I love the "Winter is coming" banner in your background. The Stark family motto from the _A Song of Ice and Fire_ novels is essentially a shortening of "Strong Men make Good Times, Good Times make Weak Men, Weak Men make Hard Times, Hard Times make Strong Men." And talk about a perfect banner for this song.
Same in the UK, i'm a working boy from rural norfolk, change the dollar to the pound and where the rich men live and it rings true. That line, so i can sit out here and waste my life away, drive back home and drown my troubles away is why i had a break down and almost drove into on coming traffic 10 years ago. Truth is truth no matter the separation of language or geography.
@@TheDecker13 Same here but whats even worse its not just America this kind of thing is happening all over the Western world where the rich are eating the poor and these wacked out leftist laws being put in place like Marxism and Communism and kids in drag and all this other bullshit...
Big truth. Blue collard 29 here. Colorado Springs Colorado, refinery trash from Texas covering the Rockys these days with two kids. The lyricism just before that exact lyric scheme is lost on most. @4:35 I wish politicians would look out for miners, not just minors on an island somewhere. That one is tough, we want the heads of tyrants, but does the day to day become warped with past tense shit that should of never happened to begin with? To me it just simply says here it is today, we the people heard the news too, we're furious but so many fucking days happened since then and what is the result and why are 'mine' still hungry?
@@mpetersen6 And then you voted for someone that holds you and all other regular people with the highest contempt possible... Both sides are bought by moneyed interests, and regular people suffer. This is literally what the song is about.
This is the War Cry we have all been harboring internally and now a Courageous man STOOD UP and sang our hearts cry! God bless this man for his courage to sing about the burden we've all been carrying. 🙏💛🇺🇸
That line about young men just kills me every time I hear it. So many fine young men lost to our war on masculinity. Gangs, drugs, drink, suicide, hopelessness, its a damn, damn shame.
It's so true. My dad left when I was 17, I was a junior in highschool, supposed to graduate in 2016. I told him I would be okay, and I really believed it, but unsurprisingly I was not. I was already not doing well, I had a very tumultuous childhood. When I was just 6 years old my mom warned me not to hit my head because I would go to sleep forever and not see anyone again. I had already developed sleeping as a coping mechanism, so I tried to lean off my bed to hit my head on the carpet floor rather than the tile so it wouldn't hurt as bad when I went to sleep. So my father leaving to move across to the other side of the country was a kick in the teeth when I was already on my knees. Internally I crumbled and once I turned 18 my high school terminated my enrollment due to poor attendance because I would be gone for weeks at a time crying and contemplating suicide. No one gave a shit about me, people I called friends didn't send a single word of concern my way during that whole struggle. I tried to escape in video games, youtube and other internet activities. Sometimes it helped, other times I couldn't escape all of the media telling me that I was an awful oppressor ruining the lives of women and minorities because I was born with white skin and a Y chromosome. My own mother couldn't conceive of what to do with me and wouldn't even try to figure out what was causing my suicidal thoughts. She tried to get me institutionalized into a mental ward multiple times. All I needed was someone to extend a hand and not blame me for being broken, just hear my cries and wipe my tears. It's a miracle I'm alive, and I'm glad that I am now. I'm doing much better, but it pains me to see young men going through what I did and worse. When I try to talk to women about these issues that young men are facing they are often dismissive and play the "well it's worse for women" card when I never tried to make it a competition. Our country needs to heal. Our boys need our love and support. We need to stop playing the divisive identity games and get back to caring for people.
Don't forget about countless wars the rich men north of richmond send young men to die in, so they can sit in there mansions and talk about how righteous they are.... MCAA
Exactly this. It is sooo deep and layered. I’ve watched about 60 react videos now and every time it just expands and hits different- but yes THIS- the attack on young men- it’s all these ways. Just like the line about the obese milking welfare- that’s not only individuals misusing the safety net, it’s also the banks and corporations on corporate welfare, and the money laundering going on over there near Russia. $700 per household in Maui, $13B to zelensky. It’s a damn shame.
