Rush Power Windows Era Interviews

[@Doofer22]

I'll always count myself lucky that I happen to be one of those Rush fans that loves all the eras. Recently starting really getting in deep with this one and it is seriously unique. Love this record.

[@fedupfaces]

Absolutely me too! and listening to rush fan podcasts so many fans that hated that era finally see what Rush was doing and really embracing the music of that era!

[@ctfair]

Power Windows has always been my favorite Rush album. Every Rush album has its place, but Power Windows has such a big, richer sound.

[@caravann26]

And Hugh syme did his master work for that cover. I shouldn't say master work I've never seen his full catalog

[@greatcoldemptiness]

It's their objective best.

[@devendasmusic]

Agreed, but only now am I starting to get It

[@zx7-rr486]

One of the best albums EVER recorded. It's sublime. The music, performances and production are incredible. Everyone who says 'too many keyboards' should just listen to the bass lines and guitar solos on this record. Out of this world.

[@punypoppy9147]

+Gavin ”M500” Z Well said.

[@ataylor2112]

+Gavin “M500” Z Agree 100% .... I love the production. Lifeson's solos on this album are sublime.

[@evankeal]

ZX7 -RR the effects used on the very new sounding synths were an atmospheric extravaganza. Ditto for the sounds Alex and Neil achieved. Clever use of reverbs propel the synths into large atmospheric soundscapes and some good sequenced synths that have a very musical rock feel. I was 16 and aware of rush, just got a new casio cz101 and played this album everyday, still one of my favorite albums by anyone. Very good album to learn a little rock theory on, much like Moving Pictures was for guitar.

[@bytor991]

honestly couldnt agree more, best album ever, my second favorite is Hold Your Fire

[@tuz0wils0n]

It's an epic soundscape that is almost symphonic. Love it!

[@GreenHotDogz]

Love it. Middletown Dreams is definitely one of my all time favorite Rush songs.

[@rolandedrummer9723]

It's the one song I listen to regularly from that album.

[@SomewhereInTheMaidenverse]

Same!!!!

[@MrRyguy2112]

This!

[@JeffDinkin]

My God this guy is brilliant. To watch this now, so many years later - you really have to appreciate the phenomenal wisdom of RUSH!

[@peakyblinders4127]

Rest In Peace Neil Peart. 💔

[@johnnystieferman6527]

Mystic Rhythms. Is my all time favorite Rush song, Saw them first time in 76 with Kiss and have not missed a tour since....

[@abababaTV]

The most criminally underrated album of all time !!!!

[@kevinbell6616]

My personal favorite Rush album.

[@PabloSantaMariaH]

As of lately, mi personal favorite too.

[@hankgarza4975]

Says who? You mentally ill "underrated" comment schmucks are so small minded and extremely simple.

[@AVB91]

PW sounded brighter and slightly less synth driven than GUP.

[@hankgarza4975]

Wow! What a comment! Looks like you spend a lot of time alone in the dark, Junk Pump.@@AVB91

[@trevizons]

I just can't believe it, THANKS for posting this wonderful material, I used to spend hours during my high school days watching the GOOD OLD MTV always expecting to see a Rush interview, specially during the Grace U. Press. and the Power Windows era which to me it was a very special era and a beautiful one as part of my youth, and I had never seen this ! Mark Goodman and the lovely Martha Quinn talking about my favourite band, 500 characters are not enough in order to desribe this beauty CHEERS!

[@amywaters7246]

"They brought in a keyboard player". Yes, his name was Gary Weinrib. Great keyboardist, played a decent bass also. Sheesh.

[@davidlythgoe3764]

They brought in a keyboard player. Andy Richards. He played on Hold Your Fire too.

[@briankane6400]

Jack secret

[@Ram44]

Amy Geddy changes his legal name to Geddy years ago.

[@MVboys2]

2-year late reply, but as David Lythgoe said the Power Windows album did have Andy Richards playing additional keyboard parts. Geddy still did most of them though. Richards also played additional keyboards on Hold Your Fire. But live Geddy played all the keyboard parts.

[@GEDDY37]

Ha

[@TimsEnthusiastGarage]

One of my favourite records of all time. Thank you soooo much for posting this

[@daflotsam]

Thanks for putting this together. Songs, videos, movies...they can all easily be found. But gems like these clips only exist on those old tapes we made back in the day. Makes for real everyday memories for those of us in our teens during the 80s. Thank you.

