{"id":1998608,"date":"2023-08-12T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T11:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hit-song-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-lives-of-americans-left-behind\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T07:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T11:20:03","slug":"hit-song-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-lives-of-americans-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hit-song-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-lives-of-americans-left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hit Song Reveals Lives of Neglected Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhit-song-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-lives-of-americans-left-behind%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>In \u201cRich Men\u2062 North Of Richmond,\u201d<\/strong> folk-country singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony provides a\u2063 haunting, bittersweet lamentation for an America that\u200d existed not too long ago but may never\u2064 exist again. The new single is\u200c currently \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hit-song-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-lives-of-americans-left-behind\/\" title=\"New Hit Song Reveals Lives of Neglected Americans\">experiencing widespread acclaim \u2062online<\/a>. \u200d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"txROW5prg1Zc3XbN284ISKm0D9zQihwYdJTAMLE6oCeH\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqSA-SY5Hro?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anthony\u2019s \u200csong depicts a \u2064deep yearning to \u200breturn to\u2062 a version \u2064of America in which people \u200dwere not \u200dplagued by existential economic\u200d and cultural woes every moment of every day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1801935842\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-34293fd9474bb366045d3b089886b31b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-34293fd9474bb366045d3b089886b31b\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve been selling my\u2063 soul \u200c\/ Working all\u200d day \/ Overtime \u2062hours, for\u2062 bullsh-t pay \/\u200c So I can sit \u200bout here, and waste my life\u200c away \/ Drag back home, and drown \u200dmy troubles away<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After all, Americans across\u2064 the board are \u200benduring a\u200c deep, existential pain. \u2062This ceaseless, throbbing\u200c ache\u2063 brought\u200d about by \u2062innumerable\u200b woes spread \u200cthroughout the nation \u2014\u2064 rampant economic insecurity, government corruption, cultural freefall, and anarcho-tyranny, just to name a few \u2014 characterizes our\u2064 shared experience more than anything\u2062 else possibly could. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/suicide\/suicide-data-statistics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suicide rates<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2023\/05\/18\/7365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overdose \u200cdeaths<\/a> continue to increase; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R-lqc_g5-mM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawlessness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/11\/the-fbi-targeted-traditional-catholics-because-they-will-never-accept-the-lefts-pagan-morality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unaccountability<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/11\/garlands-special-counsel-gambit-confirms-hunter-investigation-was-always-shady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corruption<\/a> run\u200c amuck; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usdebtclock.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economic conditions<\/a> \u2063continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/04\/americas-debt-rating-downgrade-shows-washington-is-still-building-back-bankrupt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapidly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/08\/economy\/us-household-credit-card-debt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worsen<\/a>; and our culture is in \u200ban undeniable state of freefall while our life expectancies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/nchs_press_releases\/2022\/20220831.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue\u2063 to\u2064 decline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>It\u2019s a damn shame \/ \u2064What the worlds \u2062gotten to \/ \u2063For \u2063people like me, and people \u200clike you \/ Wish I could just wake up, and it not be true \/ But it is,\u200b oh, it is<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p> The only people who are able to \u200cescape this agony are those who\u200b can afford to insulate \u2063themselves from the reality the rest of us face\u200c \u2014 the wealthy elites, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/music-sensation-oliver-anthony-gets-record-offer-as-rich-men-north-of-richmond-soars\/\" title=\"Oliver Anthony's hit song 'Rich Men North of Richmond' leads to record deal.