"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
@@DjWellDressedMan that's the dumbest take I've ever seen. The whole reason people are struggling is because of insane inflation and taxes to pay for the totally corrupt build back better push and welfare state. If funding the welfare state creates more recipients to the welfare state it's NOT doing it's job. The point of the song is a lot of us wouldn't be struggling if we didn't need to prop up people exploiting the system, and the system doesn't even properly help many of the people who are straight up starving.
Someone sent me this song early this morning. Been playing it on my guitar all morning. This humble man, living off grid, is going to be the next country star!👍
@GlockPeace I have been sharing this story as well. God is amazing. I pray he stays humble and doesn't let the jerks in Nashville sink their claws into him.
He sings it like 99% of the rest of us feel, but he puts it into the most succinct words with a great song. God Bless this young man, God Help and Bless the USA.
The lyrics are incredible, a true rallying cry for the lower and middle class. His voice is flawless, the bluegrass howl and his passion. This really is the best song of 2023, and i really think it may be the song of the century. I dont think it can possibly get any better
This song has gone viral world wide. Views are going up by thousands of views an hour. I listen to this song, and I just want break down and cry. I’m a Veteran, and not much gets to me but dam I love my Country and this guy is singing how most people feel.
I'm an old soul, 20+ years military, DS/DS, VFW life member, then 2nd 20 year career came to a close in early 2022 because I wasn't gonna take the clot shot death jab. I listen to this song A LOT and have watched numerous podcast reactions from all walks of life. I'm not ashamed to say when I hear our National Anthem, TAPS (especially) and now Rich Men North of Richmond it brings up deep and often watery emotions for me. Everyday since this administration has cheated its way into the WH, its like Groundhog Day where they just kick us in the balls, over and over and over. Bless this young man for he is uniting millions and millions worldwide!!! May God bless America and the millions elsewhere, we are in it together!
I heard he was never really a religous guy. Was a alcoholic and a month ago he was done didnt know where to turn gave God a chance got on his knees and said God if your really there ill put the alcohol down if you help me Chase my dream. It's truly amazing what God will do. You just have to trust him and let him lead you. Proud of you brother God is going to do amazing thing in your life.
This song made me cry. I'm not even American, but the same sickness has spread to my country. I look around at our once beautiful paradise and it is literally unrecognizable. These politicians are traitors to the hardworking average citizens.
Great reaction, even breaking down the Dobro, Chords, Mic, just standing by his deer stand with his dogs with a raw recording. It's powerful stuff brother! We need more artists like this speaking the truth!
Its like he finally just had all he could stand and instead of using his fists he picked up that instrument and literally sang out all his frustrations!
@@peachykeen7634 The worlds been blown up since 2001 in my opinion. The entire country changed then. I can remember the pre-2001 years and how great they were. Post2001 things seemed to start heading south.
@@the32712 I was just a child when that happened, in 6th grade. Even then it felt like the world changed. As I've grown up it feels like the country was controlled to go a certain way... I'll be really pissed if it was all done by those rich men north of Richmond. And sad that I think it probably was them.
This song deeply resonated with me, Oliver's genuine emotions matched the deep frustration that is all too common for the once 'mighty' middle class. Every government solution involves us all giving up a little more. The common people must realize we are ALL just cogs in the machine, put away our political boundaries to stand together against the corrupt ruling class. I will be a loyal fan of Oliver Anthony.
This came on my feed the other day, it struck me like nothing in a long time. The man's voice is phenomenal, lyrics are truth, guitar is fantastic. He's feeling it, makes you feel it. Oliver God bless you
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.
Watched this song from Stockholm Sweden, working so many hours Hardy seeing my kids and struggling to pay bills, made me cry so hard. Its not just in American 🇺🇸 the west if failing i Pray our Lord Jesus Christ returns
If you wanna play it. Standard tuned guitars capo will be in the 3rd fret, key of Bb, VI-IV-I-V progression, shapes are Em, C, G, D with accent hammer-ons. Strum just in front of the saddle, behind the sound hole to get that twang on a normal guitar. A fantastic song!!! 🍻
You hit it right on the head... "Singer/songwriters in this genre are the best storytellers" of culture, society, etc. I'm 28 and listen to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan nonstop because of the thought-provoking lyrics and amazing stories that are told from during that time period. I am beginning to search for more folk singer/songwriters that can give the same music as Woody and Bob. Oliver Anthony is a refreshing contemporary artist and this song is one of the most powerful folk songs I've heard.
