I boycotted Walmarts when they first arrived here to put out of business the mom and pop local stores and to undermine the unions. No health or dental care , no fair wages, just to underprice anyone else. Now we have the results. The only store for miles so now they can charge whatever. Been waiting on this song for a long long time. Amen Jesse Welles.
in 1998 fugazi released a song called five corporations that talks about businesses buying up every available real estate to have a foot dipped into every corner of the world. it's scary how we often see these things happening decades in advance, and yet it happens anyways, it's as if they belong, and they've been here all along.
Drive By Truckers have a few I'd go with like " Daddy never pulled out but he never apologized " or " she keeps a loaded gun in the closet and another in the dresser drawer, just in case the one in the closet doesn't make a big enough hole" but that line is DEFINITELY in the top 5!
I’m not sure if everyone appreciates how hard it is for any musician to set up a camera, then play a song perfectly (probably in one take) with guitar, harmonica and sing. Original (brilliant) material. Damn, this kid is good! Walmart Sucks (Rain Man)
I think we’ll look back on this era of Welles as such a special time. He’s been on fire and so prolific lately. I mean hes always written great stuff but he’s putting out so many great tunes so quickly.
Dude you’re so deeply entrenched in the folk tradition it’s profoundly good. Such fun and awesome songs that capture the zeitgeist so well that 50 years from now people will be able listen to this and know what it was like to live today
This hits so hard when you are from the extremely rural south and the only store to go to is WalMart or the Dollar Store or your local grocery store. One of my new favs!
@@barbarabroeske1061im from illinois arkansas is 1000% better still lol. But agreed fuck this walton owned area steuart is fake as hell about caring about the community ive watched him prove that in person.
Jesse, it is a pleasure listening to you. Thanks. You have a way with words AND can carry a tune in a bucket. You know your way around a guitar too. Record this one on a CD when you get a chance. Be Well.
"I hold close the belief that riding waters raises ships, but was burying the living good old Sammy's dying wish." Got so much room for interpretation in such a simple line its unreal
Hits extra hard when you've worked for this company for years and now we're in the midst of mass layoffs thanks to automation they say it's to save money while we've had record profits
well i mean it IS to save money, just at the expense of all their employees. they wouldve been automated from the getgo if the robots were free. lining their pockets was always the end goal
gives me goosebumps, lol. if you slow the song to half speed, it's not as hard as you'd think. I only know because I wanted to learn it too. still getting the speed up a bit, but it's not too mechanically difficult. you can do it!
I discovered you on yt a week ago....you are the new soundtrack to my life these days....pure talent..!!! A joy to listen and watch! I think your secret is your humble authentic presence..... I wish you a long peaceful career.. filled with love and laughter ❤
Keep on singing and writing these songs, Jessie. You are the future young man, much love from a dying old man., with a tear in his eye. Keep on telling the truth.
hard not to. the local homeland here is putting up a damn good fight on the east side tho! employee owned and i dont even plan my meals til i see whats on sale for the day. theyll take my business everytime if i have the choice
Brother I admire you so much. Speaking truth to power…and that little “Yee haw” before going into the bridge was hilarious. You’re doing great work man.
I had to go there last night for an emergency...the only place open that had transmission fluid and lunch meat. I was only in there for 7 minutes and by the time I walked out, my knuckles had found themselves pretty close to the floor... hopefully, it will be another 15 years before I have to go back.. it will take that long to fix my posture, which was pretty good until last night.
It's not forever, unless you make it so. Learn about investing, and also invest in your skills. Start looking for a new job, now. Don't quit Walmart until you have a better job. Keep going. Look up "Delayed Gratification."
@@buttermilklovenugget293you know he’s still alive, right? All love, not teasing, just want to make sure if you thought he was dead you could be reassured. ❤
Its never a good day to go to Walmart
Why do people dislike Walmart?
😂😂
@@memeyou241Jesse Welles wrote a song called Walmart, give it a listen. That's why we don't like it 😢
I love it... Listened to it a hella lot more than Taylor, Garth, or Reba
I would also say, i have no real idea of said artist leanings... Just are not of my personal taste
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people, and disturb comfortable people" -Woody Guthrie
10/10 song, brother.
