"Do You Realize?" Named "Official Oklahoma State Rock Song!"
Posted at 7:48 AM on March 3, 2009
by Steve Seel
The magical positive karmic energy that emanates from Wayne Coyne continues to come back to him in spades every day. Witness the latest: The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize?" has just been named the "Official Rock Song" of the State of Oklahoma. At first you scratch your head in disbelief, and then you go, "of course."
More thana 21,000 Oklahomans voted online from a list of 10 songs - winnowed down from over 400 - selected by a "panel of experts" (can we thank those experts, and whoever nominated them, for being on top of things for once?). The winner was announced yesterday in the Oklahoma senate. Now THAT I would have loved to see.
"Do You Realize?" beat out such older tunes as "Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures, "Let's Have a Party" by Oklahoman Wanda Jackson, and "After Midnight" by Oklahoman J.J. Cale, made famous by Eric Clapton.
Raise you giant styrofoam fists in the air and celebrate another victory for Oklahoma City's favorite freaks.
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