This song is great, but I must say I've been going through his backlog and I have yet to find a bad song. This isn't a fluke and I hope he doesn't end up getting the one hit wonder treatment when he has so much to say. People need to keep following this guy, even after the fire dies down. Dude has some serious talent, both as a performer and a writer.
I am not into music so much, but I got hooked on this song. Decided to watch multiple reviews, and yours is by far the best and most genuine one. I was surprised that you have only 1.4k subs. You are certainly going to grow your channel a lot if you stick with it. Great stuff! All the best
Rich men north of Richmond. Politicians in DC Most powerful authentic song I've heard in a very long time. It hits the soul. Just a man with his guitar in the woods.
We have been fighting with each other for too long. this song, this man will be the reason the entire world unites. And we stop hating each other. This will be the moment we finally see who the real enemy is. THANK YOU Oliver. We have been waiting for this for a long time. Old Soul.
Best song in 17 years, that's when the world changed,,, Words of wisdom, ❤ This song is a Blessing in this moment in time, A message to the politicians and the world, ❤
Yes, thank you for that great commentary and heartfelt way you brought this to us. Yes, today was the first time I ever heard the sing and Oliver, I agree this is so US as a country right now. I think of the people driving home from work right now and thinking of the things Oliver's singing about. His insight is well beyond his years He took me back to a place that we all want to go back to when folks were real and this country was real. But the Rich men have their control all over us, the middle class and backbone of this country! -Thank you sir, this is the 4th commentary I have viewed and ALL of the commentary was VERY similar in the effect it has had on the viewer -Thank you and God Bless you!
damn your video was where i saw this randomly, What an absolutely world breaking performance that is, truth hurts & if it wakes up 10 people to what's going on in the west, then i'm all for it, Beautifully broken down and explained as well, the views now on your video and his video.. Wow.
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I was a music major, sat 2nd chair at 13 in my band. Mostly brass here. I like your take. I had to give up my love of music because of life. This hits me on so many levels. That voice is untamed, its real, untrained and yet so capable of translation of emotion. The politics came about 8 times afte me hearing this. The body language and the grimace... My God.
The Natural Ampe Theater he's singing this song in, is what makes it "HISTORIC"!!! The song RESONATES its simplicity and reality in the open-air sound garden with Conviction and BRUTAL HONESTY!!! Well Done Oliver... "WELL DONE"... SALUTE!!!
I feel for you dude, you listen to this song and there is literally nothing more relevant, profound or insightful than what Mr. Anthony is laying down. Truth. Truth to power.
Oliver Oliver Oliver!! you are a talented and exceptional young man.. Thank you for sharing this meaningful and beautiful song. Millions of us feels the same way..Forgotten and thrown into the cracks. God bless you. 🙏🏼❤️🥰
They wanna know what you think, and wanna know what you do, and they don't think you know, but I know that you do! Ohhh.. this song has been KILLING me
Thank you for this Conversation Old Stone Run! It was the Perfect 'Concert on Air'. That Song was tremendous; I give him a Million Votes! Excellent prose, I Love it! What Heart He Has! So Enjoyable! THE Truth!!
wicked song! :) Me Son sent me this song on messenger and I loved it! Then, me buddy stopped by last nite and said ya gotta hear this song, and played it!!! lol serendipity! I posted it on FB. Lets make it go viral! Great voice, music, and the lyrics are spot on!
Needless to say, this has blow up in past couple days, but when you read comments you see people from Russia, England, Spain, Greece and many more commenting the same sentiment. This is a global anthem as much as an American one.
It's real and its raw, like country is supposed to be. Country music has not had any emotion or actual message for a decade. Thank you for this sir, we needed this in more ways than one.
Been waiting for the this for so long. I have seen recently the former troubadours and protest singers of the 70's live, and none are offering anything anymore, except they are very rich. They once denounced wars, corporations, the needy. Not anymore, they are part of the problem, rich hippies. Well done man.
