oh yes, those corrupt sacks of corp controlled (insert word) He made an Anthem for all of us, I for one am done with how stuff is going, Biden failed all of us and sends more and more of OUR tax money to a war
I think that line has 3 different meanings to be taken from it. 1- Miners, not minors on an island 2- Miners, not miners on an Island 3- Minors, not minors on an island
The crazy part about his story is that he was dealing with substance abuse, reached his rock bottom and prayed to god that if he helped him through this situation that he would devote his life to god and helping others. Then he made this as his very first public song just recorded in his backyard and it instantly changed his life.. less than 30 days after reaching rock bottom and praying to god.. its a remarkable story.. hes been approached by labels trying to buy his soul but he refuses. He will remain independent and make music that touches the hearts of everyone.
Rich men north of Richmond..Wow! Talk about hitting the nail right on the fucking head..BULL'S EYE! It just rings true. And to the very depths of your soul. What a gem! Thank you Oliver Anthony.
@@dougdaniels7848 the rains falls on the righteous and the unrighteous. God says don't murder, to be sober, to be married to one woman and raise kids, to love one another. All people do is kill each other, get pissed drunk and abuse drugs, fck around having kids for multiple men and with multiple women and hate each other. Hardly God's fault that we don't listen to Him. Its all our own making.
English teacher here and noticed your confusion as to the spelling. Miners are the guys who look for coal, minors are the kids. It doesn't matter, but hoping one day it will matter again!
Well, Politicians didnt lookout for the minors Epstein island either, or they wouldnt have sealed and hidden away the list of elites in Epsteins black book.
Oliver was 30 days sober when he did this video ,one night he dropped to his knees and asked God to help him get over his drinking problem and depression. (A local paper interviewed him) Now look at him all i can say is God is good and I wish this guy the best of luck. I just hope Tom,Adam and Upchurch get to him and let him know to stay independent and not give his soul to the music industry. ✌🏼♥️🇺🇸
@@ryaniscool.1245 I was not comparing him to thim I was just stating hopefully they can talk to him about staying Independent and not signing to a label.
It really rich compromised politicians selling out everyone else. They play divide and conquer so people are fighting each other and not noticing what the politicians do to everyone. God bless❤
My father was labourer in a hot African sun and he did it for 27 years to feed 3 kids and his wife. My mother swept my high school steps. I didn’t get any easier but I’ve been blessed in my life. I know what this man is talking about. More power to you brother ❤
The other day me and my girlfriend were out at dinner, and a guy on a motorcycle rode through dowtown on a motorcyle blasting this song. We both js looked at eachother an smiled, it really is the people's anthem. You could feel it, everyone there knew the song.
This isn't just a song, it's an anthem for all the people being stepped on and forgotten about in Middle America. People are fed up, and this song perfectly demonstrates how we feel.
Middle America is just the tip, the rest of us are under the foot of tyranny in the west, battles will be fought but the war will be won by the people!
@livinglife4835 yes, but she had to step out of her bluegrass roots and do pop country to get anywhere. Don't get me wrong, I love her pop country, it's just nice to see bluegrass getting some mainstream respect.
I hope this brings a change to Nashville and the California pop bs is permanently excised from county music I gave up on country music when cmt started allowing bs like without me in there shows .
😂😂😂😂 Working??? He’s an out of work alcoholic musician that “woke” up the insurrectionists😂 Appealing to the crybaby😭 complainers that want nothing more to bit ch about EVERYTHING. Man up💪🏼
Exactly! All politicians and the top1% concluded with each others. It has always been this way but now it is far worse because now they want to control everything with AI.
First time I heard this song I cried. We're small business owners who worked from morning till night every day...only to have everything we sacrificed for taken in the name of taxes and fairness. Our health insurance went from $300 a month to $1650 with less coverage. And our taxes and fee's were increased constantly. They don't want us to survive anymore. Corporations get all the benefits and protection from the people we voted into office.
Gentlemen, welcome to authentic, real, raw, Appalachian Blues. Sung by an authentic Scotch-Irish Appalachian boy. Appalachian Blues like Bluegrass has it's roots in Irish folk music and Mississippi Delta blues. Just a factory worker and tradesman a few weeks ago, writing songs and singing in the woods with his dogs. THIS is the REAL DEAL. Enjoy.
Thank you for sharing that.. it's educational - i love to learn especially utmost when it's about what God/Jesus teaches. I see Appalachian folk make clear it's not country music, it's Appalachian folk music.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Yes. "Appalachia Blues" officially, but given the Irish influence is absolutely a form of folk music!! Oliver is a classic example of a descendant of the Scotch Irish people who when they found Appalachia settled there as it reminded them so much of home: The hills/mountains of Northern Ireland.
Out of the ten richest counties in the US five are around DC. Four in Virginia and one in Maryland. That tells me our public servants are living much better that the rest of our country. We’ve been sold out to foreign countries and corporations. Enough is enough.
Yeah people are always talking about rich business men but I care waaay more about rich politicians that became crazy wealthy while they are supposedly career public servants.
@@Olivia-bl8ez all multi-millionaires from a $187,000 a year salary. The fact is, and the hard truth is, no is going to stop it. America is soon to be a 3rd world economy and we're watching it unfold.
Something about these guys talking about their favorite country artist bring back faith in humanity for me. I love every genre of music, and it's nice to see other cultures be open minded about country music.
exactly. i been stating...stay independent, like Tom MacDonald, so you do not sell your spirit and soul to the Devil fortune and fame... he needs to stay where he is meaning do not change his lifestyle because it is exactly that which gave him the raw passion, heart, emotion, spirit and soul to make the music he does, you change that recipe then you change the whole thing.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Tom McDonald's is a pandering clown. He is just taking advantage of the gullible cult. Oliver is making honest music.
Saw that... was awesome to see... he also has his own YT channel... has had it for awhile but should blow up now... does some covers and other originals... worth checking out for sure...
As a richmonder, he’s def talking about DC I think. It’s a straight drive to DC from Richmond and there isn’t much between. Just suburbs for people working in DC.
I came here to say exactly that... it may be an American song and it may be a folk song...but it's speaking the Truth to every single country on this planet. It represents every single citizen on this Earth that has felt the exact same sentiment in the exact same way he sang it. Fed TF Up Beyond Belief is the vibe from this song... Ready to Shut Shit Down is the tone of his voice. I LOVE IT. I hope that he stays independent... Hellyweird is corruptible and he needs no change from any part of the "SIN-dust-ry".
@@hornyconvict I literally don't see what all these clowns see in this song lmfao. Its literally so fucking basic, nothing about it is complex or hard to understand. Just goes to show how you need to really dumb something down for people to understand. Very on brand for the people of Appalachia.
