Posted on 08/14/2023 7:25:10 PM PDT by 11th_VA
he Virginia resident is resonating with music listeners, thanks to his song raging against greed and injustice.
Virginia country singer Oliver Anthony, a former factory worker, is going viral thanks to his song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” a scathing tale of greed and injustice that is rapidly being embraced and promoted by right-wing pundits.
“I’ve been selling my soul, working all day/ Overtime hours for bullsh– pay,” he sings in the song’s opening lines. A video, posted by radiowv, shows Anthony offering an acoustic performance, funneling the pain, frustration and angst of the working class into lines that rage against greedy rich men. The song takes on high taxes, abuse of welfare, and selfish politicians, with lyrics that have resonated mightily with music listeners. Elsewhere, he sings, “Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothing to eat and the obese milking welfare/ Well God, if you’re 5-foot-3 and you’re 300 pounds/ Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.”
In a YouTube video posted Aug. 7, Anthony shared that the performance video of “Rich Men North of Richmond” was his “first song to get out there that has been recorded on a real microphone and a real camera, and not just on my cell phone.”...
A performance video of “Rich Men North of Richmond,” posted by radiowv, has surpassed 2 million views, just two days after its release on YouTube. “Rich Men From North Richmond” has also surged to No. 1 on the iTunes Country chart, outpacing the former chart leader, Jason Aldean’s controversial track “Try That in a Small Town.”
The video is also gaining traction through various media personalities, including Rich, Joe Rogan and Matt Walsh, as well as Barstool Sports and conservative outlet Breitbart posting it on social media...
(Excerpt) Read more at billboard.com ...
Played by a genuine man with German Shepherds that don’t bite out of anger and confusion. Them doggos just chill while he plays.
Great Lyric
Oliver Anthony had better hope he’s never done anything wrong since he was two years old...
Right now, the rich men north of Richmond are a bit shocked, but their janissaries and helots will be screaming out of the woods to get this guy in about a week.
I like his take on the world - he admits disparities, but he doesn’t want a handout, he just wants to be left alone - work out problems on his own, and not be taxed for other people who don’t want to work
No one has ever worked out a bolshevik revolution on his own.
That was a nice, straightforward article by Billboard. I would expect nothing less as Oliver is a new commodity for the recording industry and is sounds like a Phil Ochs/Bob Dylan revival is in the wings musically—there is money to be made with the message
Great song, from the heart; it’s the forgotten working class white man that is so despised and belittled now by the elites and the diversity shills.
Love this song…..it surely resonates!
The best lyric is about wishing politicians would help miners, not just minors on an island somewhere. Cuz we all know Epstein didn’t kill himself.
This is pretty unusual - an actual country musician, not another pop star wearing a cowboy hat and boots.
Right now, the rich men north of Richmond are a bit shocked, but their janissaries and helots will be screaming out of the woods to get this guy in about a week.
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True statement, but I’m still putting this song next to “A Country Boy Can Survive” on the playlist.
Our arrogant lefty overlords hate that one as well.
Oliver Anthony’s opus has upset the Never-Trump Neocons. National Review attacks it in its current issue.
work out problems on his own
Hey, you just wrote 2 lines for his next song!
Country Music Industry Confused By Man Actually From Country Making Actual Music
https://babylonbee.com/news/country-music-industry-confused-by-man-from-actual-country-making-actual-music
I hope he is already making money with Richmond.
The NR piece is by someone who has never even seen a country boy in bib overhauls and has no concept of a song written or sung by someone who was not a music major in an IVY League school.
This guy is a good man
Thanks -m3
This song is massively popular. Jason Aldean got boycotted into a #1 song. Sound of Freedom dominated the news. But Biden got 81 million votes? No. He didn’t. They cheated. If you think that Biden won for any other reason, you have been manipulated.
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