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I love the "Winter is coming" banner in your background. The Stark family motto from the _A Song of Ice and Fire_ novels is essentially a shortening of "Strong Men make Good Times, Good Times make Weak Men, Weak Men make Hard Times, Hard Times make Strong Men."
And talk about a perfect banner for this song.
You should comment about vet suicide more. I fought for yall but the va doesnt want help these guys. Fuck the govt
This song is a rally cry for Americans to stand up to Washington DC for what they are doing to Americans
The new "Rebel Yell"!!
Not just Americans Lynn
@@spinynormanbest6410 I realized that but this is our rally cry an may just be our battle cry
@@lynngatlin4469 Good luck , I'm with you from the hellscape that is the U.K.
Hell yes!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This guy sings for all the struggling people all over the world. This is incredible
You don't need to be from america to get this.
We are listening and sharing it in New Zealand. This man is about to be world famous
I'm American who lives in Egypt now
I found the american dream in africa. A sad reality.
We hear this loud and clear in Egypt
Same in Australia 🇦🇺 😢
God bless New Zealand !
Same in the UK, i'm a working boy from rural norfolk, change the dollar to the pound and where the rich men live and it rings true. That line, so i can sit out here and waste my life away, drive back home and drown my troubles away is why i had a break down and almost drove into on coming traffic 10 years ago. Truth is truth no matter the separation of language or geography.
We are all together NZ
“For people like me and people like you” . The most simple line of UNITY I have ever heard.
If you don't tear up listening to this, then its not your first time hearing it. Stay strong brothers.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve listened to it already and it still gets me choked up
makes me miss the america i grew up in
@@TheDecker13 Same here but whats even worse its not just America this kind of thing is happening all over the Western world where the rich are eating the poor and these wacked out leftist laws being put in place like Marxism and Communism and kids in drag and all this other bullshit...
@@TheDecker13Facts 😢
That, or you have no soul.
"Young men putting themselves 6 feet in the ground
Cause all this damn country does is keep kickin' them down"
Stay strong brothers. ❤
this line brings me to tears every single time
No words. ♥️😞
Big truth. Blue collard 29 here. Colorado Springs Colorado, refinery trash from Texas covering the Rockys these days with two kids. The lyricism just before that exact lyric scheme is lost on most. @4:35 I wish politicians would look out for miners, not just minors on an island somewhere. That one is tough, we want the heads of tyrants, but does the day to day become warped with past tense shit that should of never happened to begin with? To me it just simply says here it is today, we the people heard the news too, we're furious but so many fucking days happened since then and what is the result and why are 'mine' still hungry?
“It’s a damn shame!!” 🎶 🍻
Young women too. RIP.
This is an anthem. A struggle against the elite who hold us in contempt.
Damn right they hold us in contempt. And they have long before Hillary called us "deplorables".
@@mpetersen6 ?? I'm talking at least back to like the Wilson Admin.
@@mpetersen6 And then you voted for someone that holds you and all other regular people with the highest contempt possible...
Both sides are bought by moneyed interests, and regular people suffer. This is literally what the song is about.
This is the War Cry we have all been harboring internally and now a Courageous man STOOD UP and sang our hearts cry!
God bless this man for his courage to sing about the burden we've all been carrying. 🙏💛🇺🇸
Well said
Amen!!!
THIS IS HOW YOU TAKE A CULTURE AND AND A NATION BACK!!!! ONE SONG AT A TIME!!!!!! THE BIG MEN CANT STAND CULTURE LIKE THIS.. KEEP GOIN YOUNG MAN❤
Music is frequency. Raise yours and evil-doers are powerless. FEAR is their power.
This needs to go world wide. Those middle bars are so on point.
Listening to this in Ireland, his message carries across all cultures
@@shanedempsey5468Germany here🙋🏼♂️
I'm not a musician. You mind if I ask what the "middle bars" are so I can get a little more from the song? Thanks!
Here listening in Mexico, just imagine...
Canada 🇨🇦 here, this song is very relatable. Canada is heavily taxed
That line about young men just kills me every time I hear it. So many fine young men lost to our war on masculinity. Gangs, drugs, drink, suicide, hopelessness, its a damn, damn shame.
