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Power Windows Tour
The Power Windows Tour was a concert tour by Canadian rock band Rush, in support of the band's eleventh studio album '' Power Windows''. Background Prior to the tour's start, the band embarked on a short warm-up tour of four shows in Florida which the band called the "Spring Training" tour. The tour officially started on December 4, 1985 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine and concluded on May 26, 1986 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. Select songs at the two East Rutherford, New Jersey shows were recorded for the 1989 live album A Show of Hands. Opening bands on the tour included Steve Morse, Marillion, FM, Blue Öyster Cult, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Kick Axe. Reception Ethlie Ann Vare from ''Billboard'' opened their review of the band's performance in Inglewood, noting the band as an anomaly in arena rock, stating that the band drew the same crowd as Van Halen or Mötley Crüe and delivered a jazz-based, laid-back sophisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Windows (album)
''Power Windows'' is the eleventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on October 29, 1985 by Anthem Records. After touring in support of their previous album, '' Grace Under Pressure'' (1984), the band took a break and reconvened in early 1985 to begin work on a follow-up. The material continued to display the band's exploration of synthesizer-oriented music, this time with the addition of sampling, electronic drums, a string section, and choir, with power being a running lyrical theme. ''Power Windows'' was recorded in Montserrat and England with Peter Collins as co-producer and Andy Richards on additional keyboards. The album reached No. 2 in Canada, No. 9 in the United Kingdom, and No. 10 in the United States. In January 1986, the album reached platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for one million copies sold in the United States. Rush released two singles from the album, "The Big Money" and "Mystic Rhythms". The band supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limelight (Rush Song)
"Limelight" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush. It first appeared on the 1981 album '' Moving Pictures''. The song's lyrics were written by Neil Peart with music written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. "Limelight" expresses Peart's discomfort with Rush's success and the resulting attention from the public. The song paraphrases the opening lines of the "All the world's a stage" speech from William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It''. The band had previously used the phrase for its 1976 live album. The lyrics also refer to "the camera eye", the title of the song that follows on the ''Moving Pictures'' album. Released as a single, it charted at on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart and on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and remains one of Rush's most popular songs commercially. "Limelight" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010. It was listed at No. 435 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Lenses
"Red Lenses" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released on their 1984 album '' Grace Under Pressure''. In the album's liner notes, the song's title and lyrics are in lower case only. Composition and recording The song was composed in the key of C-sharp minor, and is played in common time. News stories from the Toronto-based newspaper ''The Globe and Mail'' inspired the song's lyrics. Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart said of the song: This was probably the hardest song I ever worked on, in spite of the pleasure it gave me. It went through so many rewrites and changed its title so many times. Each little image was juggled around and I just fought for the right words to put each little phrase and to make it sound exactly right to me, so that it sounded a little bit nonsensical. I wanted to get that kind of jabberwocky word game thing happening with it, and also there are little things going on that your mind sort of catches without identifying, like a lot of poetic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YYZ (instrumental)
"YYZ" is an instrumental rock composition by the band Rush from their 1981 album '' Moving Pictures''. It is one of the band's most popular pieces and was a staple of the band's live performances. The live album '' Exit... Stage Left'' (1981) and the concert video recording ''A Show of Hands'' (1989) both include versions in which Neil Peart incorporates a drum soloas an interlude on the former, and as a segue out of the piece on the latter. Title and composition YYZ is the IATA airport identification code of Toronto Pearson International Airport, near Rush's hometown. The band was introduced to the rhythm as Alex Lifeson flew them into the airport. A VHF omnidirectional range system at the airport broadcasts the YYZ identifier code in Morse code. Peart said in interviews later that the rhythm stuck with them. Peart and Geddy Lee have both said "It's always a happy day when ''YYZ'' appears on our luggage tags." The piece's introduction, played in a time signature of , repeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Early Warning (song)
Distant Early Warning may refer to: *Distant Early Warning Line The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska (see Proj ..., a series of radar stations in the Arctic, operated during the Cold War by the United States, Canada, Greenland and Iceland * "Distant Early Warning" (song), a song by the Canadian rock band Rush {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystic Rhythms
"Mystic Rhythms" is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. It was released as the second single from their 1985 album ''Power Windows''. The single charted at number 21 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The song was featured on several compilation albums and was performed live by the band on their Power Windows, Counterparts and R30 tours, appearing on the live album ''A Show of Hands'' and the live DVD '' R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour''. For this song, drummer Neil Peart utilized his electronic drum kit, playing it on the album and in concert during live performances of the track. The song was used as the opening song of the NBC news program ''1986''. The music video was directed by Gerald Casale, who is a member of Devo. Charts See also *List of Rush songs A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trees (Rush Song)
