Neil died today, I'm sad beyond tears because Rush meant a lot to me. This song helped me through very rough times and made me dare to make my first trip in a motorbike. He'll be missed but he'll also be remembered as a truly amazing person.

Farewell, Ghost Rider. Easily one of the rawest, most powerful performances of the band and of Neil. Seldom do we get someone so articulate, so talented, and so guarded open up and connect with so many people. We've truly lost one of the few sages in modern music.

So pertinent on this very very sad day... R.I.P. Ghost Rider

Neil's book Ghost Rider is an excellent book. The song is a perfect representation of his ordeal and his working through the pain.

One of their greatest songs, especially when one consider why Peart wrote those lyrics!

We all have someone we love on the other side, and someday, someone's gonna cry for us. This song is for us all. Thank you, Neil!

Rush's to do list : - Concert - Laundry

I'm in the middle of a "Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road" re-read... knowing what this song represents in Neil's life gives this track (and the Vapor Trails album as a whole) so much more power... I read the lyrics and know the absolute hell and recovery Neil dealt with in the late 90s. It's hard to listen to this and not tear up a bit.

I don't care what rolling stones magazine says, NEIL IS THE BEST DRUMMER EVER!!!!!

You know you have created a masterpiece when it invokes so much emotion to break your drumsticks at the end of the song. Neil is mortal like us, but a god behind a drum set.

Barbato, I'm with you, man. It's been 38 months since my firstborn was killed on his way home from work. We'd been to every Rush concert since the morning after one years ago when a sad, disappointed little boy asked, "Dad, why didn't you take me to the Rush concert last night? You know how much I like them!" Sometimes these videos release such memories and feelings that I can't help but start sobbing. I miss you, Spencer Heywood!!

I think this song is probably the most emotionally driven song rush has ever produced

Rush in Rio is Rush as they really are . Pure , strong and wonderful to hear and watch .

Geddy's voice soars here in an exceptional way. The balance between the instruments and his voice here is beautiful. They create space for each other. It lifts the Spirit like a hang glider hit by a gust of wind on a dead-calm day: "YOU ARE COMING UP!!!!"

Nothing can stop you now, Ghost Rider.

Neil is drumming his butt off like usual, but let’s not forget that alex and geddy are laying down some industrial strength playing in their own rights, as well. Vapor trails era bass and guitar were raw, dirty, and charging forwards

I do recommend you all Neil’s book Ghost Rider. Neil Peart, one of the best and finest drummers ever!

this song reminds me of my brother who died 3 days ago. He introduced me to Rush. It gives me only good memories about him, thank you!

It may be true, that drummers dispose of sticks this way when they break, but I've never seen Neil do it in a video and especially not with the focus that it was given at the end of this song. I think that it is exactly what it appears to be...he breaks the stick as a trubute to his fallen family.

I never cared for this song until I heard this live version. Amazing.

Rest in peace Ghost Rider.

geedys voice is brilliant at this age!

RIP to one of the best drummers ever.

A powerful song, all the more poignant in this version when Peart breaks the stick at the end.

Honestly because of everything that Neil went through, I get the feeling that Vapor Trails was a kind of concept record for Neil... One Little Victory, Secret Touch, Ghostrider, etc.

I'm overwhelmed by this song. Neils long journey.

One thousand horsepower straight ahead ...no stopping ....still playing for all of us. A death hurts but the raw emotion of the music beats on for ages to come . 💖✌🙏💖

I was camping in Colorado a few years ago on a motorcycle trip, got up before dawn due to a long day. CCCold, 26 degrees at around 8k if I remember. Got on the road heading west. This came up on my playlist as the sun was coming up. Sunrise in the mirror indeed. This song always gets to me, knowing the backstory. Especially when riding, gives you a lot of time to think. One of my favorites, though I don't think it gets the attention it deserves. Sunrise in the mirror Lightens that invisible load Riding on a nameless quest Haunting that wilderness road Like a ghost rider

And No Neil didn't have his eyes closed just to focus on playing......Hang in there Bud...

This is the way: We've truly lost one of the few sages in modern music. 70

I wonder how hard it was for Neil to play this song

Probably the most cathartic experience of Neil’s life. ❤️❤️

This song is one great reason this is possibly the best band in history, IMO

La belleza de cada canción del Album "Vapors Trails" es única, es un perfecto disco, de los mejores de Rush en mi opinión.

I got goosebumps when I listened Ghost Rider very first time since Neil has left... 😢

Nothing can stop you now. Thank you Professor.

Killer tune. As usual...

Eternal thanks for the music that made me stop, listen, and be in awe. Rock in peace, Professor.

Dat pre-chorus.. shivers every time

No doubt, the best performance of this song ever. Way better than the final cut of the album!

Just cannot express enough how much I miss this band....... I just cannot :(

Thank you for the Memories Neil. I hope you rode peacefully into the sunset

Thank you for all the pleasure you have given me over 40 years Neil.

I think that was the end for him. The song hasn't been played since and I believe it was closing a chapter right there and leaving on the stage in Rio.

incredible performance. i am loving the album vapor trails more and more as time goes on. Strange, but that happens with me on most of the later Rush albums. takes a bit of time, then you realize just how great the record is after a few months or even years later.

Neil Peart , teria adorado conhecer a Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

I never want to forget this day when my dear God 😇let me see Rush live and they played this song 😢😭😘. Is and will be a magical ✨ moment in my memory forever♾️ & beyond!!!!.

I was listening to Vapour Trails on a beach walk last week It was my least listened to Rush album but it was in the wake of the awful news about Neil The material is brilliant and this song has stuck with me and every word Neil wrote was burned into my brain - I’ve listened to every Rush album, especially the later ones loving the music but getting lost in Neil’s amazing lyrics What a truly awesome writer and this is his song RIP Professor, there will NEVER be anyone like you - total legend

Love the Neil's hi hat work in this tune . . . . so incredibly unique !

