THE TRUTH! Oliver Anthony Reaction - Rich Men North of Richmond

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  • Cedric and Brian react to Rich Men North of Richmond by Oliver Anthony
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  • @CedricandBrian
    @CedricandBrian  Před 11 měsíci +332

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    • @magicpyroninja
      @magicpyroninja Před 11 měsíci +12

      If this song doesn't hit you in the feels. You're too detached from society. You've got too much money

    • @shrugger1
      @shrugger1 Před 11 měsíci +11

      I've never seen so many reaction videos for a song in my whole life. Some aren't even in English.❤‍🔥

    • @youKnowWho3311
      @youKnowWho3311 Před 11 měsíci

      Sounds like the Boys from Virgina have stewed long enough. When they decide to come out of those woods. They best be left alone.
      The Sacklers and Barons have raped them long enough.
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    • @masterrex4947
      @masterrex4947 Před 11 měsíci +8

      He says look out for miners-as in coal miners. Not just minors on an Island. Heavy but great song choice. Love it! He's speaking for all of us!

    • @jeremytrent3534
      @jeremytrent3534 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Why do you pause every other second?

  • @2010CLDLKIDS
    @2010CLDLKIDS Před 11 měsíci +5962

    This song broke me. I am a 38 yr old hard working father of 4. I cried when I first heard it. Absolutely inspiring to see this blow up. 👏

    • @Wernotfree
      @Wernotfree Před 11 měsíci +204

      I have seen a few men in the last couple of days tear up for the world to see. Working two and three jobs to support their families. Daddy's never home. Another way to break down the American family.

    • @chrisz7083
      @chrisz7083 Před 11 měsíci +127

      You're not the only guy. It's hitting most people and breaking people down.

    • @jjustworking
      @jjustworking Před 11 měsíci +112

      Same. Tradesman and dad to two.
      Song hits different. Goes beyond all our barriers. Digs at your heart, because many of us live the lyrics. And the pain expressed is lived. God bless

    • @trmanley6689
      @trmanley6689 Před 11 měsíci +71

      Truth is brutal. We all want the best for our families.

    • @BlackAndGoldAllTheWay
      @BlackAndGoldAllTheWay Před 11 měsíci +121

      6.5 million views in 4 days.. I have never seen a person that took ahold of the American people in such a short time and in such a good way. He woke the people up now we all need to come together and make a change. It’s exactly what the government doesn’t want to happen

  • @brucebeath9548
    @brucebeath9548 Před 11 měsíci +2147

    This song is an anthem for the whole world suffering under corrupted governments who work daily and get taxed to hell with no returns. From South Africa.

    • @briancanfield5658
      @briancanfield5658 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Every moron that voted for Joe Biden needs to listen to this song

    • @iamacalmocean2080
      @iamacalmocean2080 Před 11 měsíci +63

      Amen from Australia 🇦🇺💫💪🏽💚let’s go people. Rise up. We have the numbers, not the elites. They are nothing if we stand up and say NO FUCKING MORE. WEVE HAD ENOUGH. PEOPLE WANT FREEDOM AGAIN!!!

    • @michaelmisczuk1188
      @michaelmisczuk1188 Před 11 měsíci +10

      Good to hear from you.

    • @jg7702
      @jg7702 Před 11 měsíci +15

      Welcome to Capitalism. The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.

    • @bigsmoke7381
      @bigsmoke7381 Před 11 měsíci +40

      @@jg7702has nothing to do with capitalism if you think America is capitalist you’re mistaken

  • @shanehambrick7565
    @shanehambrick7565 Před 10 měsíci +804

    Im a 49 year old blue collar guy with 2 kids, one with autism. This song hits me so hard. We scrape by everyday and im just so tired of working so hard and it's never enough. This is the anthem of the working man

    • @wickedskittle9917
      @wickedskittle9917 Před 10 měsíci +35

      I'm 30 and my husband is 33. We have two kids, one with ODD. We are drowning and all he's done is work. For twelve years for the same place that wouldn't give a damn if he dropped tomorrow but he can't leave or we lose everything.
      There's too many of us struggling in the same way. I'm sorry

    • @SandwichKing-lj4ej
      @SandwichKing-lj4ej Před 10 měsíci

      The problem is our debt based fiat monetary system. Inflation taxes poor and middle class and allows government to get huge funded by inflation, and swells asset prices of the wealthy. The rich get richer and poor get poorer. The solution is to end federal reserve, outlaw fractional reserve lending, and go back to gold and silver money. Stop inflation to stop the theft and shrink government.

    • @TheCAB207
      @TheCAB207 Před 10 měsíci +8

      I wish you and your family all the best brother ❤️🙏

    • @henrycabeceiras4901
      @henrycabeceiras4901 Před 10 měsíci +6

      People do care. Don’t let the politicians or celebrities tell you how well your doing!

    • @wickedskittle9917
      @wickedskittle9917 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@frekibodgaedir4893 no, ODD. Occupational defiance disorder

  • @lissa2621
    @lissa2621 Před 10 měsíci +426

    I'm a mother of 4 son's who I have witnessed the "New World" tearing my son's down while they fight, claw, and try to survive. It's disheartening, and this song I listen to every day, because I actually find comfort in knowing it resonates with all blue collar workers including me. We're all in this song!!!

    • @Eclecticajewels
      @Eclecticajewels Před 10 měsíci +15

      As a mother of 2 sons I see the same with them and it breaks me to see them suffer constantly. God help our boys today in this "new world" 🙏

    • @DjWellDressedMan
      @DjWellDressedMan Před 10 měsíci +1

      "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

    • @Ssshortman
      @Ssshortman Před 10 měsíci

      ​@DjWellDressedMan you need to listen to it again. He isn't punching down on the poor, he's pointing out the corruption in the system and the misuse of welfare. Why should his overtaxed dollars go to pay for the obese to milk the system or a 5'3" / 300lb lazy person scarfing down fudge rounds while he works himself into an early grave? He's just pointing out what we all see. This song isn't a right wing anthem, it's a heartfelt call from the soul of the people. That's why it's gone viral, He's speaking the truth.

    • @knighthawk3759
      @knighthawk3759 Před 10 měsíci +3

      This resonates a Heck of a lot more than just blue collar it resonates with every American that still believes in the dream of America

    • @DjWellDressedMan
      @DjWellDressedMan Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@knighthawk3759 The American Dream is long gone and as George Carlin said
      ""You have to be asleep to believe it.""

  • @m.f.r.5827
    @m.f.r.5827 Před 11 měsíci +633

    I cried like a baby because im an old soul living in a new disgusting world created by corrupt politicians and elites. Time to take the country back

    • @johnnyappleseed5590
      @johnnyappleseed5590 Před 11 měsíci

      Satanists are running most of the globe already this is the End Times.

    • @sfckrbec
      @sfckrbec Před 11 měsíci +9

      Sorry bro, I'd love to join you but I have to go back to work.

    • @Alshe1221
      @Alshe1221 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Amen!

    • @Shaman196
      @Shaman196 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Revelation..... Distractions, Redirections using Reinforcers to keep The People in compliance.
      The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are.
      The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, it's very brightly colored, it's very loud, and it's fun for a while.
      Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?"
      And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride."
      ~ Bill Hicks ~

    • @amp8899
      @amp8899 Před 10 měsíci

      ⁠@@sfckrbec🤣🤣🤣🤣 gotta clock back in

  • @Wernotfree
    @Wernotfree Před 11 měsíci +1434

    True country fans have been thirsty for this kind of music for years. Good to hear it again.

