I’m retired military, and I worked my ass off. We worked overtime, but sure as hell never got paid for it. I retired from the military and Law Enforcement, and all I have to show for it is debt, taxes, and a broken body.
@clayjay88, this ain't a conservative or democrat thing. It's a politicians fucking everyone thing. Doesn't matter who's in. Rich Men, North Of Richmond. Just as many rich democrats as there are republicans. None of them ever helped my pocket money. They've all either made it where I brought home less through some sort of legislation.
In 2009, I had to sell my Grandfather's 1927 Dobro to pay my property taxes. I love to hear the sound of a resonator . This makes an old woman cry for the future of a once Free God fearing society. 🙏🇺🇸⚔️
I’m a divorced mom with two children and have not had a vacation in 10 years but I make too much for any help. My husband left so I sacrifice to keep housing and food. Bet the politicians don’t miss a vacation.
You know they don't miss vacations, or meals, or need to use food banks. And that's what so many people are missing with the welfare portion of it. There's so many people struggling that could use it, really need it but make too much according to the system and fall through the cracks destined to perpetually struggle.
THANK YOU for covering the 'Young men'/suicide lyrics. Most reactors skip it. It jumped out to me the FIRST time I heard the song. Maybe that's because my best friend blew his brains out 2yrs ago. There is a war on men.
Our young men come out of school, (I don't care WHAT school) and it's tough to get traction. Some come out with $200,000 in debt, and can't get hired! Some come home from the desert broken because of what they've seen, and maybe can't sleep, or work, or have other issues. Some young men drop into drugs or alcohol. Where are the people to help that don't cost huge money? We've lost some very, very good men to these problems.
I've noticed that also. The reactors almost always ignore that line..... perhaps because there's so much to the previous line OR being more cynical they don't want to risk being demonitized. Still....the suicide pandemic is a symptom of the crooked system the DC politicians have subjected the working class to everyday.
I remember the 70s and 80s when my dad could take vacation and the whole family with him all over the country. Now if I take a day off I have to plan how to replace or do with out the money I will miss for one day.
Im a veteran and 22 veteran a day in this country looses their life. I was born in 1959 an talk about living in a new world in an old soul. I don't fit in during this time we live in . I do know this much something got to change. Cause id just soon be dead fighting than put up with much more of this. It ain't dying im scared of its not living while i am here is what scares me. This song is our rally cry for Americans to stand up to Washington DC for what they are doing to Americans an this country. An may very well be are battle cry
people beginning to stand up and open their eyes, and music like this from regular people just singing from their hearts are whats finally bringing the people together! jason aldean, tom macdonald, adam calhoun all highlighting these issues and bringing people together as well, and add to that the whole RUclips REACTOR COMMUNITY playing their part to share these tracks to more of the world! things are changing.....
Sir, I greatly appreciate you explaining the lyrics to us, Thank you. I'm so Thankful for Oliver Anthony, getting everyone to talk about this song with each other.
Shit. My other channel is The Eclectic Beard with over 100k subs. I post music reactions irregularly on this one. Ive seen so many folks misinterpret some stuff out of this I did a breakdown, not a reaction. Not worried about it blowing up the channel. If I took the time and posted a daily reaction of Nightwish, Home Free and Band Maid Id be at 5k in a month. Already had over 2k before this reaction. More than blowing up reaction channels it keeps his song in the algorithim.
The people that decide the property value are the same people that tax the value of the property. Biggest reason home prices have skyrocketed in the last 25 years.
My father had a heart attack when i was a teenager. We needed to get assistance until his union insurance kicked in. He saw i was uncomfortable with getting Welfare. He told me something that has stuck with me for 50 years. "There is no shame going on Welfare. That is why we work and pay taxes. So that help is there when we need it. The only shame is staying on it longer than needed". Too many shameful people out there today.
One of the reasons that back in the day one had to own land to be able to vote. Very "anti-democratic" but the idea was that the mob couldn't vote themselves the property of others.
I don't agree with full out democracy, sure am glad we are a Constitutional Republic... Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. Mob mentality is dangerous...
So many reactions I've watched completely missed the two different miners/minors...I think maybe because those people are not informed on the area he is from or miners in general.
The beauty of his poetic talent……it has many possibilities and layers. Wish they’ pay attention to minors….not the minors they abuse….or Miners that have been destroyed…..instead of the minors they abuse….or Miners that they destroyed … not just big scandals that make media money…..you got everyday people 100 miles away starving….the faceless masses that are not just forgotten but intentionally targeted. It fits….whatever perspective you want to see it in, not necessarily trying to put just his view in your head.
@@justanamerican3007Oliver was raised near coal country in Virginia. Maybe educate yourself and see what's happened to the coal miners in this country.
