Their names hang on street signs, are etched into buildings and are a part of the fabric of history. Get exclusive videos, pictures, bios and check out more of your favorite moments from seasons past. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1978 Vinyl release of The Man Who Built America on Discogs.
The song is not about a man but about a type of man.
Not him, not the man who built America In every precinct a golden mile in every doorway stands heart's desire but see him crouching running through the fire cos he's the man who built America You kill the rich and you con the poor You stalk the streets with your 45's but no-one's going to take the man alive cos he's the man who built America.
While much of the growth is driven by railroads and oil, it's built using steel. Catch up on season 1 of The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen, only on HISTORY'. As it recovers from the Civil War, America undertakes the largest building phase of the country s history.
Although Lock didn't think much of "The Man Who Built America", the song is a worthy effort by arguably the most original band ever to come out of Ireland, and probably a bit too heavy on imagery for the average beer swilling music journalist.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2009 Gatefold CD release of The Man Who Built America on Discogs. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Man Who Built America - Horslips on AllMusic - 1979 - A concept album about an Irish emigrant who makes…
In the first episode of the HISTORY Channel miniseries The Men Who Built America, the observation is made that before the Civil War America’s leaders, the men who shaped the country, were all in the political arena.After the Civil War, they were businessmen.
The Men Who Built America John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America.