the ghost rider, who was an example of life, of a human being, of a professional, did everything with love and gave 100%, a great loss to the world, what a beautiful example of a human being
Breaks my heart when I see Neil before his personal tragedies. He has so much hurt ahead of him here, and of course didn't know it at the time..... heartbreaking.
It’s interesting bc he’s also wearing a brace on his elbow. So that was bothering him here. That’s the reason he had to stop drumming. What sad for me is right after he stopped and he could finally spend time with his new family he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
I still think about that from time to time. I didn’t know the guy at all I wouldn’t have wanted to but to have a daughter lose her father that young is extremely heartbreaking
His life changed tragically shortly after this was recorded. Ghost Rider was yet another illustration of Neil's talent and an inspiration to me after my wife died.
I've been listening to RUSH right from the fly by night album..i am Canadian...huge RUSH fan....thanks guys for over 40 years...these guys helped me through some really hard times....RUSH FOREVER
@@PUBHEAD1 the coated heads are not snappy, that's part of the problem for me. Way too warm. I prefer his drum sound from the 1978-1981 era over all others. Clear heads, super aggressive attack that cut right through (ESL is a good example). I did not like the dw sound for him, especially with the coated ambassadors. On a different topic, it's so awesome to see him playing so relaxed here and with traditional grip.
You will never see three guys..who make the sound of 9 musisionns...this was simply one of best bands ever...i have been a rush fan right from the fly by night album....i will die a rush fan
Oddly, when this album came out my mother was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. I listened to it everyday for at least a year. Like all of their music it has been there my whole life through good and bad. Saw them about a month earlier at the Gorge in Washington state. Little did anyone know what was around the corner.....
I lost my baby son that year to brain cancer as well . This album and tour was such an uplifting experience. I was sad ,too sad,when Peart endured loss like we both did. Cancer sucks.
A wonderful time when Rush was breaking out their music, that inspired me. Amazed and comforted by.... Alex Lifeson, what a amazing guitarist! In his own right he lead a new path to progressive Rock, 2112 says it all! The power of Rock, is Rush ! As like you, what a time to live!!! We lost Neil, The memory's of who he is, remains... that's for sure. I've been so blessed by Rush's music, their music helped me deal with life, to relax, take it easy, and think out side the box! Thank you Alex for being there, when I needed a voice, your playing inspired me, and speaks from to my heart!! Thank you!!
The 2nd set opener. We were all so blown away by 2112 closing the first set (which felt like a whole show in itself) that we couldn't believe there was a 2nd set. This was the first tour they ever did the "An Evening With Rush" so it was new to us to get more Rush for the money. This is still the only tour that Test For Echo the song was played.
First time seeing the guys was on this tour at the old Sandstone Amphitheater in Kansas City. Unbelievable experience! Changed my life that day. I had never seen them perform or even seen a video of them performing, I was just getting into the band @ 21, and they blew me away and I've been a huge fan since : ) Rush taught me to appreciate music and life.
Roll The Bones, Counterparts and Test For Echo. My personal "holy trio" of Rush albums, the 90's ones. Yes they're not at the same height of their classics, but they're just so enjoyable to listen to!!
Good trio for the 90s no doubt. I think if you are around 60ish though you have 2112, Farewell to Kings,Moving pictures and Hemispheres as the holy quads
Every time I see clips from this show I know how happy they are and what terrible events will follow. One of the last concerts before tragedy struck. A few weeks later Neil's daughter died in a car crash and 10 months after his wife died of cancer. And Rush was almost gone for good. It took over four years for Neil to recover and get behind the drums again, to give us more music and joy. And now he is gone too and it seems they will never play again.
I had tickets for this concert in Hampton virginia. Two weeks before the show was cancelled. Neil's daughter had died. Not to much later his wife passed away. I'm glad you had the strength to come back and perform. RIP Ghost Rider
I was at this concert in 1997, no one expected what was to come in the following months when Neil's wife and daughter passed that was followed by a 5 years hiatus. But Rush came back in 2002, sadly now with Neil gone, there is no chance of a return. Long live Rush.
