Military Veterans React to Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond

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  • Опубликовано: 15 авг 2023
  • Today we are checking out ‪@oliveranthonymusic‬ - Rich Men North of Richmond. This song is the anthem of the blue collar working people! BEAUTIFUL Song and we hope you enjoy the video! SMASH THE SUBSCRIBE & LIKE BUTTON!
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  • @noslackadventures8503
    @noslackadventures8503 11 месяцев назад +1306

    This man single-handedly destroyed cultural racism with one song. When we all unite under government oppression, we become one.

    • @debbiewells2851
      @debbiewells2851 11 месяцев назад +57

      Time to unite. We had enough division.

    • @cosmos411
      @cosmos411 11 месяцев назад

      And the Rich Men North of Richmond absolutely hate him for that. They want us divided and hating one another so they can control us. This changes everything and they don't like it.

    • @DjWellDressedMan
      @DjWellDressedMan 11 месяцев назад +11

      "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

    • @plac1197
      @plac1197 11 месяцев назад +44

      @@DjWellDressedMan That's not at all what he was saying. He was in NO WAY attacking the poor. He was saying the money should be going to people in the streets with nothing to eat, not fat lazy people milking welfare. He was literally saying the tax money should be going to the hungry, not to the fat who spend all your tax dollars on "fudge balls".
      You got a bad take dude.

    • @andrewwheelerguitar
      @andrewwheelerguitar 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@DjWellDressedManBragg is not even familiar with the right context here, let alone the meaning or activism in the lyrics. His comparisons are several (a dozen? A score?) of years outdated and, in this conversation, he’s effing clueless.

  • @DixieWillow
    @DixieWillow 11 месяцев назад +1456

    Its not a country song, it's a song FOR the country!

    • @cynthianorton1440
      @cynthianorton1440 11 месяцев назад +8

      Love your white shepherd mine lived til 16yrs miss her everyday.

    • @neddhu
      @neddhu 11 месяцев назад +34

      For the world.

    • @WarPartyFitness
      @WarPartyFitness 11 месяцев назад +6

      AMEN!

    • @DixieWillow
      @DixieWillow 11 месяцев назад +4

      @cynthianorton1440 THNX! She's still a baby (3 years old) her name is Luna. Sorry you lost your baby

    • @janndrake8253
      @janndrake8253 11 месяцев назад +4

      Absolutely!!!!

  • @jneskew1143
    @jneskew1143 11 месяцев назад +939

    ‘Young men putting themselves six feet in the ground,
    Cause all this damn country does is keep kicking them down’
    Hardest hitting words in his straight forth message.

    • @jholcomb9532
      @jholcomb9532 11 месяцев назад +13

      Yes!

    • @keimahane
      @keimahane 11 месяцев назад +37

      Yea, I am a 59 year old guy who did 28 years in the Navy and this line brought tears to my eyes. I pray for this generation of young men everyday, they need purpose and have the right to be MEN.

    • @jballaviator
      @jballaviator 11 месяцев назад

      With almost universal sentiment... We're being manipulated. Kept quiet, distracted, off topic. None of the men/women North of Richmond should be in power at this point. Get your pitchforks and torches ready we're collectively hitting the ends of our ropes.

    • @stephanieyoung3198
      @stephanieyoung3198 11 месяцев назад +31

      It hit me hard too. The first place my mind and heart went was the incredible suicide rate of our young veterans. 😢

    • @jneskew1143
      @jneskew1143 11 месяцев назад +15

      @@keimahane I think every 1st reaction commentator I’ve watched on this song has totally skipped over those words. Like people get stuck on him calling out people using food stamps to buy fudge rounds, and miss that he is pointing out military suicides too. 3 different kinds of people in the same verse.

  • @danielhaas9612
    @danielhaas9612 11 месяцев назад +563

    He had no idea a week ago that his life was going to be changed forever. He is now on the list playing at the Blue Ridge Music Festival in Virginia, the biggest Rock/Metal festival in the entire Country. A Folk singer, playing at a Metal festival..... the man has captured the feelings of the Country.

    • @kathymcmc
      @kathymcmc 11 месяцев назад +14

      I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing.

    • @dawnslate244
      @dawnslate244 11 месяцев назад +11

      I'll be there! Can't wait!

    • @JamesJohnson-ig6of
      @JamesJohnson-ig6of 11 месяцев назад +14

      @danielhaas9612. I'd love to be able to attend that Festival to see Oliver Anthony's reaction when the crowds see him hit the stage! That'll be a historic time in music history, especially to be welcomed by a rock/metal crowd like you say. Always wanted to live in the South, but no, here I be, in Minnesota.

    • @JamesJohnson-ig6of
      @JamesJohnson-ig6of 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@KiloCee That is so refreshing to hear! Our own government removed the "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance to satisfy their master who apparently leads them around by a leash. God Bless this man!

