The Dr Johnson I'm referring to is the Englishman who compiled one of if not the first Dictionaries of the English Language. And I missed the point I was trying to make--second round now.

I have done the same 'exercise' with over thirty English classes over the years. There are now about 750 kids--some adult now--who will at least give music and songs a chance, even if at first hearing they "don't like it." As Seeger said (at least I think it was Seeger), "If one and one and one make a million"). Many of my students have been able to 'get over' the "but I don't like it" syndrome. That's a good thing, IMO. They taught me in turn to at least give things a listen with music that they choose for me to hear, a serious listen, and then if I don't care for it, hey, I tried. Seems like good advice to me.

Bruce M