Sunday, July 06, 2008
Official Oklahoma Rock Song
The Oklahoma Official Rock Song Advisory Panel has been formed and is accepting nominations at Oklahoma Rock Song.
Now think "Oklahoma" and "rock song." What comes to mind? Can anything else come immediately to mind?
Three Dog Night. "Never Been to Spain."
Great sound. Real rock, circa 1971. Song about pretty much nothin'. Written by Hoyt Axton, an Oklahoman. And the Oklahoma mention is genuine, too -- not sappy or reverential. (And this ain't a terrible home-made video, either.)
--ER
Now think "Oklahoma" and "rock song." What comes to mind? Can anything else come immediately to mind?
Three Dog Night. "Never Been to Spain."
Great sound. Real rock, circa 1971. Song about pretty much nothin'. Written by Hoyt Axton, an Oklahoman. And the Oklahoma mention is genuine, too -- not sappy or reverential. (And this ain't a terrible home-made video, either.)
--ER
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How about Woody G's "Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key" done by Billy Bragg and Wilco. It is the only song I ever heard that mentioned Okfuskee, Oklahoma.
lived in a place called Okfuskee
And I had a little girl in a holler tree
I said, little girl, it's plain to see
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
She said it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly
Yes my little girly that might be
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
To hear the west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Oh my little girly will you let me see
Way over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on the she and me
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my Tanglewood days
I've led lots of girls since then to stray
Saying ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
lived in a place called Okfuskee
And I had a little girl in a holler tree
I said, little girl, it's plain to see
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
She said it's hard for me to see
How one little boy got so ugly
Yes my little girly that might be
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
We walked down by the Buckeye Creek
To see the frog eat the goggle-eye bee
To hear the west wind whistle to the east
There ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Oh my little girly will you let me see
Way over yonder where the wind blows free
Nobody can see in our holler tree
And there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Her mama cut a switch from a cherry tree
And laid it on the she and me
It stung lots worse than a hive of bees
But there ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Now I have walked a long long ways
And I still look back to my Tanglewood days
I've led lots of girls since then to stray
Saying ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way over yonder in the minor key
Way over yonder in the minor key
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Ain't nobody that can sing like me
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
Why, I've never heard it, DrLobo. Is it a rock tune, or at least rockabilly??
Babalon = the b looger formerly known as (h)apatheology?
Babalon = the b looger formerly known as (h)apatheology?
"Oklahoma Sweetheart" by George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers is the only other Okie song I can think of.
I think Clapton was influenced a great deal from the "Tulsa sound" in his music.
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I think Clapton was influenced a great deal from the "Tulsa sound" in his music.
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