{"id":2008117,"date":"2023-08-22T13:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/out-of-touch-lefty-creates-his-own-version-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond-misses-point-by-a-mile\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T17:38:21","slug":"out-of-touch-lefty-creates-his-own-version-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond-misses-point-by-a-mile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/out-of-touch-lefty-creates-his-own-version-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond-misses-point-by-a-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-wing individual creates misguided &#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; rendition &#8211; misses mark completely."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fout-of-touch-lefty-creates-his-own-version-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond-misses-point-by-a-mile%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=2008117&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--><h2>Out-of-Touch Lefty Creates His \u2062Own Version of\u200b &#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; &#8211; Misses Point by a Mile<\/h2>\n<p>Socialist folk \u200dand punk \u2064rock singer Billy Bragg has released \u200chis response to Oliver\u2063 Anthony\u2019s smash hit song \u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d and it is\u200c about as authentic\u2062 as Hillary Clinton\u2019s southern accent.<\/p>\n<p>The song manages to go\u200c after Anthony, push unionization and\u2062 its \u200cdues onto listeners, and comes off as sterile as everything else \u2062Democrats force onto the \u200bmasses.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a title=\"Trump informed of being investigated for January 6 incident.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-received-letter-stating-he-is-target-of-january-6-investigation\/\">social \u2064media\u200d platform<\/a>\u2064 X, \u2064formerly known as Twitter, Bragg \u2064tweeted the four-minute monstrosity on Sunday and\u200c commented, \u201cSince \u200cI\u200c saw that \u2063clip of\u2064 Oliver Anthony\u2064 singing\u2064 \u2018Rich Men North of Richmond\u2019, the\u200b ghost of \u200bWoody Guthrie has been whispering in my ear. So today I sat down and \u200bwrote\u2063 this response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Guthrie\u2019s biggest\u2063 hit,\u2064 1944\u2019s \u201cThis\u200c Land is\u2064 Your Land,\u201d goes one of the basic ideas of the modern left.<\/p>\n<p>How can America belong to everyone if it is \u200bstolen and \u2063should\u2062 therefore be\u2063 given <em>back<\/em> to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/native-americans-feel-washington-redskins-name-might-surprised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Native Americans<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Bragg, 65, doesn\u2019t explain, nor does he explain away\u2064 why he calls on a \u200dcollective \u200cof \u200bMarxists to take down capitalism in\u200d spite of his\u2063 own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-celebrities\/singers\/billy-bragg-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated<\/a> $5 million net\u2062 worth.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bsinger prods \u200cAnthony in \u2064the \u200csong\u2019s opening lines when he sings that\u200b if he wants his complaints addressed \u200che\u2062 should\u2063 \u201cjoin \u2064a union.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar \u200clanguage \u200dthat some viewers may\u2063 find\u2063 offensive.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Bragg - Rich Men Earning North of a Million\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qGNFR7pgxDY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bragg also sings that \u201c<a title=\"35 Years Later \u201cRobocop\u201d Is as Fresh, Raw and Relevant as Ever\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/35-years-later-robocop-is-as-fresh-raw-and-relevant-as-ever\/\">rich men<\/a> earning north of a million\u201d are responsible \u2064for all the\u200c grievances of working people \u2062\u2014 \u2063and not a\u2064 government that has \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-details-dem-senate-candidate-mark-kelly-got-rich-quick-including-selling-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold them out<\/a> to lobbyists and cheap \u200dChinese labor.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton also goes on to complain about climate change, wildfires, and \u201cfloods\u201d \u2062which is somehow supposed to resonate with\u200c people whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidenomics-fail-americans-increasingly-forced-dip-retirement-accounts-make-ends-meet-major-bank-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grocery bills<\/a> are\u200c unaffordable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t like\u2064 the rich men \u2064having total\u2064 control, you better get \u200dthe \u2062union to roll,\u201d Bragg added\u200d in the song.<\/p>\n<p>The soulless,\u2062 bland track\u200c completely\u200d misses its \u2063mark if that mark was to become a relatable \u200dballad for\u2064 the masses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-melts-oliver-anthony-suggests-success-part-wacko-conspiracy-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony\u2019s hit<\/a>, by contrast, hit all the right notes \u200dbecause it was not\u200c only spectacularly\u2062 assembled but shared \u200ba unifying message: We\u2019re all\u200c being taken advantage of by cronies within the \u200bgovernment.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony never came off as a man working for the\u2062 Teamsters or the countless union officials who have retired off the\u200c backs \u2064of working people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supposedly-conservative-national-review-published-piece-bashing-anti-elite-anthem-oliver-anthony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The young<\/a> man shared\u200c a piece of\u2064 his soul and it resonated with\u200c people from all\u2063 backgrounds. Its message is raw, relatable\u200c and\u2063 comes from a \u200dpainful place of experience.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hard\u2062 world out there \u200dfor millions\u200c and millions of working people whose place as part \u2063of the middle class has been \u2062taken from \u200bthem by government incompetence or greed.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-socialist-teacher-whose-timeline-full-propaganda-calling-conservatives-pedophiles-now-arrested-child-pornography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialist<\/a> \u200bmillionaire unaffected by the tax of inflation telling working people to\u2064 shut up and give more of\u200c their paychecks to unions is rich.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg\u2019s \u2062monetized socialist\u2063 message is every bit as out of touch as its singer. \u201cRich Men Earning North of a Million\u201d is \u2063pure irony and beyond parody.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/touch-lefty-creates-version-rich-men-north-richmond-misses-point-mile\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Out-of-Touch \u200bLefty Creates His\u2063 Own Version of &#8216;Rich Men North \u2062of Richmond&#8217; -\u2062 Misses Point by a Mile<\/a> appeared first \u2062on \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist singer Billy Bragg&#8217;s latest track, a response to Oliver Anthony&#8217;s hit &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond,&#8221; lacks authenticity, akin to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s southern accent. The song targets Anthony, promotes unionization and its costs, but ultimately feels sterile, much like everything it criticizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2008118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Left-wing individual creates misguided &#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; rendition &#8211; misses mark completely.","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Left-wing individual creates misguided &#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; rendition &#8211; misses mark completely.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}