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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSome suggestions for state songs.
Now, I know every state already has a state song. But I heard a song on the radio yesterday about a particular state (I didnt include that one here because its theme isnt very pleasant) and I got to thinking, how about if some states were to change their state songs to something more relevant, more tuneful, or just different?
Here are my suggestions:
SC Myrtle Beach Days
Alabama Sweet Home Alabama (of course)
Kentucky Blue Moon of Kentucky
Delaware What Did Delaware?
Oklahoma Oklahoma Hills (OK, I know its the state folk song. But I think it ought to beat out Rodgers and Hammersteins Oklahoma.
Kansas Dust in the Wind
California "Surfin USA"
Louisiana "Born on the Bayou"
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Some suggestions for state songs. (Original Post)
raccoon
Feb 2012
OP
charlie and algernon
(13,447 posts)1. Maryland - I Want Crabs for Christmas
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Alaska - "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".
On Edit: Never mind. Palin shot it out of a helicopter.
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)3. We already have a state song...
"Massachusetts" by the BeeGees
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)4. Minnesota -- Outshined, by Soundgarten.
"I just looked in the mirror and things aren't looking so good. I'm looking California, but feeling Minnesota."
Or Jalla Jalla's "Minnesota Plates"
In our double-decker bus with Minnesota plates
We travel around those 10.000 lakes
In our double-decker bus with Minnesota plates
We cross the ocean and tour the States
Or Bob Dylan's "Girl of the North Country" (here with Johnny Cash)
Or Ann Reed's "The Fair," about the Minnesota State Fair
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)6. Oregon (mine) -- "Here Comes the Rain Again"

Ptah
(32,731 posts)7. Dental Floss!
dchill
(37,496 posts)8. Ohio. Need I say more?
