I think people across the world love Oliver's music because he's AUTHENTIC. You cant generate that with a focus group ...

You made a great point Michael. Oliver and I are cut from different clothes. He’s a God fearing man and I’m not religious, but his music is true. Not because of the subject matter, but that it comes from his core. And it’s the greatest art any person can make

I think the reason that all people are resonating to this message is that *humanity* wants to go home...a return to our ancestral love for one another...family, hearth, truth, love...all that jazz. It's a rejection of the modern nightmare.

Dudes name is Chris. Oliver was his Grandfather and he named his venture Oliver Anthony Music in his honor. I'd say he is doing his Grandfather proud!

Oliver Anthony has men all across the country that haven't shed a tear in 15 years approaching his songs very carefully around people.

Never heard a music video sound so good recoded in nature. Angels are with him.

Oliver’s music comes from his soul. He is expressing his struggles, his journey, his story. He is for real.

When I was a little girl and I would get upset, I would cry and say I just want to go home even when I was home. Haven't related to this more than anything. Brings back those feelings of not feeling like I'm home.

I want to say how much I LOVE how you face the camera and talk to the camera like a person.. it makes it feel like I am sitting across the table from you and it has a totally different feel than all the other reaction videos.What an Excellent review you gave.. also thank you for the live stream last night with Jake!

Art is a reflection - you nailed it...the reason he resonates too is that he's not trying to sell anything, he is a creator who has openly stated he starting writing and playing music to help with his own depression. I too wish him well - he is doing great work in a world that needs to hear this message, whether or not he realises it 🙏

I was born in 81 and the first 20 years of my life made sense even with experiencing trauma and tragedy. I don't understand this world we live in now. I want to go home..

I see a man struggling in a way I have and all I want is for him to be able to use his music for himself first. I hope he gets that opportunity because I see a lot of people trying to use him for their purposes. He deserves that opportunity as an artist to grow and shape his own narrative.

This one's a folk gospel tune sort of. He's pure raw talent!

Absolutely right. He’s an artist that creates from his heart, and we can feel it every time he sings.

In my long life I’ve never heard someone write and play with such passion and I’ve heard many. His story telling hits hard.

Great break down. He’s a honest, authentic musician. He connect people, and we are starved for authenticity and actual connection.

i instantly loved oliver when i heard his first words of song, i've listened to his entire backlog no matter how bad the recordings are. i'm so grateful that folk music is #1 right now in the world, this can only bring good things and important conversations.

Gen X U.S. Navy vet here. Just happy to see he's finally happy, having fun, living up and enjoying his life with his fans. He's that unstoppable train in the night heading to the sun and we're all invited along for the ride.

This man has done more in 2 weeks for bringing 🙌 everyone together than any politician has ever done! 🙏

His songs definitely nail how people feel or have felt at some point.

My line for artists has always been I don't mind politics, I mind when you tell me what to do or what to think. If they're respectful I have no problem continuing to support them - the second they aren't I'm done. I love the song and you had a great breakdown Michael.

Michael you said what I have felt for years. I am a Christian, with mostly conservative views and identify politically as Libertarian, and I love Phish, the Dead, Umphree's McGee, etc; and I know that our "politics" don't match, but our love for good music, positive attitudes, and love for people is shared, we just understand how to get there differently. Keep doing what you're doing!

It's kinda funny you said, roughly speaking, that he's in a place to where he has to create. There's many different ways for me to connect with Oliver's music. One being that it's coming from the heart. I believe what he's saying. But on a very serious level. I was a professional mechanic, welder, and a so so fabricator. I had a back surgery that failed. I'm 100% disabled now. It hurts just to sit up. Although in my head all I can think about is making and creating things. It's basically killing me to not be able to work. Back to the song, Yeah I feel like I just want to go home. I feel like I'm just sitting here waiting to die. Because, for me personally, what I'm enduring feels worse than death. The REALLY messed up thing is that I could be fixed!! I have a doctor that has the ability to make my life 1000 times better. I just can't afford it. Medicare won't cover it, even though it's cheaper in the long run. I cannot even begin to describe what that feels like inside. Yes, I'm well aware that there's people who are WAY worse off than I am. I'm in no way trying to compare others pain and suffering to mine, period. My heart goes out to those folks more than you'll know. Anyway, this is how I relate to this song. Thanks for the great content Mr. Palmisano. I do enjoy it even though I've not a clue how to play a guitar!!