I boycotted Walmarts when they first arrived here to put out of business the mom and pop local stores and to undermine the unions. No health or dental care , no fair wages, just to underprice anyone else. Now we have the results. The only store for miles so now they can charge whatever. Been waiting on this song for a long long time. Amen Jesse Welles.
in 1998 fugazi released a song called five corporations that talks about businesses buying up every available real estate to have a foot dipped into every corner of the world.
it's scary how we often see these things happening decades in advance, and yet it happens anyways, it's as if they belong, and they've been here all along.
Politicians do the same thing…
Plus, Walmart has the highest % of “full time” employees who need to be on public assistance to survive of all national retailers.
Facial recognition, as you walk in the door
@@maryalice5357 legendary talent
"I saw a toddler eat a cigarette, on a cart of Keystone beer", best opening verse of any song EVER!
Absolutely!
Drive By Truckers have a few I'd go with like " Daddy never pulled out but he never apologized " or " she keeps a loaded gun in the closet and another in the dresser drawer, just in case the one in the closet doesn't make a big enough hole" but that line is DEFINITELY in the top 5!
@@Squawk737yt yeah but has that ever really happened
@@MountainOMakeBelieve I've seen kids put all kinds of crazy things in their mouth, including cigarette butts!
You like a singer from 60s talking about modern troubles, and I love it.
iI keep going back to that character Froggy from the show [ Little Rascals ] lol
He's like the folk and blues artists that came out of the dust bowl and great depression era.
I’m not sure if everyone appreciates how hard it is for any musician to set up a camera, then play a song perfectly (probably in one take) with guitar, harmonica and sing. Original (brilliant) material.
Damn, this kid is good!
Walmart Sucks
(Rain Man)
@@FIGBARFILMS yes he is, brilliant,I Subbed imeadtly, I'm Warren Floyd,blues harmonica player,and song writer,this guy is good, keep supporting him
I think we’ll look back on this era of Welles as such a special time. He’s been on fire and so prolific lately. I mean hes always written great stuff but he’s putting out so many great tunes so quickly.
With so much feelings and truths.
Its great how much people appreciate him. I haven't seen this kind of talent in decades.
We ❤Jesse !!!
hes having ai generate his songs.
Her manager was 10 years old with a smartphone for a brain. He doesnt miss hahaha
*Someone finally captured the feeling of dread you get from being in a Walmart parking lot in song format*
Dude you’re so deeply entrenched in the folk tradition it’s profoundly good. Such fun and awesome songs that capture the zeitgeist so well that 50 years from now people will be able listen to this and know what it was like to live today
1:20 I really felt that in a deep and visceral way.
This hits so hard when you are from the extremely rural south and the only store to go to is WalMart or the Dollar Store or your local grocery store. One of my new favs!
Walmart is the unofficial government of Arkansas, Jesse needs a full security detail now lol.
🙏 it'd be ironic if this was the song that put him in danger and not Whistle Boeing
They have so much power in arkansas, all the wealth in the state is in the northwest corner of the state because of them.
They use up people like toilet paper.
Stay outa Arkansas!
@@barbarabroeske1061im from illinois arkansas is 1000% better still lol. But agreed fuck this walton owned area steuart is fake as hell about caring about the community ive watched him prove that in person.
You're the next Arlo Guthrie ! Keep rocking dude!
My Favorite! Thanks for all of the songs!
A voice of a generation! 🙌😁 Jesse, you are true gold in a sea of bullshit! Thank you 🙏
These last few months Ive been playing all your songs before going to work.. at Walmart.
The Bard of our times. So good i cant even believe it. Just Damn, young man.
I quit cold turkey and been clean and sober for a long time now ❤ at least from Walmart 😂 💨
Jesse, it is a pleasure listening to you. Thanks. You have a way with words AND can carry a tune in a bucket. You know your way around a guitar too. Record this one on a CD when you get a chance.
Be Well.
Holy shit! From the home of Walmart in Arkansas, no less. Jesse turns a phrase like few I've ever seen and at a blistering pace.
You're one of the main reasons I started making my music. Thank you Jesse
Fuck yeah! Go for your dreams dude!!
You saw me apparently, I'll wear something other than pajamas next time
😂
LOL!!!😂
He’s a gift to humans from God!
Walmart put a long-range tracking devices under a sticker on a $3 plastic tray and a $5 soap dispenser….
