Thanks, guys. I knew the bass would the thing that yall would love. That's why I picked it. I got the Ryan & George head bob, that's all I wanted

I’m a 80s kid. “Synth Rush” is my Rush. Middletown Dreams still gives me chills.

Full stop, you guys need to do Subdivisions next.

The entire Power Windows album is a masterpiece.

You have to realize that in concert.. Geddy played the synth lines with his tight hand.. bass with his left.. pedals with his foot.. and sang. I remember watching that and just being awestruck.

I’m a Canadian and a Rush fan. Here’s the thing about Rush: the 70’s Rush is easy to like because it rocks and it’s in your face complex. But 80’s Rush is as good, but in a different way. You have to listen to 80’s Rush a little more because while it is not raw and heavy, it has beautiful (catchy) melodies and the songs are impressive in a more nuanced way. Yes, the go nuts on the synths between 82-92, but their albums have tons of amazing pop songs. What’s fun is hearing how Rush adds complicated rhythms and riffs in radio friendly tracks. They embrace world music, electronica, reggae and so on. Plus, I find Geddy Lee a better singer in the 80’s and 90’s. So yes, if you want awesome prof rock, listen to 70’s Rush. If you want interesting nuanced catchy tracks, check out Rush in the 80’s. Nobody sounds like them. With all that said, Power Windows is maybe the most 80’s sounding Rush record ever made. It’s cold and big sounding. It’s kinda like music for yuppie scientists, or something.

My favourite Rush album! The musicianship on this album and arrangement is perfect, all the tracks are killer! 😎

That whole album is a clinic on bass playing and solidified Geddy as one of the all time greats! Remember he is playing bass, assisting in keeping the tempo, playing synths, and singing at the same time! Plus he has to perform this live. Absolutely amazing!

As a drummer, If you don't find this song fun or challenging, got nothing for you. For drummers, this is a hidden gem. Love it....

RUSH was an open-minded band, and this shows why. They absorbed all the sounds of every decade they went through. This is what RUSH did with the 80s sounds. Because I went through that time as a keyboard player, I saw the revolution that was happening in the technology. The limitless possibilities that were being put in front of us, made us all want to play with all the toys as much as possible.This was the dawn of the digital age. It was all new and exiting. Alex's guitar sounds, and Neil's drum sounds went way 80's too. Keep up the Power Windows. It was a great album!

Some of Geddy's most iconic bass work is on Power Windows. Rush still managed to turn out high-quality rock throughout the 80s while still showing that they were paying attention to what was happening in the music of the day. I'm really glad that you acknowledged that. As stated elsewhere on this thread, The Big Money and Mystic Rhythms are must-listen.

As Rush moved into the 1980s, and as their sound became more synth heavy, they really started to experiment with more "tribal" sounding rhythm parts. It is very apparent on their song "Red Sector A" off of their "Grace Under Pressure" album. Personally I've never been a huge fan of this song, and if I were to recommend something off of this album it would have been either "Manhattan Project" or "Mystic Rhythms" but I can't complain too much. It's always great to see Rush get attention.

“Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world, than the pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled.” This song has some incredible lyrics that are more relevant than ever.👍🔥

If u guys ever come back to this album, you've GOTTA do The Big Money and Mystic Rhythms. 2 of the best Rush songs out there hands down

You have to do Middletown Dreams! Trust me! I listened to this entire album the other day. It’s such an exceptional album! Every song can be an interesting reaction.

I never understood why Rush fans dislike the synth era. Signals, Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows have no bad songs. Some of my personal favorite songs are on these albums.

I love the “short form” Rush with tons of Synths. Grace Under Pressure, particularly. And Alex Lifeson is soooooo sneaky brilliant on all this stuff.

“Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world, than the pride the divides when a colorful rag is unfurled”. A powerful line. The message of the lyrics with the power of the music is what makes the overall music experience spectacular.

Marathon, Manhatton Project, Middletown Dreams & Mystic Rhythms were great songs from this album. Will really look forward to your reaction to any of these.

OH WOW this is one of my favorites RUSH songs. Thanks for doing this one guys!!!

Power Windows has some great tracks on it. I still am hoping for a subdivisions listen (although its not my favorite Rush song by any means) I think it's the perfect segue from moving pictures era rush into the 80s rush that you hear on power windows etc.

