When I started this course, I didn't think I would learn as much as I did. Last night my wife and I were watching "The Voice" and someone was singing "I'll Be There." I told her it was a Jackson 5 song. She disagreed with me and told me that Mariah Carey sang that song. I looked it up and we were both right. I then told him that I was more right because the Jackson 5 had sung it first. This got me thinking about this class and how I find myself thinking about the history of songs every time I hear them on the radio or in a movie. When I started reading, the chapters in the manual confused me as to the hows and whys of certain songs. are considered rock and roll. It's easy for me to understand why Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" is classified as rock and roll. The 2-bar blues-derived guitar riff at the beginning draws you into the song. Then they hit you with the drums and vocals and you're hooked. What I didn't understand was why bands like Culture Club and their song "Karma Chameleon" would be studied in a rock class....