@@jamietwigg5152 uhhh…..Biden has destroyed the miners. Destroyed the industry which we need. And they have been absolutely crushed….in every way. Not sure what I am missing that you feel I should be educated on. I was just commenting on the genius in his lyrics. I been watching these reactions for days…..and some take them differently depending on their perspective. I think that is why someone in WV and someone in California and Chicago and po-dunk Idaho where I live can all connect despite our education on the subjects. Sorry if my appreciation of the song and the versatility of the lyrics offended you.
In the UK you work your balls off to get by but there’s people who have no intention of working. They get state unemployment benefits, rent paid. You see them in Nike clothes, smoking, drinking all at our expense. It makes me so mad. Then you get immigrants that have never contributed getting everything
My Brother. This was a great break down of this song. The struggle is so real and we are all hurting, yet the president says. I thing to see here. So over politicians and woke folk.
I remember using obama care and couldnt use it anywhere bc copays and deductible was 17k for me and 8k for my kids. It was emotional when i learned the realization of healthcare.
[Verse 1] I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day Overtime hours for bullshit pay So I can sit out here and waste my life away Drag back home and drown my troubles away [Pre-Chorus] It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to For people like me and people like you Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh, it is Livin' in the new world With an old soul These rich men north of Richmond Lord knows they all just wanna have total control Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do And they don't think you know, but I know that you do 'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end 'Cause of rich men north of Richmond [Verse 2] I wish politicians would look out for miners And not just minors on an island somewhere Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat And the obese milkin' welfare [Verse 3] Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground 'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down [Pre-Chorus] Lord, it's a damn shame what the world's gotten to For people like me and people like you Wish I could just wake up and it not be true But it is, oh, it is [Chorus] Livin' in the new world With an old soul These rich men north of Richmond Lord knows they all just wanna have total control Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do And they don't think you know, but I know that you do 'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end 'Cause of rich men north of Richmond [Outro] I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day Overtime hours for bullshit pay
I've been looking at a lot of these videos to see what other content creators are saying about it and you are hitting it right on the head. He actually put out a video, on his RUclips channel, explaining this song and why he put it out there. It's a good video to watch. Great review. I'm subscribing.
It used to be you work hard and earn good money, yes you are working long hours and working hard, but you could afford to take your family on vacation, could afford to go off and enjoy a break from work and life back home, now people can't. The cost of living and inflation has made the lower and middle class be paycheck to paycheck. No longer can a man work hard and save up for a family vacation, every last dime is going to rent/ mortgage, groceries, etc.
This. 100%. Things have been rising in price and the buying power has been dropping since before Covid but it seems that during it, and since it's been over the government has really ramped up the attempts at controlling everything and the buying power has just went to shit. 4 years ago I was able to take my family up to Boston and DC for a week trip. Haven't been able to afford anything like it since. Hell I could barely afford it then. Now though it's like everything has just went up so much in price that traveling of any kind seems to be a pipe dream.
I've cried for the first time in years watching these Reaction Videos to Oliver Anthony's Rich Men North of Richmond. I didnt want to OFFEND anyone with my tears before but feel stronger now knowing so many others feel the same way. Keep educating people people & I would love you to do a followup video on the cultural impact of this song. Thanks. eM
I don't think his reference is only to the politicians but the whole political system including the sponsors, lobbyist etc etc. I am from Europe and this sounds to me as a typical working class (hero) song. The pain he expresses is the origin of the socialist movement and targets the ruling class and the choices they make, not any one group or person within the population.
He straight up says, in his introduction video he posted right before the radio station posted his video, that he's straight down the middle. He believes in the uniparty, saying they're both the same. They're already trying to cancel him writing hit pieces. Latest one i saw was that he is an industry implant lol.
His ability to articulate what we all know and feel is so powerful and real!!! Please let this awaken people and help them realize we ALL are the same and the Rich 🤑 Men are just trying to divide us BECAUSE they don't want us to stop fighting each other and address the real EVIL rat bastards trying to kill us while stealing everything we have. The New World 🌎 where they tell us "You will have nothing and be happy" and eat crickets and lab grown 🐂 💩 👎😡 God's blessings, protection and healing NOW for ALL!! God protect this beautiful soul!!
Thank you for explaining a little simple country word play to the people. Seems like a lot of people were struggling with it. We heard it loud and clear hear in Appalachia. Bless you.😂😂
It's so bizarre as a classic Dalek/Dr Who fan for you to watch and love Dr Who and then listen to this that I love too in the The UK! Good on you Electic beard!
