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re: Country song 'Rich Men North of Richmond' bashing DC elites becomes overnight sensation
Posted on 8/14/23 at 10:43 am to Foy
Posted on 8/14/23 at 10:43 am to Foy
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another influencer's shitty song
I can tell you are very well versed on this story and definitely qualified to speak confidently on this topic.
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Posted on 8/14/23 at 10:43 am to Odysseus32
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Yeah, I agree.
I like the sentiment. The writing is so on the nose it almost kills the message.
Lose the bags of fudge rounds and total control lines and you have a winner. It doesn't sound like art and expression with those, it sounds like loud bitching which, ironically, takes from the song's power.
Love him or hate him, but that is Isbell's genius (and I generally don't align with Isbell's politics). The subtlety and imagery in his lyrics are, for the most part, unmatched. He'll have overt, direct clunkers every now and again like "Save the World", but those are the exception that prove the rule.
This guy is clearly talented but could use an editor. The arrangement and voice are definitely there.
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 8/14/23 at 10:48 am to FreddieMac
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This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 9:57 am
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:01 am to One More Shot
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Why are we saying "overnight sensation" guy has been around for a while and this song wasn't cut last week.
I mean going from a relative nobody to number 1 on iTunes and YouTube
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:03 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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i only cringed a tiny bit at this song. i cringe the entire time i read fr33's writing
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:04 am to Odysseus32
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the writing is trash
It should be more formulaic like Bro country or that "red dirt" fake urban whiny stuff.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:11 am to RogerTheShrubber
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It should be more formulaic like Bro country or that "red dirt" fake urban whiny stuff.
Sun dress, radio, cold beer, tailgate, moonlight
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:25 am to Odysseus32
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At the same time, if I didn't, I'd make fun of this guy's subpar songwriting. A guy in the sticks bitching about a fat person buying fudge rounds w/ government cheese? Of course, that isn't what he's singing about, but that's exactly my point. Take out a few on the nose lines and you have a powerful song. Until then it sounds like someone on the OT wrote this.
I pretty much agree with everything in your post. The only thing is, I think you almost have to be directly on the nose these days with the people the way they are.
Think about how "A Hard Rain...", another protest song, would play today....
quote:
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept dripping
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleeding
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten-thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:43 am to LegendInMyMind
quote:
I pretty much agree with everything in your post. The only thing is, I think you almost have to be directly on the nose these days with the people the way they are. Think about how "A Hard Rain...", another protest song, would play today....
The same people criticizing a couple of lyrics in the Rich Men song probably think this is a Christmas song:
quote:
I was following the
I was following the pack
All swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads
From fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
And turn the white snow red as strawberries
In the summertime
I was following the pack
All swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads
From fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
And turn the white snow red as strawberries
In the summertime
I was following the pack
All swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied 'round their throats
To keep their little heads
From fallin' in the snow
And I turned 'round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
And turn the white snow red as strawberries
In the summertime
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:44 am to dewster
The song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power. No one will be listening to it in 3 months, much less 3 years
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:46 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
The song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power.
well probably not if you jam it on repeat 24/7.
I've listened to it a few times but am not gonna just play it repeatedly. His album will do fine though and he has a nice head start.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:48 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
The song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power.
Its a protest song. Its not meant to be for your entertainment
Posted on 8/14/23 at 11:50 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:people are still singing about beech nut chewing tobacco
song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power. No one will be listening to it in 3 months, much less 3 years
This post was edited on 8/14/23 at 11:51 am
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:12 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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The song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power. No one will be listening to it in 3 months, much less 3 years
I don’t know. The rest of his stuff is pretty good too. He may have just gotten discovered by the masses.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:19 pm to Oilfieldbiology
I didn’t find a bad song. Quite good style as far as I’m concerned.
Hope he keeps making noise with folks like me.
Hope he keeps making noise with folks like me.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 12:34 pm to Oilfieldbiology
quote:The rise of Childers, Bradshaw, Arlo McKinley and others are making that particular style crowded. He will need to write some good stuff. This song will help him stay in the spotlight for a bit, but there are some fantastic fantastic artists out there doing similar stuff.
. The rest of his stuff is pretty good too. He may have just gotten discovered by the masses.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 1:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
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This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 9:58 am
Posted on 8/14/23 at 1:45 pm to Shexter
quote:whf are you talking about... that dude put some soul in that song.....
No real talent, but gets the people stirred up.
Posted on 8/14/23 at 3:46 pm to CarRamrod
Better than I thought it would be
Posted on 8/14/23 at 4:11 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
The song is fine but let’s not act like it will have staying power. No one will be listening to it in 3 months, much less 3 years
Time will tell. Interestingly, he doesn't play his resophonic guitar in his lap or bottleneck style (i.e. slide). Perhaps playing it conventionally is more prevalent than I thought.
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