I think the older I get, the more Power Windows is one of my favorite "go-to" Rush albums. Maybe it's the symmetry of it being an eight song album where each song is between 5 and 6 minutes. To me, that's psychologically satisfying. And while I don't think it's a "concept" album per se, there is definitely an overarching theme of greed, consumerism, suburban alienation, and post-war/cold war fear that is distinctly 1985.

this reaction cracked me up ! it’s clear they wanted to not like it but couldn’t help loving the arrangement - coupled with the heartfelt sentiments

I love that you guys took the time to do a track like this. These are (Obviously) not the mainstream, but reflect a HUGE part of what a band like Rush represents, and for those of us that are die hard fans, we appreciate this!! :D Thank you.

Emotion detector off this album has easily the best guitar solo in history.

As a hardcore Rush fan, I must say that this record needed time to grow on me. Now it´s one of my favorites.

Dustin's brother here. I really enjoyed seeing this. He asked me to help him choose between 3 Rush songs and this one got the vote because of its current relevance but also because of the nasty bass line, but go back and don't sleep on the drums either. The 80s sound and the way things were engineered at the time just has a certain feel to it, and Rush did it really well and in their own unique way. Its not everyone's cup of tea even as Rush fans, but we are talking about a span of over 40 years of making music here.

All I have to say is, look at what was in the radio in 1985 when this was released: We Are The World- USA for Africa Take On Me - A-Ha I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner Shout - Tears For Fears Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears Crazy On You - Madonna The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & News A View to a Kill - Duran Duran 4 were sound track songs, and all were synth heavy. All were trying to MTV playtime and synth was in. Now watch it live sometime and see how Geddy pulls off that much synth and bass while singing and you might have a greater appreciation. BTW, Marathon, Manhatten Project and Mystic Rhythms are much better

The groove in the bridge is sensational and the lyrics are still relevant today.

I love evera era of Rush, but this may be my favorite album. Incredibly unique and what Alex did with his guitar is unbelievable.

Bottom line is they are phenomenal musicians and really in a league not many can enter..

INCREDIBLE !!! First of all I listened to Rush for years( Hemispheres was my intro) Saw the Hold your fire show live in Germany. Considered NP the greatest drummer/percussionists of all. Admittedly, I haven’t listen much lately, and “ territories “ wouldn’t ever have been my choice. You two’s review was so f**king funny, I laughed so hard I had tears running down my face. Thanks a whole lot!

Awesome reaction. Nice to see people discovering a time when music was UNREAL. Mid 80's. I was 17 when PW came out. Saw this tour, among many others, in Toronto. This band live, regardless of year or era, was unequaled.

Not a popular opinion, but Power Windows is one of my favorite Rush Records. Big Money and Grand Designs are probably the most popular, but I really like Mystic Rhythms a lot among others.

You guys totally felt what its like to be a rush fan. You were entertained but baffled that you were. Amazing. I cried. Lol

Thank you SO much for reviewing this song. I've wanted Ryan to hear it for the drumming. It's one of my favorites.

When it comes down to it, whether you love all periods of Rush or not, the three of them are top-shelf musicians and always bring the quality.

Some fans stopped listening to them after signals. I am one that did not. No Rush album sounds the same. Their music changed with the times. Sure I like more albums or songs more than others. They may have lost some fans but also gained a lot more. Rush is the greatest band ever.

Loved this reaction!! You dudes is hilarious. More *RUSH* is always a good thing!

Wow! I used to listen to this stuff soooooooooo long ago! I wouldn't have thought it would pop up in 2022, and you guys are really expanding into some crazy horizons here!! Good on you! Damn I'm old

I actually hated this album until I heard this song and Middletown Dreams, which you guys should check out as well. I realized that I had such expectations for Rush by 1984-1985, that they could not ever meet it, and I had lost by ability to listen to the band with a neutral, objective ear. But on the flip side, Rush spoiled me from 1976 to 1982. Nowadays, I find that in my maturing years that I enjoy this album now. Geddy did admit that by the next album Hold Your Fire, they had gone too deep in the weeds as far as the keyboards went, which led to them putting out Presto in 1989, which was a return to guitar, drums and bass with the keyboards added for flavor and texture, which is where they should have always been, speaking as a fan.

I remember getting this album back when it was released in 1985 and was very lukewarm to it at first when listening to it on my (cheap) stereo, where so much of the focus was on Geddy's vocals and the synth. Until the first time I listened to it on a pair of good headphones... and experienced the bass and Neil Peart's drumming on this and other tracks. A totally different experience.

I just want to say that I started watching reaction videos because of your channel. I still haven’t been able to see any other channel that matches your ability to react to the music, feeling and lyrics at the same time and in the same way that you do. Please do more RUSH songs. Nobody does it like you guys.