It's my #1 winter driving album. The album makes for really good background music. I mean it's not distracting, but at the same time there is a lot of very good musicianship going on.
@@analitikgeometri4986 I was never a big fan of the DW kits but there’s really only three kits that I like, this one, S&A, and the Time Machine. But, even though I haven’t liked some of the DW kits, the snares just sound incredible.
@@analitikgeometri4986 and that's saying a lot. It probably was. I don't prefer the rest of his DW kit though. But his snare sound was so good in the latter part of his career.
Seriously, who was Neil? Was he the drummer he became? The icon, the legend...a true living legend until '20. I've read all of his books, I've seen all of his videos, I've seen dozens of live concerts. Which one was he? I know he was an icon, and a bird watcher. I know he was rock star, and the husband/father of the great people in his most personal life. Drummer, author, artist, cyclist, traveler, explorer, lyricist, dreamer, motor sports enthusiast, husband, father.........I truly believe he became the person outside of the "greatest drummer of all time." IDK, I'm becoming sentimental these days. I SOOO appreciate who he was outside of the fish-eye lense, the gilded cage. I believe he was the person outside of the Limelight.
I remember this show and this year and kind of taking Rush for granted. Wow how fast things change. Both parents gone now too. Miss the excitement of a new Rush album. Rock (played with skill and innovation) is more or less dead
I think it’s due to the production on the record. It has a very dry sound in my opinion and feels rather empty at times. That’s an album that could use a remix like Vapor Trails got. There are a lot of hidden gems on Test For Echo!
I totally agree...I think it's because they weren't very popular with the younger crowds in 96/97, therefore being considered classic rock at that point but they were on the top of their game musically on that album. I'm not sure how heavily MTV put the videos they did for Test for Echo into rotation either...That would've helped promote the album more as well.
Masterpiece song from a too much underrated Album! Neil was just so great and Progressive on this one! The best Drummer in Rock History, no offense to anyone else! R.I.P. Maestro Neil 🙏
I paid (with fees) $47.50 a piece for 2 - 5th row seats at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee in the summer of 97. I paid over 10 times that for 2 - 20th row seats to this week's Chicago show. #LoyalFan
A hugely underrated Rush song. The guitar tone is fantastic.
LES PAUL MAGNIFICENCE ! ! !
Absolutely.
I always found it to be one of their weaker album openers.
bad album, their worst. this song was the best one (probably). Like all/most bad rush songs, always cool bits.
@merkaba987 only rush song that ever kinda sorta sounded like tool was cygnus x-1.
the ghost rider, who was an example of life, of a human being, of a professional, did everything with love and gave 100%, a great loss to the world, what a beautiful example of a human being
This song aged well.
This song will never age
Breaks my heart when I see Neil before his personal tragedies. He has so much hurt ahead of him here, and of course didn't know it at the time..... heartbreaking.
RIP
Ronald Tartaglia as fot today.... test for echo
Hurts even worse that we lost him :( R.I.P. Neil.....on a positive note...they tried dropped D Tunning here...and it's one of their best songs-imo
It’s interesting bc he’s also wearing a brace on his elbow. So that was bothering him here. That’s the reason he had to stop drumming. What sad for me is right after he stopped and he could finally spend time with his new family he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
I still think about that from time to time. I didn’t know the guy at all I wouldn’t have wanted to but to have a daughter lose her father that young is extremely heartbreaking
RIP Maestro Neil Peart 🙏
No words...
His life changed tragically shortly after this was recorded. Ghost Rider was yet another illustration of Neil's talent and an inspiration to me after my wife died.
3 best friends making and performing awesome music and traveling the world. They were living their dream.
Neils drumming here is just jaw dropping !
He had been taking drum lessons with Freddie Gruber the years prior to expand his view of drumming
R.I.P Neil. YOU'RE STILL THE BEST!!!
Rush, the best band of the world in the history
Magnificent. Rush is a band best listened to live.
They were unbelievable live
That is a big powerful man beating the hell of of those drums, masterfully of course. RIP Neil.
