{"id":14376,"date":"2012-07-07T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T22:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=14376"},"modified":"2012-07-09T05:23:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T09:23:16","slug":"last-man-standing-all-right-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/last-man-standing-all-right-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Man Standing: All Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"275\" src=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\" data=\"http:\/\/rocktownhall.com\/lastmanstanding400x275.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve long counted on rock &#8216;n roll&#8217;s ability to provide comfort, to make me feel <em>all right<\/em>. Think about how many songs there are that involve a lyrical hook around the idea of feeling <em>all right<\/em>. (Whoops, I just gave away an entry!) Two of my Top 5 favorite songs of the 20th century contain segments that drive home this phrase and feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it. Then\u2014<em>one entry at a time<\/em>\u2014submit rock &#8216;n roll songs that involve a lyrical hook involving repeated use of the phrase &#8220;all right&#8221; (or, &#8220;alright,&#8221; in the case of a song associated with logging onto Rock Town Hall&#8217;s home page\u2014<em>Damn<\/em>, just gave away another entry!)<\/p>\n<p>To be clear: the song must contain a key refrain, coda, or verse with repeated use of the phrase &#8220;all right.&#8221; I&#8217;m not looking for any old song that just happens to use the phrase one time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll kick things off with one of the 2 songs among my Top 5 ever that bring home this feeling: <strong>The Velvet Underground&#8217;s &#8220;Rock &#8216;n Roll.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve long counted on rock &#8216;n roll&#8217;s ability to provide comfort, to make me feel all right. Think about how many songs there are that involve a lyrical hook around the idea of feeling all right. (Whoops, I just gave away an entry!) Two of my Top 5 favorite songs of the 20th century contain <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/last-man-standing-all-right-2\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[133,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}