6:25 "I have so many mixed feelings about this." Amen, Brother! To me, Chris has a Huge Heart and feels the sadness, sickness, and evil of this world and it makes him really sad. If he didn't care, he would not be so sad.

This one makes me feel both at peace & melancholy simultaneously. And damn I'm missing Montana right now. Well done Mr Anthony 👏

Regardless of how you feel about Oliver Anthony, you can feel the emotion resonating from that gravelly voice and the trailing vibrato in each of the lines. It's something that many seek, but few truly find. It comes naturally for him, but it took a lot of pain and depression to bring it to the fore.

His emotion and his articulation, or lack of articulation with his words just adds to the emotion of this song. Then you add in the lyrics of the song and the twang of his guitar just makes this a great song.

Enjoyed it. Love the level headed commentary about appreciating the art even if you disagree with the artist.

My reaction to your guitar playing with the song was awesome ! Even though it was just a little. To me it's like we all saw this meteor coming to hit earth and Oliver (Chris) blew it up. Bring the whole word together and talking. All the glory to God ❤❤

I am not a musician nor have the discipline to become one but I have to say I love your video's and the reactions to Christopher Anthony Lunsford's , AKA Oliver Anthony's, new music. You can "feel" the honesty in his music and for you have that same enthusiasm is awesome to see.

I like his music. Making a statement and it’s refreshing even though the subject matter is difficult. Thanks for sharing!

I know the chances of you doing 4 of his songs is slim but he has a song that is called “VCR Kid” and it is incredible. It makes me cry every time it’s sad but positive at the same time and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

I have not lived the things he represents, but I have eyes, ears and a heart that sees the suffering and knows the hurt.

Michael I am so glad you gave an honest opinion of Oliver, you left politics out of it, so many on the left are blasting this guy and many of my hero's in the music community will blast him also. We need to keep politics out of it because at the end of the day 3 chords and the truth will always prevail.

You hit it square man... he is popular because he is pouring his heart out..!! There will always be haters, but that is, was, and will always be the sign of a true artist whatever the medium.. to put your heart and soul into your art... Some people appreciate it and others don't.

Dude's the needed voice of the people!

Chris is singing about the same prayer I've been praying since 1978. "Lord, I want to go Home. Come quickly, Lord Jesus."

That was so nice thank you 🙏🏻 loved this 💕🥹 Oliver (Chris) Anthony is my new favorite artist and I hope he releases an album like real CDs and Records would be cool too! I would buy it up in a second ❤

Best music reactions on KZfaq. It’s so genuinely enthusiastic

Ideologically* I’ve been loving your videos man. Keep up the good work. We’re all humans and are going through this experience together. Gotta love what’s from the heart.

What a deep song, for so any that have gone to that dark place. Thanks for playing this song. Remember, the Good Lord, will get you through anything.

The best thing about Oliver's music is that all of these songs of his, he wrote and performed (recorded) while being consumed and haunted by these emotions/addiction/pain and this was his way of getting it off his chest. Thats why you can feel the emotions so strongly in his music.

His songs resonate, because they’re obviously coming from a dark, painful place. He just sounds like he needs to let it out

Hoping Oliver sees this and hits you up for a collab, he needs like-minded musicians to champion his cause and you are a very intuitive player.

Well said Michael. I agree 100%. The reason this guy is resonating with so many people across the globe is the fact that he is authentic and real. And he is able to convey his heart in a way that connects with others. That’s why the person in South Africa that knows nothing about American politics, and knows nothing about Appalachia, instantly connects with Oliver Anthony. They can plug their situation, circumstance, or life experience, into the framework that Oliver creates and they say, “I get it. I’ve had those same feelings.”

New subscriber. I promise you I am unable to create any form of enjoyable music. I have an expert skill set in completely different area. But I love that you can listen to music and teach the notes, then extrapolate meaning from the style, rhythm, etc… awesome stuff!

No auto-tune in sight!! This man is quickly becoming a national treasure. Please protect him and send all of the naysayers back to the barn.

I think CS Lewis explains why this song strikes a chord with so many people: "“The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.”

True art comes from your soul and heart , forget technique . I feel the guy no matter where he politically stands.... He delivers his true reality ....

Your understanding of music and guitars is mind boggling. You have an incredible gift, sir!

Amazing sound….AND, love your analysis and teaching style!

The best way to support this man is to just spend 99 cents to get his songs on iTunes. If we made him PLATINUM, they can’t ignore us working people anymore! We’ve had ENOUGH!!’

He’s not only speaking to the “blue collar working class.” Anyone from any demographic, any socioeconomic background, etc. can feel hardships in life. I personally believe many from all groups right now resonate with what he’s signing about right now.