It's so true. My dad left when I was 17, I was a junior in highschool, supposed to graduate in 2016. I told him I would be okay, and I really believed it, but unsurprisingly I was not. I was already not doing well, I had a very tumultuous childhood. When I was just 6 years old my mom warned me not to hit my head because I would go to sleep forever and not see anyone again. I had already developed sleeping as a coping mechanism, so I tried to lean off my bed to hit my head on the carpet floor rather than the tile so it wouldn't hurt as bad when I went to sleep. So my father leaving to move across to the other side of the country was a kick in the teeth when I was already on my knees. Internally I crumbled and once I turned 18 my high school terminated my enrollment due to poor attendance because I would be gone for weeks at a time crying and contemplating suicide. No one gave a shit about me, people I called friends didn't send a single word of concern my way during that whole struggle. I tried to escape in video games, youtube and other internet activities. Sometimes it helped, other times I couldn't escape all of the media telling me that I was an awful oppressor ruining the lives of women and minorities because I was born with white skin and a Y chromosome. My own mother couldn't conceive of what to do with me and wouldn't even try to figure out what was causing my suicidal thoughts. She tried to get me institutionalized into a mental ward multiple times. All I needed was someone to extend a hand and not blame me for being broken, just hear my cries and wipe my tears. It's a miracle I'm alive, and I'm glad that I am now. I'm doing much better, but it pains me to see young men going through what I did and worse. When I try to talk to women about these issues that young men are facing they are often dismissive and play the "well it's worse for women" card when I never tried to make it a competition. Our country needs to heal. Our boys need our love and support. We need to stop playing the divisive identity games and get back to caring for people.
Don't forget about countless wars the rich men north of richmond send young men to die in, so they can sit in there mansions and talk about how righteous they are....
MCAA
Exactly this. It is sooo deep and layered. I’ve watched about 60 react videos now and every time it just expands and hits different- but yes THIS- the attack on young men- it’s all these ways. Just like the line about the obese milking welfare- that’s not only individuals misusing the safety net, it’s also the banks and corporations on corporate welfare, and the money laundering going on over there near Russia. $700 per household in Maui, $13B to zelensky. It’s a damn shame.
"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
@@DjWellDressedMan that's the dumbest take I've ever seen.
The whole reason people are struggling is because of insane inflation and taxes to pay for the totally corrupt build back better push and welfare state. If funding the welfare state creates more recipients to the welfare state it's NOT doing it's job.
The point of the song is a lot of us wouldn't be struggling if we didn't need to prop up people exploiting the system, and the system doesn't even properly help many of the people who are straight up starving.
Someone sent me this song early this morning. Been playing it on my guitar all morning. This humble man, living off grid, is going to be the next country star!👍
Don't wish that on this man. You sell your soul to the deep state and become part of the problem.
You’re probably right! He’s probably wrote a song about that.
@@GlockPeacetruth
@GlockPeace I have been sharing this story as well. God is amazing. I pray he stays humble and doesn't let the jerks in Nashville sink their claws into him.
@@GlockPeaceI would love to know where you read the article about Oliver Anthony falling to his knees?
He sings it like 99% of the rest of us feel, but he puts it into the most succinct words with a great song. God Bless this young man, God Help and Bless the USA.
The lyrics are incredible, a true rallying cry for the lower and middle class. His voice is flawless, the bluegrass howl and his passion. This really is the best song of 2023, and i really think it may be the song of the century. I dont think it can possibly get any better
This man is singing truth from the bottom of his soul, and the overwhelming majority of us can relate. It is so touching.
This song has gone viral world wide. Views are going up by thousands of views an hour. I listen to this song, and I just want break down and cry. I’m a Veteran, and not much gets to me but dam I love my Country and this guy is singing how most people feel.
same hear British Army
I'm an old soul, 20+ years military, DS/DS, VFW life member, then 2nd 20 year career came to a close in early 2022 because I wasn't gonna take the clot shot death jab. I listen to this song A LOT and have watched numerous podcast reactions from all walks of life. I'm not ashamed to say when I hear our National Anthem, TAPS (especially) and now Rich Men North of Richmond it brings up deep and often watery emotions for me. Everyday since this administration has cheated its way into the WH, its like Groundhog Day where they just kick us in the balls, over and over and over. Bless this young man for he is uniting millions and millions worldwide!!! May God bless America and the millions elsewhere, we are in it together!