Wow! I've been listening to reaction videos to this truthful lament on and off for days. Seems each content creator manages to raise an issue or make a point that triggers a reaction/strikes a nerve within me. In this reaction, it's the issue of the abuse of welfare/food stamps. As a single mother at the time, I made $11 too much to qualify for any assistance. Yep...$11! It was the food banks, the store that sold the dented cans at a discount, asking farmers if I could go through after harvest and pick up the vegetables rotting on the ground, going out with my kids to places where wild fruit grew....grapes, berries, pears, apples, etc. and coming home after a 10 hour work day to can the harvest, make vegetable soup in bulk, etc. from what we were able to scrounge up around the area. It was hard work on top of an exhausting job and we as a family have some of our best memories of talking about school, their friends, life, choices, consequences, the adventure of finding a berry patch or a fruit tree, etc. My children saw what work ethic looked and felt like in action, how family values looked and felt like, how teamwork benefitted the whole, and so much more. They learned to cook in that farm to table style that's so popular today because we lived it! We considered ourselves a family unit, with a common purpose, and bonded through these experiences that included lots of laughter, pranks, fun, and love. I can say that my children are very successful in their adult lives. They attribute their self sufficiency, resilience, work ethic, and numerous other values and traits to those years spent growing up in the rich environment of our home... it's astonished me how they didn't realize we were financially poor, although I didn't realize we were financially poor in my own childhood. I don't know that I recommend the 80 hour work weeks for years upon years, surviving on about 4 hours of sleep a night since this body eventually broke down from the stresses and strains and injuries. However, the closeness, love, support, respect, and consideration we have for each other is most definitely priceless. 💜
New to your channel but you get it 110 percent. Your obviously intelligent and sane which is actually rare nowadays. So for you to connect with this song is awesome. I'm a new subscriber now. God bless.
Amen brother! I have listened to so many reactions videos for this song. Nobody gets it and explains it as well as you. Some miss the point completely!
It’s a great song - I look at the modern world and cannot comprehend why it’s now the way it is. Ordinary folk have no voice and we are in an increasingly totalitarian state.
Only thing I disagree with you on is about welfare. You said it’s not the system’s fault it’s the people abusing it but my take is that it is the system’s fault because it allows people to game it and get away with it. Otherwise great assessment.
Their job used to be voluntary and now they get ungodly salaries where they can vote for their own raises and serve two terms and get that salary for life
1971 in the Northeast the average home was $30,000. Less in the rest of the country. Minimum wage was a $1.30 an hour. Peasants have been held down forever. They use taxation, War and fear.
In the uk. A lot of companies stopped overtime rate. You could ask for overtime and they might ask you for overtime but it’s now paid at your hourly rate. No time plus third or time plus half. Been like that for years now
Oh wow. Take out the overtime pay I'm not asking and not working when you ask. No over 40 straight pay. Damn all that. That's the only reason I didn't mind working 20-30 hours of overtime, the extra money after the extra taxes that were needful.
@@EBReacts well I do the overtime anyway because what else you going to do if you need the money. It’s not right and perhaps if everyone stopped doing overtime the companies would feel it. I try to look at what I getting as opposed to what I’m losing. Probably not helping the overall cause but it still means an extra £100 a week.
Yeah. I think that's one thing being lost in all of this. There's so many across the globe that it's resonating with which means that we're not alone here in the US since it seems to be a global phenomenon.
I am poor but I still count myself as lucky compared to poverty in other countries where there is literally no help nor hope. People are not luving, they are merely surviving. The reason people on welfare are also often obese is because they can only afford the cheapest of processed foods. Scientifically proven if all you can eat is processed food then no matter how busy or active you are, you are not going to lose weight. The real problem is that in US the wages per hour are so low that working 60 to 70 hours a week, you are often not earning what Europeans are under law for working part time. The lowest minimum wage in UK is about £10.00 per hour but at that wage you would likely especially if you have kids get your rent paid, council tax (paying for trash removal etc) would be reduced significantly, you would have universal credit which is like tax credits, free school meals etc and of coutse health care is free and in Scotland prescriptions snd university and college education is free. Even with that though there are people who uf they earn £1.00 over the limits sets they get no help at all and we also now have people using food banks who are getting paid middle class wages becayse of energy, mortgage and inflation prices and yet there are more millionnaires and billionnaires than there has ever been.
yeah, that's youtube for you. A lot of folks don't get notifications. For once, in their defense, my first video on this channel in 4 months so I kind of get it lol.
I am all for Trump but at thus point I think he has had a target on his back for so long and I think the "deep state" will kill the poor man or put in in prison on false charges before he can do anything to help the country because they all have TDS.I am seriously thinking about Vivek Ramaswamy because he promises to pardon Trump and I think Trump has given so much to this country his attorney fees alone are a billion dollars and they are still going after him
If you think self serving, idiot Trump is the solution then you live on another planet. Trump won by lying to working class people. He did nothing for them, passed a tax cut for the rich and sat back and did nothing else.
I'm not for none of the politicians in Washington and didn't vote for Trump. I think they should all be thrown out and their corporate backers too. Rich Men North of Richmond being the politicians, that's all of them, Trump included. My groceries after Trumps tariff bil went from feeding a family of 4 on a 100 dollars a week to almost 160 overnight and 200 by the time he left office. All while we did trade deals almost exactly the same as the ones he tore up and subsidized farmers even further on the backs of tax payers. They're all crooked, him included. Fuck Trump, Fuck Biden, Fuck politicians in Washington.
