The Quarantine Countdown: Gotta Get Away (#7)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (69033)
United States
March 20, 2020 10:52am CST
After spraying down this discussion with Lysol you’re safe to read about another song that has a title fitting with our current “social distancing” issues. This is hopefully a little levity in the face of a pretty serious crisis. Here’s today’s appropriate song title.
#7: Gotta Get Away - Randy Meisner
Well, it’s like this: Randy Meisner and Glenn Frey weren’t social distancing in 1977. After an Eagles concert in Knoxville, they were brawling. Then they practiced social distancing: Meisner left the Eagles.
But no hard feelings. On his first solo album Meisner recorded a song that Frey wrote (“Bad Man”). And, on his second and most successful album, 1980’s One More Song, he even had Frey and Don Henley singing backup on the title song!
Meanwhile, here’s a song with a title that pretty much explains how everyone’s either feeling right now or is going to be feeling in a week.
Gotta Get Away
Written by Eric Kaz, Randy Meisner, and Wendy Waldman
Recorded by Randy Meisner
From One More Song, 1980
I don’t know where I’m going:
Randy Meisner performs "Gotta Get Away" live as the musical guest on the cult classic comedy show Fridays. You can buy The Best Of Fridays at: https://www.sh...
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
20 Mar 20
I loved the way you started your discussion
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
20 Mar 20
Thanks!
We have to keep our humor in these times.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
23 Mar 20
@FourWalls yes ..that way only we can survive these tough time.s
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Mar 20
Randy always gets thumbs up because he once played backup to some girl singer. Shoot, her name escapes me.
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
20 Mar 20
Rhonda Lindstadt or something like that. I can’t remember her name either. And don’t you know she could’ve done a fine job on this like some other Eric Kaz song she did.....(“Love Has No Pride”)
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
20 Mar 20
Don't know the song or the artist.
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