What if the US cultural revolution started from music?

After the resounding success of country singer Jason Aldean and Tray it in a small town, which we talked about a couple of weeks ago, another case has shaken the American music charts, reaching the top three places on iTunes.

The new success, which we could define proletarian-identity or "Working class country" is called Oliver Anthony, a former worker who decided to devote himself to music last year and lives in the forgotten part of the United States, Appalachia, an area afflicted by opioid crisis and abandoned factories. Anthony tells the story of working class people who struggle daily while being ignored and mocked by the political elites. His songs are a resounding success this weekend with 80 million downloads and have become the hidden anthem, the exact opposite of the glamor of the stars.

Here are the lyrics of the song in first place:

Rich Men North of Richmond The rich men north of Richmond .

I sold my soul, working all day, overtime hours for shit pay,

So, I can sit here and waste my life, drag myself home and drown my problems.

It's a real shame what's happening in the world for people like me, for people like you.

I wish I could wake up and not be real. But it is. Oh, it is.

Living in the New World – with an old soul.

These rich men north of Richmond. The Lord knows everything. They just want total control.

They want to know what you think, they want to know what you do.

And they don't think you know. But I know you know.

Because your dollar ain't shit, and it's taxed to no end, due to rich north of Richmond.

I wish politicians would take care of miners and not just minors on an island somewhere.

Lord, we have people on the street, we have nothing to eat, and the welfare of the obese they milk.

God, if you're six feet tall and 300 pounds, taxes shouldn't be paying for your bags of candy.

Young people are putting themselves 6 feet in the ground because all this damn country does is keep kicking them.

Lord, that's a goddamn shame – what the world got for people like me, people like you.

I wish I could wake up and not be real. But it is. Oh, it is.

Living in the New World – with an old soul.

These rich men north of Richmond. The Lord knows them all. They just want total control.

They want to know what you think, they want to know what you do. And they don't think you know. But I know you know.

Because your dollar ain't shit, and it's taxed to no end because of the rich north of Richmond.

I sold my soul, working all day, overtime hours for crap wages…

Here is the video and music

His simple style has surpassed Taylor Swift and occupies the top three positions on iTunes, and the fourth is Jason Aldean. Media-celebrated Taylor Swift is only fifth.

What if the real American Revolution started from the depths of music? Something that is not heard in Hollywood, in New York, but which is within the roots of real and poor people, destroyed by exploitation, taxes and drugs.

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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/se-la-rivoluzione-culturale-usa-partisse-dalla-musica/ on Sun, 13 Aug 2023 21:14:30 +0000.