Hardcore fan for 40 years and this is my favourite Rush album!! I know a lot of fans would disagree but the entire album is so solid 🇨🇦

Power Windows one of my favorite Rush albums.

If you guys want to hear an absolute drum clinic, react to Red Barchetta

One of your funniest videos …especially the part about the bass sneaking up on you. I was dying laughing

Its crazy how Geddy's voice feels perfect and weird at the same time, I've listened to vocal covers of Rush performed by great singers but it misses something, I dont want to listen do Geddy's voice in any other bands but I also dont want to hear anyone but him when it comes to rush.

If yall wanna hear godly bass, and every rush fan knows, yall gotta react to "leave that thing alone" live(time machine tour) And "Malignant narcissism" live(snakes and arrows tour)

Ayeee this is one of my favorites RUSH songs too! Power Window's is such a good ass album

The song from this album that both of you will like is The Big Money

I wasn't too familiar with Rush, so I recently listened to their whole discography. It's awesome to see how they evolved, but I do prefer the older albums. The bass on 'Headlong Flight' on the 2012 album Clockwork Angels is fire though!

Gentlemen, great, great reaction. Geddy Lee said they were always open to and influenced by new music they heard & never wanted to make the same album twice.

Y’all made me like a song I never heard from a band I absolutely consider one of the top bands of all time.

Long time Rush fan, saw them live for the first time on the Grace Under Pressure tour, and then every tour afterwards all the way through R40. They're almost like family in a way. Power Windows is a solid/ consistant album with its own feel and hearing this song puts me right back when I saw them the night before finals in my senior year of high school. Hard to be objective with this history and it was great seeing it through fresh eyes from folks I respect and giving their honest opinion. Great job guys, and thanks!

Trust me that entire album is a wild as that track if not more. That’s why I love it! One of my favorites.

LIV and Rush? Always a good time! Also... Woods of Ypres - I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetary.

How you guys went from Rush to Debarge is killing me!🤣🤣

So surprised to see Ryan wildin' out like that! I love it! That's why we listen to music; the surprise can be captivating! So many smiles and laughs boosted my energy. Great reaction, guys!

Rush evolved their sound after Moving Pictures to go more synth-based. There's some really good stuff in that era but it's simply a different era than their first 8 or so albums, which were much more progressive rock focused.

Finally, a song from my favorite era of Rush.......thank you Dustin! Now, if only we can get you guys to react to a song from the William DuVall era of Alice In Chains!

Not only is the bass tearing it up, remember, he's singing and playing keyboards at the same time. These guys are wicked!

Love the review. Not only did the band embrace the 80s, they also embraced a new producer who suggested more synth...bass is aggressive entire Power Windows, crisp guitar work and default great drumming. Lyrics are off the charts per usual

That's one of my favourite Rush albums, thx, Dustin, great choice! I think it's true there's a little bit too much of synths and 80's drums sound effects. But, honestly, I don't mind, the songs are so good and the grooves always infectious. So many other songs I love from that album, Big Money, Grand Designs, Mystic Rhythms. Embrace the cheese, guys!!

Such a great album, but not one of the first three songs I would have picked to represent it. Given the topical relevance, it's the perfect pick. Big Money was the big single and Mystic Rythyms is prolly the best overall track. Manhattan Project is maybe the best lyrical offering on the album. I'm glad it's not as topically relevant. Saw em twice on this tour, then not again for 15 years. I have very few regrets in life, but I wish I could have seen them play live a few more times. Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

Let's keep the RUSH train rolling guys. Hope to see you do something again from them soon.

This song was loaded with lyrics, percussion, synth, guitar and Da Bass!!!!!

I think this is one of the best things Rush ever did, and certainly more "progressive" than anything the band attempted in the 1970's. Peter Collins was probably the most creative producer the band worked with after the split with Terry Brown. He went on to produce Operation Mindcrime for Queensryche.

You guys kill me! Power Windows is a 80's masterpiece! It was a taxing album for Alex because of having to play around so much programming! But Alex being the professional he is, nailed it. Rule#1 on listening to Rush: You can't just listen to a song. You have to listen to the whole album and when you do that, you hear exactly what they were trying to achieve! No band made more successful albums than Rush!

I love so much that y’all got into Rush…. My freakin’ childhood… and I was going through the emotions as a 7-8 years old you’re going through with all these rain song…. Freaking la villa strangiato… Bands like Rush and Yes, my dad always had playing…. Nostalgic…. Freaking Xanadu…. Spent a month memorizing that as a teenager and using my pedal to do all the volume swells and crap. Nice

I love watching you guys reacting to Rush, cause it takes me back to the youthful excitement I had when I first heard and fell in love with them. They have been the music of our lives and we are forever grateful, each album is a time machine.