    • @brose5786
      @brose5786 11 месяцев назад +10

      He captured the world...

  • @Faith-pf6cb
    @Faith-pf6cb 11 месяцев назад +1360

    Praying God protects Oliver from the “Rich men, north of Richmond!

    • @buckleft2317
      @buckleft2317 11 месяцев назад +18

      He didn’t say anything 100% of america already knows.

    • @irollerblade13
      @irollerblade13 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah but when a message is spread that awakens what people already know those Rich Men North Of Richmond don't want or like that.@@buckleft2317

    • @donnawalker5167
      @donnawalker5167 11 месяцев назад +2

      Amen!

    • @zene8001
      @zene8001 11 месяцев назад +19

      @@buckleft2317but this man has a target on him now, the industry, the rich men north of Richmond, he seems like a smart guy, heard he lives off the map and he’s not rushing into any contracts, pray this guy stays safe

    • @donwayne1357
      @donwayne1357 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@zene8001 So you're saying Oliver Anthony didn't kill himself?

  • @tennesseehoneybunny
    @tennesseehoneybunny 11 месяцев назад +1945

    This isn't a "summer anthem". It's a GLOBAL PHENOMENON!

    • @ellengran6814
      @ellengran6814 11 месяцев назад +29

      Jesus said : Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites ! You shut the Kingdom of Heaven in mens faces. He started a revolution.

    • @alawes2637
      @alawes2637 11 месяцев назад +19

      This is our anthem brother!!!

    • @kimward7479
      @kimward7479 11 месяцев назад +11

      That's what the man is about our wonderful government people need to get there Head out there assess it kills me to look at people looking at this video and have no clue what the man is taking about

    • @TheDisabledGamersChannel
      @TheDisabledGamersChannel 11 месяцев назад +7

      That's a fact !

    • @JRock3091
      @JRock3091 11 месяцев назад +13

      The Common Sense pamphlet of our time.

  • @justlucky8254
    @justlucky8254 11 месяцев назад +274

    "I wish politicians would look out for miners, and not just minors on an island somewhere..." Yep.

    • @davidrauch7896
      @davidrauch7896 11 месяцев назад +18

      Yeah, goes for whoopi and hollywood to

    • @wademiller2292
      @wademiller2292 11 месяцев назад +6

      Exactly!

    • @rainbowcruby6996
      @rainbowcruby6996 11 месяцев назад +9

      Best line I've ever heard x

    • @jackgilbert7019
      @jackgilbert7019 11 месяцев назад +2

      I wasn’t sure what that was referring to can some one explain please 😅 from the uk aha

    • @PrayerfullyBlessedMama
      @PrayerfullyBlessedMama 11 месяцев назад +7

      Not enough RUclipsrs are talking about this line. They don’t identify with it as much as taxes. But it’s more important in my opinion.

  • @noahbyrne2402
    @noahbyrne2402 11 месяцев назад +143

    Just a man standing in front of his deer stand with his dogs, a guitar, a microphone, and a camera laying out facts with all his soul…..
    You can hear the bugs in the forest

  • @gilbertsandusky3846
    @gilbertsandusky3846 11 месяцев назад +1044

    Not just in this country, this is being received worldwide with the same response.

    • @Davey_bfg71
      @Davey_bfg71 11 месяцев назад +50

      Yep, UK 🇬🇧 cuz here, sharing OA’s truth bombs this side of the pond, purchased on iTunes too, this ought be being played on loop in all government buildings, world over 😊

    • @ellengran6814
      @ellengran6814 11 месяцев назад +13

      Who could have thought printing endless money would have this effect....I guess most parents. Imagine if you one day told you sons age 8 to 20 : Those of you with assets can now get money for nothing and buy more assets....and get more money to buy more assets...and get more money.......

    • @1memaga
      @1memaga 11 месяцев назад +23

      The whole west feels it

    • @irisheyes9808
      @irisheyes9808 11 месяцев назад +35

      Same in Ireland 🇮🇪

    • @jimcampbell4410
      @jimcampbell4410 11 месяцев назад +10

      💯🔥

  • @markg9401
    @markg9401 11 месяцев назад +163

    3 minutes of pain, truth & freedom of speech.

    • @sharoncravenor2226
      @sharoncravenor2226 11 месяцев назад +2

      I agree! I was hit at "living in a new world with an old soul"

  • @gohskull
    @gohskull 11 месяцев назад +114

    And out of the wilderness came a voice, crying from the mountaintop. A once in a generation song. God bless you Oliver Anthony.

  • @danielfulk6427
    @danielfulk6427 11 месяцев назад +302

    As a retired enlisted and officer, if the rich men north of Richmond want to know what I think, well here you go. Also, he had the balls to call out politicians and their neglect of miners/minors.