I am all teared up... And i am not even American, I am Greek living in the Netherlands, this guy touched my soul, we are also selling our souls in this part of the world. Great song, GREAT VOICE...
There were hundreds of iconic anti Vietnam war (protest) songs of the 60’s and 70’s. Now we have the first New World Order Protest anthem!!! 🌟 Thank you Oliver Anthony!
Instead of taking aim at our capitalist overlords (billionaires), he calls out people on welfare. So it’s all poor people’s fault? This song is so dumb and it’s sadly predictable that a certain portion of the population will just eat it up
"Oliver Anthony really does punch down on the poor. The lives of ordinary working people are being torn apart by the rich, he laments, but we can fix it if we cut welfare - and taxes too. Listening to the lyrics in that context, I came to understand why the song had gone viral among rightwing figures in the US. It’s a classic example of the divisive narrative that bosses have used to pit worker against worker since the days of Joe Hill. If the poor are fighting one another over racial hierarchy or cultural grievance, their anger will be directed away from the people responsible for their plight - the rich who exploit those in work and abandon those in need." Billy Bragg 2023
Brothers- this song is for me and YOU. it's for all of us under the foot of politicians. Black, white, men and women- anyone under a hundred thousand a year.
So glad I found the CF. Good review. From the heart. I've been around a while and I know heart when I see and hear it and experience it. I pray for unity in our nation. Your faces tell the truth.
@@JJJOOSSHHHThat remains to be seen. There's only one way to remove a corrupt system, and it would mean the lives of millions of people will be forever changed if not lost. Most people recognize that. History shows there will be a breaking point.
@@slipstreammonkey Off Grid simply means self sufficient. Well water, solar, wind or generator for power. Usually a garden and some livestock. You can do it on 2 acres, 5 10 or 90!
@@littlewing4299 cool, so my power gets shut off and suddenly I'm cool cause I live off the grid. It's bogus, he worked in a factory and he'll stay in a factory.
@@slipstreammonkey What? Off Grid pertains to his home and land lifestyle choice, which has nothing to do with where he works. I guess he will work in the factory if he needs to until he doesn't have to. Maybe he will make bank off his music. Who knows? Why does it bother you?
This is the new anthem for “We The People!” It’s not for a specific side, Republican or Democrat. It’s for all of us who are FED UP with our government!! United we stand divided we fall.
It's absolutely for a specific side, mostly the right. Not everyone agrees with this non-sense. Some of us are happy for our tax dollars to be used to help the less fortunate. Why would he call out the least fortunate people on welfare when there are plenty of fat cats milking the country illegally for far more than any welfare recipient.
This man is western north Carolina raised and bread, and he's not the only one, and by the way he playing a steel guitar,we work hard and love our family.....
He is viral now - he just sang live for the first time ever in a Richmond farmers market The crowd was singing along. This man is the original. Untouched by any label or promoter, just pure raw emotion
His first time with that many people, before he sang, he made like a speech, and was saying how back in June he played there and there was about 20 people, and now hes playing and theres 6000 and how if he can do it then we can, and then he read out of the bible!
He should stay away from the money handlers, they'll have him wearing a cowboy hat and singing about partying everyday in a pick up truck with a girl in cut off jean shorts. This song is promoting itself with its simple truths, and people everywhere know it. The New World Order is set to take control of every aspect of your life. I'm 70 years old and will not live to see it, but my children and grandchildren will. Something needs to change and quickly.
I'm Portuguese and I can relate to what he is singing, I think most people around the world, if they listen the song, they will feel the same way. Very few rich man control the world now and although the countries in Europe have a lot of political partys to vote for ( Communist, Socialist, Christian Democrat, Royalist, Green, Liberal, Anarchist, Nationalist Patriotic, etc.), they are in the rich man pocket. Our clown president is going around now in ex-Portuguese Africa, preaching the war in Ukraine so the rich man north of Richmond (Virginia) can make billions of dollares. Pray my dear, pray.
“Young men are putting themselves six feet in the ground, cause all this damn country does is keep on kicking them down.” The reaction I see every from male I show this song to, and every one of them on RUclips. It’s unfortunate as fuck that everyone feels that line.
It’s a double entendre. Wishing politicians cared about minors, not just minors in the face of the media but the child miners on the islands that have child labor mining precious metals and resources.
@@christopheryou5040I think it could have a couple meanings, miners as in coal miners, then minors on island somewhere is the second one referring to Epstein Island and all the politicians ….Coal mining is fading out in Appalachia and a lot of small towns that depended on it are dying off because there’s nothing here, not much here but coal mining, logging and oil and natural gas production
They only control the ones who will put on a mask, that their poison shot and close down their business while their meager wealth is redistributed to the top .0000001%. @@Oilman6969
They don't want the men of America uniting and fighting back against them, so they divide and down trodden you all to not unite or have the energy and finances to. But at the end of the day, if a farmer can't sell their food, they will just trade it for goods they need and skip the currency issues.
Guys, Imm an Iraqi living in Zimbabwe and this song resonates with all of us. Rich men north of Richmond have global reach. We all the same ! Much love !
I've been watching you guys for sometime now, watching all you guys be completely into this was worth the watch by itself. Beneath the heavens we are all one...
I wish that were the case. But sadly I fear the fix is in. The combination of corruption, uneducated Americans, and a corrupt media will ensure this problem continues.
@@user-xz1lm6vw8s Except it is the "educated" Americans and other countries elites around that world, including the mainstream media, that are entrenching themselves into a ruling class and creating the conditions Oliver is talking about.
We live in Richmond, VA, and my husband drives to washington daily for work and it's a shame we have the homeless posted up right outside the White House. It's crazy and we can all relate to this song. He's speaking to all of us.
He's an off grid farmer and just joined twitter recently. But 3 of his songs as of last night are the top 10 of itunes. This song is now known as the anthem to the working class.
I completely agree. We have to get aimed in the same direction, at the root of the problem. There are just a tiny group of people ruining everything for everyone else. Once people get on the same page that governments are just violent criminal gangs who extort and rob people for their own benefit, stop pointing fingers at each other, and instead point at those who are really wrecking everything, then the game is over.
Bro I’m a Romanian living in my home country and this hits me deep. Your country and it’s politics have a really far reach. We all need to stand up to this divide and conquer mentality. ❤️
There are two kinds of country music; you've got "my girl left with the dog, the beer's run out, and my truck broke down", and then there's REAL country music like this.
This is the kind of folk/country music I appreciate. The working man's blues. Not that truck-driving, buy shorty a drink finger-snapping commercial pop stuff.
