Official Oklahoma Rock Song
Thursday April 10, 2008
In the 2008 session, legislators are conquering big issues such as the budget, guns on college campuses, health issues and... rock songs? Concurrent Resolution 1047 will create a committee to review rock song submissions by Oklahomans with the intent of declaring an official state rock song. Hey, we have an official state everything else, right?
The Oklahoma Historical Society has created a website where Oklahomans can nominate their favorite tunes, and voting on the top 10 will take place between September 1st and November 15th of 2008. The rather interesting list of nominees already includes tunes from Oklahoma natives like The All-American Rejects and The Flaming Lips. But it also includes "MMMBop" from Hanson. Would that really qualify as a rock song?
So what are you going to nominate? What should be Oklahoma's official rock song?
Update (9/5) - The committee has released the list of finalists. See which 10 made the cut and find out how to vote for the official Oklahoma rock song here.
The Oklahoma Historical Society has created a website where Oklahomans can nominate their favorite tunes, and voting on the top 10 will take place between September 1st and November 15th of 2008. The rather interesting list of nominees already includes tunes from Oklahoma natives like The All-American Rejects and The Flaming Lips. But it also includes "MMMBop" from Hanson. Would that really qualify as a rock song?
So what are you going to nominate? What should be Oklahoma's official rock song?
Update (9/5) - The committee has released the list of finalists. See which 10 made the cut and find out how to vote for the official Oklahoma rock song here.
Comments
Cortez The Killer by Neil Young
Call My Name by Carol King
“Do you Realize” by the Flaming Lips
“Hard Headed Woman” by Wanda Jackson
“Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” by the Flaming Lips
Eric Clapton
Living on Tulsa Times.
Only makes since to have a Oklahoma state song with Oklahoma in it. duh
I’m sure there is other rock songs with oklahoma in it. Think about it.
Thank You
Debrah
how about…cross canadian ragweed?
My song T-Town about growing up in Tulsa, OK.
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6190466
LEON RUSSELL, “Home Sweet Oklahoma”.
Leon is Oklahoma’s most gifted native son and
The Master of Space and Time.
Come on Oklahoma, do your swamp rockin preacher proud and nominate Home Sweet Oklahoma as the official rock and roll song of the Sooner State!
Leon Russell is our greatest ambassador of the blues. He is the one Clapton and so many other greats were inspired by, admired of. Even Clapton would be the first to say honor your native son; Vote Leon!!
panem et circenses
seriously, with all the economic issues and a nine hundred million dollar budget shortfall, this is the kind of legislature that’s important?!