Power Windows

Rush, hold your fire.

You know, you could argue that the Peter Collins album before Power Windows is a big change to this more very, very modern keyboardy.

synthetic drum sound and Hold Your Fire is the second one in this direction.

And they decide, essentially, we like this new modern direction.

Uh, then you've got Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, and Signals, which is, like, a transition into the '80s while still being, like, really progressive.

Then you've got Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire.

That's their peak '80s era.

Yeah.

I'm calling it The Album After a Big Change.

Uh, this has been inspired by these Battle of the Rock, uh, episodes we've been doing on our The Contrarians YouTube channel with, uh, Webb Vandiver, and we've been comparing certain albums against each other.

Uh, and I'm finding, uh, it fruitful to actually compare albums against each other.

But some of them, including, uh, ones we've done today, actually o- one of the ones we've done today, is, um, you know, I found myself talking a lot about comparing it with the fact that the previous album was the album with a big change, and how are both of these bands, uh, you know, uh, working on or reacting to their own big change sort of thing.

So it's been kind of inspired by that, and just the idea of comparing albums against each other and, um, you know, what you can learn from that situation.

So we're staying within one band for each of these comparisons.

But again, the idea is, uh, this is not like the second album by a band, so I've, I've ruled that out.

But essentially, this album sounds like s- the same kind of ideas, but just not, not as good ideas.

And also, all four of the seasonal tracks went to number one on the Billboard Disco and Dance charts.

In 1985, Rush released their 11th studio album called Power Windows.

This happened in Canada though on this date.

It was released everywhere else including America later on in the month.

It doesn't mean...

Like, case in point, there's not a single Power Windows song in this tour, is there?

No.

I love that album.

And they know that.

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Well, you know, the, a lot of that Power Windows stuff has been played in the last 10, 15 years.

And like, you know, when they're going back and doing a Farewell to Kings, and they're dusting off, um, you know, like the, the Camera Eye outside of the, uh, Time Machine Tour, and that wasn't really touched since The Moving Pictures.

Yeah.

Well, you know, a lot of that Power Windows stuff has been played in the last 10, 15 years.

And it's like, you know, when they're going back and doing a Farewell to Kings and they're dusting off, you know, like the camera eye.

outside of the Time Machine tour, and that wasn't really touched since the movie Pitchers.

it's not fun we're talking about creators this week there was some very cool stuff kiss continues to earn my respect and my um applause for how they are developing they've added some new video to their channel a new video video for vip members of the kiss army as well a rehearsal footage from the Rock and Roll Over tour.

And of course, they've uploaded I Want You, the 1976 music video filmed as the band were preparing to go out on tour in support of that album, beautifully restored by our very own Andrew Scambatti.

And it's getting a lot of very good reactions, a very positive response.

I mean, as I posted it, I don't generally leave comments on official KISS videos, but I'm like, this made me smile.

There's texture elements and things because we have the other ticket, which is for the evening actual show performance versus the rehearsal, which is orange.

I'd love to have both of them in there.

But I'd also love if you've got acetates of Ace Frehley songs from the Kiss albums.

10 inch acetates were done from a lot.