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This is one of the few songs on the album that isnt really distorted, nor in 
Drop D...I won't talk a lot on this one...so here it is, Test For Echo.

A Jeff Mensch Tab

Test For Echo
Rush


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Thank you enjoy, jeff mensch

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/r/rush/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kazza Average	#1 by Kazza at Mar 9, 1979 at 9:26 AM EST
	If you're reading this then I don't need to say that rush lyrics are loaded with imagery, puns and double entendre. Test for echo is a term used in professional recording to, well, make sure there's no echo that will be recorded. Move obvious, echoes occur in empty, vacant places. ie: Air head I agree with coryoon's comments, but I think the song also calls attention to how we are increasingly letting the media, or more specifically 'opinion journalism' fill our heads with items fitting their agendas. I agree with what coryoon says above aboutspectacle that serious crimes have become in society

No Picture garrett Rhythm Player	#2 by garrett at Aug 30, 1998 at 5:05 PM EST
	I think it is something like what you said. I definetly see a connection with TV news and sensationalism possibly bringing about more crime as it desensitizes society to more crime hence "test for echo."

No Picture DrieZ Average	#3 by DrieZ J at Jan 12, 2003 at 1:21 AM EST
	Great song. I like it. What it reminds me of is ... Law and Order. We're entertained by crime ... that seems wrong somehow. But I do think it's mainly about news and maybe the OJ Simpson trial - I was four years old, too young to remember. It makes me laugh when Geddy says, "Gangster." It sounds like he's saying "gangsta," and I'm like ... Geddy, you're fifty. You can't say gangsta. hahaha.

No Picture ToeJam Rhythm Player	#4 by ToeJam at May 29, 2007 at 9:30 PM EST
	Call me "desensitised" to the TV world, but what does the term "TEST FOR ECHO" actually mean?