[@thegood9]

There was something about the majesty of the melodies on PW and GUP. A LOT of the older folks didn't like those records, but..."Between the Wheels", "Marathon", and "The Manhattan Project" were absolutely ethereal and amazing.

[@Mike739107]

Awesome interviews. This is when the "M" in MTV still stood for "MUSIC" and not "moronic".

[@vinnykster]

I agree so much! There should be an old school MTV channel showing all this great footage. I'd watch it all the time like I used to :-)

[@CNCChazz]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, that was awesome who ever put this together

[@tdrewman]

Geddy says he is getting older, to me he looks so young.

[@hcmusic101]

He was about 32

[@yes_head]

His voice was definitely changing back then, though. He couldn't sing the stuff from albums like 2112 like he used to. On the other hand, his voice actually got stronger in some ways. He was a better singer, but just didn't have the range to wail like a banshee any more.

[@PUBHEAD1]

Saw them on this tour and many others. I miss these guys

[@TheSighphiguy]

every time the static popped up i was expecting the 2112 ending..."we have assumed control".

[@ultimate_savage190]

Saw this tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, i will never forget it damn i was 23 years old lol. time moves fast 56 now.

[@AnubisXII]

Haha. I still think of Grace Under Pressure as "New" Rush. I remember trying to believe that the Rush who did Grace Under Pressure was the same Rush that did All the Worlds a Stage. Great band. I started listening to them in 1977 and haven't missed a tour in over 30 years.

[@DrummingMoose]

"'That doesn't suit Rush'. Those words have never been uttered." - Geddy

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

I like to listen to Hemispheres and then Hold your fire, and its just a trip. Talk about range and musical diversity.

[@bullittThomas]

One of the best RUSH tours ever! I saw them twice on this tour Dallas, TX and then3 months later in Oklahoma City!

[@marcuskeulertz5852]

Rush mixed two ingredients of music styles together. Heavy Metal and Progressive Rock.

[@drumngrewve]

Trippy how Rush was in their new wave/synth era and MTV keep using the OG pink logo from their incarnation stage. You'd think they'd use the newer sleeked GUP era logo. Cool how the logos were always representative of their current sound.

[@federipal]

Power Windows is an absolute masterpiece, which founded a keyboard-based new genre of music, that was being baked from Signals album. Today, a huge number of bands, like russian masters The Gourishankar, are based exactly on this genre.

[@briancarpenter7179]

That sure takes me back. When MTV actually played music. VJ's Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn were a staple of those times.

[@SonOfYoungwood]

This is a nice time capsule of a band that was at its peak. Great stuff!

[@vitalsign0]

Always been my favorite album by them. From beginning to end perfection

[@RB-YWGLGA]

“We want to write songs that endure.” - GL

[@HowardWatts1]

Thanks sooooooooooo much!!! I received your message and came over to see an interview with Alex I've not seen for 30 odd years! It's really heart warming to see these slices of life, memories replayed that were thought lost. Brilliant! I cannot thank you enough.

[@RA31A]

All hearing any of this does is makes me want to listen to The Fountain of Lamneth or Xanadu 🎵💕🎵💕

[@ZIG4ZAG20]

Second Rush show for me. Thursday Jan 9, 1986, Pensacola Civic Center w/ Steve Morse opening. Never forget at the start of the solo in CTTH, Alex broke a string, and literally threw his guitar like 10 feet toward stage right(where someone caught it) while another guy ran out with a new guitar. Never missed a note, if you blinked you would have missed it, how Neil and Geddy saw and knew just where to double back to the exact spot was just unbelievable.

[@BrendanMcClelland]

Back when MTV was MTV.

[@Nigelxman]

+Brendan McClelland What does that even mean?

[@BrendanMcClelland]

Well when Mark, Alan, Martha, Nina, and JJ were VJs that's when MTV was at it's best.

[@MasterMalrubius]

+Brendan McClelland Yeah, I had a crush on Martha Quinn.

[@punypoppy9147]

+Nigelxman They used to showcase actual music in there and the quality was significantly higher. Now they have million sub channels for different genres and they're pretty platant as a whole.

[@BigSkippy1263]

+Andrew Boehmer Who didn't???

[@mooganstooker2419]

Mystic Rhythms is a wonderfully put together piece and is my favorite from Power Windows.

[@ThunderZandor]

Thanks for this rare video. MuchMoreMusic channel 36 here in Canada did a 45 minute documentary on Rush and showed 1 or 2 clips from the live PW tour era, not the Halifax St.Johns report. I got it on VHS but don't have the know how to upload to youtube.

