Hang on Ohio

[xoxoxoBruce]

Cellarite Kisrael posted this gem from Ohio, on his site.

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16

WHEREAS, The members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio wish to recognize the rock song "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the great State of Ohio; and

WHEREAS, In 1965, an Ohio-based rock group known as the McCoys reached the top of the national record charts with "Hang On Sloopy," composed by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell, and that same year, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University Marching Band, created the band's now-famous arrangement of "Sloopy," first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965; and

WHEREAS, Rock music has become an integral part of American culture, having attained a degree of acceptance no one would have thought possible twenty years ago; and

WHEREAS, Adoption of "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of Ohio is in no way intended to supplant "Beautiful Ohio" as the official state song, but would serve as a companion piece to that old chestnut; and

WHEREAS, If fans of jazz, country-and-western, classical, Hawaiian and polka music think those styles also should be recognized by the state, then by golly, they can push their own resolution just like we're doing; and

WHEREAS, "Hang On Sloopy" is of particular relevance to members of the Baby Boom Generation, who were once dismissed as a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids, but who now are old enough and vote in sufficient numbers to be taken quite seriously; and

WHEREAS, Adoption of this resolution will not take too long, cost the state anything, or affect the quality of life in this state to any appreciable degree, and if we in the legislature just go ahead and pass the darn thing, we can get on with more important stuff; and

WHEREAS, Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town, and everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down; and

WHEREAS, Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do, 'cause you know, Sloopy girl, I'm in love with you; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, name "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the State of Ohio; and be it further Resolved, That the Legislative Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.

[Trilby]

I voted for Cleveland Rocks. Which it does.

[Cloud]

wooo! funny law. love it!

[Shawnee123]

Until you've been somewhere amongst a throng of Buckeye fans, singing along with Hang On Sloopy, doing the "O-H-I-O" after the "Sloopy hang on" you can't possibly get it! 3 year olds to 90 year olds, football fanatics or not, you join in! [/Brutus]

:p

[xoxoxoBruce]

and vote for Bush...

[Shawnee123]

Hey...you're preaching to the choir!

You can't walk through this little podunk town without bumping a nut on a republican!

[ZenGum]

Do all republicans have bumpable nuts?

[Shawnee123]

I like to bump them with a baseball bat, or my foot.

[Cloud]

Until you've been somewhere amongst a throng of Buckeye fans, singing along with Hang On Sloopy, doing the "O-H-I-O" after the "Sloopy hang on" you can't possibly get it! 3 year olds to 90 year olds, football fanatics or not, you join in!

I'd like to see that. YouTube, maybe?

[Shawnee123]

One on Bourbon Street:



Here's the OSU marching band:



We're all a little bit crazy!

[Shawnee123]

And since I'm on the OSU marching band, er...bandwagon, here's Script Ohio:

[Trilby]

yeah! take that, Mississippi State!


Actually, it reminds me of that Aussie beer commerical----"the biggest beer commercial in the world, it better sell some bloody beer"....that one.

[Pico and ME]

Thats fantastic.

[sweetwater]

TBDITL!
I once caught an entire evening of the OSU marching band performances through the years on the late-night tv where they were selling the video as a fundraiser. Too funny.