\">rich \u2064men \u2062north<\/a> of Richmond, Va., who \u2063make decisions that affect the\u200d rest of our\u2064 lives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>These\u2064 rich \u2063men \u2064north of Richmond \/ Lord knows they all just want to have total\u2063 control \/ Wanna know what you think \/ Wanna know what you do \/ And they don\u2019t think you know, but I know that you do<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Frankly, there is very little \u2062reason for \u2064people to be optimistic, and this is central to Anthony\u2019s lament. What reason do people have to keep going?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-502af670ebe92ac2600f84e84852f7e3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-502af670ebe92ac2600f84e84852f7e3\"><\/div>\n<p>These rich men are those\u200c for whom our \u200dinstitutions and economy and people truly work.\u2064 The people who keep\u2062 everything afloat get crushed by the weight\u2062 of keeping everything \u2063afloat, while the rich men and their special interests\u2064 grow richer\u2064 and richer\u2063 and become further detached from the people who actually have skin in\u200c the game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I wish\u200b politicians would look\u2063 out for miners, and \u2063not just minors on an island\u2063 somewhere \/Lord, we got folks\u200d in\u200b the street,\u200d ain\u2019t\u2063 nothing to eat\u2064 \/ And the obese milking welfare \u2062\/ Well God, if you\u2019re 5 foot 3 and 300 pounds \/ Taxes ought \u2062not to \u200dpay \u200dfor your bags of fudge rounds \/\u2064 Young men are putting\u200c themselves six \u2063feet\u200c in the ground \/ Cause all this\u200c damn country does is \u2062keep\u2062 on kicking them down \/ Lord, it\u2019s a \u200cdamn shame<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anthony further discussed this \u2062in a video uploaded to \u200dhis YouTube page. He said, \u201cI know we\u2019re living in dark times, and I know that this is really \u200djust the\u200c beginning of what\u2019s to come.\u201d His deep \u200dempathy for those of \u2062us adrift\u2062 in societal ambivalence \u2064was apparent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of\u200c beautiful people in this world, and I meet a \u200blot of awesome people every day,\u201d said Anthony. \u201cThe \u2062universal thing I see\u200d is that it\u2019s like no\u2064 matter how hard\u200b they push and how much effort they put into whatever it is they\u2019re\u2064 doing, they just can\u2019t quite get ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had wasted \u2063a lot\u200d of\u2063 nights getting high\u200d and getting drunk, and I had sort \u200dof gotten to\u2064 a point in my life \u200bwhere\u2064 even things that I did care \u2063about didn\u2019t mean \u2064anything to me anymore [but] \u2063I found an \u2064outlet\u2062 in\u200c this \u200dmusic,\u201d Anthony continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0e18ff6ae2ee9a92b231771182ca6f5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a0e18ff6ae2ee9a92b231771182ca6f5\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"9L1K3fr2GYcmyBZij7bsxFM\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It's a pleasure to meet you\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmxyMJd7IQ8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRich Men North\u2064 Of Richmond,\u201d according to Anthony, is relatively \u2063apolitical. He said, \u201cIt seems like both sides serve the same master. And\u200b that \u200dmaster\u200c is not someone of any good to the \u2062people of\u200c this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-fentanyl-epidemic-requires-prioritizing-mental-healthcare-not-just-border\/\" title=\"Tim Scott: Mental healthcare must be prioritized to address the fentanyl epidemic, not just border control.\">skyrocketing suicide rates<\/a>, he\u200c said, \u201cThose aren\u2019t problems; those are symptoms\u2063 of a bigger universal problem, and a lot of people know that. It\u2019s common \u200bsense, but we don\u2019t talk about it enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you take anything away from me and the music I write, it\u2019s that this life is a beautiful \u2064opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a \u200cdivine creator that loves \u200dyou,\u200c and sometimes it\u2063 takes \u200cfalling\u2063 down on your knees and getting ready to call things quits before\u200c it becomes obvious \u200cthat he\u2019s there. He\u2019s always there; you just gotta look out for him\u2064 and listen for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony indicated throughout the video that\u200b he wants\u200c his music to be a \u2062source of hope, not just a series of grievances, and perhaps songs \u2064like \u201cRich Men North Of Richmond\u201d can serve such a function.<\/p>\n<p>The people and places left\u200d behind\u2064 and antagonized by those who live north of Richmond are suffering, but through identifying the sources of this\u2064 pain, we\u2062 can begin\u2064 the\u200b healing process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-41bad8301893691bb6a375a40a5ebcb3 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-41bad8301893691bb6a375a40a5ebcb3\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his single &#8220;Rich Men North Of Richmond,&#8221; Oliver Anthony, a folk-country singer-songwriter, beautifully captures the essence of a bygone America, evoking a sense of longing and nostalgia. 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