Its just music from the heart! In HIS WAY! not anyone else.... Its genuine! Music has lost that over the last 15 years... Too produced_to marketed.. _all about sales! This proves music just a guitar and words still lives... There is HOPE!! STILL.... YOUR RIGHT.

I'm thinking if these were the days of vinyl he'd have a platinum album coming out pretty soon.

He is a very very sad man. There is no doubt. Whatever people think. He expresses sadness better than almost anyone i remember. Back to black amy whinehouse was dark, nina simone etc. But he goes even further i think.

Such a great point. Not everything needs to be a right or a wrong. A left or a right. We're people, lets just listen and try to empathize with each other.

Christopher Lunsford (Oliver Anthony) has started the revolution in music of our time! 😎

Your breakdown and analysis of his music is the best on KZfaq. Great job.👍

There's a difference between listening to music and hearing music. His music has brought people closer to hearing music more than ever.

Honestly. I don't care who you are. We have ALL sang this song to ourselves at some point in our past. He just sings what we are all thinkin.

Thank you ❤️. I love watching your videos. I love what you said in this. You don't have to agree with someone to appreciate their pain and their music, their art. We are all humans trying to make it in this world. No matter your ideologies, beliefs,.. We can respect and love one another as humans and come together over beautiful music. Nothing better than music ❤🎶

I love your vibe. Thank you! I really like how your turn and talk so close and friendly with your audience. And I love Oliver and his message. So much good in this. Keep it all up.

He sings his soul.

Anyone saying this man doesn't believe the words in these songs, has got to be either emotionally stunted, or playing team sports. I can't imagine hearing this man almost cry some parts of these songs out and say it's all an act.

Eventually you're just going to show up with one of these videos with your own resonator guitar and throw us all off, LOL.

I only see a hurting man 😞 doing his best to overcome an addiction.

I just want to go home man. I don’t wanna be here anymore. I’m not made for this

Oliver likes making everyone cry

I was born of a broken home. My mother was a drug addict it took my dad 4 years to gain full possession of me. My mother also used my disability , and my dads child support money to feed her addiction further. Up until I was 6 years old you could see bone through skin. When I was finally able to be rescued by my dad my life improved. When I was 23 years old on April 2nd 2014 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor that took up between 25-30% of cranial space. My doctor made me aware that my nervous system to my bodies right side is damaged but can be maintained to be on par with my bodies left side and memory exercises . So it’s hard to believe I took to music , I choose to learn to play the bass guitar. The low end feeling of notes and what I call being a tempo translator has helped me out gratefully! It’s one thing I never thought I would be able to do. I’ve dealt with some pretty terrible people in this world post neurosurgery. Surgery markings that will never go away , muscle tissue had to be removed from my face for the doctor to save my life. Many people have pointed out the deformity to me around their kids , even encouraging their kids to treat me like I’m not a human. I’ve been pushed to a brink of having facial reconstruction surgery done but I told myself the tide will pass, so to me Music is my way to release my frustration and anger !

10:46, fly, flies into his neck, bounces down, hopefully dies. Good points on the video. Also, My daughter saved her allowance for 2 years to proudly buy for herself that exact guitar. Great kid, 12 yo. I am more proud of her for doing that (in spite of our offers to buy it for her), than she ever can be for buying it herself. Anywho, God bless you, and may God smite that fly.

He's only been writing music for 2 years, and has already mastered the art. That little cheap Gretsch sounds amazing too.

The people that are attacking Oliver absolutely DO require that you think exactly the way they do, and that's the problem.

The exciting thing is that regular people are making a statement about the problems and fears of the current situations through music. This happened during Vietnam War and the voice of the young were heard through the music of protest. For the first time since Covid I feel something positive happening.

Oliver's music is so spot on I get emotional every time I hear him sing, and I'm a guy who hates getting emotional...God bless.

I am just so wrapped in what he has released so far. It's so refreshing to see/hear music written from the soul vs written for the Spotify/KZfaq algorithm. Funny thing is, in doing that, he also actually cracked the algorithm.

Yeah, he says of himself, "I barely know my way around the guitar", so I think his playing is bound to be relatively simple without a huge amount of variety.

