Posted on 07/28/2022 8:23:23 PM PDT by bitt
A country music star shunned so-called “woke” record labels and released a song directly to Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social and video-sharing site Rumble — catapulting it to No. 1 in the world on the Apple iTunes song chart.
John Rich, the Nashville-based musician and one-half of the duo “Big and Rich,” released his latest song, “Progress,” on Friday.
Truth Social and Rumble have emerged as alternatives to mainstream sites such as Twitter and YouTube, which have been accused of stifling free speech from conservatives.
Rich, an unabashed conservative, saw his song outperform those by hit-makers such as Billie Eilish, Kate Bush, and Lizzo.
“Here I am with no record label, no publisher, no marketing deal,” Rich told Just the News.
“I just got a song that speaks to a lot of people, and Truth and Rumble pushed it out there. And man, I’m really proud of what we did today.”
The song’s lyrics are overtly political.
“There’s a hole in this country where its heart used to be, And Old Glory’s divided, on fire in the street…They say Building Back Better will make America great…If that’s a wave of the future, all I’ve got to say,” read the first verse.
“They invite the whole world to come live in our land…And leave our countrymen dying in Afghanistan…They say let go of Jesus and let government save…You can have back your freedoms if you do what we say.”...
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FR nostalgia, 20+ years back there was a FReeper named TLBshow who used to post endlessly, ad nauseum about Big and Rich.
Love it!!
Beautifully done!
Especially love the red/blue lighting on the stage...makes him look ever so slightly like that 2008 hopey-dopey mangy-changey Ø poster....show the root of this “progress’.
Offical. Love the bandit mobile.
Haha, hadn’t heard it, love it, thanks!
Yes, AND IN ALL CAPS LOL!
Not Bad.
Listenable!!
Stick your progress where the sun don’t shine!
This is another great one by Aaron Lewis- I play both of them every day and read comments on YouTube too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zT9WUIfdKIA
PS the version on YouTube with gray stormy background is the PG version
Where’s the paycheck? How does someone make a living releasing music this way?
I don’t listen to country music, but I saw Rich on Gutfeld recently and he seemed to be pretty intelligent.
Rich has a VERY successful bar & music venue in Nashville.
Time for some Conservative Publishing Houses next... I'd also subscribe to a local conservative newspaper. Or just one that's balanced.
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