@@straydawg461Amen we are
I heard he was never really a religous guy. Was a alcoholic and a month ago he was done didnt know where to turn gave God a chance got on his knees and said God if your really there ill put the alcohol down if you help me Chase my dream. It's truly amazing what God will do. You just have to trust him and let him lead you. Proud of you brother God is going to do amazing thing in your life.
Yes God is going to do amazing things in Oliver’s life.God Bless You Oliver 🙏🏻
Brilliant!!! .... a modern truth telling protest song, hitting the nail on the head, and hitting it out of the park! ..... 🎸🎤❤
Make this dude blow up! He's freaking singing with passion and I felt every note.
He blew up alright!
@@michaelbell75 and still going
I’ve been watching this on repeat the last two days with tears. Absolutely beautiful ❤
Same
same
Snap brother 🤯
Just hear it today, same
Same. The man has ahold of my entire heart and soul with this.
He's brave enough to sing it! That's all I have to say other than KEEP ON SINGING! ❤
The first revolution was started with one shot.
Maybe one song can start the second one! ❤
Vivek 2024 🙏🏼
The SONG heard round the world.
Amen
I’m with you Brother
This song made me cry. I'm not even American, but the same sickness has spread to my country. I look around at our once beautiful paradise and it is literally unrecognizable. These politicians are traitors to the hardworking average citizens.
This should be played on repeat at every polling station!! He jumped to number 1 on iTunes well deserved!! Bought and had all my Family purchase it!
Great reaction, even breaking down the Dobro, Chords, Mic, just standing by his deer stand with his dogs with a raw recording. It's powerful stuff brother! We need more artists like this speaking the truth!
Yep, Gretch Resonator guitar.
We need God. Period.
❤
I'm a simple man...if I see a deer stand in a video...I like it
@@stolearovigor281Amen to that
Its like he finally just had all he could stand and instead of using his fists he picked up that instrument and literally sang out all his frustrations!
Protect Oliver Anthony at all costs.
'living in the new world with an old soul' very powerful lyric. I am not old yet I feel my morals / beliefs are old
The working makes you feel old… I feel like old millennials are in a constant existential crisis… we’re getting numb to the world blowing up… again.
@@peachykeen7634 The worlds been blown up since 2001 in my opinion. The entire country changed then. I can remember the pre-2001 years and how great they were. Post2001 things seemed to start heading south.
@@the32712 I was just a child when that happened, in 6th grade. Even then it felt like the world changed. As I've grown up it feels like the country was controlled to go a certain way... I'll be really pissed if it was all done by those rich men north of Richmond. And sad that I think it probably was them.
I'm 40 and feel 80 compared to this reprobate "culture" on social media.
Amen, Caddie
Got goosebumps... Hair on my arm standing up hearing this.
Never heard a more powerful song. God bless.
Simple but Deep ass lyrics... This is Fire 🔥
beyond fire 🔥 truth
This song deeply resonated with me, Oliver's genuine emotions matched the deep frustration that is all too common for the once 'mighty' middle class. Every government solution involves us all giving up a little more. The common people must realize we are ALL just cogs in the machine, put away our political boundaries to stand together against the corrupt ruling class.
I will be a loyal fan of Oliver Anthony.
I have watched Oliver Anthony's video 15 times. It speaks to my soul because that is what America feels right now and he said it beautifully!
15?
That's nothing lol
not just america
This came on my feed the other day, it struck me like nothing in a long time. The man's voice is phenomenal, lyrics are truth, guitar is fantastic. He's feeling it, makes you feel it. Oliver God bless you
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.
but most of them whom you speak of....really sold their souls dude
This song is DEEP
deep into the pockets of right wing millionaires that don't want to pay taxes
This is one of my favorites of his! His song "Doggon It" and "Feelin Purdy good" These songs are "can not miss!!!" I'm glad we found this guy.
90 chevy for me
I liked that one too!@@dacr8928
He's definitely crushing it. The man has soul
Ain’t Got Dollar is great too
we need to make this man famous... for real... post everywhere
Sing it brother brings tears every time. Amen. Need our country back !