"The Trees" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush, from its 1978 album '' Hemispheres''. The song is also featured on many of Rush's compilation albums, and was long a staple of the band's live performances. On the live album '' Exit...Stage Left'', the song features an extended acoustic guitar introduction titled " Broon's Bane." ''Rolling Stone'' readers voted the song number 8 on the list of the 10 best Rush songs. Live365 ranked it the tenth best Rush song. ''Classic Rock'' readers voted "The Trees" the band's 11th best song. Lyrics The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in a forest. The maple trees want more sunlight, but the oak trees are too tall. In the end, "the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw." Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was asked in the April/May 1980 issue of the magazine ''Modern Drummer'' if there was a message in the lyrics, to which he replied, "No. It was just a flash. I was working on an enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon (Rush Song)
"Marathon" is the fourth track on Canadian rock band Rush's 1985 album ''Power Windows''. It is written by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist/vocalist/keyboardist Geddy Lee, and its lyrics are written by drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The lyrics depict how one would feel while running in an actual marathon, but the meaning of the song is meant to use a marathon (an extreme challenge) as a metaphor for life, and say that life is full of obstacles and is all about one taking small steps to achieve their personal goals. In a 1986 interview, Peart said "(Marathon) is about the triumph of time and a kind of message to myself (because I think life is too short for all the things that I want to do), there's a self-admonition saying that life is long enough. You can do a lot -- just don't burn yourself out too fast trying to do everything at once. "Marathon" is a song about individual goals and trying to achieve them. And it's also about the old Chinese proverb: 'The journey of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer To The Heart
"Closer to the Heart" is a song by Canadian rock band Rush. It was released in November 1977 as the lead single from their fifth studio album ''A Farewell to Kings''. It was the first Rush song to feature a non-member as a songwriter in Peter Talbot, a friend of drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. It was Rush's first hit single in the United Kingdom, reaching number 36 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1978. It also peaked at number 45 in Canada and number 76 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on March 28, 2010. ''Cash Box'' called it a "strong song" and said that it is "very like a Led Zeppelin number in terms of structure, timbres, and the role of the lead vocalist." A live version of the song was released as a single in 1981 as the lead single from their live album, '' Exit...Stage Left'' which peaked at number 69 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background The band's frontman, Geddy Lee, said of the song:I remember when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sector A
"Red Sector A" is a song by Rush that provides a first-person account of a nameless protagonist living in an unspecified prison camp setting. "Red Sector A" first appeared on the band's 1984 album '' Grace Under Pressure''. Lyricist Neil Peart has stated that the detailed imagery in the song intentionally evokes concentration camps of the Holocaust, although he left the lyrics ambiguous enough that they could deal with any similar prison camp scenario. The song was inspired in part by Geddy Lee's mother's accounts of the Holocaust. In a rare instance for Rush's music, the track features no bass guitar, with Lee instead completely focusing on synthesizers and vocals. Background Geddy Lee explained the genesis of the song in an interview: In a 1984 interview Neil Peart describes writing "Red Sector A": Song title The song's title "Red Sector A" comes from the name of a NASA launch area at Kennedy Space Center, where the band watched the first launch of Space Shuttle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear (song Series)
Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto, that was comprised primarily of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals), Alex Lifeson (guitar), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). The band formed in Toronto in 1968 by Lifeson, drummer John Rutsey, and bass guitarist/vocalist Jeff Jones (musician), Jeff Jones, who was immediately replaced by Lee. After Lee joined, the band went through several lineup configurations before arriving at its classic power trio lineup with the addition of Peart in July 1974, who replaced Rutsey four months after the release of their 1974 Rush (Rush album), self-titled debut album; this lineup remained intact for the remainder of the band's career. Rush achieved commercial success in the 1970s with ''Fly by Night (album), Fly by Night'' (1975), ''2112 (album), 2112'' (1976), ''A Farewell to Kings'' (1977) and ''Hemispheres (Rush album), Hemispheres'' (1978). The band's popularity continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with albums charting highly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Project (song)
"Manhattan Project" is a 1985 song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, named after the WWII project that created the first atomic bomb. The song appeared on Rush's eleventh studio album ''Power Windows'' in 1985. "Manhattan Project" is the third track on the album and clocks in at 5:07. Despite not being released as a single, it did reach #10 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart. Lyricist Neil Peart read "a pile of books" about the Manhattan Project before writing the lyrics so that he had a proper understanding of what the project was really about. The song consists of four verses, addressing the following: #A time, during the era of World War II, #A man, representing J. Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists around the world who were engaged in nuclear weapons research, #A place, the Los Alamos facility in New Mexico at which American scientists carried out their work, #A man, Paul Tibbets, pilot of the bomber ''Enola Gay'' that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