    • @krash2fast99
      @krash2fast99 11 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you for your service

    • @thefeelproject6964
      @thefeelproject6964 11 месяцев назад +7

      Love your point of view. One correction. Neglect of miners and abuse of minors

    • @lenorejohnson275
      @lenorejohnson275 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@thefeelproject6964🎯🎯🎯

    • @DecidelyUnethical
      @DecidelyUnethical 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@thefeelproject6964 Hells, it could be both. It's damn good wordplay that way.

    • @pgabrieli
      @pgabrieli 11 месяцев назад

      @@DecidelyUnethical it's not both. he made it clear in an interview: neglect the miners and engage in sex abuse with epstein

  • @user-wn8mg2jh1d
    @user-wn8mg2jh1d 11 месяцев назад +266

    Spitting Facts and Truths . 24 yrs in Military and working a part time to help support my family. Once Retired still had to work 2 jobs. No matter your Political affiliation

    • @gregporras6004
      @gregporras6004 11 месяцев назад

      Our brothers are living on the street eating hand-to-mouth while our government gives money to foreign countries and welcomes all these illegals into our country when they don't take care of our own
      I for one don't care these illegals are sleeping on the street all I can say to these illegals is tough shit
      Americans Come First. We served our country and the illegals get treated better.
      Hotel illegals get $350 perdium a day man woman child our tax dollars going to illegals instead of fellow vets .

    • @ceciliajones7816
      @ceciliajones7816 11 месяцев назад +3

      Preach, brother!

    • @maribellemontero6119
      @maribellemontero6119 11 месяцев назад +2

      I feel sorry for my son...if what you tell is the truth... he'll be like you someday 😢

    • @krash2fast99
      @krash2fast99 11 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for your service, sir

  • @johnmagill7714
    @johnmagill7714 11 месяцев назад +175

    This man has gone from never being heard of by hardly anyone to having 9 songs in the top 20, and 4 in the top 10, this one being #1 and having Jamey Johnson join him on stage in his hometown square. And being a worldwide hit literally overnight. He definitely hit a cord with everyone who's tired of all the nonsense. I've heard from friends of mine in various countries overseas, Australia, Japan, S Korea, Thailand and The Philippines. They have told me the locals there love this song to. It's even hit home with them. I'm a 20-year Navy Veteran Been a truck driver since 07. Not much gets me teary eyed and gives me goose bumps. But this song does, each and every time I have heard it.

    • @ErnestPanda79
      @ErnestPanda79 11 месяцев назад +5

      My neighbor is from Vietnam. Her parents are still there. They love this song after she explained some of the references. This is just incredible.

    • @emmamcdonagh
      @emmamcdonagh 10 месяцев назад +1

      He hit number one in Ireland too!! 😂 Crazy stuff

  • @stephanieplum3698
    @stephanieplum3698 11 месяцев назад +524

    My husband is a vet. The VA has his on so many meds for his “mentals” he doesn’t know up from down. He just clocks in to work until he sleeps. Lost my 19 step son to suicide a few years ago. I went to the grocery store and saw an old woman crying because she couldn’t afford her meager groceries. People in food stamps driving new cars eat better than those that have busted their ass. Our schools ruin our children. What is happening? Silent no longer!

    • @jholcomb9532
      @jholcomb9532 11 месяцев назад +18

      PREACH!

    • @jasonyoumans9504
      @jasonyoumans9504 11 месяцев назад +15

      Anyone listening to this song, rich, or poor any color on the wheel hast to feel it they can’t misunderstand it. It’s such a truth song. Keep this man singing and writing. we need old souls like him who can share with out divide dividing us.

    • @mikemaldonado5499
      @mikemaldonado5499 11 месяцев назад +13

      I pray things get better for you and your family God bless you.

    • @huevoneousmaximus2309
      @huevoneousmaximus2309 11 месяцев назад +11

      So sorry to hear about your situation. Prayers to you and your family. Stay strong !

    • @Macattack11639
      @Macattack11639 11 месяцев назад +6

      I’m sorry for your situation. I understand. I’ve lived it.

  • @patriciaewing8164
    @patriciaewing8164 11 месяцев назад +123

    The song is number 2 on iTunes in the UK! 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @kathymcmc
      @kathymcmc 11 месяцев назад +8

      That's amazing. Thanks for letting us know.

    • @jonathanmcniel6483
      @jonathanmcniel6483 11 месяцев назад +8

      Really? That's cool. I guess the world is hurting. I hope it becomes #1!

    • @gazzab3224
      @gazzab3224 11 месяцев назад +5

      It needs to get to Number 1, such a wonderful powerful voice.

