[manaboutown]

He is currently raking in $40,000.00 per day from his song which ain't chicken feed. Good for him! Country sensation Oliver Anthony making an estimated $40,000 a day from chart-topping music | Fox News

[bruce213]

Doesn't ever generation write thier version of this song.
1930s - Joe Hill
70s -- The Who Meet the new boss and many others.
There are countless rap songs about "The Man" keeping you down.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by bruce213

Doesn't ever generation write thier version of this song.
1930s - Joe Hill
70s -- The Who Meet the new boss and many others.
There are countless rap songs about "The Man" keeping you down.

The Lyrics to Oliver Anthony's 'Rich Men North of Richmond'

I hope this song is forgotten soon.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The Lyrics to Oliver Anthony's 'Rich Men North of Richmond'

I hope this song is forgotten soon.

That won't happen. It is a wonderful historically significant song. It is a classic for the ages.

[Boomer]

. . .

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Listened to it. Read the lyrics. He makes his point.

BUT. . .

as I read this thread, I am picking up that the song is being glommed onto by the version of the media that is anti-union.

If I am correct — that it’s the union-bashing side who are trying to adopt this song, well — that is some seriously ironic “bull$#*+”.

Unions have been the backbone of our country. Unions brought fair treatment and good jobs to hardworking people. So? Just who were/are those “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Huh. Think about it.

(Btw, I heard somewhere, a while back, about a very rich, very high profile, big time developer who did not pay his electricians, plumbers, carpenters — all those hard working people who did the work for him on a major project. But (sigh) I guess people don’t remember that. We seem to have turned into a nation of amnesiacs.)

For years, hamstringing unions has been the goal of a lot of those “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Unions are/were in the best interests of the people the song is defending.

How can this song be hijacked by the one side of the media that wants unions and things like child- labor laws gone forever?

Where have all the critical thinking skills gone?

Yep. There is some glaringly obvious irony in this one. Please. Stop. Think. See the irony.

Boomer

Billy Bragg - Wikipedia

Billy Bragg seems to be seeing something in this song. That seems to be what is going on with unions.

Billy Bragg Releases Response Song to Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond"

People should look at what Oliver Anthony says about his song.

“People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off eight million dollar offers. I don’t want six tour buses, 15 tractor-trailers, and a jet. I don’t want to play stadium shows, I don’t want to be in the spotlight. I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression,” Anthony wrote online.

[Taltarzac725]

It seems this song is being weaponized for other reasons than the songwriter had for writing it. He wrote it to deal with his mental illness and other personal problems. That's all.

I hope he has the wisdom to use his money and new fame to get himself help and find real friends.

[Inexes@aol.com]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcwF9lQx2us

This is sublime and will be with us for as long as we have music lovers.

Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah (Live at Glastonbury) (Official Lyric Video)"

You and I have great taste..... Hallelujah was my favorite song and I listened to many artists...... until I heard the Original by Leonard Cohen Live in London........ I listen to that several times a week..... it is the ultimate..... I never listen to any other version......

I just listened to this version...... do yourself a favor and google the version, Leonard Cohen.... Live in London...... I like that version better..... shows his emotion through-out the whole song......

[Bay Kid]

"I Want To Go Home" new video on Youtube.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

"I Want To Go Home" new video on Youtube.

Scary lyrics.

Like this one a great deal more-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPyy23F1KY

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by larbud

With your pretense of intelligence you sure sound like a dumass..

I'm guessing that Will Rogers never met you.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

I'm guessing that Will Rogers never met you.

Saw the song writer and singer last night on CNN. He looked very calm, intelligent, and amused. He is laughing all the way to the bank.

Maybe, I did not give him enough credit.

And I need to add more to my Ignore List which really comes in handy.

[Chi-Town]

Let's see what the songwriter has to say:

'''Rich Men North of Richmond''' songwriter says it'''s no conservative anthem

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by larbud

With your pretense of intelligence you sure sound like a dumass..

And I thought Lbud was keeping busy scanning Google Photos.

[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Scary lyrics.

Like this one a great deal more-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPyy23F1KY

Scary lyrics for a scary world.