This MAN is a ONE IN A KIND & True Artist.
I have memorized this entire song in like ten minutes. Cuz it reaonates so well
God bless America!!
God bless Oliver!!
Watched this song from Stockholm Sweden, working so many hours Hardy seeing my kids and struggling to pay bills, made me cry so hard. Its not just in American 🇺🇸 the west if failing i Pray our Lord Jesus Christ returns
Fuck I get chocked up watching someone put everything they have into a passionate piece like this.
384729472626th time listening to this song. Goosebumps every time.
Rookie numbers.
Right!? Every freaking night……
This dude is my new favorite person
What makes him even better is he made the top 10 Spotify list, and he is so humble about it. Literally an overnight sensation.
He just made history number one on bill board and jet broke records
He is awesome, just awesome.
Man, I don't even listen to country but I love this song, it makes my eyes tear up like a little kid.
Very true words and song should be #1 on the charts!
It is now!
the lyrics are astounding
It's about time this man gets some recognition. Being a fellow Virginian and guitar player/ songwriter I know the struggles he's singing about
Makes me wanna cry it is so wonderful!
If you wanna play it. Standard tuned guitars capo will be in the 3rd fret, key of Bb, VI-IV-I-V progression, shapes are Em, C, G, D with accent hammer-ons. Strum just in front of the saddle, behind the sound hole to get that twang on a normal guitar. A fantastic song!!! 🍻
You hit it right on the head... "Singer/songwriters in this genre are the best storytellers" of culture, society, etc. I'm 28 and listen to Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan nonstop because of the thought-provoking lyrics and amazing stories that are told from during that time period. I am beginning to search for more folk singer/songwriters that can give the same music as Woody and Bob. Oliver Anthony is a refreshing contemporary artist and this song is one of the most powerful folk songs I've heard.
woody guthrie and bob dylan would have been disgusted by right wing astroturfed frauds like anthony
This song is great, but I must say I've been going through his backlog and I have yet to find a bad song. This isn't a fluke and I hope he doesn't end up getting the one hit wonder treatment when he has so much to say. People need to keep following this guy, even after the fire dies down. Dude has some serious talent, both as a performer and a writer.
Just a Guitar, HIS VOICE, and his Recording Studio is Nature and a Camera.
This might be the best reaction I've heard about this song, very educational.
Thank you!
His voice is awesome!
I am not into music so much, but I got hooked on this song. Decided to watch multiple reviews, and yours is by far the best and most genuine one. I was surprised that you have only 1.4k subs. You are certainly going to grow your channel a lot if you stick with it.
Great stuff!
All the best
Completely agree!. When he started describing the guitar I thought damn this guy does his research haha
Absolutely Awesome !!!
Rich men north of Richmond. Politicians in DC
Most powerful authentic song I've heard in a very long time. It hits the soul. Just a man with his guitar in the woods.
We have been fighting with each other for too long. this song, this man will be the reason the entire world unites. And we stop hating each other. This will be the moment we finally see who the real enemy is. THANK YOU Oliver. We have been waiting for this for a long time. Old Soul.
Hes literally spittin BARZ ! Hes AMAZING !
Best song in 17 years, that's when the world changed,,,
Words of wisdom, ❤
This song is a Blessing in this moment in time,
A message to the politicians and the world, ❤
I think it changed 22 years ago… then again 14 years ago… then 7 years ago… it’s just been a constant long drive downhill…
what was 17 years ago? I ask because I look at Sept 2001 as the point however it took a few years to really set in.
This guy delivers welding supplies one county over from me here in Virginia not too far from Richmond. This is fantastic for him. He’s blowing up.
This year and last has been full of great sounds but this one takes the cake. Possibly one of the best songs ever
God whispered this symphony in Oliver's ear.
You got my sub, with this song. God Bless us all.
Wow, I love this song. I can’t wait to share it with my friends
Ol'mate sings with passion, he owns his song.
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His voice just hits me MANNN I LOVE this song
Great background for this song. So much passion in his voice many of us can relate to. Keep it up bro.