    • @youngthing12
      @youngthing12 11 месяцев назад +8

      It’s number 1 now for a few days 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@@gazzab3224

    • @youngthing12
      @youngthing12 11 месяцев назад

      Number one for a few days now 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@@jonathanmcniel6483

  • @brashers759
    @brashers759 11 месяцев назад +90

    Listened to this yesterday, then spent an hour listening to his other music, and it set my soul on fire! Oliver Anthony is the voice of the working classes in your country and mine 🇬🇧

  • @carolgranados4892
    @carolgranados4892 11 месяцев назад +199

    Protect this man at all costs. He maybe found dead or just disappear

    • @wendyhallgren3595
      @wendyhallgren3595 11 месяцев назад +10

      Or they will do their best to corrupt him

    • @Lou-Lou8343
      @Lou-Lou8343 11 месяцев назад +7

      He better not

    • @chalklaterain6163
      @chalklaterain6163 11 месяцев назад +7

      @c0ckhead684 Too late, they already tried to label him as antisemitic.

    • @billmariano7334
      @billmariano7334 11 месяцев назад +8

      This song will never disappear it's part of my heart

    • @chevy4657
      @chevy4657 11 месяцев назад +8

      I am a retired Marine, I have a similar dog, I love good old America, and I will protect this boy with my body. The boy is right.

  • @matthewhughes659
    @matthewhughes659 11 месяцев назад +52

    He's not going away. He speaks for alot of us that just want to be left alone.

  • @jamesdoyle5405
    @jamesdoyle5405 11 месяцев назад +51

    George Carlin said "a job is where you work just hard enough not to get fired and you get paid just enough not to quit."

  • @wiggleroom3039
    @wiggleroom3039 11 месяцев назад +140

    This song touches everyone who listens to it, to the extent that they are in touch with their own souls, and still can feel their hearts.

  • @FLNatureGuy
    @FLNatureGuy 11 месяцев назад +227

    Absolute GOLD! A song that can bring us all together to create real change. Great reaction.
    Oliver, so emphatically, raises real issues of government control, economic injustice, child trafficking, and suicide with emotion and power.
    Our generations anthem!

    • @rogerhuggettjr.7675
      @rogerhuggettjr.7675 11 месяцев назад +2

      Just people talking about the problem and the universal agreement is so important. "They think you don't know, but I know that you do!" So many think that if its so easy to see and things stay the same it's because they are alone. It's because the loudest voices project that you are a conspiracy theorist if you think a certain way THAT MOST AMERICANS DO.

    • @Cp3659
      @Cp3659 11 месяцев назад +1

      Music is the first step to a revolution. History repeats itself.

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад

      True@@Cp3659

    • @donpennino
      @donpennino 10 месяцев назад

      Gold that’s the ticket. We need to back up our fiat currency with it once again

  • @NothingButAThing615
    @NothingButAThing615 11 месяцев назад +75

    This song should touch anyone that hears it. If you don’t feel this song, you’re on the wrong side.🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

    • @kathymcmc
      @kathymcmc 11 месяцев назад +4

      I've only seen one negative review. The woman said this was just his perspective and that doesn't mean anyone else feels that way. Probably an out of touch liberal. I stopped the review and clicked dislike and left.

    • @davidrauch7896
      @davidrauch7896 11 месяцев назад +1

      Shes probbly on welfare, section 8 and recieving a lot of food stamps so shes not worried about her paycheck😊

    • @cobra1995xx
      @cobra1995xx 11 месяцев назад

      or shes a fckn lunatic teachin our kids@@davidrauch7896

    • @afdchocolatemilk2107
      @afdchocolatemilk2107 10 месяцев назад

      @@davidrauch7896 Listen to the song again and watch his video explaining the song. He is not against welfare nor is he supporting the GOP.

  • @JoBisbee
    @JoBisbee 11 месяцев назад +30

    This is a Rally Cry for the Working Class People. People of all races, colors and Countries are feeling this song.

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад

      Yep,this song is going to bring the people together in a massive way,it has already started.

  • @joesuelter1636
    @joesuelter1636 11 месяцев назад +38

    “Taxes ought not pay, for your bags of Fudge Rounds”.
    Best fucking lyric EVER

    • @user-eq4um7tf7o
      @user-eq4um7tf7o 4 месяца назад +1

      It absolutely makes the point. It’s awesome when you watch the reaction videos when they hear it

  • @gregporras6004
    @gregporras6004 11 месяцев назад +47

    He sings the truth straight from the heart he's pure country no bull.

    • @NE_11111
      @NE_11111 11 месяцев назад +1

      Amazing… straight from the heart. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @aliveandkicking17
    @aliveandkicking17 11 месяцев назад +33

    That’s just pure country boy talent

  • @stuarttaylor5330
    @stuarttaylor5330 11 месяцев назад +24

    I'm a 62 year old white man and people should see the system we have wants to divide us - this song speaks from the heart. I truly believe he is blessed by God to send this message (and others) to us all. God uses His people like this. At a recent concert he read from Psalm 37. Read it and know His word is encouragement to His people. God speaks through Oliver's lyrics.

  • @JBCCT01
    @JBCCT01 11 месяцев назад +13

    In the 80's until today it was Lee Greenwoods "God bless the USA'. Now we have a new anthem. Anthony Oliver's "RMNOR". Amazing.