    • @buffhead2004
      @buffhead2004 Před 11 měsíci +20

      Country? I can't stand country music and I LOOOOOVE this song! He isn't the next Jason Aldean.
      He's the next Elvis.
      Edit: I'm not saying it's not country. I'm saying that it crosses over seamlessly.

    • @Wernotfree
      @Wernotfree Před 11 měsíci +4

      @@buffhead2004 . That's the awesome thing about this guy. I have heard him described in so many ways. Bob Dylan is one. Even some I didn't know. And now you with Elvis. Now that you mention it, you could be right. I can see it.

    • @danielstone8388
      @danielstone8388 Před 11 měsíci +2

      At least since 2009 ish.. at the latest..

    • @armorboy24
      @armorboy24 Před 11 měsíci +7

      It's like honey for my ears

    • @rondabrewer3185
      @rondabrewer3185 Před 11 měsíci +16

      I think all of us, who have lived long enough to remember real music, actually written & sang by real artist, have been waiting….I lived through the 70’s & 80’s & have often wondered if there would ever be a time, we would turn on our radios & hear this caliber of music again !!

  • @Distinction_custom_watches
    @Distinction_custom_watches Před 10 měsíci +153

    As I disabled Vet, who feels this country has turned their backs on us… this songs hits deep.

    • @DS_37
      @DS_37 Před 10 měsíci

      Amen

    • @mickicoyle3987
      @mickicoyle3987 Před 10 měsíci

      Thank you! 😘❤

    • @teralynyoung-ux5ws
      @teralynyoung-ux5ws Před 10 měsíci

      So sorry!! You deserve all the good stuff. 👊🏼💛

    • @monztunes6850
      @monztunes6850 Před 10 měsíci

      Some of us still live you guys. My cousin was a saw finder in Afghanistan for 9 years, the gov has let him rot to addiction.

    • @ttrmotocross
      @ttrmotocross Před 10 měsíci +2

      The politicians might've, but the people haven't. There are millions upon millions who are more thankful than they could ever put into words. Keep fighting, you're appreciated.

  • @marieneu264
    @marieneu264 Před 10 měsíci +246

    This guy doesn’t have to worry about being cancelled, because he wasn’t known before this, which allowed him to be genuine and not give a sh*t. Love him!

    • @-KIMISAFOX
      @-KIMISAFOX Před 10 měsíci +7

      You can't cancel true emotion.

    • @edittheworld-ct5yu
      @edittheworld-ct5yu Před 10 měsíci

      He has said that this song is primarily about red.

    • @kellyjo6978
      @kellyjo6978 Před 10 měsíci +5

      This goes beyond party

    • @DavidSmith-wr5sj
      @DavidSmith-wr5sj Před 10 měsíci +7

      There's absolutely nothing to cancel here, he makes it clear this is not a right or left thing. It's a total scope of how broken America and frankly the world is. And he's god damn right. They're a club and none of us are in it.

    • @Ericsaidful
      @Ericsaidful Před 10 měsíci

      ​@edittheworld-ct5yu This is a Libertarian Anthem. Not Conservative and not progressive. Democrats aren't Liberals any longer. Classic Liberalism is modern day Libertarianism.
      Careful what you vote for. If you're voting for Liberals, just remember what you're handing over in exchange.

  • @WildBill1989
    @WildBill1989 Před 11 měsíci +1492

    He’s taken every emotion hard working, patriotic Americans feel, and hopefully this wakes people up.

    • @daytripper9253
      @daytripper9253 Před 11 měsíci +15

      Let’s pray it does!

    • @treevenewson
      @treevenewson Před 11 měsíci +30

      Not just Americans, as a Canadian it gave me chills

    • @deportedsouls3165
      @deportedsouls3165 Před 11 měsíci +33

      I'm a swede (living in Sweden) and he has the same impact on me!

    • @loganmorton9304
      @loganmorton9304 Před 11 měsíci +19

      I think it’s for any hard working soul. Hits hard here in New Zealand.

    • @maxq4070
      @maxq4070 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Amen, brother. Amen.

  • @JohnTurner313
    @JohnTurner313 Před 11 měsíci +742

    I've been a wage slave and taxpayer for well over 40 years. Oliver Anthony singing nothing but truth and it hits deep.

    • @Patrick-fk4ef
      @Patrick-fk4ef Před 11 měsíci +1

      I looked at my paycheck the other day, I worked 95 hours. 41 of those hours - a full-time job - went towards paying taxes, so politicians can send more money and weapons to Ukraine, or drone-strike kids in the Middle East, or pay their corporate buddies.
      It's more accurate to call yourself a wage earner and a tax slave. You have a choice to work wherever you want. You're forced to pay taxes.

    • @isitoveryet9525
      @isitoveryet9525 Před 10 měsíci

      He turned down over $8million in deals since he went viral Bc he won’t be controlled. The man’s walking the walk.

    • @mediocretroll2842
      @mediocretroll2842 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Wage slave - damn I feel that one. Getting older don't make it no easier neither.

  • @douglasquade8752
    @douglasquade8752 Před 10 měsíci +36

    I'm a 57 yr old father and grandfather I broke out in tears when I first listened to this song!

    • @shanghunter7697
      @shanghunter7697 Před 4 měsíci

      Same here and i openly wept when i first heard it. A REAL man cries......Please never forget that. Best wishes to you and yours sir !!!

  • @jessicastephens5269
    @jessicastephens5269 Před 10 měsíci +76

    The first time i heard this song, i was at work while my babies slept at home. I cried and had to go to the bathroom cause it hit hard This man has so much truth in this song and worldwide it's resonating. ❤

  • @jasonhowe4390
    @jasonhowe4390 Před 10 měsíci +884

    I'm a 42 year old dad that's worked since I was 10. I'm not ashamed to say that this song has had me in tears. I feel every word

    • @Christina-os1yg
      @Christina-os1yg Před 10 měsíci +4

      Me to brother! Been working since 11 and I have 3 kids and 3 jobs!!

    • @seelenwinter6662
      @seelenwinter6662 Před 9 měsíci

      its no masterpiece... he only sing what everybody is thinking... stand up against all that gates, zuckerberg, jobs, bazzos etc pp... in a few years we will not more have the chance to do it... in a view years they controll us so much, that they know before us what we wanna do and dont let us do this... every handy, every car, every smart home control us... for that all is getting digital... if we wanna stand up, musk only have to turn down our cars, zuckerberg our internet etc pp and they can put us in 1 second back to the stone age again... and the rich ones live their life like before... but we are guilty, we buy this handys, cars, alexas... the ddr, china or sovjet union had not this control over the humans like in the world we live now and we are so stupid and pay for it... we made us a slave by our own... and the rich ones only laugh about us and our stupididy...
      and its all the same if you vote for biden, trump, clinton, obama or or or... michelle obama was for a view days in germany and got for a lecture from 1 hour 700.000 euros... how long must a normal worker work for this...? and she is only the women from a former president... why to hell she got so much money for a view stupid words in front of a few stupid rich (wo)mens in germany...?????????????

    • @dellis2852
      @dellis2852 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Bless you, brother.

    • @rickthompson4315
      @rickthompson4315 Před 6 měsíci

      Catch me Bro... 64 next moth. Moving the Finish Line. My Mom & Dad died at 82. They Set the bar High! I'll be 64 next month... You do the Math...

