from the guardian :
The Flaming Lips' 2002 song, Do You Realise?, will be named the "official state rock'n'roll song of Oklahoma". And Wayne Coyne wants everyone to know that the band are not communists.
"Some minority of religious wackos are trying to make it seem like [we have a communist] agenda, which we don't," Coyne told Rolling Stone. His comments came after two whirlwind months, when Do You Realise? was chosen as the state's official rock song, rejected due to the band's "communism", then finally reinstated by governor Brad Henry.
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The online vote was ratified by the Oklahoma senate and Flaming Lips seemed set to enter the Sooner State's history books. Until, that is ... the T-shirt.
Flaming Lips bassist Michael Ivins happens to own a red T-shirt with a hammer and sickle, symbols of communism. And he happened to wear this shirt on a visit to the state capital last month. And some members of Oklahoma's house of representatives happened to notice.
Livid, these anti-communist politicians rejected the song.
"It's really just a few religious wackos that think they can tell everybody what to do," Coyne told Billboard. "It's not even Democrats v Republicans. It's just a couple of these small-minded guys who are the most popular in their church and their little towns. In some ways it's so absurd, it can only make us look good and them look stupid."
"Honestly, it's just a dumb shirt," he continued. "We're not communists."
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