Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Creamtastic Tennessee State Rock Song!
Posted by Steve Haruch on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:57 PM
As you've probably already heard, the state legislature of Oklahoma has chosen The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize" as the state rock song. (Yeah, I read it on P4K.)
And to think, our own legislature is considering guns on playgrounds--but not at the capitol, of course--when they could be voting on what awesome rock song best represents our state. (Do You Realize we already have a bicentennial rap?)
For your consideration, here are a few Cream suggestions, in a gray box:
Superdrag, "Sucked Out"
Silver Jews, "Tennessee"
Tina Turner, "Nutbush City Limits"
Lone Official, "Sleepy Time Down South"
Apollo Up!, "Tennessee for Victory"
The Carter Administration, "Kentucky Is Ohio's Alabama"
Big Star, "In the Street"
The Feminine Complex, "I've Been Workin' on You"
As always, leave yours in the comments.
Of course, we could just go with what Idolator picked.
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Which one will come from Tennessee? Which one is gonna set us free?
Apollo Up! all the way.
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I vote for "Cornfed Dames" by the Cramps. "We've got things here in Tennesse that you can only dream of in your philosphy..."
"Tennessee Sucks", Ryan Adams?
"Return of the Grevious Angel", Gram Parsons?
"Tennessee", Arrested Development?
Jimmy Cushman? had the classic "Tennessee Sushi". It's about Tennessee sushi.
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the Raconteurs' "Carolina Drama". we are the refuge of murderous South Carolinian bastard sons.
what is up with these shit band choices? lone official? apollo up?
might as well pick a song by autovaughn, mattoid, party cannon, or some other shit band that plays crappy music around town
I agree with the Jeremy guy. I think a requirement to be up for state song is that your band would have to have fans beyond the realm of friends and family.
Not talking about Silver Jews, Tina Turner, and Big Star because they are real acts but who the hell likes Apollo Up that doesn't know those dudes?
Perhaps because they are from Tennessee and have a song called "Tennessee for Victory?" Am I missing something here? You are an idiot "Anonymous."
you know who else if from tennessee? my dumbass neighbor with his crappy garage band and he has a song called TENNESSEE IS THE BEST PLACE EVER.
what you are missing is that the author is praising no-talent local bands and wanting them to represent the state of tennessee. might as well get the hunter's lane fight song. it's from tennessee and it's about a school in tennessee.
the point the you are missing is that in order to have a song represent a state you need more than thirty people who think it is good. i'll bet that most of these bands named couldn't get a petition of more than 200 signatures saying their song was any good and 150 of them would be acquaintances who feel guilty for not signing it.
I think Jeremy would like to see a Lee Greenwood song represent our great state.
lee greenwood is famous on a national level and is a name recognized by more than 10% davidson county. while i think he sucks, it makes alot more sense than teh carter administration lone official and apollo up.
and who the hell is superdrag anyway? i know of supertramp and superchunk but who are these dudes?
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