    • @LakrisaAlarie
      @LakrisaAlarie Před 6 měsíci

      It is enough. We are just conditioned to believe it isn't. Believe me, it will never feel like enough by the standards we strive for. We aren't broken, the system is broken.

  • @stevenwright6573
    @stevenwright6573 Před 11 měsíci +614

    Dude goes hard in the paint. That second verse was like being punched in the teeth with a fist of truth. America needs more of this. The pushback to reclaim America will now commence.

    • @deborahvretis3195
      @deborahvretis3195 Před 11 měsíci +11

      Yes, it will.

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Carry on!

    • @debimartin4237
      @debimartin4237 Před 11 měsíci +12

      That 2nd verse was rough. "Wished politicians cared about miners and not just minors on an island somewhere." This young man is a brilliant writer.

    • @spacepirate3312
      @spacepirate3312 Před 10 měsíci +6

      That's my favorite thing about this song and people first listening to it. It sounds like a basic country bop but then smacks you in the face with all the truth and feels.

    • @darksmoka1
      @darksmoka1 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Dont forget the rest of the world once you succeed...we all need this anthem ❤❤❤🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦💥💥💥

  • @PlebeianFemale
    @PlebeianFemale Před 10 měsíci +128

    My husband cried to this song! He’s a hard working man, and we have two new children. Trying to buy a house in the middle of drowning in this economy has caused so much financial stress. We’re there for each other and I help as much as I can, handling all our finances and trying to find a remote job to do while preparing for homeschooling. I can’t help but feel what he feels, and to know that everyone else feels this way too is heartbreaking. I’d say it’s time for a revolution, but as long as everyone feels like they’re drowning by themselves, nothing will be done.
    This song is bringing us all together, helping us realize we’re not alone, we’re not doing something wrong. It’s the government fucking us all while telling the working man he’s racist, homophobic, transphobic, bigoted and toxic. Everything is beating down the blue collar man.
    If we just punched back…

    • @mickicoyle3987
      @mickicoyle3987 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Praying for a prosperous life for you.

    • @PlebeianFemale
      @PlebeianFemale Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@mickicoyle3987 thank you, man!

    • @meechmil1198
      @meechmil1198 Před 10 měsíci +4

      I don't know what to do anymore. All I do is work. By the time the paycheck comes in we have 10 bucks to our name😢

    • @donjackson5522
      @donjackson5522 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @hannahsherman6900 Be strong. Especially in the homeschooling. I’m the father of three beautiful girls, all homeschooled. We’ve struggled to get by for the last 21 years so they could be brought up right. Sometimes I was working 100 hours a week. Right now I get up at 2am to go to work. They are worth every sacrifice.

    • @PlebeianFemale
      @PlebeianFemale Před 10 měsíci

      @@donjackson5522 I agree! In this economy I’ll definitely have to do some kind of work. As much as it stresses me out, I’ve considered taking in a couple kids of my working mother friends to babysit for money. And Greg’s job is a bit restrictive since it’s so physically demanding, he can’t physically do the job for more than 12 hours a day. I don’t wish that for him anyways. None of the elders in our family understand the truth of the economic situation, and have all refused to take us into their big empty homes, as much as they love us and talk about how they don’t see their grandchildren enough. We asked for one year, of paying half of their tiny mortgage, so that we could save up instead of paying 2k rent. Then we could get a house. But they’ve resolved that they want their alone time and aren’t entitled to help us. It’s probably because we’re not Christian, and we don’t parent how they did. That’s fine, that’s they’re choice.
      But now we’re drowning, and will be until this economy collapses. And then what? I hope it means we can afford a home and we won’t be affected. But will it affect his job, the jobs of my friends? There’s so much to worry about right now. It’s been hard staying away from alcohol and CBD, cause we know that in our current states we’d end up abusing both and avoiding the problem. We need to live through this stress for the sake of our kids.

  • @TeeDeeTD
    @TeeDeeTD Před 4 měsíci +16

    6 months later and I still get chills every time I listen to this song. Amazing, emotional, touching. There’s so many words to describe this song. So applicable to our society. Beautiful song, love the raw vocals!

    • @CedricandBrian
      @CedricandBrian  Před 4 měsíci

      This is one of those songs that will definitely stand the test of time. - C -

  • @epep50
    @epep50 Před 11 měsíci +526

    I'm a disabled vet working 50+ hour weeks in surgery at the VA making sure my brothers get the best in the OR. I live payday to paday and am grateful for that. Not the American dream I grew up thinking was obtainable with hard work and living a moral life. It's crushing to know Ill do this til I die and nobody cares. This song speaks to so many men just going through it. Love that you guys covered this.

    • @Robjay1795
      @Robjay1795 Před 11 měsíci +20

      You are doing gods work. May sound ordinary, but thats what you do. You dont have to go to church on sunday, you are praying all workday long. Greets from germany

    • @kennyhouser3467
      @kennyhouser3467 Před 11 měsíci

      Thank you brother. I don't know where you're at but one of these days you might be working on my back. Literally broke myself for this bullshit both in service and out. I don't say that like it's something special either. This world is built on the backs and shoulders of men willing to do what's necessary to make society run. It's high time we kick these corrupt, geriatric scumbags to the curb and get back to creating the world we all envisioned. I don't have much left to give but I will damn sure give what's left to set things right.

    • @zuzupetals6025
      @zuzupetals6025 Před 11 měsíci +5

    • @aprilrawls5162
      @aprilrawls5162 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Amen ❤

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Retired USN recovering Alcoholic. My Man Drinking and living on ? all the while . Yep no Bitching. this is an expression of reality today Washington Politicians are brought off on BOTH sides of Isle! God Bless!

  • @deborahvretis3195
    @deborahvretis3195 Před 11 měsíci +820

    It went up to 7,000,000 in 4 days. This is our anthem. I have two sons, who are young men. The line where he says, "young men putting themselves 6 feet in the ground." Hit me hard, because it's happening, and no one is talking about it. Oliver Anthony is our blessing. I got goosebumps the first time I watched this video. I also watch every reaction I come across, so I can click the "like" button.

    • @DisplacedUnderDog
      @DisplacedUnderDog Před 11 měsíci +34

      Even in the reaction videos, no one mentions that hard hitting line. Damn shame for sure. Mother of two boys, and little sister to seven older brothers here, married to a vet, Army combat veteran for a husband who now is a blue collar working man. That line hit hard for him. No one talks about it, and yet we have a real problem with our men feeling displaced these days. I feel this one as well.

    • @user-pq1og7jo2k
      @user-pq1og7jo2k Před 11 měsíci +5

      Lmao. Me too. 😂😂😂

    • @PlagueKing_LordFalix
      @PlagueKing_LordFalix Před 11 měsíci +10

      It's at 10 mill now.

    • @steffenaltmeier6602
      @steffenaltmeier6602 Před 10 měsíci

      try 15@@PlagueKing_LordFalix

    • @kevinmeyer5485
      @kevinmeyer5485 Před 10 měsíci +6

      I literally bawled when I heard that line for the first time.

  • @incrediblepony
    @incrediblepony Před 10 měsíci +34

    He straight up hit the head on the nail. He told everyone that people are not enemies because of ANYONE else other than the people who crave money and power.
    He voice is filled with emotion and pain. His frustration feels so fucking real. This song is golden and I hope that it reaches even MORE people. Because pepole needs to hear it.