Politician would look out for minors( I think he means all minors) and not just minors on a Island somewhere, and he is so right they need to Stop what's going on with our kids in the America Government schools systems this is every where in America right now messing with their minds and destroying their bodyies they keep our children so confused they don't know what to do anymore😢
Miners is the first reference since for the last 12 years to politicians working to cut out the coal industry for this green push, so wish they'd look out for miners, and then the Epstein island reference with the minors on an island somewhere. And yeah, 100% agreee with the fact that school system and even more so, the media are doing what they can to confuse our children
No he's not at all. He's crying out against the system he pays into but can't use that others abuse. There's no reason it should be paying for stuff for folks that are making it a way of life and living high on the hog on it. It's not against other poor people. Keep up.
I dont think fat shaming a chick on welfare is very poetic..he isnt poor himself..look it up..this isnt singing..its yelling..and bitter..if people are that ungrateful for their life and dont count their blessings this is their song...quit blaming others and the government for all your problems..everyone wants a scapegoat...
Normally I'm nice but are you fucking stupid? You didn't watch the video at all. Nor did you listen. Where did gender come in. I see projection. Get the fuck outa here.
Apparently you'd rather people eat themselves to death on food that is poison (fudge rounds), while the homeless starve. He never said the morbidly obese was a woman, or a man. This song is about class warfare. He's saying what George Carlin said when Carlin opined "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." Based on your comments, you must think your in the big club. I'd bet my last worthless dollar you're not. The rich men North of Richmond have you right where they want you.
I think we should have mercy on people who are in a rut on welfare as it is a loop they cannot escape ....they need training and job opportunities. Welfare is a means of controlling the population keeping them fat and hopeless on cheap poison food loaded with MSG and high fructose corn syrup...where they eat ramen and PBJ because it is cheap. There is no way anyone can survive on welfare alone it is not what people think....I know if someone could make a decent living they would not choose to be on welfare ...the system does not empower people it holds them down.
This guys is spitting Truth out of his mouth like bullets, and each one gets you strait in the heart.
I’m retired military, and I worked my ass off. We worked overtime, but sure as hell never got paid for it. I retired from the military and Law Enforcement, and all I have to show for it is debt, taxes, and a broken body.
And somehow you’re still a conservative lol talk about dumb
@clayjay88, this ain't a conservative or democrat thing. It's a politicians fucking everyone thing. Doesn't matter who's in. Rich Men, North Of Richmond. Just as many rich democrats as there are republicans. None of them ever helped my pocket money. They've all either made it where I brought home less through some sort of legislation.
@@EBReacts I’m an independent myself, but I am conservative. God, Family, Country, and I bleed RED, WHITE and BLUE.
For what it's worth, thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service 🙏
In 2009, I had to sell my Grandfather's 1927 Dobro to pay my property taxes. I love to hear the sound of a resonator . This makes an old woman cry for the future of a once Free God fearing society. 🙏🇺🇸⚔️
Tough times make tough men and society closer to Christ. It'll be ok ❤
I’m a divorced mom with two children and have not had a vacation in 10 years but I make too much for any help. My husband left so I sacrifice to keep housing and food. Bet the politicians don’t miss a vacation.
You know they don't miss vacations, or meals, or need to use food banks. And that's what so many people are missing with the welfare portion of it. There's so many people struggling that could use it, really need it but make too much according to the system and fall through the cracks destined to perpetually struggle.
Yep and we pay for their vacations mansions cars security, vacation homes, and everything else they have! 🤬
THANK YOU for covering the 'Young men'/suicide lyrics. Most reactors skip it. It jumped out to me the FIRST time I heard the song. Maybe that's because my best friend blew his brains out 2yrs ago. There is a war on men.
Yes, it is, primarily !!
As an older female it is a war against women & family also as well as our God Himself !!
The system is AGAINST the family.....💔🤷🙏🇺🇸🦅
Our young men come out of school, (I don't care WHAT school) and it's tough to get traction. Some come out with $200,000 in debt, and can't get hired! Some come home from the desert broken because of what they've seen, and maybe can't sleep, or work, or have other issues. Some young men drop into drugs or alcohol. Where are the people to help that don't cost huge money? We've lost some very, very good men to these problems.
I've noticed that also. The reactors almost always ignore that line..... perhaps because there's so much to the previous line OR being more cynical they don't want to risk being demonitized. Still....the suicide pandemic is a symptom of the crooked system the DC politicians have subjected the working class to everyday.
There is a war on men, women, American family
And that hunting stand in the background is priceless!