  • @ltodd79
    @ltodd79 11 месяцев назад +22

    This was the first song he recorded on anything better than his cell phone! I recommend also "Virginia" and "I've Gotta Get Sober."

  • @carrie1032
    @carrie1032 11 месяцев назад +25

    He kicked DC azz right in the dirt Luv this guy hes a factory worker who was depressed drinking drugs and pissed off hes very humble and had no clue his song in his own yard by the way would go as far as it did. He did his songs on his cell phone until 2 days ago he didnt even have social media. He refers to minors on Epstien island he speaks for people all over the world a 3 minute song that brought people from all over regardless of color or country together he sang what we all think and i love it.

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад +1

      Couldn't have put it better myself.The tide is turning,this is uniting people globally

  • @danielsalsbury4169
    @danielsalsbury4169 11 месяцев назад +50

    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.

    • @davidrauch7896
      @davidrauch7896 11 месяцев назад

      He is so right, words can heal or they can kill. They net makes it to easy to run off at the mouth, if they were outside and in someones face and got punched in it theyd close it., But they have the safety of doing it from home now.

    • @angeltriumphant1664
      @angeltriumphant1664 11 месяцев назад +2

      We need to return to The Father and The Savior, His Son Jesus before its too late.
      It's coming QUICKLY, we're must be Ready.
      Shalom ✝️

    • @lindaroselevin2191
      @lindaroselevin2191 10 месяцев назад +2

      I disagree. You ar a brave man who I believe is better than you know. You have done a great thing by singing this song and you are an awesome musician with a awesome voice

    • @lindaroselevin2191
      @lindaroselevin2191 10 месяцев назад

      😊

  • @purpleaj1331
    @purpleaj1331 11 месяцев назад +29

    There's a video of him on his RUclips channel filmed the night before this dropped. It's very eye opening.

    • @mattylive333
      @mattylive333 11 месяцев назад +1

      Drop a link @purpleaj3232

    • @kevinlangley3782
      @kevinlangley3782 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yep...also his video called moving forward shows his character

  • @deportedsouls3165
    @deportedsouls3165 11 месяцев назад +12

    16 million views in 7 days, global impact, and this was the first recording with a real mic! He only used his phone before. 😊

  • @Two4Brew
    @Two4Brew 11 месяцев назад +36

    The original posting on the Radio WV RUclips channel is at over 16 million views in the 5 days since it was posted.
    5 of the 10 richest counties in the US are the "collar" counties around DC, 4 in Virginia and 1 in Maryland.
    Have viewed several dozen reactions over the past few days, from as far away as South Africa. This has struck a chord globally.

    • @richarddods221
      @richarddods221 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yep, a friend in Australia sent it to me in New Zealand

  • @sharonpierce4478
    @sharonpierce4478 11 месяцев назад +28

    He didn't know, he just trusted God. This song came to an honest, open heart begging for mercy.

    • @firelands80
      @firelands80 11 месяцев назад +1

      Amen.

    • @lenculpepper9150
      @lenculpepper9150 11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for pointing this out. The apostle Paul never would have imagined that God would use him, of all people for such a blessing to mankind that He did.

  • @Dirminor
    @Dirminor 11 месяцев назад +19

    He said he teamed up with RadioWV and they expected he’d get maybe a few hundred thousand views on RUclips for it but it’s blown up way beyond their expectations. He’s extremely humble and has turned down an $8M album deal. Strong convictions and I have a ton of respect for him.

  • @williamhollman2418
    @williamhollman2418 11 месяцев назад +13

    We need to stand together and protect this man

    • @odoylerules4503
      @odoylerules4503 11 месяцев назад +1

      we protect him by looking out for our fellow working class in our own backyard. Class solidarity is difficult but crucial. culture wars, race, etc are all tools of distraction to keep us from fighting as one people.

  • @algolden7015
    @algolden7015 11 месяцев назад +14

    I worked for 51 years (now retired) in the construction industry both in the field and in the office, but for a lot of years for bullshit pay so this song resonates with me. I also served active duty in the U.S Army from 1967 to 1970 ( 1 year in Vietnam - $64/month combat pay, but never saw real combat), for bullshit pay, so again, this song resonates with me. I hope to hear more from Oliver Anthony.

  • @mrthud1981
    @mrthud1981 11 месяцев назад +14

    This guy was offered a 8+ million contract to sign. However if he had signed he wouldn’t have been put this on a record. He walked away. There is a s another video where he sits down and introduces himself and gives his backstory, the good and very bad he went through. He laid out everything so nothing is hidden.

  • @MockingBirdCanta
    @MockingBirdCanta 11 месяцев назад +16

    Nope, he didn't know he was going viral with this song. All of his songs that I've seen are in his back farmyard. He had something like 100 followers on RUclips before this song hit the internet. He now was 244K followers.