What happened to rap music is the same thing that happened to country music. Back in the 90's and even 2000's when there was actually good rap has been replaced with absolutely garbage which is what is popular. Same with country music. The good stuff gets covered up with all the crappy garbage over produces trash gets pushed to the front
He's singing about the plight of young men in this country, black, white, and brown. Historically high rates of suicide, homelessness, drug and alcohol related deaths, lowering levels of education, lowering life expectancy, lowering standards of living, the #1 victims of violent crime and murder, and the most incarcerated demographic in the country.
It would be great if men of all races, creeds, and backgrounds would band together instead of letting the elites put us against each other. Those in power don't want strong men. Strong men can remove those elites from power.
Theme song for the new Cultural Revolution and National Revival coming in the USA 🙏🇺🇸🙏 We The People Have had enough of the BS from the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
Not just the US.... reading comments from Sweden, UK, Germany, Canada, etc. That is a WOW factor for a song to speak on behalf a whole class of good, hard working people across the globe.
I've watched at least 300 reactions to this song as well as every interview OA has made. What I've noticed is that lots of people fall in love with OA just from this song. But, every little bit of extra information; from his songs, interviews (he has only done 2 interviews -- Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson), etc. -- my respect and admiration for him has only increased! Really appreciated your reaction! Keep up your great work! 🙂❤
That line “wish politicians would look out for miners, not just minors on an island somewhere” is absolute 🔥🔥 I think it means that they should care about the coal miners (and other poor hardworking folks) and not just be looking at teenage girls (minors) on a private island of a rich man (Jeffrey Epstein and the many politicians who he flew in to party there with underage girls). Wow 💣
I taught high school English for 35 years and it's refreshing and encouraging to see young men have thoughtful and intellectual conversations about today's issues.
I often wonder what my high school English teacher Mr. Lundquist would think about today's current political environment. He was my favorite teacher because he taught us more about life than just book learning. You know, how to think. Not what to think.
This is a song for everyone. Every man. Every woman. No matter your skin color. No matter your religion. No matter your sexual preference. Red or blue, they don’t care about you, we have to take care of ourselves, and each other.
Amen. I am Black. from New York City. And this song is the hardest bars in America right now. I am glad this is number one. Not Drake, Not Megan Thee Ugly Stallion. Not Ice Spice. Not kill this not kill that, buT good homemade music with instruments. God Bless America. PS and I am not a Republican, I am just me.
This man brings tears to my eyes with this song.... I work so hard only to survive and keep my head above water , I work for a fortune five Hundred conglomerate but I d😢earn the fortune five Hundred salary making me employer even more rich while he has figured out a way to not pay his fair share of taxes on his employees and manipulated his employees to file taxes differently than normal because the tables have changed and his employees end up owing when otherwise they never made enough to ever owe the IRS our tax information is being misused so my very wealthy employer doesn't have to pay his fair share of taxes....we ended up owing instead! I'm tired of the wealthy not being held accountable for anything and stealing from the one's that keep his $ rolling in! When will something change?!..... when things change is when our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT IS REVAMPED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND THE WEALTHY ARE SCRUTINIZED WITH THEIR SHADY BULLSHIT THAT AFFECTS THE ONE'S THAT NEED THEIR CRAPPY LITTLE JOBS!
He posted this on his page, his name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford, Oliver Anthony was his grandfather's name and he's paying homage to him by singing under "Oliver Anthony music" It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on. Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me. People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don't want to play stadium shows, I don't want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression. These songs have connected with millions of people on such a deep level because they're being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung. No editing, no agent, no bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place. So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction: My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine. In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again. From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated. In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750. There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away. That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land. When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you. Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
Saying saving the children being molested and also the West Virginia coal miners. That was WV biggest economy back in the day but bc of “going green” they took a huge hit and the people been feeling it ever since.
I stumbled across your channel, and loved it! I'm an old lady (68), I identify with the song and love that you see the same evils that I do in our current situation. I watched your Eminiem videos, never knew the meaning of Stanley. Love your channel!!
My girlfriend's kid sent me this song last week. He's not even 20, but he's been working a few years now and feels the pain already. I'm an old dog at 46 and feel bad he feels that way already. It's a damn shame...
It is his generation that will be robbed more than any other before his in America. The working middle class and working poor have been systematically destroyed by the corrupt monetary policy of the democrats and the neo cons ( all who detest MAGA). Banks get bailed out when their gambling doesn't pay. NAZIs in Ukraine get trillions to pay for their people's pensions and to launder for the political campaigns of democrats and neo cons. Meanwhile we the people of America get screwed. We need a thousand more songs and a thousand more singers writing songs about this situation. The first thing the godless Marxists sought to destroy was art. Let's we the people take it back. It is more powerful than standing armies.
Old dog at 46? Man No, you just continue to support that young man with your experiences and advice! I can guarantee that Oliver Anthony is the product of someone in his life who took the time to share with him what it was like what it is like and what it will be like. Better times are just ahead! The American people have seen some difficult situations in the past and WE will overcome!
this song unites us in the exact way the "rich men north of richmond" want to divide us. see what we can accomplish when we stop fighting each other and turn our gaze to the rich men north of richmond.
Latest statement by Oliver(Chris) Anthony---It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on. Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me. People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don't want to play stadium shows, I don't want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression. These songs have connected with millions of people on such a deep level because they're being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung. No editing, no agent, no bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place. So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction: My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine. In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again. From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated. In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750. There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away. That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land. When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you. Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
Rich men north of Richmond.....the politicians in Washington DC.
That's exactly what it's about 💯
oh yes, those corrupt sacks of corp controlled (insert word) He made an Anthem for all of us, I for one am done with how stuff is going, Biden failed all of us and sends more and more of OUR tax money to a war
Yup!!!
Was about to say that.
Thanks radar
Cant believe yall missed the "Miners instead of Minors on an island somewhere" line. That was the hardest line in the entire song.
I think that line has 3 different meanings to be taken from it.
1- Miners, not minors on an island
2- Miners, not miners on an Island
3- Minors, not minors on an island
They're west of Appalachia, it's still appreciated I think.
-from Wyoming.
I’m from Wyoming too. We want Trump back!
He has a video on RUclips he dropped right before he released this song explaining his thoughts on the youth .
Epstein Island Minors
The crazy part about his story is that he was dealing with substance abuse, reached his rock bottom and prayed to god that if he helped him through this situation that he would devote his life to god and helping others. Then he made this as his very first public song just recorded in his backyard and it instantly changed his life.. less than 30 days after reaching rock bottom and praying to god.. its a remarkable story.. hes been approached by labels trying to buy his soul but he refuses. He will remain independent and make music that touches the hearts of everyone.
