See, they don't have enough to do.
anyhoo, the rulz say they song has to be written or performed by an Okie or mention Oklahoma in the lyric.
I voted for the Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
http://www.oklahomarocksong.org/
(you can click on nominees and see what songs people have nominated)
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Tight Rope by Leon Russell
Greenwood, Archer and Pine
good times
You know, it makes perfect sense to nominate Reba, Vince or Garth for the state rock song.
Metallica - Phantom Lord
The very concept of an "official" rock song is absurd; rock cannot be official !!!
Plus that list of nominated songs stretches the definition of rock beyond recognition.
I am finally convinced that the world has completely stopped making any sense at all.
But wait, we're talking about a legislature...
ahhhh, never mind
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
If that is the case I nominate I've Never Been to Heaven by Okie Hoyt Axton.It was made famous of course by THREE DOG NIGHT.The key lyrics in this song?I'VE NEVER BEEN TO HEAVEN BUT I'VE BEEN TO OKLAHOMA.
Owen '05-'26 122-54-16 .677 (Foundation)
Wilkinson '47-'63 145-29-4 .829 (DYNASTY 1) 3 NC
Switzer '73-'88 157-29-4 .837(DYNASTY 2) 3 NC
Stoops '99- PRESENT 179-46.793 (DYNASTY 3) 1 NC and still WAITING
At OU tradition is about more than just one coach 861-319-53 .720
Scattergun toting Posse member
I'm going with Hosty's "Oklahoma Breakdown" as my darkhorse favorite. But of course, some sorry-*ss POS "new country pop" crap will win.
Pre-emptive gah.
"If you don't become an actor you'll never be a factor" - Lupe Fiasco
It's country, but Jason Boland's "If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma" is a good tune.
"The choices we discern as having been made in the Constitutional Convention impose burdens on governmental proceses that often seem clumsy, inefficient, even unworkable, but those hard choices were consciously made by men who had lived under a form of government that permitted arbitrary governmental acts to go unchecked." INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) (Burger, C.J.)
Van Zant. Oklahoma.
What do I win?
Three Dog Night -- Never Been to Spain
Hold on while I retrieve it from the crapper.Originally Posted by C&CDean
Srsly though, good choice.
Well, you're the first to get the title right, but you got the act wrong. Hoyt Axton was an Oklahoman, so he gets the nod over the guys who covered the song he wrote.
Well, crap.
How about Drag the Waters from Pantera?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRU8i2MtJnc
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Actually it can only be written or performed by an Okie. Having Oklahoma in the lyric is inconsequential.
And I think it's a great thing to: a) promote the Oklahoma History Center's upcoming exhibit on Oklahoma Rock 'n' Roll and b) change the general perception that Oklahoma has two kinds of music: country and western.
Between this, the Oklahoma Creativity Project, OKFMI, the great work of the Oklahoma Film & Music Office and events like DFest and Norman Music Festival, there's a lot of forward momentum being made in regards to Oklahoman music.
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