  • @jimhookie2891
    @jimhookie2891 11 месяцев назад +21

    Please google him.
    In june he was an unknown and did a show to 20 people,
    This song came out on August 07/23. Two week later he did a show in the same place a the one in june an had thousands.
    Also this the first time he used a microphone, all others were recorded with his phone.

  • @grouchyafmarine1264
    @grouchyafmarine1264 11 месяцев назад +7

    This is not a country song, this is a song for the country. We cry cause we all feel this!

  • @Bluenosegrows
    @Bluenosegrows 11 месяцев назад +6

    there is video of him playing it for the first time since it went viral.. in 4 days. His face is priceless.

  • @rickypastille
    @rickypastille 11 месяцев назад +9

    For people like me and for people like you!!!!!!

  • @davidlendon
    @davidlendon 11 месяцев назад +17

    He's number 1 on Itunes all genre chart. Good grief.

  • @tlivingston01
    @tlivingston01 11 месяцев назад +32

    I am reaching out to shows like yours. regarding the song, "Rich Men North Of Richmond", by Oliver Anthony. My thought is we play this song at noon EST on Labor Day (Sept. 4th). Hopefully we can make this a worldwide event because it is applicable to all nations. This is a uniting song which we badly need as a nation and world today.

    • @banzaibill4290
      @banzaibill4290 11 месяцев назад +6

      Labor day would be a great day to show the Rich Men North of Richmond, who really runs this nation.

    • @debbiewells2851
      @debbiewells2851 11 месяцев назад +4

      Yes, we have lived with political division long enough!

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад

      Yep@@banzaibill4290

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад

      Here here@@debbiewells2851

  • @jt5439
    @jt5439 11 месяцев назад +7

    I think he was just expressing the pain and desperation he was feeling for himself!! Only that most people can relate to EVERYTHING he was feeling and saying. Thank you Anthony!

  • @ericmartinbosse8405
    @ericmartinbosse8405 11 месяцев назад +41

    He usually goes around performing at farmers markets. Very small audiences. Wow dude. You made me cry.

  • @marywillis4396
    @marywillis4396 11 месяцев назад +25

    GREAT SONG and speaks from a real down to earth blue collar worker.❤ Take it to the real worker on a country tune and it's reaching the top. I have 😍
    been there when I lived in WV where I left behind good memories but found my place in Florida ,where things are going great. Good 🎵 song. Keep them coming.

  • @dalewicks3922
    @dalewicks3922 11 месяцев назад +9

    he's been writing and playing in nature for years. had 8 of his songs in the top 20 the other day.

  • @MugglesBWare
    @MugglesBWare 11 месяцев назад +8

    This is the battle cry of our lifetime. This song reaches straight through your being and rips your soul out. I cried. And yes, it is time we rise against the tyranny.

  • @barb679
    @barb679 11 месяцев назад +3

    People are hurting ... he sings for many. God Bless him

  • @mah4769able
    @mah4769able 11 месяцев назад +6

    Oliver Anthony is golden!! I think the conversation we need to be having is getting dark money out of politics, term limits for these congressman/representative and Supreme Court Justice Reform.

  • @marinepete9148
    @marinepete9148 11 месяцев назад +7

    Probably the most powerful song written in over 50 years. It is uniting people against the abusive power class running the country for their own enrichment at the expense of the nation. And it ain't just in America.
    Some are saying he started a revolution. His music certainly is revolutionary. 🎯
    The records labels are groveling to sign him. He has turned down 8 million on the spot for signing.
    He is still living in a trailer on a little bit of land singing in local venues.🤠

  • @janetcampbell5678
    @janetcampbell5678 11 месяцев назад +10

    I LOVE THIS SONG!!!

  • @MelaniePoparad
    @MelaniePoparad 11 месяцев назад +10

    This song resonates with the everyday man. They think we’re stupid and they are trying to keep us that way. Great reaction and great artist and lyrics. Such a catchy song.

    • @patsaunders3555
      @patsaunders3555 11 месяцев назад

      Yep,he has started something,i can feel it

  • @ericrichter9068
    @ericrichter9068 11 месяцев назад +35

    6 songs in the top 25

    • @trish87563
      @trish87563 11 месяцев назад +5

      And his Spotify monthly listener count is now up to 1.6M and then some.

    • @lethalviolet
      @lethalviolet 11 месяцев назад

      🙌🙌🙌👌 🇺🇸

    • @cuttnhorse2013
      @cuttnhorse2013 11 месяцев назад +8

      Now has 9 in the top 25!

    • @robinhatcher8021
      @robinhatcher8021 11 месяцев назад

      Do you know names of songs? And top 25 in country or another genre? I'm sorry, I'm confused and want to understand to listen.

    • @lethalviolet
      @lethalviolet 11 месяцев назад

      @@cuttnhorse2013 where? When I look at Spotify it doesn’t show him?

  • @christinecanty5409
    @christinecanty5409 11 месяцев назад +5

    I’ve lost count of the reactions to this song that I’ve watched but I get chills every single time.