How lucky we were to witness these three musicians
VERY !!!!
Thank you Neil, Geddy and Alex for so many memories and years of outstanding music... you won't be forgotten.
Songs like this leave me in awe how 3 musicians can compose songs that sound so rich. Never be another band like Rush. 💖💖💖
I've been listening to RUSH right from the fly by night album..i am Canadian...huge RUSH fan....thanks guys for over 40 years...these guys helped me through some really hard times....RUSH FOREVER
RUSH. My go to since i was about 9yrs old. Born in '73. 🇨🇦
One of their most underrated songs,true gem mint 10
is that a PSA reference?
love Alex's guitar sound on this.
And Neil's kit sounds snappy, using coated heads.
@@PUBHEAD1 the coated heads are not snappy, that's part of the problem for me. Way too warm. I prefer his drum sound from the 1978-1981 era over all others. Clear heads, super aggressive attack that cut right through (ESL is a good example). I did not like the dw sound for him, especially with the coated ambassadors.
On a different topic, it's so awesome to see him playing so relaxed here and with traditional grip.
@@mattmarkus4868 I always loved the sound of the red tamas
@@PUBHEAD1 me too. especially the higher toms.
Way better still than the studio version, if that is even possible. Geddy's vocals are especially on point here. And that sound...
And, the studio version is fantastic!!
I love the one from the Different Stages CD!
I would have liked some more top end on the drums on the recording … it’s a little too dark and it hides Neils brilliance a bit … just my opinion
Neils drumming on this track is so powerful.
“Here we go
Video
Video vertigo
Test for echo……”
Awesome lyrics!!
One of my favourite Rush albums (contrary to many fan's opinion), and by far their best and most Canadian album cover.
Neil's was always so humble,
just a guy plays drums, which most would consider best in the world,
Never will be a band like Rush.. Rush is the bedt band on the Galaxy!!!
You will never see three guys..who make the sound of 9 musisionns...this was simply one of best bands ever...i have been a rush fan right from the fly by night album....i will die a rush fan
Robert they weren't called The World's Smallest Orchestra for nothing.👍
Oddly, when this album came out my mother was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. I listened to it everyday for at least a year. Like all of their music it has been there my whole life through good and bad. Saw them about a month earlier at the Gorge in Washington state. Little did anyone know what was around the corner.....
There are 2112 reasons why being a Rush fan is so awesome!!
Soundtrack of my life, for sure!
I lost my baby son that year to brain cancer as well . This album and tour was such an uplifting experience. I was sad ,too sad,when Peart endured loss like we both did. Cancer sucks.
This song just fricking rocks!!!
This album is fantastic!!
A wonderful time when Rush was breaking out their music, that inspired me. Amazed and comforted by.... Alex Lifeson, what a amazing guitarist! In his own right he lead a new path to progressive Rock, 2112 says it all! The power of Rock, is Rush ! As like you, what a time to live!!! We lost Neil, The memory's of who he is, remains... that's for sure. I've been so blessed by Rush's music, their music helped me deal with life, to relax, take it easy, and think out side the box!
Thank you Alex for being there, when I needed a voice, your playing inspired me, and speaks from to my heart!! Thank you!!
never ceases to me amaze me, how this band produces beautifull music..
The 2nd set opener. We were all so blown away by 2112 closing the first set (which felt like a whole show in itself) that we couldn't believe there was a 2nd set. This was the first tour they ever did the "An Evening With Rush" so it was new to us to get more Rush for the money. This is still the only tour that Test For Echo the song was played.
Yes ..Saw them at Jones Beach this tour . I was blown away at the 2112 closing the first set
First time seeing the guys was on this tour at the old Sandstone Amphitheater in Kansas City. Unbelievable experience! Changed my life that day. I had never seen them perform or even seen a video of them performing, I was just getting into the band @ 21, and they blew me away and I've been a huge fan since : ) Rush taught me to appreciate music and life.
Canada, thank you for sharing your national treasures with us all!