  • @26japrey
    @26japrey Před 10 měsíci +30

    He has already turned down an 8 million dollar music deal. Doesn't want to be a musician or famous. The line about getting kicked down brings tears to my eyes every time. Heart wrenching song

    • @outlawsntattoos
      @outlawsntattoos Před 6 měsíci +1

      He doesn't want the record labels having control of his music .

    • @DuckFanDane
      @DuckFanDane Před 6 měsíci

      It’s not that he doesn’t want to be a musician or even that he doesn’t want to be famous. He doesn’t want to be controlled by the record labels he can’t be bought.

  • @beverly.alford
    @beverly.alford Před 11 měsíci +534

    One of the most gratifying outcomes of the madness that has accompanied Oliver’s release of this song is seeing the politicians (rich men north of Richmond) respond to it on X/Twitter-knowing damn well it’s about *them.* Thanks, boys. This is one for the ages.

    • @Wernotfree
      @Wernotfree Před 11 měsíci +23

      That makes me wish I was on X. But I just can't stand the stupidity over there.

    • @Wobu27
      @Wobu27 Před 11 měsíci +7

      so true

    • @RandyB521
      @RandyB521 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@WernotfreeSame

    • @Monster-gr8on
      @Monster-gr8on Před 11 měsíci +7

      What are they saying?

    • @RandyB521
      @RandyB521 Před 11 měsíci +23

      @@Monster-gr8on Don’t know either. Whatever it is they’re saying, you can be sure they’re trying to cover their own asses.

  • @johnkleb8504
    @johnkleb8504 Před 11 měsíci +395

    If you've ever left for work before the sun came up and didn't get home until after the sun went down knowing you're trading time with your family so that someone else gets rich, this song hits hard. But if you've also buried your friends who couldn't cope with the world that walked away from them, looked evil people who've hurt the innocent in the eye, or watched people trapped in a cycle of abuse; get ready to be angry too.

    • @artmusicloveandwords
      @artmusicloveandwords Před 10 měsíci +4

      This.

    • @pathacker4963
      @pathacker4963 Před 10 měsíci +6

      I have come home so tired I fell asleep eating dinner. Great song.

    • @kylecabaniss7814
      @kylecabaniss7814 Před 10 měsíci +5

      I've seen the sun come up twice in a shift. Missed things with my son, so sore I'm bare able to move, stripping at the door to make sure all the dirt stays outside. All just to get a check that barely covers half of the rent.

    • @gottaloveitgottaloveit8273
      @gottaloveitgottaloveit8273 Před 10 měsíci +4

      My husband for 30 years retires in 9 weeks. Starts at 5 am gets home 5:30. Cannot wait for him to enjoy life. We both still have to do side jobs to survive. It is a dam shame!!

    • @bobbyporter4731
      @bobbyporter4731 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Well worded brother

  • @chucknorris5141
    @chucknorris5141 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Father of 3, forty nine years old. This hits. The struggle is real.

  • @eilselp11
    @eilselp11 Před 10 měsíci +15

    We need more people to scream the truth at the enemy instead of screaming at each other, thanx guys.

  • @Amocoru
    @Amocoru Před 11 měsíci +597

    I'm a grown ass 40 year old man and I don't feel things on the deep level very often but this broke me. I teared up a bit. It reminded me of growing up poor in rural SC and picking cotton and tobacco when I was 12-13 years old out in the country during the Summer. Weeding the soybean fields, pulling up potatoes and peanuts because if I didn't my family couldn't eat. I feel like I never fully felt how hard it was until this song and it hit me like a brick wall. This was therapy for me.

    • @summerfieldmartin912
      @summerfieldmartin912 Před 10 měsíci +14

      I think this song was a release for us all, everything we've been holding back for so long.

    • @bridecolbourne1305
      @bridecolbourne1305 Před 10 měsíci +1

      🌅💗🙏🏼🥰

    • @CharlesWilliams-ou2cr
      @CharlesWilliams-ou2cr Před 10 měsíci +2

      👌…from Blenheim, SC

    • @livefreeordie4955
      @livefreeordie4955 Před 10 měsíci +2

      52 yrs - Summerville Green Wave

    • @kathymcmc
      @kathymcmc Před 10 měsíci +3

      I'm with you. I grew up in Western NC and picked apples. Then we canned all summer to have food for the winter.

  • @richardkafka5625
    @richardkafka5625 Před 11 měsíci +162

    He sings this from DEEP in his soul! So powerful.

    • @daytripper9253
      @daytripper9253 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Yes, and this song hits very deep in my soul. I am living in the new world with an old soul!

  • @user-wb9qy4yq7f
    @user-wb9qy4yq7f Před 10 měsíci +19

    Im a 43yr old vet born and raised in northern Virginia and man it's so gross what the swamp has done to this country. If i knew then what i know now i never would have signed that line real talk. This song is amazing and dude is a truther

  • @mwhite7712
    @mwhite7712 Před 10 měsíci +11

    "I wish politicians would look out for miners. And, not just minors on an island somewhere." is honestly the hardest lyrics I've heard since Lil' Wayne said, "Real G's move in silence like lasagna." Just B A R S. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @americanpatriot68forever48
    @americanpatriot68forever48 Před 11 měsíci +236

    This is EXACTLY what America needs, More REAL Music that is saying what the Majority of Americans feel!! Great Reaction!

    • @briancanfield5658
      @briancanfield5658 Před 11 měsíci +4

      New conservative anthem!!, FJB

    • @brotherskeeper100
      @brotherskeeper100 Před 11 měsíci

      The world needs.

    • @tedk2814
      @tedk2814 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I wish this video could be played outside voting places this coming November. Vote the scumbags out and the patriots in, its up to us.

    • @briancanfield5658
      @briancanfield5658 Před 10 měsíci

      @@tedk2814 it’s the SCUMBAGS that voted for Joe Biden that’s the problem

    • @1sthawkfeathers547
      @1sthawkfeathers547 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@tedk2814Time to put a PA under the hood ! Great idea 🎉❤

  • @rhondasponders52
    @rhondasponders52 Před 11 měsíci +325

    I’ve listened to this song probably 42 times in 24 hours and it still gives me chills and tears. This is definitely our National Anthem Right Now!!!!

    • @SwampDawg00
      @SwampDawg00 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Facts!!!

    • @jongoffinet8511
      @jongoffinet8511 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Same!

    • @JaredWellentin-iv4th
      @JaredWellentin-iv4th Před 10 měsíci +1

      Same

    • @kimwells8395
      @kimwells8395 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes! Sharing this to anyone who will listen or just close enough to hear me.

    • @DjWellDressedMan
      @DjWellDressedMan Před 10 měsíci +1

      "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

  • @juliacrabtree5198
    @juliacrabtree5198 Před 10 měsíci +6

    He was offered 8 million last week and he TURNED IT DOWN🇺🇲‼️ GOD BLESS HIM ❤

  • @coronamae8246
    @coronamae8246 Před 10 měsíci +14

    I love this song! It doesn't divide us, this brings us together because we all feel it.

  • @Gwydion_Wolf
    @Gwydion_Wolf Před 11 měsíci +259

    As someone who spent all of my 30's trapped in a job at a non-climate controlled warehouse working 14 hour days 5 days a week and 8 hours on Saturdays while never bringing home over 1800$ a month, this song is so damn true.
    F-Politicians making 80k/year who complain that their not being payed enough. Even 'state-level' politicians who complain that 30k/year is 'to little'. "Serving" in Government is suppose to be a PART TIME job, not some damn career that makes 6x more than any 'working class' job.