[@chrisknowlton9460]

My favorite Rush album musically and lyrically. ❤🎸

[@r8dj]

Holy Mtv in it's infancy interview....brings back old memories. Power Windows tour was my first opportunity to see these guys live. Like all their shows since then, it was life changing.

[@m623]

A Great Album Power Windows ...

[@sideshow1297]

Can we just take a minute and marvel at absolutely everyone's hair style in this collection of outtakes.

[@kristinabergie4512]

Even if MTV is still TV in this era, I wish shows like this were still a thing.

[@xxxx15us]

They did do their homework. They're talking about on the album, not the tour. Several people have played on Rush albums other than Alex, Geddy, and Neil. Andy Richards played some additional keyboards on Power Windows and that's what they're referring to.

[@vinnykster]

Anyone else with more stuff like this or even the ROCKLINE interviews .. please load them. This is way cool! I thought i'd seen just about everything with Rush. I love finding out that I'm wrong about that! Ty for uploading!

[@eddieman45248]

I remember Hugh syme doing the keyboards for 2112 but I'd always assumed that Geddy did all the keyboard work. And you're welcome. I'm a huge Rush fan and enjoy any good video of the band I can find.

[@ndkpak]

First tour i saw, was gup, loved it, never missed a tour all the way to last tour, miss them already, this marks 5 years now, from here on it will be the longest time off for them

[@paulelliott3220]

Rush are just the best, in all eras Power Windows is a great album and all component parts as good as always Brilliant Keep it 2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

[@Danimal300zx]

Sorry, it's both Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows era. So, 1984 to 1986.

[@MrMutterbug]

Incredible record..

[@xxxx15us]

Glad you liked it! I wish there was more of this kind of stuff from the 80s.

[@dcb1138]

Damn...never noticed how close Geddy's eyes are together.

[@logan4x6]

- Eye width close |.l..................................| wide

[@bluewaveshows4u]

One of the best Rush albums in the catalogue!👍

[@myownspiritlevel]

Hey! I saw them at the Civic Center in Pensacola, FL that tour! Acoustics were awful. Sat in the nose bleed section. Still, a night to remember.

[@DavidSiciliano2100]

I still remember at my teens founding Power Windows at the supermarket and asking my father to buy it.

[@ryanpekarchuk4078]

Cool seeing old MTV footage of RUSH! Love it

[@Doofer22]

YES! So awesome to hear. Saw them during Time Machine Tour and damn glad I did (Moving Pictures requires no KZbin comment adulation it's such a perfect record) but now I'm even more stoked to be seeing them on this upcoming tour. So excited to hear they are digging in to such an awesome slice of the discography.

[@andrewmiller4573]

The POWER of the mullet! I've never seen this interview before. I was glued to MTV in these days and if you actually saw a Rush VIDEO back then, you were lucky! I kinda remember seeing "Big money" and "Mystic Rhythms" mostly?

[@rushtabconvideo]

Nice upload. There is some live Power Windows tour footage there that was shot so it exists *somewhere*! I wonder if that was shot by MTV or some local news? That tour would be great to have a Pro-Shot concert found and released or even if they just shot a song or two, it would make a great bonus for an official Rush DVD/Blu-ray release such as the Time Machine Release later this year or next year after the upcoming concert filming.

[@nathanstevens259]

Geddy played the keyboards on the record too... Not just live

[@xxxx15us]

@vinnykster Glad you liked it! I wish I had more old MTV stuff, too, Check out my channel for a bunch of other really rare Rush stuff. A lot of it is stuff from my old VHS tapes that I've never seen anywhere on the internet until I uploaded it. Enjoy!

[@SuperSparrow45]

I know Geddy loves his Fenders, but the Wal basses he had registered the best bass sounds of any albums.

[@GothJedi]

Did he use a Fender on Moving Pictures?

[@SuperSparrow45]

Desmond Odom Yes, he used a fender jazz and his rickenbacker.

[@Seano-ie8ne]

Jazz bass and Steinberger are my favorite sounds he used

[@polbecca]

The good old days, when the waiting list for a Wal bass was so short you could record with a borrowed bass, order your own and have it delivered in time to make the music video.

[@jacquesfinster5034]

@@SuperSparrow45 Only in Red Barchetta

[@spiritofradio]

absolutely brilliant...thank you for bringing it to the masses

[@ZappingHero]

I have that album, and loved it, it's like rock'n'roll music from a heaven of paradise (lol). :D

[@scottoneal2031]

Very, very underrated album. The height of musicianship.