2012 to 2021 listening to this song
I saw rush 5 times. Excellent everytime. I took my 57 year old girlfriend. She head banged also and not really a rock n roll fan. RIP Neil
Roll The Bones, Counterparts and Test For Echo. My personal "holy trio" of Rush albums, the 90's ones. Yes they're not at the same height of their classics, but they're just so enjoyable to listen to!!
Good trio for the 90s no doubt. I think if you are around 60ish though you have 2112, Farewell to Kings,Moving pictures and Hemispheres as the holy quads
Great vocals on this!
For sure... Geddy just kind of chills and doesn't force the high notes on this one. It flows.
"Suddenly You were gone from all the lives you left your mark upon" Rest in peace Neil....
I line seeing videos of how this group grew from 1976 to now. Rip
Every time I see clips from this show I know how happy they are and what terrible events will follow. One of the last concerts before tragedy struck. A few weeks later Neil's daughter died in a car crash and 10 months after his wife died of cancer. And Rush was almost gone for good. It took over four years for Neil to recover and get behind the drums again, to give us more music and joy. And now he is gone too and it seems they will never play again.
I had tickets for this concert in Hampton virginia. Two weeks before the show was cancelled. Neil's daughter had died. Not to much later his wife passed away. I'm glad you had the strength to come back and perform. RIP Ghost Rider
Best song from the test for echo album
Neil Ellwood Peart.
September 12, 1952 -- January 7, 2020
"A Farewell to a King" 👑
I was at this concert in 1997, no one expected what was to come in the following months when Neil's wife and daughter passed that was followed by a 5 years hiatus. But Rush came back in 2002, sadly now with Neil gone, there is no chance of a return. Long live Rush.
maravillosa banda
This song helped keep me out of jail. Just Awsome live!
Wish i was there i saw them in maple leaf gardens back in the day was great
I really like this song test for echo! I love Rush! They got real good music! God bless Rush.👍👍💓💕💕💕😍💞😺☺️🙂😙😁
Okay we go to the concert and they pound our heads in we love every minute of it
Test for Echo
Plausible deniability test for Echo
As a hardcore Rush fan, special thanks and respect to Snowdog for such an impressive video archive.....Thank you
The casual, but complex articulation of Neil’s licks are just mind blowing
I miss you RUSH !!! Just glad I got to see you whenever you came to Los Angeles !!! An Epic Band !!!
I saw the Tour in Dallas. 3RD row back at the Starplex.
neil peart is a monster, best progressive rock drummer, ever, portnoy´s father
zaidbassist Lol, I just said the same thing to my fiance, just different words!! NOBODY better....
I would love to see a drums only video for this.
@@TankStuffer there is a vídeo of Neil Playing Teste For Echo. There is on CZcams. Its from a instrucional DVD of him
R.I.P. Neil...goona miss him something terrible :(
I was so lucky to have seen this performed live.. This song rocks in so many ways.
I saw them on the Time Machine Tour in Tampa, FL.
They were on fire for this show. Hope it gets an official release
Seeing them live during the Permanent Waves tour when I was 15 had me hooked on their music
RIP Neil best drummer in the world
Thank you. God this is beautiful. Everything about it. At the moment, I can't stop watching/listening to this. Damn we were lucky!!!
Such an underrated song.
I fucking love Test for Echo. I really do, with all my heart. Right next to Moving Pictures.
It's my #1 winter driving album. The album makes for really good background music. I mean it's not distracting, but at the same time there is a lot of very good musicianship going on.
This is one of their more eclectic songs it just takes you on a beautiful ride.
Damn Neil’s snare sounds good.
I was sitting here thinking the same thing.
14 x 6.5 dw brass-maple-brass edge snare. i think it was the best snare he used on his whole career.
@@analitikgeometri4986 I was never a big fan of the DW kits but there’s really only three kits that I like, this one, S&A, and the Time Machine. But, even though I haven’t liked some of the DW kits, the snares just sound incredible.
@@analitikgeometri4986 and that's saying a lot. It probably was. I don't prefer the rest of his DW kit though. But his snare sound was so good in the latter part of his career.
