A composition by local alternative rock stars The Flaming Lips is no longer the official state rock song, and while one legislator claims Republican Gov. Mary Fallin allowed the related executive order to lapse for political reasons, the band itself believes it was an oversight that will be rectified.Apart from The Flaming Lips I don't think much about Oklahoma.
A spokesman for Fallin confirmed Friday the governor didn't renew an executive order proclaiming “Do You Realize??” the official rock song when she took office. Spokesman Alex Weintz said the governor had other priorities, and the order “did not make the cut.”
Monday, April 15, 2013
Do You Realize?
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"Turn it On" from Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is one of my favorite songs of all time. I have to be careful - If I play it I end up listening to over and over again...
That one's terrific, and you can't feel bad about trying to sing it either.
O.T. (purrhaps), but I'm playing this.
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Once knew someone who would say she was "thinking about Arkansas" when doing nothing or woolgathering (spacing out).
Oooh, burning brain looks GOOD!
mikey, so far as Flaming Lips songs go, I'm really partial to "The W.A.N.D"
I think JJ Cale is terrific and the documentary about him "Return to Tulsa" is good. I used to cover his song 'Oklahoma' a lot so I think about that before the Flaming Lips.
It's been a long long time since I had a JJ Cale album, and I had that one probably before I was ready to give it a proper shot.
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