    • @ThePokie71
      @ThePokie71 Před 11 měsíci +30

      80,000....they make 180,000 a year, and free Healthcare for life..🤷‍♀️

    • @CB13212
      @CB13212 Před 11 měsíci

      You were legit a slave

    • @johnl6569
      @johnl6569 Před 11 měsíci +27

      ​@ThePokie71 don't forget insider trading and kickbacks from lobbyists

    • @lexstacks6944
      @lexstacks6944 Před 11 měsíci

      This is why politicians hate Trump. Because he exposes them.. in return they slander and arrest him. Go trump

    • @thedude828
      @thedude828 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@johnl6569right bro its crazy corrupt!

  • @ravenmasters2467
    @ravenmasters2467 Před 11 měsíci +93

    'No lyrics wasted'. Absolutely right. No filler. No throw-away lines. Every word meant something and was heartfelt.

  • @marcienisley4444
    @marcienisley4444 Před 10 měsíci +15

    He pulls at our very souls. He sings more than words can convey. I don’t understand completely but it moved me to tears. Listen to his other stuff. Equally moving.

  • @chrisprociuk6387
    @chrisprociuk6387 Před 8 měsíci +6

    THANK YOU!!!!!! Someone finally understood the miner vs minor lines in this song. I've seen so many reactions to this song and I'm so sick of everyone missing this one. Kudos gents

  • @philk9227
    @philk9227 Před 11 měsíci +172

    This is an anthem for the average working people of the world right now! Appreciate what you do guys, all the best from the UK

  • @candacemurphy8765
    @candacemurphy8765 Před 11 měsíci +187

    Just one man with a guitar and heart-felt and heartbreaking lyrics. Not only does this video have four million views, the song is in the #1 spot on iTunes. He has other songs in the numbers 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15 and 20 spots. Not bad for a guy nobody heard of a month ago.

    • @bruno2235
      @bruno2235 Před 11 měsíci +8

      they didn't hear about him even 1 WEEK ago!! Hopefully he goes FAR!!!

    • @businessacc179
      @businessacc179 Před 11 měsíci +9

      8.2 million now, 10 hrs later 👏🏻🙌🏻 wishing him all the best

  • @Avallachgrey
    @Avallachgrey Před 10 měsíci +10

    As someone who weighs almost 400 lbs, I'll have you know I pay for my own got damned fudge rounds. But the man is right. I whole heartedly agree the American people are watching the American dream be smothered in the crib right before us. And it's infuriating.

  • @ebrahimmoradi321
    @ebrahimmoradi321 Před 10 měsíci +6

    he's preaching. Ain't no other way to say it. Amen brother... our generation needed this. Thank you

  • @MrPhife333
    @MrPhife333 Před 11 měsíci +125

    This guys is spitting Truth out of his mouth like bullets, and each one gets you strait in the heart.

  • @BJC62
    @BJC62 Před 11 měsíci +123

    The play on the words miners and minors is brilliant. Yes Oliver, they know that we know what they're doing and that's what scares them.

    • @Appaddict01
      @Appaddict01 Před 11 měsíci +4

      So is Rich Men North of Richmond.

    • @Pellzor
      @Pellzor Před 10 měsíci +2

      Trust me, they aint scared.

    • @theway5563
      @theway5563 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Pellzor - Unfortunately, you are right. Our founding fathers told us to maintain an organized military of the people for the people and by the people. We weren’t just to keep individual weapons but have an organized structure in the case of a tyrannical coup. Don’t let our men who died or were forever maimed for this country become meaningless. Without a middle class, those with will completely trod down all of us withouts. We must maintain a buffer between these two variables or we will loose all of of liberty. The Constitution was framed to protect our God-given rights. Our rights do not belong to any government. Our government MUST be of, by, and for the PEOPLE - not corporations. Stand up Americans and fight for your rights before it is too late. The real power that should not be is mocking us with their duping delight smirks. Mandates of any kind are against the rule of law.

  • @Shawnne86
    @Shawnne86 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I shed tears almost every time I hear this song. If this song doesn’t touch you- then you have been blissfully unaware of struggle.

  • @amandalawson7586
    @amandalawson7586 Před 10 měsíci +7

    I'm 50. This got me in my feels big time. I went on medical leave for a still unknown autoimmune disorder and they decided to part ways with me a week after my 25 year anniversary. Meant I spent half my life busting my body in a factory.

    • @_Clayton.Bigsby_
      @_Clayton.Bigsby_ Před 8 měsíci

      I finally said fuck it. I get by, but life's too short to waste it away on a company who's not gonna give a shit if I die tomorrow cause I'm expendable in their eyes.

  • @jeffvossen5854
    @jeffvossen5854 Před 11 měsíci +80

    He has 4 spots in the top ten iTunes chart and this one is currently in the one spot

    • @Wernotfree
      @Wernotfree Před 11 měsíci +14

      He has nine in the top 25. Amazing

  • @mclostinthewoods
    @mclostinthewoods Před 10 měsíci +385

    As a veteran and a father of 4 young men, this song shut me down. It broke open emotions I normally don't have to deal with. I fear for my sons entering this nation as adults in a time where they are blamed for every ill just because they are men. Truth speaks to truth, and this one hit me hard. I make more money at this point in my life than I've ever made before, and less to show for it than ever. The cost of everything has at least doubled. My work gets harder, responsibilities get deeper, and the rewards for it continue to diminish. We're at a time when we're more focused on mutilating children to suit their parents' polilitical ideology than we are on addressing the rates of suicide in veterans and young men. Our priorities are way off.

    • @nancygreen8186
      @nancygreen8186 Před 10 měsíci +10

      My neighbor just came over a few days ago and told me her son 40 years old slit his wrists and killed himself. He leaves behind a sixteen-year-old son and my neighbor is 68 years old and has to raise this boy. She also has to work to make ends meet. Sad times. I know you must know what is going on today . Your post is so true

    • @whatthehell1012
      @whatthehell1012 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@nancygreen8186Jesus Christ..

    • @mclostinthewoods
      @mclostinthewoods Před 10 měsíci +12

      @@nancygreen8186 We've lost 3 friends in their 30s and 40s over the past 10 years to suicide. All with families. All good men. 2 were veterans. It's heartbreaking. It's a loss that can't be rationalized or reconciled. It just never stops hurting.

    • @saheliaterly1804
      @saheliaterly1804 Před 10 měsíci +1

      💯 agree

    • @SouthValleyKnifeCo
      @SouthValleyKnifeCo Před 10 měsíci +10

      ​@@mclostinthewoodsthere are days I've considered it. But I could never do that to my little girl. But shit is tough, but I've taken to the mindset that if I give up, they win. I'll be damned if I let that happen.

  • @steveh7108
    @steveh7108 Před 10 měsíci +7

    The beauty of this song is that every word is right on point and on target and at the same time every line is also a metaphor for the much bigger picture and problem.

  • @lesliegraham7470
    @lesliegraham7470 Před 10 měsíci +10

    I’m a 32 year old mom of 4 kids from 14-6 and this song gutted me. I am so terrified for my children with how this world is going. This song hit so hard because it’s so true. We shouldn’t be struggling how we are.