Beautiful
Good.
Gotta give credit to god for all the good things that happen but all the bad stuff isn't his fault at all. make it make sense.
Rich men north of Richmond..Wow! Talk about hitting the nail right on the fucking head..BULL'S EYE! It just rings true. And to the very depths of your soul. What a gem! Thank you Oliver Anthony.
@@dougdaniels7848 the rains falls on the righteous and the unrighteous. God says don't murder, to be sober, to be married to one woman and raise kids, to love one another. All people do is kill each other, get pissed drunk and abuse drugs, fck around having kids for multiple men and with multiple women and hate each other. Hardly God's fault that we don't listen to Him. Its all our own making.
Sat behind him and his family 2 weeks ago on a flight. Genuine down to earth guy and his kids were awesome. He's for the people. Allllll the people!
Yeeeeaaaah, and he's also my 2nd cousin..😂
That's not country music. That's straight-up Appalachian folk music. 😊
It's the blues
@@eternallife9786no.. it's not
Damn Skippy
lil fact...this was his first time singing into a microphone...
Was just about to type the same thing. You're correct.
"I wish politicians would look out for miners, and not just minors on a island somewhere". That line is gold
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that line is pure POETRY!
English teacher here and noticed your confusion as to the spelling. Miners are the guys who look for coal, minors are the kids. It doesn't matter, but hoping one day it will matter again!
Yeah, he's talking about bitcoin miners, I believe. FTX
Well, Politicians didnt lookout for the minors Epstein island either, or they wouldnt have sealed and hidden away the list of elites in Epsteins black book.
@@gamingnoob3190😂
My Dad hated his job, but he worked his ass off to support a wife, mother, and four children.
Young men putting themselves, 6 feet in the ground, since the rest of the world keep tearing them down is a hard ass line. Respect
Hits deep brother.
Oliver was 30 days sober when he did this video ,one night he dropped to his knees and asked God to help him get over his drinking problem and depression. (A local paper interviewed him)
Now look at him all i can say is God is good and I wish this guy the best of luck. I just hope Tom,Adam and Upchurch get to him and let him know to stay independent and not give his soul to the music industry.
✌🏼♥️🇺🇸
Totally agree with you, even commented on his page that I hope he does stay pure & independent! God is good!
Gross he’s nothing like Tom or Adam. He’s actually talking about real problems
@@ryaniscool.1245
I was not comparing him to thim I was just stating hopefully they can talk to him about staying Independent and not signing to a label.
❤🙏🙏🙏💪💪💪🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Amen honey! God is mighty!
As a black woman, I relate to a large majority of what that man is singing about and I feel it to my core. Looks like I have a new favorite artists!
"People like me, and people like you." For all of us who been kicked a few too many times. 🙂
It really rich compromised politicians selling out everyone else. They play divide and conquer so people are fighting each other and not noticing what the politicians do to everyone. God bless❤
@@CH-kr2df exactly! Very well said!
I feel it too. I think most of this country can relate. We're all getting screwed over together. God bless
Any one getting fucked over by the government can relate to this song. Which is pretty much everybody except the governments across the world.
My father was labourer in a hot African sun and he did it for 27 years to feed 3 kids and his wife. My mother swept my high school steps. I didn’t get any easier but I’ve been blessed in my life. I know what this man is talking about. More power to you brother ❤
The soul in this man’s voice. You can feel every word
As a hardworking factory worker father of four. This song broke me. Not going to lie this song made me cry. This guy understands.
you're not alone brother...
Bless you & yours❤
You are NOT alone!❤🙏🇺🇸
Yes, I seen a guy cry on tiktok to this and I wasn't even shocked by it. This song hits different
@@msessenceofrealityI read the comments on his channel and it made me chocked up and I consider myself a pretty hard man.
Regardless of where you come from or color of your skin. Hes singing for all of us right now.
man is revieing the soul of the nation
Yeah....... No..... He's not.
@@ACoupleStoners wake up
@@CaptGully he is very clearly singing this from an us vs. them perspective. It's the old souls vs. All these new world liberals.
@ACoupleStoners he is very clearly singing this for all of us that work too hard, get taxed 40 percent and get nothing for it.
We need to protect this man at all costs!
The other day me and my girlfriend were out at dinner, and a guy on a motorcycle rode through dowtown on a motorcyle blasting this song. We both js looked at eachother an smiled, it really is the people's anthem. You could feel it, everyone there knew the song.
This isn't just a song, it's an anthem for all the people being stepped on and forgotten about in Middle America. People are fed up, and this song perfectly demonstrates how we feel.
Preach. All over the world- it's a fight for our souls and we will not give up.
or just all around the world if you look at the comments... some of the stuff there still applies everywhere...
Oliver inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
Middle America is just the tip, the rest of us are under the foot of tyranny in the west, battles will be fought but the war will be won by the people!
not just Middle America
I’m so glad our Appalachian culture is finally getting the recognition it deserves
Wasn't Miss Dolly Parton from the Appalachian mountains?
@livinglife4835 yes, but she had to step out of her bluegrass roots and do pop country to get anywhere. Don't get me wrong, I love her pop country, it's just nice to see bluegrass getting some mainstream respect.
I hope this brings a change to Nashville and the California pop bs is permanently excised from county music
I gave up on country music when cmt started allowing bs like without me in there shows .
Farmville Va is outside of Richmond. Much love and respect to a local guy!!
properly pronounced App-Uh-Latch-Uhn Culture at that!
I just LOVE seeing how everyone gets immediately pulled into this song.💜🙏🇺🇸
This is basically the anthem of all of us blue collar people . This is so true Z love that this song is uniting people
THIS MAN SPEAKS FOR FOR ALL OF US, THE SILENT MILLIONS MAJORITY!
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Working???
He’s an out of work alcoholic musician that “woke” up the insurrectionists😂
Appealing to the crybaby😭 complainers that want nothing more to bit ch about EVERYTHING.
Man up💪🏼
His voice is ours and it’s amazing to hear!
The silent millions that are too lazy to come together and eject corruption by force, and simply allow it to continue? Those silent millions majority?
Time for us to stop being silent!!!!! They did not ask our permission to destroy our world!!!!
His song calls to the world, not just the USA
Exactly❤
Exactly! All politicians and the top1% concluded with each others. It has always been this way but now it is far worse because now they want to control everything with AI.
From Australia, Amen to that.
China here，speak for all common folks
F that get your own stuff
First time I heard this song I cried. We're small business owners who worked from morning till night every day...only to have everything we sacrificed for taken in the name of taxes and fairness. Our health insurance went from $300 a month to $1650 with less coverage. And our taxes and fee's were increased constantly.