@@guysumpthin2974 what?
I work at Walmart and I FEEL this song
I bet broski my condolences 😂
Songs like Bob Dylan… only with less symbolic poetry….. looks like John Fogherty in 1968. This guy is really really good. Like him a lot
John Prine would be tapping his foot.
Thank you...
Absolutely
Like a modern day Neil Young or John Prine right there. Fantastic stuff! I was having a right shit day and you turned it right around. Thank you!
I'm so glad I came across you my friend, I haven't heard writin' like this in a long time, it's a skill, keep preachin' brother, we're listening 😁👍🖖✌️
This dude is incredible. He's gotta go somewhere, some of these lyrics are impressive as hell. Gotta happen one of these days...
"I hold close the belief that riding waters raises ships, but was burying the living good old Sammy's dying wish." Got so much room for interpretation in such a simple line its unreal
Memories of John Prine and Iris Dement😊...Great songwriter/singer...We saw him here first 😊
CELLPHONE FOR A BRAIN😂. Classic!!
Bravo! Dusting off my Alice’s restaurant LP and taking it for a spin!
Walmart is anthropology. I go there to study the species . . . .
Tag and release?
These songs just keep getting better💗
Mixture of bob dylan and mick jagger awesome job
Sounds like Prine to me. A good compliment.
This is absolutely the most accurate funniest 5hit I've ever heard. Thanks I needed this.
As a Walmart employee for nearly 14 years now, this is gold to me! Great tune my friend:)
Keep um acomin
Crazy talent. Pitch perfect too!
Need to hear you sing Eve of Destruction
Reminds me of folk /protest songs from the 60/70s. Good vibe.
I thought you were just a child prodigy until I heard your voice drop an octave right in the middle of the song !😮😊❤
smartphone for a brain, what a line
made me laugh, genius
yeah really one of the highlights of this
i need milk and bread and butter like i need another hole is my fave
Lol and this drops on the day I make my weekly Walmart trip. Another great tune, Jesse!
This guy is AWESOME!! I kust found him and will DEFINITELY listen to more!!
Immediate classic. Reminds me of the old country songs we used to hear while driving across the South West as a kid. This needs to be on the radio 📻
Best use of a power line easement I’ve seen in 62 years
DMN STR8!
Walmart should use this to advertise their “Curbside Pickup”
Genuinely
Hits extra hard when you've worked for this company for years and now we're in the midst of mass layoffs thanks to automation they say it's to save money while we've had record profits
100%
well i mean it IS to save money, just at the expense of all their employees. they wouldve been automated from the getgo if the robots were free. lining their pockets was always the end goal
Best be passing those savings down to me if I gotta do all the work💡
Are you fuckin kidding? This should be the new national anthem. Hell is other people... there's a lot of hell in Walmart.
This one’s one of my favorites..great song writing here…John Prine himself would be proud of this one!
Walmart reeks of depression and broken dreams.
@@aarims9212 and just reeks , what is that smell
Hey man that was really good! If you wouldn’t mind, what was the cool little lick that you played at 1:43?
gives me goosebumps, lol. if you slow the song to half speed, it's not as hard as you'd think. I only know because I wanted to learn it too. still getting the speed up a bit, but it's not too mechanically difficult. you can do it!
Soooooo good I had to listen twice in quick succession ! 💖⭐️💖
This needs to go viral. So much truth and talent here
Every once in a while RUclips send me something amazing. Great song lyrics & vocals you are fantastic 👏👏👏👏🎉 Spot ON 😂🤘
Lol People of Walmart ... The Soundtrack! Good show man!
hey jesse, the wife and i wanted to see you in SF but it's sold out. so next time please find a place with at least two more seats. thanks!
I don't know how I found this, or it found me but you had me before the harmonica.... 3:00
I discovered you on yt a week ago....you are the new soundtrack to my life these days....pure talent..!!! A joy to listen and watch!
I think your secret is your humble authentic presence.....
I wish you a long peaceful career.. filled with love and laughter ❤
Great songwriter - the rebirth of Pete Segar and Arlo Guthrie
I see it, and it comforts me! 💖
This HAS to be added to your spotify, its been in my head ALL day.
