2009年 Mar 3日 Tuesday, 8:32

Late yesterday the Oklahoma legislature announced the winner of the "Oklahoma State Rock Song" competition. A number of songs were nominated, and anyone could vote. Well, the song that was chosen is "Do You Realize??" by The Flaming Lips, a band from Oklahoma City. The song is musically reminiscent of John Lennon's "Imagine"… except without the hopefulness. It doesn't really have a thing to do with Oklahoma… it doesn't sound like the great rock & roll music that has historically come from the state (check out the other finalists… Leon Russell hel-LOOOO!!), and frankly, the lyrics don't mean anything. I may well get flamed by rabid Flaming Lips fans for saying this, particularly the ones who live in OK City and voted this song in, but this is a REALLY DUMB choice for our state rock song…