[@MrAlexhollins]

The 80's albums are some of my faves.

[@mookyyzed]

Power Windows is beyond underrated. There isn't a bad song on this album, and their talent shines.

[@southplnk]

yea amazing to hear force ten analog kid body electric & half of the power windows album i was in tears when they played manhattan project

[@bradwhitcomb6880]

"I am Geddy Lee and I will like whatever power-chord I want." And Rush on their Power Windows Tour, sponsored by Campbell's Soup. When you're in a Rush, Campbell's Soup will get you there.

[@yngvebalmsteen9174]

The eyebrows and hair are wild on Geddy in this video. I just got turned onto this album, liking it a lot.

[@mattbybee5354]

The many stages of Rush....

[@pbrsteve5974]

The middle of middletown dreams is the best.

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

This is flipp'n 30 years ago, and was a big part of my life back then

[@vinnykster]

Geddy was so right on the money in the first interview with regards to the hair bands that were fakin it and following all the clichés. The bands that transcend metal that he was describing ended up bein Metallica for Geddy. Geddy has always been a big fan of them cause of there realness and musicianship

[@andrewpowell1734]

Uh. Geddy's hair kind of sucks!

[@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124]

Geddy Lee was spot on about Metallica

[@dingadoodle1]

people who are commenting on the quality of this upload .. go find something useful to do with your time .. thanks for posting this !!!

[@GEDDY37]

PW what was the first album Rush released after I became a fan. I remember bussing down toA&B sound on Seymour Street in Vancouver the day it was released.

[@xxxx15us]

It was a pain and I had never done it before. VHS to DVD to editing software to format changer to clip combiner to youtube uploading was a long trip for someone with no experience at this. That's why a lot of these still have watermarks until I can get the full version of the editing software. Are you sure that was the PW tour? I've got a bunch of other MuchMusic stuff on my channel including a long show from the HYF tour, I'd like to know more about what you have. Anyway, thanks for commenting!

[@xxxx15us]

@duder6666 I think you're right, music is for the most part completely disposable now. I think that's why bands don't last as long either. I guess I'm old but I just can't bring myself to buy mp3s for example. To me, enjoying the album art, reading the lyrics and credits (especially on Rush albums) and actually having to take care of something physically is/was all part of the experience that made it seem more valuable. Anyway, I hope everyone is enjoying all the Rush vids I put up.

[@brassknuklebrandi]

Geddy talks about something called floppy disks at 3:10. Wow! I remember those. What's with the beaver pelt on Geddy's head?

[@xxxx15us]

No problem, it's an easy assumption to make. I didn't even realize until a few years ago that when Rupert Hine produced Presto and Roll the Bones that he played a bit of keys on those as well. In the early days Hugh Syme was also on a couple things. It's not like it was all done for Geddy though, he's still the principal keyboard player on those albums. Thanks for watching!

[@austinschilling3835]

Brilliant Record. However, I'm a bit confused. Did Rush really use a keyboard player on Power Windows, as MTV suggests 2:50-3:36? If so, on my 80's records and tapes, instead of a Bass Guitar, why do I hear bass coming from Moog Taurus synthesizer pedals on parts of songs where keyboard synthesizers are played? Other times I hear both keyboard synthesizers and Bass Guitar at once...

[@brianshaffneraclc]

It isn't only MTV that said so. The liner notes credit someone (Andy Richards, if I remember?) for additional keyboards/programming, something to that effect. I would guess that, probably, it's more the programming/sequencing stuff --- like on Grand Designs, where you have that synth sequence and bass guitar at the same time. Hard to say what else. But, check out Moving Pictures credits. Hugh Syme played the synthesizers on Witch Hunt --- and there is no bass guitar while they are playing. Presumably, because Geddy did plan to play them live, which he did. Ged has stated he isn't a totally proficient keyboardist/synthesist -- that he learned things as he went. Apparently, to expedite things, help was occasionally used in the studio. And then Ged would learn to handle it for the live performance. Several albums credit someone else as additional keyboards/programming.

[@trevor.c2112]

Austin Schilling Think of it as Rush using Ben Mink for electric violin on Losing It, (Signals) It was most likely a guest musician, otherwise, Rush wouldn't be the kick- ass trio we know today.

[@mathiabybalonia6598]

I loved 80 s rush- all of it !!!