Graciously step aside Dylan… you have a successor
The sound of late stage capitalism’s resistance by a John Prine Jim Morrison reincarnation. Love him!!!❤
This is the grooviest jam i have heard in a while
Facts
This just might be the next Bob Dylan, or Arlo Guthrie! Love it!
Keep on singing and writing these songs, Jessie. You are the future young man, much love from a dying old man., with a tear in his eye. Keep on telling the truth.
i wish you the best ending and a beautiful afterlife. till then keep living life to its fullest. youre cared about in this world and the next💚
@@mickyfucs9028 Thank-you.
I love it when he uses his deeper voice! 😊
loving all your songs, you cant not make a banger
The man's definitely on fire. My favorite's still "See Arkansas" but his dark humor songs like this are A+.
I had kinda zoned out and that harmonica pulled me back to reality like a fucking sleeper agent
They always come back to Walmart, especially with so much resistance.....it persists.
hard not to. the local homeland here is putting up a damn good fight on the east side tho! employee owned and i dont even plan my meals til i see whats on sale for the day. theyll take my business everytime if i have the choice
I think Jesse may be the Bob Dylan of his day.
You gotta get this on Spotify and everywhere else! This song is 🔥🔥🔥 Awesome bro!
I fully support Theo’s transition into music
Underrated comment 😂
Excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Brother I admire you so much. Speaking truth to power…and that little “Yee haw” before going into the bridge was hilarious. You’re doing great work man.
if dexter never killed and found enjoyment in guitar
Best comparison yet! 😂😂
Literally identical 😂
Finally, my 30-year stance on Walmart has a theme song.
C-nsboat u ❤ it
Testing...test...
Strange
@@Matthew-LAMFwere you expecting applause? You made the same reply twice as if it's an economics paper but it's a song.
@@loulasher because u toob keeps deleting my comments. U tbe ❤ sensor-"boat"
Smart phone for a brain…love that.
My partner works for them and that's the line he laughed at hardest.
Pal i work there and I relate to this on a spiritual level 🍀
X)/* Winco babes?)/*
I had to go there last night for an emergency...the only place open that had transmission fluid and lunch meat. I was only in there for 7 minutes and by the time I walked out, my knuckles had found themselves pretty close to the floor... hopefully, it will be another 15 years before I have to go back.. it will take that long to fix my posture, which was pretty good until last night.
You win the internet today. At least You Tube 😊
Unreal how he strums the whole song like he just learned guitar last week, then drops the hardest riff at 1:43 like it's nothing
I got an ad for Walmart on this💀
New fan made! It's the institutional mom & pop killer. I can only ever walk in through the outdoor botanical section.
Fantabulous! I LOVE your music!
Bravo, my boy, couldn't have written it better if I tried. 👍👍
The high cost of low prices
please put this on spotify
I love how you're standing in weeds under the power lines whilst giving us a Walmart especial. This is a perfect recipe.
This young man is my Spiritual Doppelganger 🎉 Just now listened to 3 of his vids in row. Loved the Whale song. Just found him today.
Yo im dying over here😂😂😂I hate Walmart. This has now become my anthem. You are a legend Mr.Welles. I am a fan for life.
This is me every time my wife asks me if I want to go shopping at Walmart
Thanks for making my day a little more cheerful!
When you coming up with a song about Dollar Generals popping up out of the ground everywhere 😂😂😂 id love to see your kick on that
That was great! Thanks for sharing.
Just found this. My name is Tanner… sorry dude. Lol. Hyped to see you at Farm Aid ❤
😂😂😂 i just relized we from the same place Budddy!!!! WHERE YOU PERFORM FAMM!!!??? LOCAL SUPPORT!!!
Get the man an album, this is amazing
The album is on Spotify: Jesse Welles - Hells Welles
I work at Walmart...........pray for me fellas. I need it. 😢
It's not forever, unless you make it so. Learn about investing, and also invest in your skills. Start looking for a new job, now. Don't quit Walmart until you have a better job. Keep going. Look up "Delayed Gratification."
really talented! keep this up dude love what you're doing
Bob Dylan’s love child has been found. Love it.
I swear it's him reincarnated
@@buttermilklovenugget293you know he’s still alive, right? All love, not teasing, just want to make sure if you thought he was dead you could be reassured. ❤
Seems as if, His mom picked up some dna from Jim Morrison