They don't want us to survive anymore. Corporations get all the benefits and protection from the people we voted into office.
This song gets me every single time I hear it. It reaches into you body, soul, and mind and just brings you to your knees.
I am so incredibly sorry to hear this...God help us all.😢
Love y'alls reaction as soon as he started singing. You knew it was about to get real.
Gentlemen, welcome to authentic, real, raw, Appalachian Blues. Sung by an authentic Scotch-Irish Appalachian boy.
Appalachian Blues like Bluegrass has it's roots in Irish folk music and Mississippi Delta blues.
Just a factory worker and tradesman a few weeks ago, writing songs and singing in the woods with his dogs. THIS is the REAL DEAL. Enjoy.
Don't forget darn fine whiskey.
you mean american? you muhricans have been harkin back to your british roots a lot lately, why is that? you hate the uk and britain same as ancestors.
And moonshine that can peel paint
Thank you for sharing that.. it's educational - i love to learn especially utmost when it's about what God/Jesus teaches. I see Appalachian folk make clear it's not country music, it's Appalachian folk music.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Yes. "Appalachia Blues" officially, but given the Irish influence is absolutely a form of folk music!! Oliver is a classic example of a descendant of the Scotch Irish people who when they found Appalachia settled there as it reminded them so much of home: The hills/mountains of Northern Ireland.
Out of the ten richest counties in the US five are around DC. Four in Virginia and one in Maryland. That tells me our public servants are living much better that the rest of our country. We’ve been sold out to foreign countries and corporations. Enough is enough.
They’re not that much richer tbh.
Yeah people are always talking about rich business men but I care waaay more about rich politicians that became crazy wealthy while they are supposedly career public servants.
And northern Virginia and around DC is democrat strong.
@@Olivia-bl8ez all multi-millionaires from a $187,000 a year salary. The fact is, and the hard truth is, no is going to stop it. America is soon to be a 3rd world economy and we're watching it unfold.
@@MultiWarbirdthen you must be one of them lol
Something about these guys talking about their favorite country artist bring back faith in humanity for me. I love every genre of music, and it's nice to see other cultures be open minded about country music.
Love watching these young black men connect the dots. Untied we stand divided we fall
we say in germany: who go to work has no time to get rich...
I do too! United we stand!
You can hear the pain and sorrow in this man’s voice, God bless this true patriot!!!
exactly. i been stating...stay independent, like Tom MacDonald, so you do not sell your spirit and soul to the Devil fortune and fame... he needs to stay where he is meaning do not change his lifestyle because it is exactly that which gave him the raw passion, heart, emotion, spirit and soul to make the music he does, you change that recipe then you change the whole thing.
Totally agree, also point I think these gentlemen missed was when he talked minors on an island out there. He’s referring to Epstein Island.
@@Glenn-wn3uc I thought that was obvious 😳
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Tom McDonald's is a pandering clown. He is just taking advantage of the gullible cult. Oliver is making honest music.
@@Glenn-wn3uche also said miners like Wv coal miners,
Man released this a few days ago, he’s already playing concerts where EVERYONE IS SINGING THE WORDS.
I can’t imagine how good that must feel .
Saw that... was awesome to see... he also has his own YT channel... has had it for awhile but should blow up now... does some covers and other originals... worth checking out for sure...
Jamie Johnson even showed up to one of his pop up concerts this week and sang with him
That made me cry....
I really appreciate as black men, yall can handle some good Ole country. Y'all are awesome. God bless 🙏
Damn right we feel that! This guy is our voice 🙏
DC is north of Richmond. This song made me feel it, every freaking note.
As a richmonder, he’s def talking about DC I think. It’s a straight drive to DC from Richmond and there isn’t much between. Just suburbs for people working in DC.
I 110% assure you he is talking about politicians in D.C
Correct, on his page, his comment is pinned under the vid saying that it is talking about the politicians.
He's absolutely talking about DC
@@frxsted2457yep
This guy wrote and sang a song that is resonating globally.
I came here to say exactly that... it may be an American song and it may be a folk song...but it's speaking the Truth to every single country on this planet. It represents every single citizen on this Earth that has felt the exact same sentiment in the exact same way he sang it.
Fed TF Up Beyond Belief is the vibe from this song...
Ready to Shut Shit Down is the tone of his voice.
I LOVE IT.
I hope that he stays independent... Hellyweird is corruptible and he needs no change from any part of the "SIN-dust-ry".
Yes those "rich men" are all over the world, and working together to keep rest of us down.
This song is maybe profound if you're a 12 year old
@@hornyconvict I literally don't see what all these clowns see in this song lmfao. Its literally so fucking basic, nothing about it is complex or hard to understand. Just goes to show how you need to really dumb something down for people to understand. Very on brand for the people of Appalachia.
The people that want to rule the world with a one world govt are attacking all of us.
This isn't country music, this is music for the Country!
Love how you guys play all kinds of music. I normally don’t listen to something like this but he has a message and an ole country soulful voice.
I am all teared up... And i am not even American, I am Greek living in the Netherlands, this guy touched my soul, we are also selling our souls in this part of the world. Great song, GREAT VOICE...
Word my brother.
i'm a Brit and this speaks to me too. we all have our own versions of the rich men north of richmond and were all being betrayed.
Another British /English man here and I agree with everything the first British man wrote ...
Bless you 😊
There's something about this song that has that effect on everyone.
Number 1 on iTunes in 3 days over 6 million views. This dude is the real deal...
7.4 million views
Probably tik tok the reason
@@bittrness 7.5 million views
He owns 16% of the top 100 right now.
And RUclips still not letting his video trend!
This song is one anybody from any place can hear and feel. It made me cry a bit when I first heard
Wow! The truth is always most powerful when it's the simple truth. This song applies the whole world over!
There were hundreds of iconic anti Vietnam war (protest) songs of the 60’s and 70’s. Now we have the first New World Order Protest anthem!!! 🌟 Thank you Oliver Anthony!
I hope we have a rock revival. I respect this guy but I’m a rock guy
New World Order Protest songs...I like that.
I love it! Woody Guthrie for 2023!
Instead of taking aim at our capitalist overlords (billionaires), he calls out people on welfare. So it’s all poor people’s fault? This song is so dumb and it’s sadly predictable that a certain portion of the population will just eat it up
AMEN AND GOD BLESS YOU
This man might have just single-handedly UNITED this Country! Well done sir! Well done! 👏👏👏
FUCK that noise, hilljack.
