{"id":2307,"date":"2022-04-29T20:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eng.richardaseguin.com\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2022-04-29T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:35:08","slug":"gotta-get-away-by-the-rolling-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.richardaseguin.com\/?p=2307","title":{"rendered":"“Gotta Get Away” by The Rolling Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Richard\"<\/a>

Richard<\/p><\/div>In my opinion, 1965 was the best year of the 20th century. I was 15 years old and Rockland high school had given me my first girlfriend and friends who are great friends to this day. I had started learning the guitar and formed my first rock group with three of these friends: Marty Cunningham, Pierre Lafleur and Roch Tass\u00e9. We called ourselves The Ravens, after Poe, and dressed in black pants, black socks and black turtleneck sweaters on stage. We played one dance at the high school and retired! To hear the current Ravens play The Rolling Stones hit \u201cThe Last Time\u201d click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Marty\"<\/a>

Marty<\/p><\/div>Roch played on my first albums in the 1970s and has played in several local bands, becoming a tremendous drummer and percussionist along the way. We live quite far apart but are still great friends and Roch is a regular contributor to this website. Although Pierre’s path has led him away from music, Marty, Pierre and I are friends for life and regularly meet for brunch.<\/p>\n

\"Linda\"<\/a>

Linda<\/p><\/div>We are now getting together, augmented by Linda Challes who lives with Roch at the Howlin’ Huskies Studio in Ste-C\u00e9cile-de-Masham, Qc, for yet another Rolling Stones’ song, \u201cGotta Get Away\u201d, released in 1965, as was \u201cThe Last Time\u201d, not to mention The Beatles \u201cNowhere Man’, Dylan’s \u201cLike a Rolling Stone\u201d and \u201c(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction\u201d by … oh yes, The Rolling Stones, who were everywhere in 1965. It really was an exceptional year.<\/p>\n

\"Roch\"<\/a>

Roch<\/p><\/div>Starting in 1964, rock and pop bands from the United Kingdom became popular in North America and contributed to the rise of the \u201ccounter-culture\u201d on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The Beatles led this \u00abBritish invasion\u00bb followed by groups such as the Rolling Stones, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Who and Them (featuring Van Morrison). \u201cGotta Get Away\u201d was released on the UK album \u201cOut Of Our Heads\u201d, the US\/Canada album \u201cDecember’s Children\u201d and as the B-side of the single release of \u201cAs Tears Go By.\u201d At that time, the albums released in the UK were different from the ones released elsewhere. Singles were released because popular individual songs were played on the radio and singles were much cheaper than albums, which contained songs most people didn’t know. Consequently, \u201cGotta Get Away\u201d is one of the lesser known Stones songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGotta Get Away\u201d is representative of The Rollings Stones’ lyrical depiction of discontent, disrespect and misogyny, which they have fostered from their very beginnings. After a series of blues and R&B covers which left no doubt as to their attitude, they released \u201cIt’s All Over Now\u201d in 1964, followed by such likewise acerbic songs as \u201cTime Is On My Side\u201d, \u201cHeart Of Stone\u201d, \u201cThe Last Time\u201d, \u201cPlay With Fire\u201d, \u201c(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction\u201d , \u201cGet Off Of My Cloud\u201d, \u201cGotta Get Away\u201d, \u201cPaint It Black\u201d, \u201cStupid Girl\u201d, \u201cNo Expectations\u201d and \u201cUnder My Thumb\u201d, to mention only a few. This was a very powerful message to some of the more impressionable kids I knew and some really took it seriously. I remember one Ottawa kid who was tall and skinny, wore a long black coat that went to his ankles, black jeans and black t-shirt, black Army boots and even his long hair was dyed black. He loved the Rolling Stones and his life was fueled by the profound negativity of their lyrics. He was the very personification of \u201cPaint It Black.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the current active members of The Ravens, Roch, Marty and I intend to present more songs from our youth on this site.<\/p>\n

Richard S\u00e9guin – voice, electric guitars, electric bass
\nMarty Cunningham – acoustic guitar, percussion (hand claps)
\nLinda Challes – percussion (hand claps)
\nRoch Tass\u00e9 – drums, percussion (hand claps)<\/p>\n

Gotta Get Away<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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