Anyone 2019
yes
Everyday 😯
no
Came here so I can learn from Alex how to play these riffs
2020 and RIP Neil Peart.
Love this song!!!!!!!!
2020 still awsome!
I don't know why I get so Misty over this but you owe me a box of Kleenex you guys are awesome
Man those drums are really singing. Rip NP this was my first rush tour. Keeping his family in my thoughts and prayers.
"Test for Echo" (as a complete album) is their best album (in my opinion) even though I like "Signals" the best. Classic performance.
This tour was taken place on the year I was born.
I wish I was born in the 60's almost every day
@Fred Tedason Why????
Seriously, who was Neil? Was he the drummer he became? The icon, the legend...a true living legend until '20. I've read all of his books, I've seen all of his videos, I've seen dozens of live concerts. Which one was he? I know he was an icon, and a bird watcher. I know he was rock star, and the husband/father of the great people in his most personal life. Drummer, author, artist, cyclist, traveler, explorer, lyricist, dreamer, motor sports enthusiast, husband, father.........I truly believe he became the person outside of the "greatest drummer of all time." IDK, I'm becoming sentimental these days. I SOOO appreciate who he was outside of the fish-eye lense, the gilded cage. I believe he was the person outside of the Limelight.
What a unique sounding song. A bloody tour de force. So many chord and tempo changes. Only Rush could pull this off!
RIP...Professor 😥😥😥
The first concert I ever saw Toronto August '77 A Farewell to Kings tour... I was 13 years old!!!
Just Outstanding.
Holy crap, I thought they never played this song live.
That fill at 4:18 was from another world.The Professor strikes again.
I remember this show and this year and kind of taking Rush for granted. Wow how fast things change. Both parents gone now too.
Miss the excitement of a new Rush album. Rock (played with skill and innovation) is more or less dead
t4e totally underrated rush album - not sure why
Agreed, one of my favorites.
I have wondered myself. My favorite album by far!
I think it’s due to the production on the record. It has a very dry sound in my opinion and feels rather empty at times. That’s an album that could use a remix like Vapor Trails got. There are a lot of hidden gems on Test For Echo!
I know right? This is one of my favorite records as well. I still listen to it a lot.
I totally agree...I think it's because they weren't very popular with the younger crowds in 96/97, therefore being considered classic rock at that point but they were on the top of their game musically on that album. I'm not sure how heavily MTV put the videos they did for Test for Echo into rotation either...That would've helped promote the album more as well.
Neil was as heavy as ever on this tour. His level went way up.
Is it possible to listen to this at anything less than an 11? So simple. So powerful. This defines rock for me.
3 Masters ❤️❤️❤️
Masterpiece song from a too much underrated Album! Neil was just so great and Progressive on this one! The best Drummer in Rock History, no offense to anyone else! R.I.P. Maestro Neil 🙏
A sad day today, you left us 1 year ago today Neal. I miss you all!
I watched this show in Toronto, flying from Japan. They were awesome.
Rush's last best song
Wish I could go see them. R.i.p Neil. One of my heroes!
Neil in beast mode.
Fantastic and excellently played as always
Keep it 2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣
BROODING MONSTER OF A SONG..............
wow amazing
Present years... Rush is spot on...
As usual!
Miss them so much..........
Love it !
It's hard to believe that it's been almost 18 years since this tour.. I ordered my tickets for Atlanta in May, I sure hope they do this song!!
I just love the calm tone in Geddys voice when he says "here we go"
Does that intro give anyone else goosebumps?
💔💔💔 R.I.P. Mr. Peart.
I paid (with fees) $47.50 a piece for 2 - 5th row seats at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee in the summer of 97. I paid over 10 times that for 2 - 20th row seats to this week's Chicago show. #LoyalFan
Hello.... Hello. Test completed
Here we go ............
What a bass
At least this wasn't the only tour where they played a song from Test For Echo.
Test for COVID brought me here R.I.P. Neil your were right on track brother
Brilliant