Through pandering. Imagine getting chills from something like this. 😂
@@bobhs1605 you must enjoy being ruled by the elite. Not me! Give me Liberty or give me death!
"Oliver Anthony really does punch down on the poor.
The lives of ordinary working people are being torn apart by the rich, he laments, but we can fix it if we cut welfare - and taxes too. Listening to the lyrics in that context, I came to understand why the song had gone viral among rightwing figures in the US. It’s a classic example of the divisive narrative that bosses have used to pit worker against worker since the days of Joe Hill. If the poor are fighting one another over racial hierarchy or cultural grievance, their anger will be directed away from the people responsible for their plight - the rich who exploit those in work and abandon those in need." Billy Bragg 2023
Y'all saying this song is racial or " fat phobic " are the true problem.
Brothers- this song is for me and YOU. it's for all of us under the foot of politicians. Black, white, men and women- anyone under a hundred thousand a year.
So glad I found the CF. Good review. From the heart. I've been around a while and I know heart when I see and hear it and experience it. I pray for unity in our nation. Your faces tell the truth.
We all need to come together and get these crooks out of control. A nation divided can not stand!!!
Nobody has the guts.
Problem is we disagree on who the crooks are.
That's what the elitist commies are counting on
@@JJJOOSSHHHThat remains to be seen. There's only one way to remove a corrupt system, and it would mean the lives of millions of people will be forever changed if not lost. Most people recognize that. History shows there will be a breaking point.
deep down everyone knows who the "chosen" people are@@JJamahJamerson
From Virginia he's just a person no he's a Farmer!!. No record label. Protect this man at all costs!! He speaks for all working Americans!!❤
He speaks for the working class all over the world, god bless this man
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I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and this young man is the salt of the earth, the real deal. We are so proud of him here.
He is not a farmer. And his name is Chris, his grandfather was named Oliver Anthony, it's a tribute to him. Research people
From VA as well. pretty close to me. Loving the meaning behind the song!
Love these videos - thanks for sharing your experiences. it is a refreshing reminder to keep and open mind!
Man, I love all of your complete genuine reactions to this. It made me super emotional for some reason.
He's an off grid farmer on 90 acres with his 3 dogs! Amazing overnight sensation ballad for the working man!
Makes me love this man even more.
How can you be off the grid with 90 acres?
@@slipstreammonkey Off Grid simply means self sufficient. Well water, solar, wind or generator for power. Usually a garden and some livestock. You can do it on 2 acres, 5 10 or 90!
@@littlewing4299 cool, so my power gets shut off and suddenly I'm cool cause I live off the grid. It's bogus, he worked in a factory and he'll stay in a factory.
@@slipstreammonkey What? Off Grid pertains to his home and land lifestyle choice, which has nothing to do with where he works. I guess he will work in the factory if he needs to until he doesn't have to. Maybe he will make bank off his music. Who knows? Why does it bother you?
This is the new anthem for “We The People!” It’s not for a specific side, Republican or Democrat. It’s for all of us who are FED UP with our government!! United we stand divided we fall.
Shout out from Canada, this hits here too
Facts
parasitic gvmt working for the global elites raging war in all ways possible against us and between us, down to your very own body, children, spirit
It's absolutely for a specific side, mostly the right. Not everyone agrees with this non-sense. Some of us are happy for our tax dollars to be used to help the less fortunate. Why would he call out the least fortunate people on welfare when there are plenty of fat cats milking the country illegally for far more than any welfare recipient.
@@yonasgiant the name of the song is literally Rich Men North Of Richmond... what don't you understand?
Y'all's content is great!!!! Love the discussions yall have.....😂
This man is western north Carolina raised and bread, and he's not the only one, and by the way he playing a steel guitar,we work hard and love our family.....
He is viral now - he just sang live for the first time ever in a Richmond farmers market
The crowd was singing along. This man is the original. Untouched by any label or promoter, just pure raw emotion
NC farmer market. Right over the boarder of VA and NC. I only know because I live north of Richmond and the Outer banks in the summer😂
His first time with that many people, before he sang, he made like a speech, and was saying how back in June he played there and there was about 20 people, and now hes playing and theres 6000 and how if he can do it then we can, and then he read out of the bible!
He should stay away from the money handlers, they'll have him wearing a cowboy hat and singing about partying everyday in a pick up truck with a girl in cut off jean shorts. This song is promoting itself with its simple truths, and people everywhere know it. The New World Order is set to take control of every aspect of your life. I'm 70 years old and will not live to see it, but my children and grandchildren will. Something needs to change and quickly.
@@allanfranklin9615 He has apparently turned down offers that have been made so far. Hope he sticks to his guns.
As a black person, this brought tears to my eyes. I related a lot to it. You got a fan for life Anthony 💯🔥
It brought tears to my eyes too, Reggie. Much love to you in oneness, Brother🙏🏻❤️🕊
Why do Americans say their colour before a comment?
I'm genuinely asking.
I thought I was alone on that one...
O buddy he is singing for you too! ❤ he is singing for all of us ❤
I'm Portuguese and I can relate to what he is singing, I think most people around the world, if they listen the song, they will feel the same way. Very few rich man control the world now and although the countries in Europe have a lot of political partys to vote for ( Communist, Socialist, Christian Democrat, Royalist, Green, Liberal, Anarchist, Nationalist Patriotic, etc.), they are in the rich man pocket. Our clown president is going around now in ex-Portuguese Africa, preaching the war in Ukraine so the rich man north of Richmond (Virginia) can make billions of dollares. Pray my dear, pray.
“Young men are putting themselves six feet in the ground, cause all this damn country does is keep on kicking them down.”
The reaction I see every from male I show this song to, and every one of them on RUclips. It’s unfortunate as fuck that everyone feels that line.
been watching these guys for a while. always on point. great sound studio upgrades too!
The line about wishing the government care more about minors and not just on that island is cold as hell. Epstien Island
It’s a double entendre. Wishing politicians cared about minors, not just minors in the face of the media but the child miners on the islands that have child labor mining precious metals and resources.
The first is miners (like coal etc.) the second is minors and refers to Epstein island where many of those rich men went!!!
@@christopheryou5040I think it could have a couple meanings, miners as in coal miners, then minors on island somewhere is the second one referring to Epstein Island and all the politicians ….Coal mining is fading out in Appalachia and a lot of small towns that depended on it are dying off because there’s nothing here, not much here but coal mining, logging and oil and natural gas production
@@BradCross1982exactly! Miners/minors!
the fist is miners (as in coal miners) and the second is minors (as is Epsteins island minors)
This is what scares the hell out of the people on Wallstreet and in Washington.
