I've been thinking this for months and finally got around to saying it: you *are* going to use Pat Green's "Songs About Texas," right? I know there's a ton of competition in this category -- people love singing about Texas -- but I think this nails your requirements while also achieving a certain meta quality that more famous options like "All My Exes," "Luckenbach" or even "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)" lack. (Green's own "I Like Texas" is perfectly OK in its placename-checking but not an exceptional song.)

"Songs About Texas" has got the peculiar ability to talk about how much the singer loves Texas without getting into the brassy, bragging tone that a lot of Texas songs do (eg "God Blessed Texas"). It's got a little of that lonesome cowboy sound that you can't get from Nashville; more Western than Country, if you've got both kinds of music.

Because you seem like a decent person, I'm not even addressing the possibility that you'd use hokey crap like "The Eyes of Texas" or "Deep in the Heart of Texas."

Well, for Nevada, I would go with the Dead Kennedy's version of "Viva Las Vegas" as seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1enywhs7vfk. It truly captures the essence of their "what happens in vegas stays in vegas" campaign. Along with featuring clips from a Terry Gilliam film starring Johnny Depp. Win all around. And the song itself has Jello Biafra at his best.

Hmmm... news with Nebraska in it?

Let's see, 3 months of flooding (and underwater Interstates), including scares with 2 nuclear reactors.

Responsible this past week for US drawing up new plans for XL Keystone oil pipe from Canada to TX (fears of affecting the aquifer).

College Football.

Any news with Warren Buffet.

Much more, and much more music. A bit disappointing with the post, but glad that you get to feel superior. How's that working out for you?

Ugh, I didn't expect to ever see that Ginger Ten Bensel video again; let alone on Woot. She's a big part of why I stopped watching KHAS for local news.

edit: How bout that Iowa game?

Being from Nebraska, you got it about right.

However, you didn't mention that Nebraska has the best Mexican food in the country. But if you haven't spent time there, you could never know that. I think it's due to all the migrant workers. The food is really all I miss about the state. Oh, and my family I suppose.

That the first post in the comments is someone suggesting songs for Texas is absolutely hilarious, even to this non- football loving Nebraskan. I know it reckoned, but somebody send that wooter a shirt.woot Iron-e shirt!

I remember when Ginger tried to get this monstrosity made the new state song. The Unicameral resoundly rejected the proposal. We'll take songs about serial killers, football, or how boring our landscape is any day!

Illinois and Iowa both produce more corn than Nebraska. As you head west in Nebraska you run out of cornfields and get into our sandhills and cattle. A couple of the unusual things in the state are Carhenge and the sandhill crane migration. Nebraska tends to be flattest along I-80, unfortunately this is what most people see. We have waterfalls, a Chimney Rock as well as bluffs and buttes.
Here are some interesting facts.
Like every state, interesting things can be found. One might have search a little harder in Nebraska. We even have an intrastate division of instate and outstate. Instate is the Lincoln and Omaha area, outstate is the rest. A surprising number of instaters have little idea what lies beyond Seward.

Nebraska has some huge museum over I-80. I've never been in it, but it's quite a surprise popping up out of the flat plain.

In Illinois, we just have food kiosks over our interstates (the Chicago-area tollway Oases).

bradw76 wrote:Nebraska has some huge museum over I-80. I've never been in it, but it's quite a surprise popping up out of the flat plain.

In Illinois, we just have food kiosks over our interstates (the Chicago-area tollway Oases).

My only beef with the Nebraska is King County Carnival, or as they call it, the King Kounty Karnival. That isn't a mistake, they can spell. They're just that racist. THAT doesn't exist in any other Midwest (or Northern) state that I know of, and I've spent a lot of time in all of them.

The Big O is a great place though: home of the CWS, great riverwalk and a cozy place to get away from big cities like Chicago.

That pick was impressively, soul-crushingly horrible. I'm surprised I made it to 0:29. Probably because I didn't get the sound turned on for the first 15 seconds. Pretty happy you countered it with Grandaddy.

The only thing I know about Nebraska is that episode of South Park when they drove to Nebraska. The scenery went from the stock snow- and tree-covered mountains to flat brown haziness at the state line and the sign said "You are now in Nebraska …sorry."

Oh, look. Here it is (at 2:00). Way back in season 2. http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s02e16-merry-christmas-charlie-manson

Samus wrote:My only beef with the Nebraska is King County Carnival, or as they call it, the King Kounty Karnival.

Perhaps you're thinking of the Kass Kounty King Korn Karnival (KKKKK). There's no King County here in The Good Life. And we might seem a little slow compared to you fast-city-life urban folk, but we still have taste. Nobody would intentionally use the not invited acronym, and if they did there would be an uproar.

Samus wrote:My only beef with the Nebraska is King County Carnival, or as they call it, the King Kounty Karnival.

No longer. It is now known as The Plattsmouth Harvest Festival. You can always check out the Testicle Festival!

KalebMichaud wrote:A bit disappointing with the post, but glad that you get to feel superior. How's that working out for you?

It's going really well! Thanks!

Samus wrote:My only beef with the Nebraska is King County Carnival, or as they call it, the King Kounty Karnival. That isn't a mistake, they can spell. They're just that racist. THAT doesn't exist in any other Midwest (or Northern) state that I know of, and I've spent a lot of time in all of them.

The Big O is a great place though: home of the CWS, great riverwalk and a cozy place to get away from big cities like Chicago.

They finally changed the name recently...the not invited is history...and it was Korn not King btw. Now you just get the Harvest Karnival, not that changing the name changes some people's mentality.