  • @debbiehall9091
    @debbiehall9091 11 месяцев назад +3

    This young man is speaking from his heart and soul. I know that most people can relate to everything he is saying. Let's hope the politicians are listening.💗💗💗💗

  • @KeithKman
    @KeithKman 11 месяцев назад +5

    Chris aka Oliver is 30 days sober at the time of this recording. Draven from RadioWV recorded this in Chris’s back yard. This is Chris’s first time singing into a mic. Draven and Chris were hoping for maybe 300k views. 🤯

  • @Gwydion_Wolf
    @Gwydion_Wolf 11 месяцев назад +6

    "Rich Men, North of Richmond" is an ooooooooooooold Southern Slang for "DC".. as it is literally directly North (and just a smidge east) of Richmond Virginia.
    Oliver apparently has played a few times right down the road from me. (well few hours drive, but close enough). 2 weeks ago he performed to 20 people. This song went viral mid-week last week, this past sunday, he performed again, this time though, there was nearly 5000+ people there.

  • @user-sh7zm5yr7p
    @user-sh7zm5yr7p 11 месяцев назад +5

    Love this song it’s the truth we’re all facing

  • @Trishafuninthesun11
    @Trishafuninthesun11 11 месяцев назад +5

    I can't remember the last time a song touch my soul the way this man did! Amen Oliver and may God protect your soul from record labels! The tentacles will come to shut you down!

  • @llvll_KEV_llvll
    @llvll_KEV_llvll 11 месяцев назад +9

    Great Voice!! Great Artist! Great Track! Great Reaction!!!! Thank You so Much ✌✌✌ 🇦🇺

  • @m.r.t9298
    @m.r.t9298 11 месяцев назад +5

    Wow that's powerful, hey, did anyone notice how far this man sang away from the microphone? I guess it takes a powerful voice to spread such a truthful message. Lord bless him.

  • @brooksysdead
    @brooksysdead 11 месяцев назад +7

    The modern working mans anthem 👏 cant listen to this without welling up. I'm ashamed of the country my son is growing up in. We need to take our country back from evil

  • @Me-gy7yk
    @Me-gy7yk 11 месяцев назад +18

    Song hits hard and I'm a Brit. It's time we all, whoever we are, got over left/right divisions and recognised what unites us, whatever that might be. Too many people so ideologically set that we all just get minced by those who have a vested interest in keeping us all split. What a voice, what a song.

  • @RONGEE2099
    @RONGEE2099 11 месяцев назад +5

    Summer Anthem - no
    Song of the year - YES
    I haven’t heard a song hit this hard in years. My goodness

  • @jamieennen964
    @jamieennen964 11 месяцев назад +4

    He has 3 songs on I tunes top 10. No musician with all money backing has ever done that. Before this happened he was struggling with alcoholism. He dropped to his knees asked God for help eith that and direction and 30 days later he's here.

  • @donnanowland3163
    @donnanowland3163 11 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you for playing and discussing Oliver’s hit song, it hits the nail on the nail on the head in many ways. Definitely the summer anthem. 👏👏👏😎

  • @BrandonOuzts
    @BrandonOuzts 11 месяцев назад +3

    Dude on the left felt those lyrics in his soul.

  • @catezaida8081
    @catezaida8081 11 месяцев назад +5

    You do realize they tried to shut him down by offering him an EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR music deal, right? Believe it or not, he turned them down. Apparently, according to him, this was done in his back yard and he and the guy from RadioWV had no idea this would go viral. Amazing voice. Amazing lyrics. Amazing Appalachian music style. I hope he has the courage and tenacity to stand strong and protect HIS purpose.

  • @stephanieyoung3198
    @stephanieyoung3198 11 месяцев назад +7

    The first stanza in the Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
    By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
    Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
    Here once the embattled farmers stood
    And fired the shot heard round the world.
    Oliver Anthony, also a farmer now, I believe, just fired the song heard round the world!! God bless and protect him!! ❤🙏

  • @brickcityab6623
    @brickcityab6623 11 месяцев назад +4

    Personally he's on his own chart ,theres no music today in any genre that hits home harder than a couple of his songs, listen to I want to go home

  • @legions7744
    @legions7744 11 месяцев назад +2

    Right Song, Right time, Right place.....BOOOM!!!

  • @cryptotrain6334
    @cryptotrain6334 11 месяцев назад +4

    My god that hits so hard

  • @CruiseVagabond
    @CruiseVagabond 11 месяцев назад +31

    Military, patriot country boys have never been more appealing. Enjoyed the reaction. #Laserbeams

  • @1family4me
    @1family4me 10 месяцев назад +1

    He is such an authentic human being. His words ring true to ALL Americans and have also taken the world by storm. He's the real deal.