I remember the 70s and 80s when my dad could take vacation and the whole family with him all over the country. Now if I take a day off I have to plan how to replace or do with out the money I will miss for one day.
Hi from the UK 🇬🇧 😊. Yeah I think we all feel this. I hope that he will reach his dream and his farm is going to be a blessing
Death (by a thousand cuts) of a civilization
100% on that. Seems the death goes faster and faster.
Really glad for stuff like this it will help historians understand why the system completely collapsed.
Im a veteran and 22 veteran a day in this country looses their life. I was born in 1959 an talk about living in a new world in an old soul. I don't fit in during this time we live in . I do know this much something got to change. Cause id just soon be dead fighting than put up with much more of this. It ain't dying im scared of its not living while i am here is what scares me. This song is our rally cry for Americans to stand up to Washington DC for what they are doing to Americans an this country. An may very well be are battle cry
I know.....
We know
I like how his dog looks up at him at the end of his song and. I hear ya dad.
He has such good doggies ❤
This guy lives off the grid.
Can't say I blame him.
It's a broken world we live in
people beginning to stand up and open their eyes, and music like this from regular people just singing from their hearts are whats finally bringing the people together! jason aldean, tom macdonald, adam calhoun all highlighting these issues and bringing people together as well, and add to that the whole RUclips REACTOR COMMUNITY playing their part to share these tracks to more of the world! things are changing.....
Sir, I greatly appreciate you explaining the lyrics to us, Thank you. I'm so Thankful for Oliver Anthony, getting everyone to talk about this song with each other.
Side benefit of writing one of the most beautiful songs ever written - blowing up small reaction channels.
Shit. My other channel is The Eclectic Beard with over 100k subs. I post music reactions irregularly on this one. Ive seen so many folks misinterpret some stuff out of this I did a breakdown, not a reaction. Not worried about it blowing up the channel. If I took the time and posted a daily reaction of Nightwish, Home Free and Band Maid Id be at 5k in a month. Already had over 2k before this reaction. More than blowing up reaction channels it keeps his song in the algorithim.
this is one of the best reactions to this song. i can tell u have worked ur ass off and have seen how the system treats us.
The people that decide the property value are the same people that tax the value of the property. Biggest reason home prices have skyrocketed in the last 25 years.
My father had a heart attack when i was a teenager. We needed to get assistance until his union insurance kicked in. He saw i was uncomfortable with getting Welfare. He told me something that has stuck with me for 50 years. "There is no shame going on Welfare. That is why we work and pay taxes. So that help is there when we need it. The only shame is staying on it longer than needed". Too many shameful people out there today.
Political people should have to farm 5 years before they get to say or regulate anything.
One of the reasons that back in the day one had to own land to be able to vote. Very "anti-democratic" but the idea was that the mob couldn't vote themselves the property of others.
Amen.
I don't agree with full out democracy, sure am glad we are a Constitutional Republic...
Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote. Mob mentality is dangerous...
I too wish that politicians would look out of "miners" and not just "minors" on an island somewhere.
So many reactions I've watched completely missed the two different miners/minors...I think maybe because those people are not informed on the area he is from or miners in general.
The beauty of his poetic talent……it has many possibilities and layers.
Wish they’ pay attention to minors….not the minors they abuse….or
Miners that have been destroyed…..instead of the minors they abuse….or
Miners that they destroyed … not just big scandals that make media money…..you got everyday people 100 miles away starving….the faceless masses that are not just forgotten but intentionally targeted.
It fits….whatever perspective you want to see it in, not necessarily trying to put just his view in your head.
@@justanamerican3007Oliver was raised near coal country in Virginia.
Maybe educate yourself and see what's happened to the coal miners in this country.
@@jamietwigg5152 uhhh…..Biden has destroyed the miners. Destroyed the industry which we need. And they have been absolutely crushed….in every way.
Not sure what I am missing that you feel I should be educated on.
I was just commenting on the genius in his lyrics. I been watching these reactions for days…..and some take them differently depending on their perspective. I think that is why someone in WV and someone in California and Chicago and po-dunk Idaho where I live can all connect despite our education on the subjects. Sorry if my appreciation of the song and the versatility of the lyrics offended you.
@@cs4201 im sure there is many reactors are afraid they’ll be demonised if they mention Epstein!
found this a couple of days ago & wondered IF you would be reacting to it.... so relatable!
I found it a few days ago and this was very much a review and lyrical breakdown and not a reaction lol. It's why I took my time with it.
I hope this brings americas soul together to fix things. No matter the cost
Great commentary... say it just like it is... we need to hear this.
In the UK you work your balls off to get by but there’s people who have no intention of working. They get state unemployment benefits, rent paid. You see them in Nike clothes, smoking, drinking all at our expense. It makes me so mad. Then you get immigrants that have never contributed getting everything
Same in America. The government planned it this way.
I think Washington is collectively shitting their pants right now. This song is is waking people up. Trump needs to have this guy play at his rallies.
