All right! Awright!
Funny/strange use of words when you think about it.
But used so often in songs. I can think of about five OTTOMH.
And used so often on stage – “are you feeling all right?” (Sounds like a Trump rally)
Anyway I’ve chosen this song cos I love singalong pop.
So – let’s have yours – BUT – lets’ make it ONE SONG each – cos there’s so many and everyone should have a turn.
All right!
GO!!
Aussies of a certain age and @Colin-H will recall the version by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs where they drive the riff into the ground, creating a disturbance in your mind, followed by mass singalong.
Here is Jesse Hill and Oop oop pah doo
We’re Awright! We’re Awright! We’re Awright!
Watch Neil Kinnock have a rush of blood to the head and lose the 1992 election before your very eyes with a quite bizarre US style entrance. What a pillock.
Len were a bunch of Canadian one hit wonders. This wasn’t the hit, but I like it anyway.
How about this ?
Ah, yes…..but how about this?
Saw Dave Mason do this as encore with Tedeschi Trucks Band in New York a couple of weeks ago. A great singalong number
Traffic were great, but Joe Cocker turned their song into something even better.
This is from his 1969 eponymous sophomore effort. Isn’t that right @moose-the-mooche
My word, that’s a veritable sonic cathedral of sound.
At 1:08, best use I’ve ever heard:
This is the original version of the Mungo Jerry song above.
I love this.
I learnt meself this on the geetar t’other day. (Extremely easy – and speed it up a bit and you’ve got Badlands).
Finger on your eyebrow and left hand on your hip
Thinking that you’re such a lady killer, think you’re so slick
Well alright
They say the man is crazy on the West Coast
Lord, there ain’t no doubt about it
Well alright
From the debut Cream album in 1966, this is Cat’s Squirrel
“Alright” fans may like to jump to 1:12
If you want to hear the 1961 original, look up Doctor Ross
Queen – Doing Alright
Steve Earle – I Feel Alright
A Swedish classic from the early 80s; “Yes Box Allright” by Hansson de Wolfe United:
Lyrics in Swedish, with a couple of small exceptions, the “allrights” appear at the end of the chorus.
Since I can only have one, it’s got to be The Beatles – Revolution
A bit of yelling.
A Commercial Proposition:written by Richard Thompson appears on the First Matthews Southern Comfort album. No Vid available
Alright, everything’s alright
Everything’s alright now
You don’t have a trouble
And you don’t have a care
Alright
Alright, everything’s alright
Everything’s alright now
So bring in the fiddle
You left out on the stair
Alright, Alright
Here’s a good one.
Barbara Lynn performs “What’d I Say” in 1966.
A fine voice and a left-handed Telecaster.