I get goosebumps just by watching Neil pouring his heart out during this performance. Raw emotion paired with sofistication and precision. It moves me everytime. RIP Professor.

more than just a song for neil

Travels on the healing road, "Ghost Rider" is an amazing tale of hope & despair. i certainly hear this song differently after reading it. what an amazing group. 10/20/12 charlotte! cant wait!!!!

Reading Neil's book now- Ghost Rider.

For some reason, this song always made me think of the “fellowship of the ring”.There is shadow behind, shadow on the road ahead.

This whole vapor trails record in awesome.They crush it on every song.Neils lyrics are his life! Some of his finest drumming.Add that with the incredible Geddy and Alex and you get the best of Rush!

+1 re: Don's "Who ever say's Rush sucks, should be executed on the spot"

The history in actually seeing this performed live.

"Ghost Rider" Pack up all those phantoms Shoulder that invisible load Keep on riding North and West Haunting that wilderness road Like a ghost rider Carry all those phantoms Through bitter wind and stormy skies From the desert to the mountain From the lowest low to the highest high Like a ghost rider Keep on riding North and West Then circle South and East Show me beauty but there is no peace For the ghost rider Shadows on the road behind Shadows on the road ahead Nothing can stop you now There's a shadow on the road behind There's a shadow on the road ahead Nothing can stop you now Sunrise in the mirror Lightens that invisible load Riding on a nameless quest Haunting that wilderness road Like a ghost rider Just an escape artist Racing against the night A wandering hermit Racing toward the light From the white sands To the canyon lands To the redwood stands To the barren lands Sunrise on the road behind Sunset on the road ahead There's nothing to stop you now Nothing can stop you now

how can someone "dislike" that song? ;) must be one person with 11 profiles lol

RIP Neil ❤️

Incredible song. Vapor Trails is an incredible album.

The pain...the heavy intensity of a major loss of loved ones..pain nobody can possibly understand if it's not there loss. I was in shock when I heard of your great loss Neil.

What a gut punch.

Damn Neil is killing those drums!

so epic. neils breaks his stick after the song. even in the sound of his drums is perfectionist

Can they really be this good??... yes, and they get better with age..... every time I see them they never fail to impress. some of their live recorded stuff on DVD is better than the studio versions... Always at the top of their game... if you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes. RUSH= LEAD DOGS !!

What a performance by Neil! All the intensity, the emotion... man, this guy is a freakin legend!

What I ♡ about Rush is that their Heart is in it And it Sparks in the Vapor Trails!

I'm just here for the dryers.

just look at his face... ha just can't hold all those feels :) that guy is a genius...

Best band ever!

Love You Neil. Let Blessings be with you! I love your music!!

Arguably he is worthy of all homage by the man and artist he represented in his passage between us. A genuine ghost rider.

I've never seen this song played live before, since it was probably the only time it was ever included in their concert, on the Vapor Trails tour; short after Neil's return from his 'exile'. I swear, in all the performances of him alone, a Buddy Rich tribute, or with Rush, I've NEVER seen such intensity from his playing before. I mean, he snapped a stick in half after the song! What a strong individual, and a fucking monster musician. Much respect.

having to go through much in life..much the same..lost loved one's and had to "Deal" with it....No-one knows what it really is.....Thank You Neil....You are like a piece of Granite!,..yes..the west.....Sunsets.....

BEST VOICE PERFOMANCE OF GEDDY LIVE ATE NOW IT WAS THAT SHOW OF THE RIVER WHICH WILL BE TAKING THAT DAY THAT WONDERFUL VOICE ....

I never seen neil beat the drums that hard ever he is so emotional during the playing of this live i know it had to be super hard for him to play this live

A wonderful song by Rush… starts off like a typical pop rock song and slowly morphs and evolves into an authentic rush tune. Beautiful.

How fucking epic it is that Neil breaks the sticks in the end.

Absolutely fantastic!

Each of us their certain Rush albums that speak to them a little more than others, Vapor Trails was a special album for me, it came in a time of grieving the loss of a dear friend who also was a great bass player in a Rush tribute band named "Hemispheres" he never got to hear Vapor Trails, he passed away before he got the chance, But at least now his also with Chris Squire "Rock In Peace" brother Curt ✌🏼️

Obrigada por terem vindo ao Brasil... Inesquecível. Saudade Neil.💖

Very imotional especialy when Neil passed away. RIP

What an GREAT album and the Rio'ans LOVED every SECOND of it!!!

Wow, I never knew that Geddy sang, I respect him so much more now.

Neil Peart..you're always in our memories

Farewell to the king...

This song and Secret Touch get me every time. And now The Garden as well.

Chi Town loves and misses RUSH.21

R.I P Profesor... 'Like a ghost rider'

Oh!! I was there! Maracanã Stadium RJ, early 00'. I wasn't expecting this song...it was such a awesome surprise.

shivers. Just shivers. Geniuses. How can so much talent exist in three people? Cant wait to the 28th!! RUSH!!!!

i just love this song, it's melody, it's lyrics, it's drive and changes moodswings. And of course the audience makes it epic

Such a great song from a really great I mean REALLY GREAT album. It's almost too much Thank you Ged Al & Neil

they never fail to sound like 50 people on stage. pure talent on display.

One of the best Rush songs...

0:14 Neil is with his eyes closed to fell the song, and he open his eyes to see why geedy´s don´t start ed the music, but Geedy instantly begin, and Neil close his eyes again

i love their live performance of this song.

It must be strange to Geddy to sing these lyrics that come so much from Neil's own heart and from his own experiences.

brillant song! blew my sorrow and tears