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Published: 04/27/09

Riling Conservatives, Flaming Lips Hit Named Official Rock Song of Oklahoma

By  Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics Daily
Riling Conservatives, Flaming Lips Hit Named Official Rock Song of Oklahoma

Well folks, the wheels are really coming off our democracy now. It seems that America's den of rogue, fringe leftism, Oklahoma, has embraced the music of a couple of baby-eating hippies, The Flaming Lips, by naming their hit single "Do You Realize??" the official rock song of their state.The controversy began when an online poll was launched to name Oklahoma's official rock song. (The state already has an official non-rock song, "Oklahoma!"-- best known as the title song of the Broadway musical by Marilyn Manson.) But among rock songs, "Do You Realize??" was the poll's runaway winner, although ...

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