![]() ![]() It’s depressing that much of the media coverage of Rodrigo’s comeback will inevitably dwell on who it’s about. It’s as laden with words as a Gilmore Girls script, delivered with a spit and a stomp at truly exhilarating, breakneck pace that ends in a furious, battered exorcism: imagine if Tidal-era Fiona Apple was performing a Dear John on a piano being towed by a runaway truck and you’re somewhere close. It only thunders harder from there, Rodrigo indicating that this guy was significantly older (“girls your age know better”) and hating herself for ignoring other women’s warnings about him and agreeing with his characterisation of them as “crazy”. The music dips, and she wails the blow, seething with rage: “Bloodsucker! Fame fucker! Bleeding me dry like a goddamn vampire!” The pre-chorus has a dreamy lightheadedness to it that’s quickly become a Rodrigo trademark – as has her way with a punch to the gut. She remembers infraction after infraction, and her vocal performance races from rueful rumination to bitter crescendo, the piano galloping alongside her, and the song feels like it’s approaching liftoff. But they quickly overtake Rodrigo as she reflects on a relationship with a leeching ex who subjected her to “six months of torture you sold as some forbidden paradise”. ![]() The hum of the room is intact, creating an image of a young woman alone at the keys with her thoughts. It starts all heavy, Beatles-y piano chords. Going by Vampire, the lead single from second album Guts, there’s been a lot of living. It’s a clever strategy, both in rendering her comeback a Proper Event, and allowing Rodrigo, now 20, to live her own life. The implication is clearly that the music should speak for itself and that Rodrigo’s private life is private (a decision she may have come to as a result of the insane media obsession with the supposed Disney love triangle behind her debut single). She avoided spreading herself thin, declining expectations to release a traditional expanded edition of her acclaimed debut album, Sour, in order to preserve it as a time capsule of the formative heartbreak that inspired it. Rather than blast straight into the enormo-domes she could easily fill, she toured smaller venues to allow herself to develop as a performer. It was a remarkable rise, though perhaps what’s more admirable is how Rodrigo – who was 18 when she broke out – turned that virality into a more sustainable kind of career. Lovelorn and vengeful against a treacherous ex, it propelled the teenage songwriter and then-Disney star to No 1 around the world: her first ever public performance was at the Brit awards, swiftly followed by one on Saturday Night Live. Within four days, it had the most single-day Spotify streams of all time (other than Christmas songs). We re so happy together, it s alright, it s alright.Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single Drivers License made headlines on its release in January 2021 for breaking some stratospheric records in quick succession. Let’s move before they raise the parking rate, Oh!Ī D/A Dsus2 A let me tell you all about itĪll right now, baby, it’s all right now. Now baby, may be she’s in need of a kiss? The third chord is the same as the second, only you lift your index finger off the 2nd fret on the G string and let the open string ring out. The first chord is A major, a rather conventional chord. This classic riff from the 1970s is based on 3 open chords played on the first position of the neck. To give you an idea of the strumming pattern for this song, please check out the Tab. Strumming Pattern for “All Right Now” by Free The song starts with a quarter note time for the A major chord followed by a quarter and and 8th rest (?) followed by an open A note on the A string before strumming a partial D major chord – forth finger on the forth fret of the 4 string, 1st finger on the second fret (A note) and the second finger on the third fret of the second string. So overall, this is a newbie, easy song on a guitar. The song uses the I, IV, V chord pattern on the key of A ( A Major). Pay attention to the fingering explanations above the chord diagrams. The second two are very nice sounding yet not so conventional chords. ![]() Anyway let’s learn how to play Free’s All Right Now. There is something about this riff that I heard before I just can’t remember. This is a very catchy tune with a very memorable guitar riff. I know the band Bad Company and Queen, but honestly I never heard of the band “ Free“. ![]()
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