100% They don’t actually control anything
They only control the ones who will put on a mask, that their poison shot and close down their business while their meager wealth is redistributed to the top .0000001%. @@Oilman6969
They don't want the men of America uniting and fighting back against them, so they divide and down trodden you all to not unite or have the energy and finances to. But at the end of the day, if a farmer can't sell their food, they will just trade it for goods they need and skip the currency issues.
Maybe but they're not scared enough! Yet.
Thanks for covering this! True words for a torturous government!
This isn't just country music it's music for our country. Hits you deep in your soul.
Guys, Imm an Iraqi living in Zimbabwe and this song resonates with all of us. Rich men north of Richmond have global reach. We all the same ! Much love !
There is a ruling class in every country. Everyone else is some varient of slave to them.
Exactly 💯 WE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 🎉🎉🎉
Yes, peace be with you,it's truly an amazing time watching the "people of the world" unite🙏🏼🙏🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏿
Unite the world!!🎉. The elite go see your maker. Let's see how you fare. The people are speaking❤
Lord Jesus is coming! He will be a JUST FATHER!
Amazing how this guy was truly discovered and Rich saw him and asked him to come on his tour.... NATURAL talent..... I'm glad
I think you meant “undiscovered” but everyone gets your point. So why am I even saying anything? Idk. Im bored I guess. Anyway, carry on
Deer stand in background... LEGEND ALREADY
HELL YEAH!
This guy doesn't need Nashville.... Nashville needs him!
I've been watching you guys for sometime now, watching all you guys be completely into this was worth the watch by itself. Beneath the heavens we are all one...
Yall are doing a good job. Speaking the truth and learning, at the same time giving perspective.
"Wish piloliticians would look out for miners and not just minors on an island somewhere." 🔥 💯 😮
Is that how the lyric went?
@@MR-backupyep.
He’s singing for all of us! We need to unite and vote all the crooks out!!!
The illusion that voting is the solution is nothing but depravity searching to cope. They will never allow themselves to be voted out.
you cant vote your way out of tyranny.
I wish that were the case. But sadly I fear the fix is in. The combination of corruption, uneducated Americans, and a corrupt media will ensure this problem continues.
@@user-xz1lm6vw8s Except it is the "educated" Americans and other countries elites around that world, including the mainstream media, that are entrenching themselves into a ruling class and creating the conditions Oliver is talking about.
Sounds like Anti-capitalism.
We live in Richmond, VA, and my husband drives to washington daily for work and it's a shame we have the homeless posted up right outside the White House. It's crazy and we can all relate to this song. He's speaking to all of us.
Amazing tune, I'm from Ireland and its very relatable, I'm sure it hits home across the world! Loving your vids btw, keep them coming! 💚🤍🧡
He's an off grid farmer and just joined twitter recently. But 3 of his songs as of last night are the top 10 of itunes. This song is now known as the anthem to the working class.
I am bawling my eyes out right now
HE IS SINGING FOR EVERY ONE OF US BEING HURT BY OUR OWN DAMN COUNTRY! We need to unite!
I completely agree. We have to get aimed in the same direction, at the root of the problem. There are just a tiny group of people ruining everything for everyone else. Once people get on the same page that governments are just violent criminal gangs who extort and rob people for their own benefit, stop pointing fingers at each other, and instead point at those who are really wrecking everything, then the game is over.
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Bro I’m a Romanian living in my home country and this hits me deep. Your country and it’s politics have a really far reach. We all need to stand up to this divide and conquer mentality. ❤️
We need Administrative change...
I love watching these young men. They always have great conversations, you can tell they are really good friends.
This shit still slaps, doesn't matter who you are if you hate.......god fucking dammit song started
no fluff, no flashy splashy visual effects
Just pure soul poetry........
This is what country music used to sound like
@@TawnyaDickerson-hp9guthis sounds a lot more folk than it sounds country. Nothing about girls and pickup trucks
@@CharlieBravoTango that’s what I mean folk
Country used to tell stories of hardships and heartbreaks and a boy named sue
@@CharlieBravoTangonot all country songs are about "girls beer and tractors"
There are two kinds of country music; you've got "my girl left with the dog, the beer's run out, and my truck broke down", and then there's REAL country music like this.
This is Appalachian music.
I think it’s more folk music than country music.
Thank you gentlemen for giving him an honest evaluation. I believe he speaks for all humanity
Guy on the left got rocked pure goose pimples to his soul
This is the kind of folk/country music I appreciate. The working man's blues. Not that truck-driving, buy shorty a drink finger-snapping commercial pop stuff.
What happened to rap music is the same thing that happened to country music.
Back in the 90's and even 2000's when there was actually good rap has been replaced with absolutely garbage which is what is popular. Same with country music. The good stuff gets covered up with all the crappy garbage over produces trash gets pushed to the front
@@Kolossus_it’s a part of the agenda
I can relate to this.. rap fell off after like the 2000s.. with only a minority keeping it as it was before.. you make valid points.@@Kolossus_
Exactly. This is more than country. This is the common man blues. Hits you in the heart
Us truly country folks call them and that "new age Country" RINESTONE COWBOY WANNABES!
He's singing about the plight of young men in this country, black, white, and brown. Historically high rates of suicide, homelessness, drug and alcohol related deaths, lowering levels of education, lowering life expectancy, lowering standards of living, the #1 victims of violent crime and murder, and the most incarcerated demographic in the country.
Fax fax fax
It would be great if men of all races, creeds, and backgrounds would band together instead of letting the elites put us against each other. Those in power don't want strong men. Strong men can remove those elites from power.
Theme song for the new Cultural Revolution and National Revival coming in the USA 🙏🇺🇸🙏 We The People Have had enough of the BS from the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
Not just the US.... reading comments from Sweden, UK, Germany, Canada, etc. That is a WOW factor for a song to speak on behalf a whole class of good, hard working people across the globe.
there's no plight, most of you live a very easy life.
I've watched at least 300 reactions to this song as well as every interview OA has made. What I've noticed is that lots of people fall in love with OA just from this song. But, every little bit of extra information; from his songs, interviews (he has only done 2 interviews -- Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson), etc. -- my respect and admiration for him has only increased! Really appreciated your reaction! Keep up your great work! 🙂❤
Easiest subscribe ive had in a while. Theys guys got the vibes
as of right now, Oliver Anthony has 14 of the top 50 songs on iTunes, thanks to guys like you!
right now he has 1-3!
@@NJVL I think he meant 4 instead of 14.
This song isn't just for America... it's for the world. Relatable on every account
I love that you guys are versed in different types of music. Great content guys keep it up!
