Middletown Dreams - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Middletown Dreams

Rush - Power Windows

"Middletown Dreams" Is The Sixth Track On Rush's 1985 Album Power Windows. Much Like The Other Songs On The Album "Middletown Dreams" Features The Synthesizer Sounds And Keyboard Textures The Band Was Exploring At The Time. The Lyrical Message Deals With The Power Of Dreams And Throughout The Verses Small Stories Are Told Of People Who Are Trying To Chase Their Dreams. Some May Find The Nature Of The Lyrics Ambiguous Due To The Almost Melancholic Mood The Music Sets Coupled With The Lyrics Which May Be Taken Either Way Succeeding In Chasing One's Dreams Or Failure To Achieve One's Dreams. When Asked About This Discrepancy Geddy Lee Had This To Say "I Like To Take A Very Positive Attitude When I’m Singing Those Songs And I Think That It’s Important To Inject An Element Of Hope In There. So For Me Those Are Very Hopeful Lyrics. I See These People As Getting Out. In Verse Two When That Guy Gets On The Bus Man He’s Going To Give It His Best To Make His Goal Come True. And Verse Three – The Same Thing – “ The Middle-Aged Madonna.” I Mean She’s Going Out There. She’s Going To Do It. So To Me They Are Hopeful Lyrics And According To My Sense Of Life I Like To Look At Those As Positive Things In That The Dreams Were The Motivating Factor To Get These People Out Of Their Little Rooms And Out There Giving It A Shot." Geddy Lee Rockline 1986