Daniel T. Cook
This is big.
It’s big now and it’s going viral, but it could get even bigger.
Maybe not but perhaps this could be one of the biggest moments (in culture) since the trucker convoy crossed Canada.
And in this instance, it’s being done single-handedly by 1 country boy from Farmville, Virginia.
Have you heard about him yet?
Oliver Anthony.
Almost nobody knew this guy a week ago.
Now he’s got the #1 song on iTunes.
He’s got 3 of the top 4.
He’s even got 8 of the top 21.
He’s being discussed on morning radio shows, written about in Rolling Stone, talked about on television, and praised among good company.
Incredible. This is a meteoric rise. The type only possible in this day and age when content that’s emotionally moving gets shared far and wide in an instant.
Oliver’s hit song, Rich Men North of Richmond, has already caused the Loony Left to start melting down – so you know it’s good!!!
Here’s a link to Oliver’s first live performance since becoming “famous”.
The venue, Morris Farm Market (Barco, North Carolina), situated on 25 acres, was filled with people and cars.
If you haven’t heard it already you must hear it. Watch now.
Oliver kicks things off by reading, struggling to hold back tears, Psalm 37:12–20.
Amen.
This is a spiritual battle.
It’s a battle for hearts and minds.
Often times we wouldn’t mind having “more”, but how often are we grateful for what we’ve already got?
Several months ago Oliver probably had about 2,000 fans.
By month’s end he could have 20,000,000!
Hmm…I can’t imagine why Rich Men North of Richmond is resonating with tens of millions of people, can you?
The left-wing ruling elites, obsessed with control, are trampling on everyday Americans (and Canadians), and we’ve had enough.
Times are tough.
People are struggling to get by. What they’re making, with inflation still running hot, is just barely enough.
There’s more to life than just working and paying bills, but tens of millions of people are just barely making ends meet.
Given inflationary pressures, the number will keep growing.
When, or if, the leniency on student loan payments is removed, 56% of people surveyed said they’d have to choose between paying their loan or buying groceries.
The crooked mainstream media will tell you the economy is creating all these “new” jobs. It won’t tell you many people are needing a 2nd or 3rd job because 1 job isn’t enough.
That’s “Bidenomics”.
Lord, it’s a damn shame what this world’s come to.
After reading a well selected verse from the Bible, Oliver goes on to teach a little lesson in household level economics and politics.
The people get it. They feel it. Many of them are living it. And even their individual freedoms are being attacked by a ruling class that will do anything it sees fit to impose their will, even throwing the leading candidate of the political opposition in jail if they have to.
This isn’t just country music – it’s music for our country.
Rich Men North of Richmond has also been termed “the anthem of normalcy”.
Amazing reminder of how powerful and emotionally-moving music can be.
Comedy can also be powerful.
Prayer is powerful.
Art and architecture can move people, too.
Is it any wonder why they (the Loony Left) hate Oliver’s song?
Are we surprised they have a visceral reaction to prayer/Christianity?
I don’t think so.
They promote ugliness and divisiveness.
Divide and conquer. Trample individual rights.
Push ’em toward poverty, which means dependency and control.
We’re losing our Republic and it’s being destroyed by design, as America moves toward a totalitarian-style system or at the very least a Constitutional crisis.
If we’re going to turn the tide, a huge battle will be winning the culture war.
Songs like this from 1 country boy in Farmville, in my view, are a powerful shot toward doing so.
Thanks for writing your message down and delivering it with such soulfulness, Oliver.
God is working through you, Bless you.
About the writer: Daniel T. Cook, who joined BMR in June of 2016, hails from Texas and now resides in Florida after recently moving from Utah. Daniel has a strong passion for the junior resource sector and has followed the Venture and broader markets with great interest since he bought his first stock nearly 20 years ago at the age of 12. He became a licensed investment professional who was a Bright Future’s Scholar at the University of Central Florida, graduating in 2010 with a major in Finance.