This song is 🔥! And total truth ! Love his voice and love that he spoke the truth !❤
That line “wish politicians would look out for miners, not just minors on an island somewhere” is absolute 🔥🔥 I think it means that they should care about the coal miners (and other poor hardworking folks) and not just be looking at teenage girls (minors) on a private island of a rich man (Jeffrey Epstein and the many politicians who he flew in to party there with underage girls). Wow 💣
I had the same thought, that was a deep subliminal hit that caught fire 🔥
Yeah it was pretty obvious what he meant lol
Great line and so true. Powerful and wealthy elites flying all over exploiting underage girls, versus worrying about hard working Americans.
I taught high school English for 35 years and it's refreshing and encouraging to see young men have thoughtful and intellectual conversations about today's issues.
I often wonder what my high school English teacher Mr. Lundquist would think about today's current political environment. He was my favorite teacher because he taught us more about life than just book learning. You know, how to think. Not what to think.
We've gotten to watch 4 men fall in love with their country. It's been fantastic.
The guys don't know where Richmond is located. Apparently they didn't pay attention in high school history class.
Yeah I guess, Asking where is Richmond, who was this song made for , made me think of ignorance beyond belief.
Absolutely!
🙏 Thank you for showing this. I pray for you youth. Our new generation. You have sooooo much to stuggle through!😢
Love this boys. Thanks for keeping it real.
You can hear the pain in his voice. This song is coming from the soul. You can tell. This is Appalachian mountain music right here.
This is a song for everyone.
Every man.
Every woman.
No matter your skin color.
No matter your religion.
No matter your sexual preference.
Red or blue, they don’t care about you, we have to take care of ourselves, and each other.
Regardless of what you believe they’ll never care for you.
You’re exactly right - he is speaking for ALL people.
@@jessicarogers6646 nope he's speaking for trumpanzee deplorable dimwits
Amen. I am Black. from New York City. And this song is the hardest bars in America right now. I am glad this is number one. Not Drake, Not Megan Thee Ugly Stallion. Not Ice Spice. Not kill this not kill that, buT good homemade music with instruments. God Bless America.
PS and I am not a Republican, I am just me.
@@dramedy1804 You are a great exception.
This man brings tears to my eyes with this song.... I work so hard only to survive and keep my head above water , I work for a fortune five Hundred conglomerate but I d😢earn the fortune five Hundred salary making me employer even more rich while he has figured out a way to not pay his fair share of taxes on his employees and manipulated his employees to file taxes differently than normal because the tables have changed and his employees end up owing when otherwise they never made enough to ever owe the IRS our tax information is being misused so my very wealthy employer doesn't have to pay his fair share of taxes....we ended up owing instead!
I'm tired of the wealthy not being held accountable for anything and stealing from the one's that keep his $ rolling in!
When will something change?!..... when things change is when our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT IS REVAMPED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND THE WEALTHY ARE SCRUTINIZED WITH THEIR SHADY BULLSHIT THAT AFFECTS THE ONE'S THAT NEED THEIR CRAPPY LITTLE JOBS!
I cannot get enough of the chemistry this family has. God bless them, they rule.
He posted this on his page, his name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford, Oliver Anthony was his grandfather's name and he's paying homage to him by singing under "Oliver Anthony music"
It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on.
Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me.
People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don't want to play stadium shows, I don't want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression. These songs have connected with millions of people on such a deep level because they're being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung. No editing, no agent, no bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.
So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction:
My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine.
In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.
From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.
In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750.
There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away.
That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land.
When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you.
Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
Thanks for sharing. I wouldn't have seen it otherwise ❤
Man! I resonate with everything said here! I had to fight crying. God bless you!!
Thanks for posting. I was just going to search his history.
Wow, he’s spot on.
❤
"And not the just the minors on another island somewhere" Is so underrated, you all missed it
Double entendre? Minors somewhere, but also MINERS somewhere 💰
They completely missed that
Yes, and hopefully he isn’t “Epsteined “.
@@Bonetti.23he's talking about Epstein Island.
Saying saving the children being molested and also the West Virginia coal miners. That was WV biggest economy back in the day but bc of “going green” they took a huge hit and the people been feeling it ever since.
Our ANTHEM! He's singing to all of us and our hearts and souls. Fact and truth! Love your reactions. Do more Oliver Anthony!
I stumbled across your channel, and loved it! I'm an old lady (68), I identify with the song and love that you see the same evils that I do in our current situation. I watched your Eminiem videos, never knew the meaning of Stanley. Love your channel!!
My girlfriend's kid sent me this song last week. He's not even 20, but he's been working a few years now and feels the pain already. I'm an old dog at 46 and feel bad he feels that way already. It's a damn shame...
It is his generation that will be robbed more than any other before his in America. The working middle class and working poor have been systematically destroyed by the corrupt monetary policy of the democrats and the neo cons ( all who detest MAGA). Banks get bailed out when their gambling doesn't pay. NAZIs in Ukraine get trillions to pay for their people's pensions and to launder for the political campaigns of democrats and neo cons. Meanwhile we the people of America get screwed. We need a thousand more songs and a thousand more singers writing songs about this situation. The first thing the godless Marxists sought to destroy was art. Let's we the people take it back. It is more powerful than standing armies.
He is 30 some
Old dog at 46? Man No, you just continue to support that young man with your experiences and advice! I can guarantee that Oliver Anthony is the product of someone in his life who took the time to share with him what it was like what it is like and what it will be like. Better times are just ahead! The American people have seen some difficult situations in the past and WE will overcome!
this song unites us in the exact way the "rich men north of richmond" want to divide us. see what we can accomplish when we stop fighting each other and turn our gaze to the rich men north of richmond.
Please stop. Nonsense.
@@MrsLegitParttwo tell me you worship the government without telling me you worship the government...
Bro they are probably aliens at this point. I don't see why else they would intentionally be destroying the human race
@@MrsLegitParttwo what nonsense? Do clarify 😆
@@newenglandtraditionalist exactly. Education missed her, I'm guessing. Same kind of person who won't talk that in a Cuban neighborhood.
Young Men. 90% of this song flew over your head. Tuck it away 20 years listen again
Latest statement by Oliver(Chris) Anthony---It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on.
Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me.
People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don't want to play stadium shows, I don't want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression. These songs have connected with millions of people on such a deep level because they're being sung by someone feeling the words in the very moment they were being sung. No editing, no agent, no bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.
So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction:
My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine.
In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.
From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.
In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750.
There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away.
That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land.
When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you.
Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
Where was this posted?
I caught it on RadioWV
way to go man . ❤from richmond
HUMBLE!! EXTREMELY HUMBLE!! 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙
Amen! I hope he knows Christ! Sounds like it!