Long story short, I do not like hip hop, but these two guys who wrote this song about living Vermont did an outstanding job of commenting on life in the Green Mountain Sate. The video was made entirely in Montpelier.
From a distance, Vermont seems like an idealic place that is pristine, progressive and filled with artists and craftspeople. While this is somewhat true, there are other, less attractive aspects as well. Being a rural state, you tend to get a lot of back woods types that are in love with the idea of “protecting” their property from imagined threats with ridiculously large arsenals of firearms and so on. Still, despite their vast differences, the most radical Vermont communist tends to get along fairly well with the most fiercely patriotic Vermont redneck in ways that you would never think possible. It’s a cool state, but not entirely without its annoyances.
Awesome! These guys did do a great job, I wonder if this was just for fun, or for a class or something??? Maybe they’ll do 603 next. ;-p
If Vermont is so cool, why are towns trying to secede to NH?
Admittedly, I have a certain fondness for Vermont, having lived there for seven years and immensely enjoying the writings of Noel Perrin on life in rural Vermont.
The biggest problem that Vermont has is that it has a terrible mix of NY/MA yuppies and Vermont natives – two things that nature never intended to combine.
Vermont is strange- it is probably the most liberal state, but has some of the absolute BEST gun laws. You don’t even need a permit to carry a concealed gun! I’ve met many a hardcore redneck there who are solidly Democrat, but even though I don’t agree w/ there politics, they are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and theyy never hold the politics of this Republican Redneck from New Hampshire against me. Plus, even the Stalinists are militantly pro-gun.!
cute! these two mentioned so many things that make VT VT.but, i must say, they’re performance’ does not truly rep VT hip hop Check out Twin State of Mind on myspace. this trio makes their own beats, and can actually rhyme over the beat! good people too.
no bad…