  • @daleclark2376
    @daleclark2376 11 месяцев назад +1

    He was singing to a cameraman from the radio station and three dogs and put his heart and soul into the performance! Can't wait to go see him live!❤✌️

  • @AnimosityDaGoat
    @AnimosityDaGoat 11 месяцев назад +5

    This is the people’s anthem.

  • @robynleighs
    @robynleighs 11 месяцев назад +3

    The "media" is saying he's singing Qanon rhetoric, of course. But this is a damn American Anthem for people that actually freaking work in this country 🙄 God Bless America 🇺🇸 ❤

  • @Truth1444
    @Truth1444 11 месяцев назад +1

    Proud US Navy Vet here. Tears to my eyes. So true. When the everyman loses faith, the politicians better wake up to this man sending a flare up.

  • @seabeeveteran
    @seabeeveteran 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for reacting to this song/video, I am a veteran and our country needs to get back on track, I love my fellow person and would have died for them in battle but for some reason politicians want to divide us, thanks Oliver Anthony for putting TRUTH in the song!

  • @Jeffny13
    @Jeffny13 11 месяцев назад +4

    Every word of this song is facts

  • @bugeyedrachel5100
    @bugeyedrachel5100 11 месяцев назад +7

    Just found you guys. As a 26 year vet myself I appreciate that you guys don't B.S.

  • @brose5786
    @brose5786 11 месяцев назад +2

    I feel like he put the fight back in to people..of the world to stand up and fight for your country. love this song, stuck on replay ❤💯💥💥💪🙏🇨🇦

  • @kristicaraj2664
    @kristicaraj2664 11 месяцев назад +2

    THE TIME HAS COME BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!! ✊️

  • @StyxByrd
    @StyxByrd 11 месяцев назад +3

    The line "young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground / 'cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down" hits so close to home as a veteran for this country. I have seen this country kick so many of my brothers straight into their resting places. We need to change and get over these petty differences we all have and learn to be united. We need to stop failing our people.

  • @hardknoxblount
    @hardknoxblount 11 месяцев назад +3

    This has become the worldwide anthem of the working class. This song is resonating with so many people around the globe. Regardless of race ethnicity, or nationality, we are all being screwed by those in authority. They don't want us all uniting so they do their best to keep us divided and fighting each other over their meaningless manufactured divisions pumped 24/7 through the media and into our consciousness. Right or Left, they are two wings of the same bird, serving the same masters. Turn off the media lies, get outside and touch grass, and talk with those in your community that they tell you are your opposition. You will find that we are not all that different from each other and not as divided as they want you to believe. People unite. One love 🫶

  • @EvilExperiment
    @EvilExperiment 11 месяцев назад +2

    Protect this man🇺🇸

  • @davideubanks9825
    @davideubanks9825 11 месяцев назад +1

    This song should be on every chart! I love this song bro you is a legend

  • @johnbell2403
    @johnbell2403 11 месяцев назад +6

    GOD , FAMILY , COUNTRY OLIVER ANTHONY AND JASON ALDEAN SPEAK FOR THE LIVING , LETS NOT FORGET THE LITTLE AMERICAN FLAGS FLYING IN THE GRAVEYARDS ...🙏🙏🙏

  • @jeffreyroberts2049
    @jeffreyroberts2049 11 месяцев назад +3

    Tom MacDonald and Adam Calhoun have American Flags and Your America out right now, which is also up there in the charts.

  • @timothybaer5347
    @timothybaer5347 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank y’all for serving..!!!!!!!
    Great show. Love y’all Keep up the good work

  • @Leehuss5582
    @Leehuss5582 9 месяцев назад +1

    A song for the WORLD
    The voice and MESSAGE for billions of people all around the globe
    I am a black man 45yrs in UK married with 2 daughters and this song brought me to tears..
    The song hits in the stomach like a train going nowhere
    I heard it should be used as an Anthem for the common HUMAN irrespective of colour,race,gender age EVERYBODY.......
    You climb higher Oliver the WORLD has your back Brother
    ❤2ALL
    StaySafe ✌👍🤜🏽

  • @drewbie-wankenoobi5155
    @drewbie-wankenoobi5155 11 месяцев назад +3

    Best line in the song by far: “I wish politicians would look out for miners (coal miners since this guy is from Virginia), and not just MINORS on and island somewhere” …that line is a SHOT ACROSS THE BOW at all the D.C. politicians that shut down the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein because they were one of his clients. One of the best lines I have ever heard in any song I’ve ever listened to in my entire life.

  • @MrBrandonChambers
    @MrBrandonChambers 11 месяцев назад +3

    The assumed lack of soul in that song pierced straight to your soul... I get it
    That's powerful.

  • @joybranch-londesborough6617
    @joybranch-londesborough6617 11 месяцев назад +2

    After watching days of reactions of this song the #1 comment I hear is "I have chills" or "That gave me chills".

  • @tmot4436
    @tmot4436 11 месяцев назад +1

    This song brought me to your channel. I felt this, please protect this man!