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Rich Men North of Richmond
Youtube ^ | 8/9/2023 | Oliver Anthony

Posted on 08/21/2023 11:06:16 AM PDT by realcleanguy

Song of the Century "I've been selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours, for bullshit pay"


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This song kills it!! We should all be inspired by this.
1 posted on 08/21/2023 11:06:16 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: realcleanguy

You load 16 tons, and what do you get


2 posted on 08/21/2023 11:06:58 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: realcleanguy

It’s just ok. Nothing more. Why is it so groundbreaking?


3 posted on 08/21/2023 11:12:41 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: realcleanguy

Music is very subjective and I can understand the appeal of this tune to many people: one guy (Anthony’s personal story is inspiring), a guitar and a mic, some animals around him, lyrics bemoaning politicians, and all the right facial contortions and faux strained expressions MTV nation has come to expect from its bread and circuses.

It’s pushing all the right buttons, and for 80MM+ disenfranchised Americans, I can see them being drawn to this song.

But if this song was full of leftist lyrics, everybody would say it sucks. Again, I have nothing against Anthony. I empathize with the lyrics and, of course, love the message. I simply wish it was “better.”

Elevating the average or mundane to some lofty, unjustified height is what the commies did with Socialist Realism. The only thing missing here is the sanctioning of the state.


4 posted on 08/21/2023 11:13:09 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: ifinnegan

Well another day older and deeper in debt that’s what.


5 posted on 08/21/2023 11:16:38 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: realcleanguy

there is a union song in response...basically quit your complaining and join the union.


7 posted on 08/21/2023 11:17:07 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: ifinnegan

And the globalists want our souls belonging the company store with CBDC.


8 posted on 08/21/2023 11:18:03 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Fungi

Not so much groundbreaking as a serious bunch of simple statements about things we all should be mad at; constructs the dumb ass tyrants of the left have put in place of the great constructs that made America a stellar nation once. Self-evident, yet profoundly important to repeat.


9 posted on 08/21/2023 11:20:12 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: Fido969

Sorry, I posted the wrong “reaction video” They may have taken down the one I liked - it was POWERFUL.

I’ll see if I can find it.


10 posted on 08/21/2023 11:21:50 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Fido969

Here’s the reaction video that made me cry. Of course it’s not on Youtube:

https://tinyurl.com/4my4u2f7


11 posted on 08/21/2023 11:27:22 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: teeman8r

And yet the unions jobs cannot support the family either. The unions lose on that.


12 posted on 08/21/2023 11:34:07 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: realcleanguy
I like it, I bought it for 99 cents on iTunes to support him, but I'd hardly call it the 'song of the century.'

It's a song for the current times, but will have fleeting appeal as time and events move on.

It's certainly not going to have the legs of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A."

13 posted on 08/21/2023 11:35:18 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

“belonging the company store with CBDC.”

I think we will belong to whatever 15-minute city we are in.


14 posted on 08/21/2023 11:35:23 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: realcleanguy

Bfl


15 posted on 08/21/2023 11:39:47 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: realcleanguy

yes... but misery loves company i guess.


16 posted on 08/21/2023 11:40:14 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: realcleanguy

Did you just wake up from a really long nap?


17 posted on 08/21/2023 11:42:01 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Fungi

Agreed. Maybe it was because people were talking so glowingly about it, but I was underwhelmed when I listened to it. I certainly agree with much of the sentiment, but I wasn’t impressed with the lyrical quality.


18 posted on 08/21/2023 11:43:24 AM PDT by Flying Circus
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To: teeman8r

Put yourself in the shoes of million aged 21-35, trying to buy a house today, trying to get ahead? I thought I had it bad buying my first house in East Los Angeles in 1978. They can’t even afford that anymore. And they, the people, see DC as more protective of their “minors” they had on Epsteins Island than miners working today. I mean, DC will never release the names in that book to the public. We’d see exactly what our taxes are paying for. This should make us angry. But we have become conditioned to accept pedophilia. It’s a damn shame


19 posted on 08/21/2023 11:45:21 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: realcleanguy; All

Hank Williams Jr. did something similar in 1979, but there was no internet to make it a sensation back then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ircq1EtZg


20 posted on 08/21/2023 11:47:02 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. // Sure - You're right. Now what are you going to do about it?)
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