Alex Lifeson hated the keyboard direction of Rush. Geddy Lee said as a composer, it was much easier to write music on the keyboard. They did lose me after Signals, and I really tried because I love them so much. Please check out The Analog Kid, for keys done correctly or Red Sector A for their "newer" sound.

If that don't sum up rush. "That was weird but they killed it." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Alex Lifeson insisted in the early 90s that the band return to drums, bass, and guitar. The line, "better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world than the pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled," never goes out of date.

This album relates to life in so many ways...the big money, territories, mystic rhythms, emotion detector....listen to the lyrics

the production is amazing on this album. of it's time for sure. but they were sincere.

Neil drums hiss ass off in this song...this band evolved, but you have to remember the times. Even in the 80's Rush was Rush even though they evolved, to stay stagnant they could have just died out like Foghat. No offense to them, love em, but Rush had a long azz career because they did evolve.

I love that era of rush. I used to only be able to fall asleep listening to 80s rush.

Red Barchetta. The Trees. By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Jacob's Ladder. There's still a lot of gold up through Moving Pictures.

I URGE you and IMPLORE you to watch the Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage. All your questions will be answered by the men themselves and famous musician fans. In fact a member Tool is quoted as saying in the film he didn't like the keyboards, while Trent Reznor welcomed it. Also Alex asked about the keyboards issue. Even if someone knows nothing about its one of the best made documentaries ever made. Power Windows was a major transition in the band. Consider The Big Money or Marathon also from this album.

Manhattan project is another solid pick off that album

My favorite Rush album. So many good songs.

Thanks guys one of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums by Rush. Would love to have you do Grand Designs off the same album. Truly one of their best albums hands down.

Great song. It's just dated with the sound of the synth. The whole album is really good. I'f you've never done 'Big Money' or 'Marathon'.....ya should. I think you'd enjoy them. You guys do good work. Thanks.

Now do "Red Sector A," a powerful song written by Geddy Lee based on stories of his mother surviving the holocaust. If you don't cry at this song, you're dead inside. Also, From "Power Windows," listen to "Manhattan Project," about the development of the atomic bomb and the way it changed the world. You won't be sorry with either of these songs from their 80's period.

Dope ass deep cut I may not have heard if not for this channel thanks fellas & dustin

Thanks for listening to this one. This is the BEST drum intro of all time. So glad you guys feel the same thing I've been feeling for 30 years + . One of my favorite Rush songs and it IS so much fun to play that bass line. You're right!

Power Windows is amazing. Big Money, Manhattan Project, Grand Designs, Mystic Rhythms & Marathon are all epic. IMO this is one of the 2 weakest song on the album and it's still great

This would've been a long way down my list of Rush songs, there are far better songs on Power Windows! Would love to see a reaction video to Subdivisions - the opener to the album that changed Rush forever.

It was 1985, it was in the center of the 80s. During the 80s Rush started being influenced by bands like the Police, Ultravox, The The and other new wave bands. The 80s is a very divisive phase of their discography.

This is why RUSH fans love RUSH and others may not get it. These are the hidden gems that enjoyable when shared with others and then they see. Nice job guys and great choice. Thx

I would have gone with Marathon off this album personally

Great selection and very obscure. Excellent!

These guys would go NUTS for Geddy's bass on 'Digital Man'!

What a reaction to a UNIQUE song ! ❤️‍🔥 Amazing song by Rush

The second half of this album is greatness - and since the 80s, I’ve called this Rush’s “dance song.”

I'm so glad you guys did this song. Rush is my favorite band, and Power Windows is one of my favorite albums not only by them, but in general. Territories was one of the later tunes I discovered off it, but it's one one my favorites on the album for sure. Such an amazing time for Rush. That opening is just beautiful.

That keyboard is actually a guitar synth triggered by the guitar, the low bass keyboard during the verse is a Floor pedal moog synth Geddy is playing with his feet, and the bell sounding synths are triggered by Neils electronic drums. There's a lot of work happening when they do this live. Try "Marathon" from this album.

Neil Peart lyricism is nearly unparalleled. Once you pay closer attention, it's mind blowing the layers in whatever subject matter he decided to explore, beyond the musicianship. Truly an amazing band. Peart joining the band essentially was a paradigm shift, and really the reason why Rush distinguished itself from other acts. We might never get another musical genius such as him.

Neil Peart was a brilliant lyricist. His ability to simply state complex topics without being condescending, and to do so with poetic imagery all painting a vivid picture, I find magical.