    • @tyalexander8154
      @tyalexander8154 Před 9 měsíci

      You are absolutely right mam I have 3 adult children and 2 grandchildren and my kids are working they butts every day just to keep their heads above water I help them out now and then when I can my wife and I are raising 1 of our grandson because my daughter can not afford the both of them and the thought of grandsons growing in a communist country just makes me sick to my stomach. God bless

  • @DVDFHardTarget
    @DVDFHardTarget Před 11 měsíci +145

    This is why they control the flim stars and musicians. This is just one song, but the feelings and the message it stirs in you is so powerful you can only imagine if more of the actors, singers/rappers jumped onboard without worrying what their puppet masters would say what a better world we would live in.

    • @marcoslattes3662
      @marcoslattes3662 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeahh, lets jump into the wagon but with no drugs, ideologies, color or creed.

  • @evolutionviii12
    @evolutionviii12 Před 11 měsíci +80

    I guess John Rich heard this and offered to do something with Oliver. I think he offered to produce his record. Freaking awesome song, and his voice has so much soul to it!

    • @tedk2814
      @tedk2814 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Yes, I have heard that several producers have contacted him, offering to do a proper studio version. This song has more work to do and hearts to touch and hopefully ignite the true American patriots spirit to take back our country. VOTE!!!, make it a landslide........

  • @After7Fan
    @After7Fan Před 10 měsíci +5

    This song is so REAL that it leaves you speachless. You just want to grab this guy and hug the shit out of him for understanding our tribulations and pain and expressing it in such a truthful in your face way. I applaud you brother.

  • @highspirits546
    @highspirits546 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Been listening to these lyrics everyday, hits home so hard. This song is absolute 🔥

  • @ronnieknight5436
    @ronnieknight5436 Před 10 měsíci +194

    What a brutally honest song. For all the hurt, hardworking people of the world. The elites won’t want us united but this song is unifying without doubt. Brought me to tears. He’s singing for us all.

  • @higgybonk845
    @higgybonk845 Před 11 měsíci +199

    Grew up listening to rap but been dipping into country for the past year or so. This song is one of, if not, the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard. This comes right from the soul, even in a small coastal town in England this hits hard

    • @ajikpajik9331
      @ajikpajik9331 Před 11 měsíci +3

      You should listen to Small Town England by New Model Army, I think that might speak to you also.

    • @Honor_and_Steel
      @Honor_and_Steel Před 11 měsíci +5

      You could make this fit your country fairly easily too. Just change it to Rich Men East of Bristol. Still fits the meter and rhyme scheme. Maybe change Fudge Rounds to a snack cake or something from the UK too.

    • @rainbowcrewmagic9303
      @rainbowcrewmagic9303 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Check out the dead south they are a bluegrass country band and so worth finding broken cowboy and gunslinger glory are fantastic I highly recommend x

    • @isayusayweallcansay
      @isayusayweallcansay Před 10 měsíci +2

      BidenHarris economics drove this man to write, sing this song..

    • @parkerdeamer5721
      @parkerdeamer5721 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Bro same I grew up on rap.. and since listening to country and particularly this song. I cant listen to rap anymore.. it's so trash 😅

  • @azrazerz1445
    @azrazerz1445 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Heard it for the first time yesterday. Was having an awful day and this came on the radio and it was such a good reminder that everyone else is going through the same shit in one way or another.

  • @joannesullivan7391
    @joannesullivan7391 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Just a real man speaking truth😢 the song made me cry like a baby

  • @LaddFPF
    @LaddFPF Před 11 měsíci +113

    I love this song, we all have that feeling of working SO HARD for crumbs. For pennies. This speaks to not just Americans of all walks of life across the entire political spectrum, but I've seen people across the WORLD feel it. Canada, Australia, UK, Europe.... God Bless Oliver Anthony.

    • @tanyamckinnon5376
      @tanyamckinnon5376 Před 11 měsíci +1

      And Keep him!

    • @hildeiratorvenes803
      @hildeiratorvenes803 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I'm in Norway and the same shit is happening here. This is a song for all of us, all over the world

  • @calvinbennett3249
    @calvinbennett3249 Před 10 měsíci +69

    This song makes me cry almost every time. The “young men are putting themselves six feet in the ground” line is incredible.

  • @pollyduron674
    @pollyduron674 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love seeing the different types of channels reacting to his music. This is proof that there are many people that can relate. ❤

  • @selfingwithclare3410
    @selfingwithclare3410 Před 10 měsíci

    I've only just started watching reactions to this guy tonight and now I understand why he's blown up everywhere... and so far you guys are picking up things I did too so quickly, so I'm subscribing and will be checking out your channel!

  • @gingerleamcwow435
    @gingerleamcwow435 Před 11 měsíci +182

    I watched my husband damn near fall to his knees listening to this. Everyone is exhausted and tired of putting one foot in front of the other each and every day, only to support and keep up the 1%. Oliver is begging us to wake up, America! Protect this man at all costs! HE speaks for each of us! ❤ OLIVER ANTHONY FOR PRESIDENT ❤

    • @CedricandBrian
      @CedricandBrian  Před 11 měsíci +17

      I can picture your husband falling to his knees because I think this song has brought thousands and thousands of people to their knees with his raw, truthful lyrics! Thank you for watching our reaction, and make it a great day. - C -

    • @markstone1619
      @markstone1619 Před 11 měsíci

      You're FAR from awake if you think that 'presidents' have any power. They have NO power. It's all a huge game of fooling the public by having 2 'sides' play off each other and has been that way for countless decades. That's how they have gotten ahead decade by decade for longer than we've been alive. Do you not really notice that when in office Bushes hate Clintons and Obama, and vice versa, yet when1 day out of office they are all 'best buddies'. That's the game!
      ANY president that even tries to go against them will end up like JFK within a few months and certainly won't live longer than 2 years of his 4 year term. No amount of agents could protect a president.
      Presidents haven't called the shots ever since the presidency was fully controlled after JFK's demise, which was 60 years ago. You need to understand the very powerful UNelected 'cartel' that has been pulling the strings of all presidents for over the past 6 decades. Understand how they built up that incomprehensible power by studying how the 1913 Federal Reserve was created, along with all their other global institutions. The 'cabal/cartel' of very powerful players tried this same takeover back in 1935, but thankfully it was thwarted by General Smedley Butler. He was their key man and they thought he could be trusted to do their evil deeds, but he spilled the beans on the entire plot. Not much different operation that what's happening today.

    • @conniestancil2467
      @conniestancil2467 Před 10 měsíci +5

      😢

    • @walternorris2609
      @walternorris2609 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Amen

    • @96redprelude
      @96redprelude Před 10 měsíci +3

      We need more people like Oliver making music. Not being politicians. We are fighting a battle for our culture and tradition. Politics just follows the leaders in culture.

  • @alw1915
    @alw1915 Před 11 měsíci +84

    Man its been a long time since we were gifted a song that is so universally relatable. Musical masterpiece. Its so rare to get art that stokes so much thought and emotion.

  • @toddwesley2416
    @toddwesley2416 Před 10 měsíci +3

    This song hits you right in the gut . Bless 🙏 You Oliver Anthony and Family . ❤️🇺🇲🙏🇺🇲

  • @tomsawyer6324
    @tomsawyer6324 Před 11 měsíci +96

    Feeling this strongly as I work 50 plus hours a week to just get by. I'm 58 with my beautiful wife of 32 years who has 4th stage cancer yet has been denied disability benefits. Why? Been fed up with the system for years and continue to pray for a change for all the hard working people in this country. 🇺🇸Can't keep writing getting pissed off!!! Have a great day and better tomorrow

    • @CedricandBrian
      @CedricandBrian  Před 11 měsíci +13

      Thank you for being transparent enough to share that my friend. I think your comment echoes the thoughts of millions of Americans today, and we are all getting fed up! Prayers going out to you, and your wife 🙏🏽. - C -

    • @Stephanie-hq5gq
      @Stephanie-hq5gq Před 10 měsíci +5

      My husband would have loved this song. Working overtime, no, no double pay for it, no holiday pay, and health insurance offered was crap. So we didn't have any medical, and he passed while working, driving truck. Turns out he had kidney cancer, so yeah. I hope your wife beats the cancer.