I think a lot of country singers should have this guy open for them with a cameo appearance.
I’m sure he doesn’t want to be associated with any politician
@bobb6342 what tf makes you think Trump is a politician?
@@johnnymetonymic well he was your president for a few years
Yup, 👍🇺🇸🦅🙏⚖️
My Brother. This was a great break down of this song. The struggle is so real and we are all hurting, yet the president says. I thing to see here. So over politicians and woke folk.
I remember using obama care and couldnt use it anywhere bc copays and deductible was 17k for me and 8k for my kids. It was emotional when i learned the realization of healthcare.
'I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere'
The captions on RUclips keep screwing that line up.
[Verse 1]
I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
So I can sit out here and waste my life away
Drag back home and drown my troubles away
[Pre-Chorus]
It's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond
[Verse 2]
I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare
[Verse 3]
Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds
Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground
'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down
[Pre-Chorus]
Lord, it's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is
[Chorus]
Livin' in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don't think you know, but I know that you do
'Cause your dollar ain't shit and it's taxed to no end
'Cause of rich men north of Richmond
[Outro]
I've been sellin' my soul, workin' all day
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
Dude get a life and quit spamming lyrics, people get it...
No clicks for you.
Thank you!
yes..THANK YOU🎉
OT is taxes at 40%
American Revolution v2.0 is happening
Your comments are spot on, it resonates world wide
If you’re mad about the lyrics you’re probably part of the problem.
I've been looking at a lot of these videos to see what other content creators are saying about it and you are hitting it right on the head. He actually put out a video, on his RUclips channel, explaining this song and why he put it out there. It's a good video to watch.
Great review. I'm subscribing.
They promise you a lake house, and then drown you in puddle.
Very much so.
It used to be you work hard and earn good money, yes you are working long hours and working hard, but you could afford to take your family on vacation, could afford to go off and enjoy a break from work and life back home, now people can't. The cost of living and inflation has made the lower and middle class be paycheck to paycheck. No longer can a man work hard and save up for a family vacation, every last dime is going to rent/ mortgage, groceries, etc.
This. 100%. Things have been rising in price and the buying power has been dropping since before Covid but it seems that during it, and since it's been over the government has really ramped up the attempts at controlling everything and the buying power has just went to shit. 4 years ago I was able to take my family up to Boston and DC for a week trip. Haven't been able to afford anything like it since. Hell I could barely afford it then. Now though it's like everything has just went up so much in price that traveling of any kind seems to be a pipe dream.
I've cried for the first time in years watching these Reaction Videos to Oliver Anthony's Rich Men North of Richmond. I didnt want to OFFEND anyone with my tears before but feel stronger now knowing so many others feel the same way. Keep educating people people & I would love you to do a followup video on the cultural impact of this song. Thanks. eM
It is a world wide Problem. Some nuances differ but the core massage let you drop the same tears over here. Greetings from germany
Like it says in Rev., A days wage for a loaf of bread. 🤔🤦⚖️🇺🇸🦅
I don't think his reference is only to the politicians but the whole political system including the sponsors, lobbyist etc etc. I am from Europe and this sounds to me as a typical working class (hero) song. The pain he expresses is the origin of the socialist movement and targets the ruling class and the choices they make, not any one group or person within the population.
Dude! Love from Chicago.
He straight up says, in his introduction video he posted right before the radio station posted his video, that he's straight down the middle. He believes in the uniparty, saying they're both the same.
They're already trying to cancel him writing hit pieces. Latest one i saw was that he is an industry implant lol.
Working to keep a heartbeat.
His ability to articulate what we all know and feel is so powerful and real!!! Please let this awaken people and help them realize we ALL are the same and the Rich 🤑 Men are just trying to divide us BECAUSE they don't want us to stop fighting each other and address the real EVIL rat bastards trying to kill us while stealing everything we have. The New World 🌎 where they tell us "You will have nothing and be happy" and eat crickets and lab grown 🐂 💩 👎😡
God's blessings, protection and healing NOW for ALL!!
God protect this beautiful soul!!
I've seen alot of takes on this song today..yours is by far the best. Good on ya sir
Thank you for explaining a little simple country word play to the people. Seems like a lot of people were struggling with it. We heard it loud and clear hear in Appalachia. Bless you.😂😂
Damn straight homie work 14-16 hours a day 6-7 days a week and I still can't afford shit
Oliver n you speak truth!!
It's so bizarre as a classic Dalek/Dr Who fan for you to watch and love Dr Who and then listen to this that I love too in the The UK! Good on you Electic beard!
Wow! I've been listening to reaction videos to this truthful lament on and off for days.
