We tried Rock ‘n’ Roll Quotes with my news writing class this week, an exercise in notetaking stolen from David Swartzlander at Doane College.

Played some tunes in class and asked students to write down the lyrics. Started fairly slowly with a ballad. The kids got a fair amount.

Shifted to mid-tempo. Notetaking was much slower.

When I hit Subterranean Home Sick Blues at the end of the exercise, I could hear the pens drop on the desks.

Bwahahaha.