right rush is underated
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp moving pictures was my very first rush album and i never heard any song of it before. I found them on a sampler ,there was the song countdown on it from signals and i heard this song again and again then i wanted to hear something more from them and decided to buy me a whole album of them.For me in the early 80s were the best music, so i read the released date on the backside of the cover 1981 and so i choose moving pictures and i bought a masterpiece
richis404 1 year ago
@richis404 hmm we'll i didn't grow up in the 80's more like 2000's which really suck but in november 2007 went to a used cd shop i bought a the who cd and a farewell to kings listened to it every once in a while then started looking up on you tube vids and then near the end of grade 7 which was 2009 i bought rush retrospective 1 and listened for half the summer bought exit stage left in august 09 and rush gold then started buying ALOT of cd's now have over 20 cd's 1 vinyl and 3 cassetes RUSH
zackjp 1 year ago 2
@zackjp the reason why i told you this story is to let you know that moving pictures isnt my favorite rush album because its maybe their most famous.Btw i was born in the 80s so lets say that i grow up in the 90s and i found out about rush in 1998 i think
richis404 1 year ago
@richis404 ok
zackjp 1 year ago
@zackjp That's awesome. For me, one day I decided to put in my MOM'S moving pictures cd. I loved every song. I moved onto greatest hits and that opened it up for me big time hearing Fly by night and 2112. I bought A Farewell to Kings, Signals, All the World's a Stage, and Counterparts all in the same day. They are now my gods. Growing up in the 2000's does suck with today's modern music. Luckily Rush is still going.
nevinkel 1 year ago 2
@richis404 Watch their new documentary movie, called Beyond the LIghted Stage, and you will have your questions answered, my son.
VODMagazine 1 year ago
@VODMagazine i will have a look for it,thx
richis404 1 year ago
@VODMagazine I agree; the DVD does answer a lot of questions about Rush. Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins summed it up when he said "someone has to explain why they're [Rush] there - Led Zeppelin has been over-explained". It's true - I love Led Zep aswell but it is astonishing that Rush don't get a fraction of the publicity yet they easily match them musically and are not far behind in platinum albums either! Well said Bill.
mikemcd1971 1 year ago
@richis404 Because the average music listener wants to wank off to Britney Spears, Katy Perry, or Justin Beiber. They don't get it. Luckily for us, we do!
heashon2000 1 year ago 2
@heashon2000 ok,but i wanted to compare rush with bands like ,pink floyd ,the rolling stones,genesis ...etc....all bands who are more famous and succesful than them
richis404 1 year ago
@richis404 Rush is underated because people now don't know what real music is.
XxSolidKodixX 1 year ago 2
@richis404 I know what you mean but they have just been awarded the Living Legends award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in London and it was on the BBC :-) And I saw their "Beyond the lighted stage" at a giant cineplex in Central Europe recently. As Geddy Lee said in the documentary, They´re the biggest cult band in the world.
andinoble 1 year ago
@richis404 I hear ya duder!! Haha!! This album is pretty underated too! It took me awhile to get into but once it hit! Presto!! LOL!!
BboyRYANiFy 1 year ago
@BboyRYANiFy at which of my commentars are you refering?
richis404 1 year ago
@richis404 The reasons are simple. One, their songs rarely conform to the standard length and level of intelligence that the radio stations want to feed out to the masses. Two, the trio would rather quit the music scene and take up plumbing than compromise their art. It's my understanding that 'Tom Sawyer' was the one song they ever made that was specifically targeted for mass media radio. Even then, it's still a fantastic piece of work ;)
whitliggett 1 year ago
@whitliggett yes look i got many of answers like this because the people misunderstand me a little bit.I compare rush with pink floyd for example and not with the pop shit from the radio and in compare to pink floyd rush is clearly underrated.
richis404 1 year ago
@whitliggett Time Stand Still may also fall into the category you rightly mentioned.
Jamaiceltable 1 year ago
@richis404 True! It was a very groundbreaking album that pushed the boundrys of Rock into new territories...pardon the pun!
alembicbassguy 11 months ago
@alembicbassguy Power windows is pure harmony! :) I say this because i many people said to me that in their opinion power windows owns moving pictures,but this is ok because, its just a fantastic band!
richis404 11 months ago
@richis404 top two albums ever made...ever song on both albums are classics,...cept big money..just cant get into that one and i graduated in 1985...this album is so 1985..u had to be there
execatty 11 months ago
@execatty i missed it by a year!
scat4u 10 months ago
@richis404 rush is far from under rated. although they havent been conducted in the rock n roll hall of fame theyre still one of the best bands in the world
LuigieatsBabies 8 months ago
@richis404 I wouldn't say they are underrated. A lot of people know about them. However, the R&R Hall of Fame hasn't given them their due.
MultiDannyboy89 8 months ago
@richis404 at the end it don't matter. These guys where made for music, understandind that is part of the deal, plus; it brings us "the few lucky one" here, to listen.... and share thoughts
8marcl888 7 months ago
@richis404 why? because most people likes shits.
TheNihonjapan 6 months ago
such a great chord progression from 1:30 to 1:53. i freakin love Alex Lifeson.
21129181 1 year ago
God, this song is fun to play. If you have a bass, you should learn it, it's not too hard, you just need to get the double-finger-double-string thing down, which you will never regret. Actually learn everything off of power windows. The only one I don't know is emotion detector. Man, that one is FAST. Hard to figure out what he's playing on that one.
PumpkinlordEzmar 1 year ago 12
@PumpkinlordEzmar I agree man! Power Windows is a FEAST of amazing bass! :-) A must listen for any bassist! :-)
vinnykster 1 year ago
@PumpkinlordEzmar I don't play... but I do love the bassline in this tune. Some of Alex's best shredwork too.
soundy106 10 months ago
@PumpkinlordEzmar Yeah, bro I realized quick that after playing bass for 4 yrs, I will easily be playing this lines for the rest of my life. So glad there is someone like Geddy on this planet. Often times, I think how can someone play bass like that? It's not even like he's on stage playing by himself. He makes these complex lines work in a song, which I feel a bass line should do. Support the song. He makes the listener say, "is that a bass". Have you tried "the big money"? That one is sikkkk!!
1dgkonig 10 months ago
Timeless.
JaysThoughts 1 year ago
"Dont feed the People, but we feed the machines..........They shoot!! Without Fear ....In the name of a piece of dirt...For a change of Accent..or the colour of your shirt.....Better the pride that resides...In a citizen of the World!! Than the Pride that Divides..When a colourful Rag is unfurled...
YYZ2GO 1 year ago 2
@YYZ2GO They shoot with out *shame
thanecrios 1 year ago
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@YYZ2GO They shoot without *shame
thanecrios 1 year ago
So epic.
jmpilcher 1 year ago
"A whole wide world, an endless universe, yet we keep looking through the eyeglass in reverse" Listen to that bass starting at 4:07
radioheadkids2 1 year ago