Seems each content creator manages to raise an issue or make a point that triggers a reaction/strikes a nerve within me. In this reaction, it's the issue of the abuse of welfare/food stamps. As a single mother at the time, I made $11 too much to qualify for any assistance. Yep...$11! It was the food banks, the store that sold the dented cans at a discount, asking farmers if I could go through after harvest and pick up the vegetables rotting on the ground, going out with my kids to places where wild fruit grew....grapes, berries, pears, apples, etc. and coming home after a 10 hour work day to can the harvest, make vegetable soup in bulk, etc. from what we were able to scrounge up around the area. It was hard work on top of an exhausting job and we as a family have some of our best memories of talking about school, their friends, life, choices, consequences, the adventure of finding a berry patch or a fruit tree, etc.
My children saw what work ethic looked and felt like in action, how family values looked and felt like, how teamwork benefitted the whole, and so much more. They learned to cook in that farm to table style that's so popular today because we lived it!
We considered ourselves a family unit, with a common purpose, and bonded through these experiences that included lots of laughter, pranks, fun, and love.
I can say that my children are very successful in their adult lives. They attribute their self sufficiency, resilience, work ethic, and numerous other values and traits to those years spent growing up in the rich environment of our home... it's astonished me how they didn't realize we were financially poor, although I didn't realize we were financially poor in my own childhood. I don't know that I recommend the 80 hour work weeks for years upon years, surviving on about 4 hours of sleep a night since this body eventually broke down from the stresses and strains and injuries. However, the closeness, love, support, respect, and consideration we have for each other is most definitely priceless. 💜
New to your channel but you get it 110 percent. Your obviously intelligent and sane which is actually rare nowadays. So for you to connect with this song is awesome. I'm a new subscriber now. God bless.
Many thanks.
It's "Working Man" by Rush for the new century.
Amen brother! I have listened to so many reactions videos for this song. Nobody gets it and explains it as well as you. Some miss the point completely!
No one should be taxed on more than 40 hours a week.
Agreed
Great reaction, thank you.
Damn, you are so on point..kudos to your channel
A modern day, Bob Dylan or Marley
The inference of the line LOOK OUT, without actually saying it in the following line. 🔥🔥🔥
The Inflection 😮
Yup. To every single word.
well said brother
It’s a great song - I look at the modern world and cannot comprehend why it’s now the way it is. Ordinary folk have no voice and we are in an increasingly totalitarian state.
Spot on!
Only thing I disagree with you on is about welfare. You said it’s not the system’s fault it’s the people abusing it but my take is that it is the system’s fault because it allows people to game it and get away with it. Otherwise great assessment.
Their job used to be voluntary and now they get ungodly salaries where they can vote for their own raises and serve two terms and get that salary for life
i agree with everything you said :)
I am pretty liberal. Great song. Great message. I done with both sides. We need something new in our political system.
heart! good rant!
Is that Yorkshire UK? asking for a Lancastrian.
Yes
Not only is more being taxed...yet US dollar ain't worth shit😮
100. USA is a damn plantation still.
1971 in the Northeast the average home was $30,000. Less in the rest of the country. Minimum wage was a $1.30 an hour. Peasants have been held down forever. They use taxation, War and fear.
If dont kill us it makes us stronger!
In the uk. A lot of companies stopped overtime rate. You could ask for overtime and they might ask you for overtime but it’s now paid at your hourly rate. No time plus third or time plus half. Been like that for years now
Oh wow. Take out the overtime pay I'm not asking and not working when you ask. No over 40 straight pay. Damn all that. That's the only reason I didn't mind working 20-30 hours of overtime, the extra money after the extra taxes that were needful.
@@EBReacts well I do the overtime anyway because what else you going to do if you need the money. It’s not right and perhaps if everyone stopped doing overtime the companies would feel it. I try to look at what I getting as opposed to what I’m losing. Probably not helping the overall cause but it still means an extra £100 a week.
This is a protest song representing millions across the globe
Yeah. I think that's one thing being lost in all of this. There's so many across the globe that it's resonating with which means that we're not alone here in the US since it seems to be a global phenomenon.
I am poor but I still count myself as lucky compared to poverty in other countries where there is literally no help nor hope. People are not luving, they are merely surviving. The reason people on welfare are also often obese is because they can only afford the cheapest of processed foods. Scientifically proven if all you can eat is processed food then no matter how busy or active you are, you are not going to lose weight. The real problem is that in US the wages per hour are so low that working 60 to 70 hours a week, you are often not earning what Europeans are under law for working part time. The lowest minimum wage in UK is about £10.00 per hour but at that wage you would likely especially if you have kids get your rent paid, council tax (paying for trash removal etc) would be reduced significantly, you would have universal credit which is like tax credits, free school meals etc and of coutse health care is free and in Scotland prescriptions snd university and college education is free. Even with that though there are people who uf they earn £1.00 over the limits sets they get no help at all and we also now have people using food banks who are getting paid middle class wages becayse of energy, mortgage and inflation prices and yet there are more millionnaires and billionnaires than there has ever been.