    • @lesetoilesvagabondes3812
      @lesetoilesvagabondes3812 Před 10 měsíci +1

      keep fighting brother!

    • @TheRampage25
      @TheRampage25 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Prayers for you and your wife sir.

    • @edwardfife8105
      @edwardfife8105 Před 10 měsíci

      Prayers for you and your family sir. I am your age and have dealt with similar struggles. Hang in there.

  • @loganpate5690
    @loganpate5690 Před 10 měsíci +46

    I’m a 26 year old, Air Force medical retired, I work at a copper and gold mine in pain everyday tearing my body down farther and farther for pay that barely makes ends meet. We need some change in this country. So many angry Americans brought together with this song from so many different places. Great song

  • @anotherherodiesTV
    @anotherherodiesTV Před 10 měsíci +1

    I actually love how much y'all rewind and replay it haha gets the vibe back 🤘

  • @teatimetel174
    @teatimetel174 Před 10 měsíci +1

    huge wake up call..ill never forget the first time i listened to this anthem.. love from Scotland.

  • @cjkool9464
    @cjkool9464 Před 10 měsíci +91

    This is one of those songs that isn't just an anthem for america. This is a world shaking anthem. This one of those gems in the rough that has caused more people to come together instead of dividing us. The amount of passion he shows as he belts his heart out grasps everyone's attention as nothing else in the music media today shows this level of emotion. But above all this is a song that everyone can relate to. We're all in the same boat here in america and we're the only one's that can fix this and come together as americans. Screw being divided. We need to work together to fix what is wrong in our own country and our own lives.

    • @SUzzer-jy9lj
      @SUzzer-jy9lj Před 10 měsíci

      The HELL it isn't!!! WAKE UP America

  • @jackkonnof4106
    @jackkonnof4106 Před 11 měsíci +49

    I hope this song will finally unite the people to rise up and put our government in check. It's long past time. Absolutely EPIC !

  • @kevingordon3699
    @kevingordon3699 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Had everyone in tears truth is truth hard hitting and so damn true wow this guy knows and you can feel it in the first line of the song

  • @BornBruceWayne
    @BornBruceWayne Před 10 měsíci +1

    First thing is thanks to Oliver because of him, I found you guys. Second I spent 40+ years as a carpenter with 6 children under my belt so to speak ,and found myself pretty much broke after I took ill and was forced to retire. When this song was brought to my attention and I viewed it, It broke me as if it just happened all over again. The peoples voice is what this song represents.

  • @sambee4927
    @sambee4927 Před 11 měsíci +47

    I had the same visceral reaction when I first heard it. Powerful. The anthem of our times.

  • @GingeRenee
    @GingeRenee Před 10 měsíci +134

    This song had me in tears when I heard it. My heart hurts for all my fellow Americans and what we are facing during these times. My heart and prayers are with my fellow patriots. ❤

    • @Vontharau47
      @Vontharau47 Před 8 měsíci

      As a German living in Germany with almost 50% tax and a welfarestate where lazy ass people have even more money than folks that work everyday, this also brings goosebumps but also tears to my eyes. We can't do shit about it due to our past resolving solutions beeing a little... lets say excessive.

  • @nataliescott2210
    @nataliescott2210 Před 10 měsíci

    Fantastic 🎉 I just discovered Oliver and I am so excited for a more beautiful united world. Keep sharing. ❤

  • @Nizhonibearcreek
    @Nizhonibearcreek Před 7 měsíci +1

    His voice breaks my heart you can hear the sorrow and fight in his voice .. being native and growing up on the Rez I feel his soul struggling to rise up ❤

  • @kellie9276
    @kellie9276 Před 11 měsíci +57

    My husband is active duty and we're very fortunate to have a roof over our heads & food on the table, but its still been hard to keep our head above water the last couple of years. My thoughts are with everyone struggling right now, we'll make it out of this. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @bojanglesobrien6883
      @bojanglesobrien6883 Před 10 měsíci

      Your husband is going to have to make a decision in the near future. People have had enough, it’s going to come down to brother vs. brother and citizen against the government. I’m thankful that I’m not still enlisted, no more being used by an indifferent minority to enforce their will upon the world.

  • @jmh8510
    @jmh8510 Před 11 měsíci +193

    Think you missed “Young men putting themselves in the ground bc all this dm country does is keep knocking them down”

    • @malakithstormcrow4184
      @malakithstormcrow4184 Před 11 měsíci +15

      Seems like most reactors are missing/misunderstanding that line

    • @jared30
      @jared30 Před 11 měsíci +3

      They obviously heard and shook their heads they just wanted to hear the song play.

    • @saltymisfit6566
      @saltymisfit6566 Před 11 měsíci +6

      I miss that line the first six times I heard it too. But every verse is just so f****** powerful

    • @redneckroy8947
      @redneckroy8947 Před 11 měsíci +11

      That verse broke me. I'm a 39 year old father, divorced. Watched what society did to me and am scared to death for my son

    • @hminchella7423
      @hminchella7423 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@redneckroy8947God bless you sir. Dr Jordan Peterson on CZcams is an amazing support for men. I recommend him.

  • @b4tp3n9uin4
    @b4tp3n9uin4 Před 9 měsíci +1

    This song is exactly how I feel about this rough world today. As much as I hate talking about unfortunate things as a positive person, Oliver Anthony expressed the feelings of people extraordinary well. Thanks Cedric and Brian.

  • @Nox-jx9rz
    @Nox-jx9rz Před 11 měsíci +53

    this guy Oliver was a bit of a troubled soul dealing with depression and other similar mental ailments and alcohol issues. then one day it just broke him and brought him to his knees. he was never really a religious man but he made a promise to God that he would go sober if He helped him fulfill his dream. about 30 days later he had a friend invite him over to make a video to upload and this was the song recorded. as with about about 1-2 days of release he's blown up faster than a fat man at cracker barrel buffet. John Rich has already tapped him and offered to help him produce an album and i think a contract was offered as well. still catching up to the info on this guy a bit.

    • @jenniferraymond3913
      @jenniferraymond3913 Před 11 měsíci +5

      The Lord keeps his promises

    • @deborahvretis3195
      @deborahvretis3195 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Oliver said he was not rushing into anything just yet. He has some concerts arranged. I heard that at the first one, the entire audience sang it with him. FABULOUS!!!

  • @PredTrades
    @PredTrades Před 11 měsíci +105

    [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

    • @BuildswithBrian
      @BuildswithBrian Před 11 měsíci +10

      Thanks for this 👍

    • @deborahvretis3195
      @deborahvretis3195 Před 11 měsíci +9

      Thank you. I've been trying to get it all written down, then get lost in the listening. I appreciate that you got it done. ❤

    • @alanpipkin8212
      @alanpipkin8212 Před 10 měsíci +4

      I've listened to this song so many times now, but there's something about reading the lyrics while listening that just hits harder. Emotionally it just hit me. Wow, it's such a powerful message. Thank you for sharing the lyrics.

