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Oliver Anthony’s video of Rich Men North of Richmond has gone viral over the past week, clocking up more than 20m views on YouTube, rising to the top of the streaming charts and becoming an anthem for conservatives from Marjorie Taylor Green, the reactionary Republican congresswoman from Georgia, to the rightwing political commentator Matt Walsh, all viewing Anthony as a righteous figure, whose “rawness” and “authenticity” speak to real Americans.
All this has turned the song into a conservative hymn, “the protest song of our generation”, as Walsh has described it. Most of those who laud Rich Men North of Richmond as being, in Greene’s words, “the anthem of the forgotten Americans”, have also long campaigned to deny those forgotten Americans their dues. They oppose unionisation and Medicare and abortion rights, view tax cuts for the rich as more important than support for the poor, and despise welfare payments as “money stolen”. A century ago, they would have condemned Handcox and Wiggins, Robeson and Guthrie, as treacherous “reds”, cheered on the strike-breaking militias, and probably joined them, too.
Kenan Malik@the Guardian
There's some weird irony in the fact it was Republicans that tried to stop unionisation from the 1920s through Depression-era America right up to Ronnie Reagan and even today, where workers at Amazon have to ask permission to use the bathroom. Both sides use these issues as a soapbox to gather votes and do nothing to help the people in rural areas find a way to make a living. Beyond the bright lights of big cities some of the worst living standards in the world are left to fend for themselves.
All this has turned the song into a conservative hymn, “the protest song of our generation”, as Walsh has described it. Most of those who laud Rich Men North of Richmond as being, in Greene’s words, “the anthem of the forgotten Americans”, have also long campaigned to deny those forgotten Americans their dues. They oppose unionisation and Medicare and abortion rights, view tax cuts for the rich as more important than support for the poor, and despise welfare payments as “money stolen”. A century ago, they would have condemned Handcox and Wiggins, Robeson and Guthrie, as treacherous “reds”, cheered on the strike-breaking militias, and probably joined them, too.
Kenan Malik@the Guardian
There's some weird irony in the fact it was Republicans that tried to stop unionisation from the 1920s through Depression-era America right up to Ronnie Reagan and even today, where workers at Amazon have to ask permission to use the bathroom. Both sides use these issues as a soapbox to gather votes and do nothing to help the people in rural areas find a way to make a living. Beyond the bright lights of big cities some of the worst living standards in the world are left to fend for themselves.
Some of the most backwards people on the planet, reside in the USA. All vote for Trump.
The good ol' boys are drinkin' whiskey n' rye. A bible in one hand, a gun in t'other...what the f. d'you say 'bout my mother? Cleetus, get the dawgs!
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Whist the genetic mix is scarce - on the bright side - banjo sales are up. 
I prefer this article where he won't take the corporate dudes money.
Also all the usual crap being thrown at him by upsetting somebody's feelings with his lyrics.
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Also all the usual crap being thrown at him by upsetting somebody's feelings with his lyrics.
Who is Oliver Anthony and what is his song ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ about?
Unknown country singer Oliver Anthony has become an overnight sensation in the United States, after his latest song went viral.
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I like this article. Some big names there and the list is looooong.
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If you scroll down the page there's another song, 'Virginia', that sounds really cool. His ZZ-top beard really sells it.I prefer this article where he won't take the corporate dudes money.
Also all the usual crap being thrown at him by upsetting somebody's feelings with his lyrics.
Who is Oliver Anthony and what is his song ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ about?
Unknown country singer Oliver Anthony has become an overnight sensation in the United States, after his latest song went viral.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and her minions should **** right off, though. They do **** all for people in those regions, apart from milk their misery for money and fame.
“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 bulls***. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.”
Yeehaa, yep shuree!If you scroll down the page there's another song, 'Virginia', that sounds really cool. His ZZ-top beard really sells it.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and her minions should **** right off, though. They do **** all for people in those regions, apart from milk their misery for money and fame.
“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 bulls***. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.”
All bought by the corporate dudes money.
Is that the first reference to Trump today or the second?
Second, just spotted the other one, all within the hour.
You see this as a protest song about Democrats closing down coal fields in the region?
Its part of trumpf’s twisted appeal that people he and his like shaft economically, see him as their saviour.
Blup
Lot of people looking for saviours in the political spectrum, this guy is ambivalent to Politicians being saviours, that's what makes him so popular as more and more people realize they've been had by politicians of either stripe.
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