I believe that Chris is being held close to God. That crescendo of emotion you experience when listening is because he brought you closer to Him, even if just for a few minutes. Our souls know the truth even when our bodies try to hide us away. Follow your soul. Let's all go home together. I want you there. So does He. ❤🔥🍻

This is just a regular man, singing about the deepest core he’s felt his entire life, or even just recently in his life BUT that doesn’t change the fact that he means everything he is saying in his songs. You can see it in his expressions. Hear it in his voice… And you hit the nail this isn’t about one section of the population. I saw the video of the tribal laborers reviewing this and I connected with everything they had to say about how the song made them feel. This sound is so universal and raw it hits everyone exactly where it needs to. Keep up the great work man and stay blessed!

Everyone's trying to divide...he's just trying to unite.

Sometimes amazing artists go under the radar and I think reaction channels have given a lot of those artists a second chance. With that in mind, I would like Michael to consider shining a light onto Dirt Miller. Ren did so recently and increased his subscriber count by quite a bit, but the man still only has 14,000 subscribers and is making music that's both unique and timeless and he simply should have far more attention on him than he has. Michael, please do consider checking out "Dirt Miller - Guitar Symphony No. 1"(no vocals on this one), "D1" "Troubled By Silence", "Kansas City" and literally anything else on his channel. Your insight on the man's vocals, songwriting and guitar playing would be much appreciated to a lot of us that can't quite put into words why he's brilliant because we don't make music and it would greatly help bring more eyes to him.

Let's gooo!

I know nothing about guitars, I just clicked because of Oliver, thank you for an honest observation, truly, you did a real honest evaluation of him! Not biased! I truly believe that this man’s words and playing that guitar are his heart and mind, he’s playing the song and words of his day to day life! Like so many of us. Amazing talent. You as well Sir! Is that some special guitar he has. It looks different?? Thanks

Moving song extraordinary voice ❤

This song is really beautiful.

Last I checked I thought we were still a free country..Oliver definitely feels what he's singing, and he has the right and freedom to sing about it, it should be appreciated! The fact that he believes what he Is singing is the reason why he is hitting so many people in the heart!

I just want to commend you on your perspective of views. I’ve seen so many people grasping at straws on either extremes. Just like you said, just appreciate it for the art that it is, the soul that’s in the art. And respect it as such. Always enjoy your videos and thoughts.

I’m sorry, but if you can’t see that Chris is singing about the realities of the world today, you’re living in an illusion. He’s put into lyrics the true feelings of the world, and he’s not afraid to be brutally honest. The world needs this right now, more than ever.

As an artist Oliver is compelled to speak the words that pour from his soul from his perspective on life experiences. That's what makes him real.

I worked at a local TV news station for many years. Management would occasionally bring in consultants (we called them insultants) who would be tasked with improving our on-air performance. The most memorable quote from those interactions: "The key to this job is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you have it made!" The consultant wasn't lying. The people that go to the top in TV news are the most accomplished liars. The same is true in politics, and the people are no longer falling for it. I agree with Michael that some of Chris's amazing popularity is his sincerity. He is not faking it, and it is a breath of fresh air to our souls constantly bombarded with lies and illusions.

Watching your reactions to Olivers music just reminds me of the honest pragmatism of the American people. You seem like a great guy. I haven't played guitar in 15 years. I subscribed, who knows might dig the old acoustic out of the closet.

He reminds me of a modern Townes Van Zandt. He’s completely devoted to his music and isn’t worried about monetary value and just builds himself up in a grassroots style. He just needs to express himself. Which I didn’t think was possible in the modern age

You have taken me back to my road to salvation Oliver and came singing my own song titled WAITING FOR JESUS TO COME. God be with you.

Man I appreciate your reactions more than anyone’s. You get after the melody but realize where the song shines most and in this case, the message. You respect it, let it play, and give your honest thoughts. Love it

You missed what he tacked onto the end of the video: "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

The emotion is real in his voice and playing. It's refreshing because most modern music lacks that. Oliver is the real deal. And I can respect that.

I rescued a starving, abused pup that was living in a junk yard; about 10 years ago. It took years for her to allow 10:48 anyone near her and has always been the sweetest of souls. She’s just happy not being beaten and abused. I don’t even agree with her 100% of the time… anyone dismissing someone unless they agree with a person 100% of the time about 100% of issues… well you might need to look in the mirror and have an honest inventory taken

I can't define authentic, but I know it when I hear it.

Thankfully, Oliver spoke up for himself (with a recorded video clarifying his stance) when a certain party tried to tie HIS message with their agenda during a public political debate...The man has my respect as Im certain he has the respect of countless others. Thank you for this reaction.

I love you Man. I learn so much from you playing an explaining what your doing with them. 35 years playing , it never ends..... Thank God