I know the songs (by people like Neil Young) which slag off Ohio, but I had never heard one which was actually nice about our State. Until now:

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They have a funny little song called Ohio which is kind of lovely (except the bit about the combine harvester!).
- Just thought others should know about it.

How do you reckon that "Ohio" slags off the state of Ohio? I just did a quick search to double-check the lyrics and don't see anything derogatory about Ohio, just about Nixon, who was from California. Are you sure you're not thinking of "Southern Man"? (Which doesn't point fingers at Ohioans, I know.)

If you want REAL Ohio-bashing, check out Alex Bevan's "Another Laugh On Cleveland Blues". Radio station CKLW (Detroit/Windsor -- remember THEM?) used to really bash Ohio, especially Ohio State during the college-football days with coach Woody Hayes; a certain impromptu ditty they would play would go: "Liquidate Ohio State/They're a do-nothing party school (etc., etc.)." And another bunch of Michiganians called Die Yoopers, best known on the 'Doctor Demento Show' for their song 'THE SECOND WEEK OF DEER CAMP', mention "terrorists from Ohio fishing for freshwater shark" in their follow-up song 'FISHING WITH FRED'. Fred, by the way, was a beagle.



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You're all (at least partially ) wrong!

"Ohio" was Neil Young's protest about the Kent State Shootings in 1971. And Nixon was mentioned.

"Southern Man" was a protest about southern white supremacists, specifically the KKK.

The group was DA Yoopers, not DIE. They are known as "MichiGANDERS", not "MichiGANIANS". I have lived in Michigan and know these as fact. Infact, I prefered MI to OH anyday. I will slag OH any minute, any day. And Da Yoopers, a reference to coming from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, or U.P. (hence "Yooper") are actually best known for "Da Turdy Point Buck" and "Grandpa got Run Over by a Beer, Truck", although the two you mentioned are also "popular", at least in MI.

GET YOUR FUCKING FACTS STRAIGHT!!

OK, OK, point taken. But thanks for clarifying.

By the by, Smoking Loon, I'm really sick of the unavailability of women here in Ohio. Is Michigan better in THAT respect, too?



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