    • @m_5373
      @m_5373 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Thank you.

    • @m_5373
      @m_5373 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Me too!

  • @chrisskinner2816
    @chrisskinner2816 Před 9 měsíci

    I've been lucky enough to see him perform this live, i still get the chills every time i hear it.

  • @joseelouisetremblay6945
    @joseelouisetremblay6945 Před 7 měsíci

    I'm happy to meet you guys. ❤ I've saw that video when he has emerged couple weeks ago, last summer. Happy to see your reactions. They were same than you. Lyrics are 😮❤ so stunning, captiving interests for more. It seems than peoples around the world are thursty for thruth, not for "processed things" but real facts of realty. That is the Oliver's song. His cry is liestening by lot ears suffering same hurts in their lifes.

  • @Laura-vv6cf
    @Laura-vv6cf Před 11 měsíci +48

    He has his own channel with about a dozen songs. He also put out an intro video about himself a few days ago. He mentioned his line was hurting children. Said he'd respond to everyone, gave email, and was going to be in NC for a concert this weekend. I was just like you guys. He popped up on my feed and I was wowed.

  • @denverbevins4052
    @denverbevins4052 Před 10 měsíci +95

    "All this damned country does is keep kicking them down." Considering how popular this song is, this lyric should worry everyone. No one can afford for middle America to give up. This is heartbreaking.

    • @scottbolander8137
      @scottbolander8137 Před 10 měsíci +1

      This song is a funeral dirge for the country. Delivered by a man who is a combo of Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Hank Williams. That is why it is brings out these buried feelings in people who hear this song. Feelings that they had no idea had become so strong within them.

  • @Real_stuff__
    @Real_stuff__ Před 10 měsíci

    Wow just wow with a voice like that, a mic & ur guitar you need to be singin!!! What a genuine dude with one humble ass spirit 🇺🇸 NEEDS MORE OF THIS!! Brings tears to my eyes listening to this love this guy SO HUBMLE

  • @BRADY0EARL
    @BRADY0EARL Před 10 měsíci +1

    I found you guys because of this song. Subscribed and liked and shared.

  • @darrellwood1594
    @darrellwood1594 Před 11 měsíci +22

    This song needs 100 more verses.I could listen to this man vent while playing his guitar for an hour long song.Simply amazing emotion and truth!

  • @kristibrown5899
    @kristibrown5899 Před 11 měsíci +27

    Livin' in a new world, with an old soul. That line hits me hard. I am tired. 😢💔

  • @bgfarm857
    @bgfarm857 Před 10 měsíci

    I just found you guys bc of this song....you've earned a sub just bc of your dynamic. I love it

  • @Ray.H1564
    @Ray.H1564 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Such a great song and thank you guys for getting all of the meaning of his lyrics

    • @CedricandBrian
      @CedricandBrian  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you for watching!! Still one of my favorite songs to react to. Make it a great day my friend.
      - C -

  • @michael-sp7rn
    @michael-sp7rn Před 11 měsíci +28

    These "Rich Men North of Richmond seem to have forgotten the revolution fought to get out from under the rule of men who think like they do. This anthem should serve as a definitive warning shot across the bow.

    • @jmbkc1391
      @jmbkc1391 Před 11 měsíci +1

      100!

    • @goldeneyes2214
      @goldeneyes2214 Před 11 měsíci +2

      No truer words were ever said…

    • @stakerw
      @stakerw Před 11 měsíci +1

      He is a modern-day Thomas Paine. Paine's pamphlet ignited the 13 Colonies, perhaps this one will re-animate the corpse that is the USA.

    • @ajikpajik9331
      @ajikpajik9331 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I've never understood why America has political dynasties, surely you had a revolution to get rid of aristocrats.

  • @pumpkinheadghoul
    @pumpkinheadghoul Před 11 měsíci +23

    FYI, according to an interview he did a couple of days ago, when Oliver Anthony recorded this song and shot the video he had been just 30 days sober. He said he dropped to his knees and asked God for help to kick his addiction to alcohol, and all I can say is SOMETHING very powerful is working through him. This is one of those rare moment we all get to witness where someone creates something truly great, and shares it with the world. We don't get to witness such moments but a handful of times in a lifetime, and I feel privileged to be witnessing this one. I've now heard this song no less than 50 times over the past three days, but the very first time I head it I knew I was witnessing something very special, and I also knew this young man's life was about to change more profoundly than he could ever have imagined. I truly hope he's ready for it, and I hope he has some good guidance along the way, because I think he's in for a hell of a ride now.
    I'd also like to point out that one of the genius aspects of this song is it offends NO ONE! It doesn't play to one group while slighting another. Nor is this just a song for Americans. I've seen people all around the globe already commenting on what this song means to them. This song will truly connect with EVERY working class human being EVERYWHERE in the world, and it doesn't matter their gender, their sexual orientation or the color of their skin. This is one message EVERYONE can come together on. Wouldn't it be even more special if this humble man living his humble life was the one to bring us all back together? One can hope.

    • @user-pq1og7jo2k
      @user-pq1og7jo2k Před 11 měsíci +2

      I said the same thing when I heard him tell his story - God does work in mysterious ways ❤

    • @stiks9672
      @stiks9672 Před 10 měsíci

      Correction on offending no one. It offends politicians. But nailed all the major points. Beautiful song.

  • @immunity_playz115
    @immunity_playz115 Před 10 měsíci

    Never thought a song could hurt like this one does this is my 7th time listening to this and i shed a tear each time

  • @thomaswells1370
    @thomaswells1370 Před 8 měsíci

    This song hits so close to home I'm 40 years old just seems know matter what you do or how hard you work it's always 1 step forward and 2 back I suffer from depression and this song hit the heart straight on if your down and out just keep pushing and don't give up

  • @paulnorris1593
    @paulnorris1593 Před 11 měsíci +10

    As Fortunate Son by CCR started a movement against the establishment. This is today's anthem because of the depth and simplicity of the message.

  • @graceelizabeth3050
    @graceelizabeth3050 Před 11 měsíci +33

    I found it on ITunes for 99 cents and downloaded it immediately. This is something I’m proud to support. The pain in his voice moved me and most of us can relate to this song.

    • @FG-yl3oj
      @FG-yl3oj Před 10 měsíci

      He turned down an $8 million record deal. He didn't sell out. He's a real one. Hopefully he gets more than 8 million iTunes downloads.

  • @mariannehyderkhan2370
    @mariannehyderkhan2370 Před 10 měsíci

    Just a confirmation...one song unites so many. We are not divided, but - united! Living in the new world...with an old soul. So many. WOW 😊

  • @RoninRoads
    @RoninRoads Před 10 měsíci

    Trucker for 10 years over a million miles. Up before the sun and I always start my day with this song! God bless you sir!

  • @StorytimeWithLana
    @StorytimeWithLana Před 11 měsíci +43

    This song speaks to the forgotten man, huh? I tell ya, I felt that song. About the 5ft 3in, 300 lbs line, I have complained about that very thing so often. I can't believe we have to (blue collar) go by a budget to get by, barely have enough to buy what you need, much less what you want, and there will be these huge ppl blowing hundreds of dollars of our tax dollars on buggies full of junk food.
    Lately, w/the ever-rising food prices, it royally ticks me off.
    (Oh, I see Brian understands) 😁
    Looking forward to the review of Tom and Adam's new song... EPIC! (I'll set a reminder to look out for it in my noggin)
    Love you guys, keep humping. ❤