Lyrics For Eye Of The Tiger

Luciano: Illinois, are you ready to rock?

Why doesn't Illinois rock?

It just doesn't. At least, not officially.

We have a state tree (white oak) and state insect (monarch butterfly) and state fish (blue gill). We even have a state dance (the square dance, which survives chiefly to embarrass junior-high students in P.E.) and a state fossil (The Tully Monster, which was a small, spineless fish and not monstrous at all).

This lackluster roster of state symbols came back to me the other day as I was piddling around the Internet and realized that some states have official rock songs. Yet Illinois does not.

Yes, Illinois has an official song, of the non-rock variety. It's called - get ready for shocking excitement here - "Illinois." It's horrid. I remember grade-school music classes, where we had to warble this dreary ballad. I spent less time trying to stay on key than I did trying to stay awake. The lyrics involve trees and prairies and leaves and - get this - "mellow tones." It's rather hard to get pumped about a state when its official song stresses its mellowness. Twice, even.

Other states kill Illinois in terms of better official songs. Georgia has "Georgia On My Mind," while Tennessee has "Rocky Top." And you might not find John Denver edgy or cool, but Colorado's state song of "Rocky Mountain High" is a relative face-melter compared to the tame lameness of "Illinois."

And unlike Illinois, some states are creative enough to have more than just one category of official song. For instance, New Mexico has five different designations, including official state cowboy song ("Under New Mexico Skies)," while Massachusetts' eight ditties include an official polka ("Say Hello to Someone From Massachusetts").

Don't get me wrong: Illinois doesn't need to grab an acoustic guitar or an accordion. We need amps and drums. We need an official rock song.

Only two states boast such distinctions. Ohio claims the moldy-oldie "Hang On, Sloopy," which has no real connection there except the Ohio State University marching band has played it since 1965.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma's rock pick is "Do You Realize??" - a fuzzy, clangy swatch of psychedelia by Oklahoma City alt-rockers The Flaming Lips.

Neither song is what you'd call real rock - not in the sense of rock 'n' roll in its truest roots as rebellious. And that's where Illinois should come in, with the nation's first true state rock song.

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