[@xxxx15us]

@SuperLilred03 Glad you're enjoying them, thanks for the nice comment!

[@Emperor-Dra-of-TX]

Y’all have known them as long as me, don’t yall think that they are something more than human?!! I still can’t get enough of them! A. J. C., III 21 Dec 23

[@extradutyfelt1]

except Rush is progressive hard rock, not heavy metal..

[@patricklauer4452]

kid gloves I always thought of them as a kick ass rock band that always expands their sound and evolves with each and every record! That cannot do wrong at all! 😃🤘🤩🔥🙏

[@jaym3064]

I remember some of these clips. I was 19. Back then the only way we found out about a new album was the local radio DJ or yup, MTV

[@NothusDeusVagus]

floppy disks... I remember those things...Oh shit I feel old.

[@mda037]

The first 3 interview snippets are clearly from the 1984 Grace Under Pressure era. Power Windows interviews after that.

[@jfprieur]

They always alternate between a more greatest hits tour, which was the previous one R30, and ones where they get to have fun and play stuff that they like, which is this tour. Always have a blast seeing them even if it isn't the radio hits, and hearing Grand Design almost 30 years after seeing my first Rush concert (power windows tour) was fantastically awesome.

[@TJH3113]

Great post. Thanks.

[@TheDoctor394]

@xxxx15us Album art... credits... lyrics... I couldn't agree more. Downloading songs/albums is simply soulless.

[@tdrewman]

1:41 Fast Forward to 2015 and yes it is to get up there!

[@powerprojection360]

The blended interludes by Geddy and Alex are the best part of this album aside from Peart's percussion outside the guilded cage.

[@Mozart1220]

I was never a big grunge fan, but I'm grateful to those guys for KILLING 80's fashion.

[@xxxx15us]

@rushtabconvideo Unfortunately, there's almost certainly no actual concerts that were filmed on the Power Windows or Signals tours. Any brief bits of footage you see like in this video just come from the cameras of those doing the reporting. Similar to the Buffalo 1980 footage or the Halifax 1987 footage. You can't confuse that with a full show. I suppose there's some tiny chance that those tours were filmed by a venue but after over 25 years I think the odds are almost nil. Wish I was wrong.

[@sonicplayg]

Awesome!!!... thanks for posting :)

[@futureshock7425]

my favorite Geddy hairstyle, the prog mullet!

[@sogggyyy]

Thank you. These are great!

[@xxxx15us]

Totally. I don't want to piss off anybody so I won't give specific spoilers but for those other Rush fans who love Power Windows and the 80s era in general you're just going to be in awe of the new setlist. If someone had told me before tonight (the opening show) I just wouldn't have believed it. Seriously, there's no way to over-emphasize how much 80s stuff they played. That'll anger a lot of people but it's almost all 80s and the new album and very few tired standards which makes me happy!

[@nomad1517]

Rush's synth era got me into electronic music in general.

[@KristianVinales]

what an album, maybe my fav very original sound. late 70s and 80s Rush IMO best

[@analogkid1963]

who's neil purt?

[@joyciet4371]

"Neil Peart" is his name and the drummer of Rush

[@ccgbassandmore3]

oh really

[@rmartin7558]

How do you pronounce it? I've heard people say, "Purt", "Pairt", "Parrot", "Peeert." He's the guy who replaced John Rutsey.

[@mbr7156]

@@rmartin7558 the word 'ear" flanked with a p and a t so 'p(ear)t'

[@JustinHmusic]

Airport

[@steveblue824]

Hey man! Geddy has earned the right to say whatever the heck he wants! He and Rush have severely paid their dues as artists! They are not only rock but heavy metal too as well as a number of other music genres! Metallica couldn't even hold their jock-strap! Rush stayed true to their musical vision; control over their sound without caving in to external pressures directing how they should sound. That is what they are revered by legions of fans who respect their creativity and artistry! Enoug

[@tdrewman]

I remember watching this back in 8th grade and thinking, this band is great.

[@xxxx15us]

Thanks again! I would have replaced all these videos with watermarks by now but I'm having trouble getting the full version of the software I need. It will be done, though, it bugs me as much as it bugs you guys. But at least for now it's here so people can see it. The watermarked stuff is all from ancient VHS tapes that I had to digitize and rip and edit, etc. Check out the 1987 Rush Hour doc on my channel among other things, I'll bet tons of Rush fans have never seen some of that stuff.

[@xxxx15us]

When I wrote that there was only a setlist A but as it turns out it applies to both.