Yes, thank you for that great commentary and heartfelt way you brought this to us. Yes, today was the first time I ever heard the sing and Oliver, I agree this is so US as a country right now. I think of the people driving home from work right now and thinking of the things Oliver's singing about. His insight is well beyond his years He took me back to a place that we all want to go back to when folks were real and this country was real. But the Rich men have their control all over us, the middle class and backbone of this country! -Thank you sir, this is the 4th commentary I have viewed and ALL of the commentary was VERY similar in the effect it has had on the viewer -Thank you and God Bless you!
Right place at the right time speaking everything that we are all thinking.
We have to push Oliver's song to a 100 million views...... its an outcry for everyday folks around the world.....
This song is my new anthem on the current world. Love it.
I've been listening to this song and sharing with family I love the lyrics and music and powerful voice!
damn your video was where i saw this randomly, What an absolutely world breaking performance that is, truth hurts & if it wakes up 10 people to what's going on in the west, then i'm all for it, Beautifully broken down and explained as well, the views now on your video and his video.. Wow.
Thanks for being subscribed man!
Pure goosebumps. wow.
I can't remember the last time I heard someone speak/ sing from that deep in their soul. God Bless
Reminds me of Janice Joplin.
Fortunate Son - Creedance Clearwater
Blowin in the wind - Bob Dylan
The Final Cut - Roger Waters
Tom Paine's Bones - Graham Moore
All I can do is write about it - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Soulshine - The Allman Brothers Band
Why This, Why That and Why - Jean-Michel Jarre & Yello
Break Curfew - Adam Lawson
Heavenly Father - Bon Iver
Best of you - Foo Fighters
Stood Up - John Hiatt & the Goners
The Great Media Hoax - Yellow Red Sparks
Wake Up - Shooter Jennings & Hierophant
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
From Europe: I am Oliver Anthony, too!
This song is truly beautiful
Goosebumps
I was a music major, sat 2nd chair at 13 in my band. Mostly brass here. I like your take. I had to give up my love of music because of life. This hits me on so many levels. That voice is untamed, its real, untrained and yet so capable of translation of emotion. The politics came about 8 times afte me hearing this. The body language and the grimace... My God.
The Natural Ampe Theater he's singing this song in, is what makes it "HISTORIC"!!!
The song RESONATES its simplicity and reality in the open-air sound garden with Conviction and BRUTAL HONESTY!!!
Well Done Oliver... "WELL DONE"... SALUTE!!!
Absolutely incredible, and the absolute truth spoken by a true American!
Wow...gave me goosebumps
I feel for you dude, you listen to this song and there is literally nothing more relevant, profound or insightful than what Mr. Anthony is laying down. Truth. Truth to power.
Oliver Oliver Oliver!!
you are a talented and exceptional young man.. Thank you for sharing this meaningful and beautiful song. Millions of us feels the same way..Forgotten and thrown into the cracks.
God bless you. 🙏🏼❤️🥰
We're All in the same boat...time to start rowing TOGETHER.
This dude reached legend status instantly.
They wanna know what you think, and wanna know what you do, and they don't think you know, but I know that you do! Ohhh.. this song has been KILLING me
Thank you for this Conversation Old Stone Run! It was the Perfect 'Concert on Air'. That Song was tremendous; I give him a Million Votes! Excellent prose, I Love it! What Heart He Has! So Enjoyable! THE Truth!!
wicked song! :) Me Son sent me this song on messenger and I loved it! Then, me buddy stopped by last nite and said ya gotta hear this song, and played it!!! lol serendipity! I posted it on FB. Lets make it go viral! Great voice, music, and the lyrics are spot on!
Some of the best lyrics I've ever heard. Man I would've loved to have written this. Jealous 😉
Needless to say, this has blow up in past couple days, but when you read comments you see people from Russia, England, Spain, Greece and many more commenting the same sentiment. This is a global anthem as much as an American one.
It's real and its raw, like country is supposed to be. Country music has not had any emotion or actual message for a decade. Thank you for this sir, we needed this in more ways than one.
This is Appalachian folk music. My culture.
Been waiting for the this for so long. I have seen recently the former troubadours and protest singers of the 70's live, and none are offering anything anymore, except they are very rich. They once denounced wars, corporations, the needy. Not anymore, they are part of the problem, rich hippies. Well done man.