Posted on 08/11/2023 12:55:18 PM PDT by shadowlands1960
Singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony became an overnight sensation with his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” in August, and the story behind the hit sent chills up my spine.
Anthony lives off-grid on 90 acres in Farmville, Virginia, with his three dogs, according to Whiskey Riff. You can picture Anthony’s life pretty easily through the heart-wrenching vocals and lyrics of his debut hit single. The song is one giant F-U to the men (and women) wearing suits in Washington D.C. and the corporate overlords who control them and screw up the rest of America for their own profits.
An acoustic version of the song was shared online by Radio VW, and it hit like a brick wall with those of us living out in the middle of nowhere, wondering what the heck is going on in our cities.
“Just want you to know I cried on my way home from the plant listening to this. I haven’t ever heard someone making music really talk about how it truly is out here. Had chills the whole time, I really hope you make it, dude, because you’re what we need right now,” one person wrote, according to Whiskey Riff.
Anthony’s music resonates with America’s working class like no other performer before him. A recent interview with Jason Howerton, revealed why.
Anthony’s past includes struggles with mental health, alcohol addiction and the despair felt by so many people navigating life in the 2020s. Things came to a head one night, and Anthony knew he had a decision to make. “Though he wasn’t a religious man, that night he promised God to get sober if he helped him follow his dream,” Howerton explained.
(video of song at link)
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Confirmation! Exactly!
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You recognize it. Others don’t have your gift of perception.
Good song, but nothing that 100+ other singers haven’t said.
This was playing at the end of War Room today and all I heard was nasal whining and no melody or musical structure. Couldn’t even understand the lyrics.
I’ll have to give it another try.
You sound like a Karen
thx for posting lyrics
Laura on Fox talked about this on her show tonite
Hows that?
Me neither, but I heard it and I thought he was black...
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