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.GOOD MORNING 613 13 BACK ON 13 SUNRISE IN NEW THIS MORNING THERE'S A COURSE AT INDIANA
UNIVERSITY THAT'S REALLY
STRIKING A CHORD WITH STUDENTS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE CLASS ROCKS
LITERALLY. NOW THE TEACHER IS
OFFERING UP HIS KNOWLEDGE TO
EVEN MORE HOOSIERS. CARLOS HAS
THAT STORY FOR US AND YOU SAY
HE'S ACTUALLY HELPING PEOPLE
GET DEGREES IN ROCK AND ROLL
CARLOS AND IN THE IMMORTAL
WORDS AND TWISTED SISTERS DEE
SNIDER. I WANT TO ROCK. YEAH. I
WANT TO ROCK. EXACTLY. LISTEN.
ANYWAY, SO HERE'S THE THING.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT CLASS THAT
ANDY HOLLAND HAS BEEN TEACHING
FOR OVER 30 YEARS. IN FACT HE'S
STARTED TEACHING HIS CLASS BACK
IN THE FALL OF 1989, WHICH JUST
SO HAPPENS TO BE MY FRESHMAN
YEAR AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. SO
I'VE KNOWN THE GUY FOR LIKE YOU
KNOW, I'VE KNOWN OF HIM FOR
LIKE 30 YEARS BECAUSE WHEN I
WAS A FRESHMAN I THINK THIS
GUY'S TEACHER THE ROCK AND
ROLL. THAT'S AMAZING. SO THAT'S
NOT NEW. THE NEW THING IS HE'S
ACTUALLY GONNA BE TEACHING ONE
OF HIS CLASSES, ONE OF HIS
GUEST LECTURERS, IF YOU WILL.
TOMORROW NIGHT ON FACEBOOK.
MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND. BUT I
JUST HAD TO GO DOWN TO IU AND
TALK TO THE MAN THE MYTH THE
LEGEND KNOWN AS THE ROCK AND
ROLL PROFESSOR. SO DO I CALL
YOU ANDY OR DO I CALL YOU THE
ROCK AND ROLL PROFESSOR? YOU
SHOULD CALL ME ANDY BOY FOUND A
LITTLE CORNY WHEN PEOPLE
INTRODUCED ME AS PROFESSOR. IF
I PLAY A GIG THEY'LL SAY I'M
HERE ON PIANO. THE PROFESSOR
I'M LIKE NO, NO. HOW UNUSUAL IS
IT FOR YOU TO BE TEACHING ROCK
AND ROLL FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS
AT IU? IT'S A VERY UNIQUE
POSITION I FIND MYSELF IN. I'LL
ADMIT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY I
REMEMBER HEARING ON THE RADIO
SOMEBODY WAS SAYING SOMEDAY
THEY'RE GONNA TEACH THE BEATLES
IN COLLEGES JUST LIKE THEY
TEACH BEETHOVEN. AND AS A
LITTLE KID I THOUGHT THAT'LL BE
THE DAY. AND LITTLE DID I KNOW
I WOULD BE THAT GUY LEWIS THE
ARTIST CLASSES THAT YOU TAUGHT
AT OUTCUE OVER THE YEAR. I
TEACH A COURSE ON THE HISTORY
OF THE BLUES WHICH I CONSIDER
ROCK AND ROLL PART 1 REALLY
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THREE
SEMESTERS THAT COVER THE 50S UP
TO THE BRITISH INVASION THEN
ANOTHER COURSE THAT COVERS THE
CLASSIC 60S STUFF. AND THEN
OF COURSE THAT COVERS THE 70S
AND 80S AND BEYOND. AND ON TOP
OF THAT WE HAVE ARTISTS
SPECIFIC COURSES. THERE'S A
COURSE ON THE MUSIC OF THE
BEATLES. THERE'S A COURSE ON
THE MUSIC FRANK ZAPPA COURSE ON
JIMI HENDRIX, OF COURSE ON THE
BEACH BOYS AND THERE'S
OF COURSE ON BOB DYLAN RECENTLY
I SUGGESTED THAT WE DEVELOP A
COURSE ON THE HISTORY OF PUNK
ROCK. SO NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE
HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK CLASH.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY
WHO SAYS ROCK AND ROLL HAS NO
PLACE BEING TAUGHT AT INDIANA
UNIVERSITY? WELL, ANYTIME
ANYTHING NEW COMES ALONG. AND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE STILL
KIND OF CONSIDER THIS A NEW
CONCEPT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A
CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
WHO GRUMBLE ABOUT IT AND
BELLYACHE ABOUT AND FIGHT
PROGRESS. I GREW UP IN AN ERA
WHERE THAT WAS MY NATIVE
TONGUE. MY BIG BROTHER BOUGHT
JIMI HENDRIX'S FIRST ALBUM WHEN
IT CAME OUT IN 1967. AND I'VE
BEEN A JIMI HENDRIX FAN EVER
SINCE AND NOW I TEACH A COURSE
ON HIM AFTER HAVING GONE TO
MUSIC SCHOOL AND GOT A
BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S IN
MUSIC. I'VE STUDIED ALL THE
GREAT WORDS AND NO ONE HAS YET
CONVINCED ME THAT THE MUSIC
THAT I LOVE ISN'T AS VALUABLE
AS THE MUSIC THAT HAS
TRADITIONALLY BEEN TAUGHT.
WHAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT ROCK N
ROLL GIVES US THAT NEEDS? I
THINK THE GREATEST MESSAGE IS
THAT IT'S VERY AMERICAN MUSIC
AND THAT WE SHOULD BE QUITE
PROUD OF WHETHER IT BE LIKE
BLUES JAZZ RB ROCK N ROLL, SOUL
FUNK HIP HOP POP. THAT'S THE
STUFF THEY LOOK TO AMERICA FOR.
AND CONSIDER THIS A BIT OF A
GOLDEN AGE. WHAT RESPONSE DO
YOU GET FROM STUDENTS? A LOT
OF STUDENTS COME INTO IU NOW AS
FRESHMEN AND THEY HAVE NO
REASON REALLY TO EVER HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED TO A LOT OF WHAT I
CONSIDERED THE BEST MUSIC WE'VE
EVER CREATED . BUT THEY'RE VERY
OPEN TO I GET A LOT REPEAT
CUSTOMERS. AND IN ORDER TO
REWARD THESE KIDS WHO'VE TAKEN
THE ENTIRE SERIES WE'VE NOW
CREATED A CERTIFICATE IN THE
HISTORY OF ROCK AND. SO YOU CAN
GRADUATE WITH YOUR DEGREE,
WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND IN
ADDITION EARNED A CERTIFICATE
IN ROCK N ROLL HISTORY SO YOU
CAN GET KIND OF A DIPLOMA AND
OH YEAH IT'S GOT COOL MIS
WRITTEN ALL OVER AND HE'S GOT
COOL IS WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM.
ANDY HOLIDAY AT THE ROCK N ROLL
PROFESSOR AND SO I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE YOU GOT TO TUNE IN
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. ON
FACEBOOK LIVE. WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE THE LINK TO THE FACEBOOK
PAGE AT WGBH, OUR DOT COM. BUT
GUYS, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT
ARE LINED UP AROUND THE BLOCK
TRYING TO GET INTO HIS CLASS.
THEY CAN'T DO IT OUTCUE BECAUSE
HE'S SO POPULAR SO TOMORROW
NIGHT IS YOUR CHANCE. WHETHER
YOU'RE AN IDEAL STUDENT OR NOT
TO ACTUALLY HEAR HIS KNOWLEDGE,
HIS MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE AS FAR AS
ROCK AND ROLL GOES ON FACEBOOK
LIVE BEN JULIA. BY FAR ONE
OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING
INTERVIEWS I HAVE EVER DONE. HE
WAS GREAT YESTERDAY ON THE
CAMPUS. I LOVE THAT HE'S
SHAKING THINGS UP, CARLOS. AND
THIS IS WHERE THOSE CLASSES
WHERE WHEN YOU ASK YOU KNOW,
YOUR PARENTS DOWN THE LIKE
WHICH TAKING COLLEGE AND
THEY'RE LIKE YEAH, I STUDIED
THAT KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.
BUT MY FAVORITE CLASS WAS ROCK
AND ROLL HISTORY. EXACTLY. AND
YOU KNOW THAT DOCTOR HE'S GOT
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT HIS MEDICAL
DEGREE AND HE'S GOT THAT RIGHT
NEXT TO THE ROCK AND ROLL THE.
I WILL SAY THIS REAL QUICKLY. I
TOOK A CLASS IN 7TH GRADE ON
THE BEATLES. IT'S LIKE WELL AT
LEAST THEY GOT THE BEATLES FOR
A WEEK. EVER SINCE THEN I'VE
BEEN THE BIGGEST BEATLES FAN.
SO THESE CLASSES DO MAKE A
PROFOUND IMPACT ON KIDS. OH
YEAH.