The more you make the more they take. I think that overtime should not be taxed.
Dude your real I love it around these parts people would sell 100$ of food stamps for 50$ cash
Same here. 50-60 for 100 in food stamps or trade for weed or other drugs.
Truth. Truth man. We are all slaves in their rat race.
Oioi Al, this reminds of 16 Tonnes or Big John ,
He is in Virginia, not West Virginia.
Hey Alan, just so you know didn't receive a notification for this one, just happened across your reaction while watching someone else's??????
yeah, that's youtube for you. A lot of folks don't get notifications. For once, in their defense, my first video on this channel in 4 months so I kind of get it lol.
Great song for American blue collar people. 🇺🇸Vote Trump 🇺🇸
I am all for Trump but at thus point I think he has had a target on his back for so long and I think the "deep state" will kill the poor man or put in in prison on false charges before he can do anything to help the country because they all have TDS.I am seriously thinking about Vivek Ramaswamy because he promises to pardon Trump and I think Trump has given so much to this country his attorney fees alone are a billion dollars and they are still going after him
If you think self serving, idiot Trump is the solution then you live on another planet. Trump won by lying to working class people. He did nothing for them, passed a tax cut for the rich and sat back and did nothing else.
I'm not for none of the politicians in Washington and didn't vote for Trump. I think they should all be thrown out and their corporate backers too. Rich Men North of Richmond being the politicians, that's all of them, Trump included. My groceries after Trumps tariff bil went from feeding a family of 4 on a 100 dollars a week to almost 160 overnight and 200 by the time he left office. All while we did trade deals almost exactly the same as the ones he tore up and subsidized farmers even further on the backs of tax payers. They're all crooked, him included. Fuck Trump, Fuck Biden, Fuck politicians in Washington.
@@EBReactsThanks for speaking the truth on Trump. He did bugger all in his time in office. He's all talk
Politician would look out for minors( I think he means all minors) and not just minors on a Island somewhere, and he is so right they need to Stop what's going on with our kids in the America Government schools systems this is every where in America right now messing with their minds and destroying their bodyies they keep our children so confused they don't know what to do anymore😢
Miners is the first reference since for the last 12 years to politicians working to cut out the coal industry for this green push, so wish they'd look out for miners, and then the Epstein island reference with the minors on an island somewhere. And yeah, 100% agreee with the fact that school system and even more so, the media are doing what they can to confuse our children
He missed epstin island
No, I gotg it.
my brother,…..
Hey im from Yorkshire, what does your T-shirt say...... God bless from the UK
If it's not from Yorkshire it's Shite
@@EBReacts Love it, need to get me one of those!
Go listen to Devlin community outcast i know its an old song but it still rings true today
I've got it on the big channel. ruclips.net/video/-Ar53yJMm3I/видео.html
He’s fallen for the trap that the rich men set…. Turning his hatred on other poor people.
No he's not at all. He's crying out against the system he pays into but can't use that others abuse. There's no reason it should be paying for stuff for folks that are making it a way of life and living high on the hog on it. It's not against other poor people. Keep up.
I think you're great, but I can't handle the language.
Good fortune to you, sir.
Apologies. The insanity of the policies and serf like existence they seem to want us to have slightly pisses me off
Oh, I understand. But I know they want us to accept profanity as a means to further denigrate society, so I fight it.@@EBReacts
@@EBReactsthis song needs the language and its appropos. It brings out the emotion of the bullshit from our governments.
I dont think fat shaming a chick on welfare is very poetic..he isnt poor himself..look it up..this isnt singing..its yelling..and bitter..if people are that ungrateful for their life and dont count their blessings this is their song...quit blaming others and the government for all your problems..everyone wants a scapegoat...
Normally I'm nice but are you fucking stupid? You didn't watch the video at all. Nor did you listen. Where did gender come in. I see projection. Get the fuck outa here.
Apparently you'd rather people eat themselves to death on food that is poison (fudge rounds), while the homeless starve. He never said the morbidly obese was a woman, or a man. This song is about class warfare. He's saying what George Carlin said when Carlin opined "It's a big club, and you ain't in it." Based on your comments, you must think your in the big club. I'd bet my last worthless dollar you're not. The rich men North of Richmond have you right where they want you.
@@EBReacts 🎯
I think we should have mercy on people who are in a rut on welfare as it is a loop they cannot escape ....they need training and job opportunities. Welfare is a means of controlling the population keeping them fat and hopeless on cheap poison food loaded with MSG and high fructose corn syrup...where they eat ramen and PBJ because it is cheap. There is no way anyone can survive on welfare alone it is not what people think....I know if someone could make a decent living they would not choose to be on welfare ...the system does not empower people it holds them down.
@@EBReactsPerfectly said.
I salute 🫡 you sir 🇺🇸