N.C.'s official state rock song?


North Carolina does not have a state rock song.

Sure, you're thinking, who does? As it turns out: Washington, Oklahoma and Ohio.

When Dome was a teen-ager, a local comedy sketch show staged a campaign to have the incomparable "Louie, Louie" declared the state song.

Legislators were loath to jettison the existing tune, so they named the Kingsmen's one-off hit the state rock song instead.

Recently, a group in Oklahoma held an online contest to determine that state's rock song.

The winning song — "Do You Realize??" — was referred to the legislature, though there were a few hiccups when a member of The Flaming Lips wore a T-shirt with a hammer and sickle.

Ohio also named "Hang on Sloopy" by the McCoys.

So, North Carolina, what would be your official state rock song?

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Re: N.C.'s official state rock song?

Gone to Carolina -- Shooter Jennings

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Oh My Sweet Carolina by Ryan Adams

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Southern Culture on the Skids!

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I see a few possibilities:

Angels of Epistemology: "Vile and Disgusting/William Campbell"
Chew Toy: "You Smell, and I Love You"
Flat Duo Jets: "Theme for Dick Fontaine"
Pressure Boys: "Where the Cowboys Went"
Blue Chair: "Punkrocksnotdeadjustyourbrain"

Actually the best choice might be Eugene Chadbourne's "Constellation 'Rake'":


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Well, it's more folk than rock, but...

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Highway to hell by AC/DC.

Re: N.C.'s official state rock song?

Any cover by Sha Na Na. Imitation is the best form of flattery, and we fake it real good.