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Rich men north of Richmond?

I heard this being played this weekend in the woods of VA and it was quickly over shadowed by all the mexi and spanish music being blasted well into the early morning while I tried to sleep. I much prefer this!
 
Weasel said:
no joke. someone send him a link here, lol
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Forreal, hopefully he starts a build thread in the ford section on that atv tire focus :flipoff2:
Mikenike said:
WTF is unsweetened tea? Are you some sort of commie?
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Lol, only way that makes sense is if they can’t afford sweetener in communist countries

Regular Tea > That high fructose corn syrup bullshit. Sweetener in tea fuckin ruins it
 
JK13 said:
Forreal, hopefully he starts a build thread in the ford section on that atv tire focus :flipoff2:

Lol, only way that makes sense is if they can’t afford sweetener in communist countries

Regular Tea > That high fructose corn syrup bullshit. Sweetener in tea fuckin ruins it
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They cant afford anything in communist countries:flipoff2:. And also i dont like it made with sweetener. Sweet tea can be made with just sugar. Which it often is.
 
This was posted on his FB page on who he is.

It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on.
Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me.
People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 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. 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 bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.
So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction:
My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine.
In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.
From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.
In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750.
There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away.
That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land.
When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you.
Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
 
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Redrider said:
This was posted on his FB page on who he is.

It's been difficult as I browse through the 50,000+ messages and emails I've received in the last week. The stories that have been shared paint a brutally honest picture. Suicide, addiction, unemployment, anxiety and depression, hopelessness and the list goes on.
Im sitting in such a weird place in my life right now. I never wanted to be a full time musician, much less sit at the top of the iTunes charts. Draven from RadioWv and I filmed these tunes on my land with the hope that it may hit 300k views. I still don't quite believe what has went on since we uploaded that. It's just strange to me.
People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don't want 6 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. 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 bullshit. Just some idiot and his guitar. The style of music that we should have never gotten away from in the first place.
So that being said, I have never taken the time to tell you who I actually am. Here's a formal introduction:
My legal name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. My grandfather was Oliver Anthony, and "Oliver Anthony Music" is a dedication not only to him, but 1930's Appalachia where he was born and raised. Dirt floors, seven kids, hard times. At this point, I'll gladly go by Oliver because everyone knows me as such. But my friends and family still call me Chris. You can decide for yourself, either is fine.
In 2010, I dropped out of high school at age 17. I have a GED from Spruce Pine, NC. I worked multiple plant jobs in Western NC, my last being at the paper mill in McDowell county. I worked 3rd shift, 6 days a week for $14.50 an hour in a living hell. In 2013, I had a bad fall at work and fractured my skull. It forced me to move back home to Virginia. Due to complications from the injury, it took me 6 months or so before I could work again.
From 2014 until just a few days ago, I've worked outside sales in the industrial manufacturing world. My job has taken me all over Virginia and into the Carolinas, getting to know tens of thousands of other blue collar workers on job sites and in factories. Ive spent all day, everyday, for the last 10 years hearing the same story. People are SO damn tired of being neglected, divided and manipulated.
In 2019, I paid $97,500 for the property and still owe about $60,000 on it. I am living in a 27' camper with a tarp on the roof that I got off of craigslist for $750.
There's nothing special about me. I'm not a good musician, I'm not a very good person. I've spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it's in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away.
That being said, I HATE the way the Internet has divided all of us. The Internet is a parasite, that infects the minds of humans and has their way with them. Hours wasted, goals forgotten, loved ones sitting in houses with each other distracted all day by technology made by the hands of other poor souls in sweat shops in a foreign land.
When is enough, enough? When are we going to fight for what is right again? MILLIONS have died protecting the liberties we have. Freedom of speech is such a precious gift. Never in world history has the world had the freedom it currently does. Don't let them take it away from you.
Just like those once wandering in the desert, we have lost our way from God and have let false idols distract us and divide us. It's a damn shame.
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It’s pretty crazy to think that this song had 700k plays on Spotify when I first listened to it on the 14th, now it’s at just under 18 million!
 
I heard his big song on local pretty corporate radio, occasionally

The iheart station hasn't played it once, and seemingly is pushing a narrative of these are the top songs across all these genres, and listing out the top 3 corporate County acts currently in the top 3 spots

I've always smelled their "Hey hey hey, let's be civilized, non extremist good orderly tax donkeys" type shit, but flat out ignoring this guy is pretty bold
 
Projectjunkie said:
The iheart station hasn't played it once, and seemingly is pushing a narrative of these are the top songs across all these genres, and listing out the top 3 corporate County acts currently in the top 3 spots

I've always smelled their "Hey hey hey, let's be civilized, non extremist good orderly tax donkeys" type shit, but flat out ignoring this guy is pretty bold
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Same, here. Not that anyone would have expected otherwise around here. :laughing:
 
Its not on a label or album anywhere for iHeart or anyone else to pick up and play? :confused:

They (AFAIK) don't just grab random songs off YT and play them.
 
Another good one....in my opinion. Missed it by >< much....:flipoff2:

People do whatever the TV say. Come November and people wearing mask and staying home will prove it....once again.

 
45acp said:
Re: the paper mill job "a living hell"

Ahh no.... no man... not really.

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My nephew was a journeyman millwright at a paper mill. I'd say he's more right than you'd think depending on the position. Nephew was regularly in 140°+ areas tearing down and rebuilding big heavy shit. Kid was working 3000+ hours a year killing himself on shift work. Fuck ALL that noise.
 
DWT said:
My nephew was a journeyman millwright at a paper mill. I'd say he's more right than you'd think depending on the position. Nephew was regularly in 140°+ areas tearing down and rebuilding big heavy shit. Kid was working 3000+ hours a year killing himself on shift work. Fuck ALL that noise.
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Oh I don't doubt there are jobs at paper mills that suck. I have friends and family members that have worked at them. We have 3 around here. But a living hell? No. You just gotta trust me... I promise you it's not a living hell. :laughing:
 
45acp said:
Oh I don't doubt there are jobs at paper mills that suck. I have friends and family members that have worked at them. We have 3 around here. But a living hell? No. You just gotta trust me... I promise you it's not a living hell. :laughing:
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Maybe it just rhymed better than to say it was a slightly annoying place of employment? :flipoff2:
 
45acp said:
Oh I don't doubt there are jobs at paper mills that suck. I have friends and family members that have worked at them. We have 3 around here. But a living hell? No. You just gotta trust me... I promise you it's not a living hell. :laughing:
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Living hell compared to a politician maybe... :laughing:
 
DWT said:
Maybe it just rhymed better than to say it was a slightly annoying place of employment? :flipoff2:
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"Life sucks" sells better than "I dislike some parts of my existiance"

Y'all should read some of the anti-job idiots on reddit about how terrible life can be. You would think making someone show up for 8 hours a day is as bad as be tortured in a 3rd world prision. Oh my god, you had to stand on a rubber mat in air conditioning running a register and couldnt have a chair? Here, take my hardhat, boots and construction site in the summer and see if its better.
 
45acp said:
Oh I don't doubt there are jobs at paper mills that suck. I have friends and family members that have worked at them. We have 3 around here. But a living hell? No. You just gotta trust me... I promise you it's not a living hell. :laughing:
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Can't say how those jobs were in 2010, but we used to have a paper mill (not pulp to paper, but large paper stock to smaller finished pre-printed) in the 70's through 2001 in our town. There were 'good' jobs, but where most people started was the cut/emboss/print line. 120-140deg temps 24/7/365 (but dry heat, humidity kept under 20% IIRC) and no water on the floor cuz spills, paper cuts constantly, 250-450# rolls of paper to manhandle with no more than 2 people to do so...
I've worked in environments similar to that where I used to work, but about the only thing worse IMO at that age was stacking hay in a loft @100deg with 80+% humidity all day. At least that job had an end and the weather would break eventually. Can't imagine committing to that all day, everyday for years...
 
DWT said:
My nephew was a journeyman millwright at a paper mill. I'd say he's more right than you'd think depending on the position. Nephew was regularly in 140°+ areas tearing down and rebuilding big heavy shit. Kid was working 3000+ hours a year killing himself on shift work. Fuck ALL that noise.
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The cool down room at the alcoa plant is 140*
 
Mercedesrover said:
So this kid ripped off the first few lyrics from Billy Bragg? Or did Billy Bragg just release that song with his commie tilt?
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is reading comprehension that difficult? he released this 08/20/23 :flipoff2:

''Since I saw that clip of Oliver Anthony singing his song 'Rich Men North of Richmond', the ghost of Woody Guthrie has been whispering in my ear. "Help that guy out" Woody keeps telling me "Let him know there's a way to deal with those problems he's singing about". So today I sat down and wrote this response to Mr Anthony's song, for people like him and people like you.''
 
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