Song fight isn’t rocking Flaming Lips’ world

 
BY GENE TRIPLETT
Published: April 25, 2009

Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne said state House members who rejected his band’s tune as official state rock song represented a minority of "small-minded religious wackos” unmindful of the rights of the "rational, reasonable” Oklahomans.

Coyne also praised Gov. Brad Henry as "very cool” for stepping in and announcing he would issue an executive order to declare "Do...


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