If North Carolina had an official rock song, what would it be?
Dome and our brother-in-blogging David Menconi opened up the lines for your suggestions earlier this week.
The top five suggestions, as judged by no particular standard, are:
* "Carolina in My Mind," by James Taylor: The hands-down frontrunner, a classic song with inoffensive lyrics and a secret darker edge.
* "Carolina Girls," by General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board: The beach music classic that spawned a thousand "Best in the World" T-shirts.
* "Oh My Sweet Carolina," by Ryan Adams with Emmylou Harris: A touching duet about leaving the South from a guy who never visits.
* "Raleigh," by Rey Norteno: Perhaps a controversial pick with some, but few bands have sung so movingly about why they love Raleigh.
* "Wagon Wheel," by Old Crow Medicine Show: OK, so it's not rock either, but it's got to be in the running for neo-traditional bluegrass song.
Other suggestions after the jump.
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Anything by Southern Culture on the Skids.
"Tobacco Road," by John Loudermilk
"Raise Up," by Petey Pablo
"Saturday They'll All Be Back Again," by David Wilcox
"Most of the Girls Like to Dance," by Don Dixon
"Big Brown Eyes," by the dB's
"Olive Hearts," by the Bowerbirds
"Hyper Enough," by Superchunk
"Coast of Carolina," by Jimmy Buffet
"Battleship Chains," by The Woods
"Les Debris, Ils Sont Blanc," by Phil Lee
"Buddha Buddha," by Rick Rock
"Driveway to Driveway," by Superchunk
"Vile and Disgusting/William Campbell," by Angels of Epistemology
"You Smell, and I Love You," by Chew Toy
"Put a Lid on It," by Squirrel Nut Zippers
"Stone Cold Yesterday," by The Connells
"Every Word Means No," by Let's Active
"Theme for Dick Fontaine," by Flat Duo Jets
"Where the Cowboys Went," by Pressure Boys
"Punkrocksnotdeadjustyourbrain," by Blue Chair
"Constellation Rake," by Eugene Chadbourne
"Underground," by Ben Folds Five
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Re: And the nominees are...
"Busted" by Ray Charles
--or--
"Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire