Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Rock (Blister)

Editorial Reviews
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Schoolhouse Rock owns the bragging rights to being the hippest musical vehicle to elementary education. Grammar Rock is a particularly compelling volume, bringing jazz vocal legend Bob Dorough to the lyrical table, untangling the secrets of the English language in a way that's both entertaining and instructive. The music is never less than humorously beguiling, comfortable in its simplicity and yet unafraid to dance outside the lines. Yes, the music sounds a tad manufactured, but this is the soundtrack for Generation X's early education. And, yes, this is a short CD--clocking in at 27 minutes--but it's not about length, it's about ideas. --Andrew Bartlett --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Schoolhouse Rocky
Unpack Your Adjectives
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here
Conjunction Junction
Interjections !
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
Verb: That's What's Happening
A Noun Is a Person, Place Or Thing
Busy Prepositions
The Tale Of Mr. Morton

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Schoolhouse Rock owns the bragging rights to being the hippest musical vehicle to elementary education. Grammar Rock is a particularly compelling volume, bringing jazz vocal legend Bob Dorough to the lyrical table, untangling the secrets of the English language in a way that's both entertaining and instructive. The music is never less than humorously beguiling, comfortable in its simplicity and yet unafraid to dance outside the lines. Yes, the music sounds a tad manufactured, but this is the soundtrack for Generation X's early education. And, yes, this is a short CD--clocking in at 27 minutes--but it's not about length, it's about ideas. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

most excellent.......2004-06-16

this stuff still kicks my ass 30 years later. i grew up on these songs and was amazed a few years back when i heard them again - they are great!

a couple of notes: 'busy prepositions' and 'mr. morton' are recent LAME additions to this collection. it might be the original artists, but the new stuff don't work. why tarnish the perfect collection from way back when?

buy the cd anyway. the original songs are incredible.

also: whoever is posting "reviews" for all of these cds that are actually plugs for "scripture rock", you suck.

Hey, Kids! Learns the rules of grammar while having fun!.......2004-01-26

When it comes to the rules of grammar I know the difference between an independent and a dependent clause and that is about it. If you want to talk about the building blocks of sentences I really do not even know the basics (you only had to go up and diagram sentences on the board if you were not putting them together directly and I was reading books all the time and sort of picked up correct sentence structure by osmosis, so I know how to fix sentences even if I am totally incapable of explaining the rules). Anyhow, the point of this meandering down memory lane is simply to state the obvious: Here are the basics. Learn that "A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing," "Unpack Your Adjectives," and take a ride down to "Conjunction Junction." Also included are "Verb: That's What's Happening," "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Adverbs Here," "Interjections," and the immortal "Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla" (no excuses if you do not know that last one is about pronouns).

"Schoolhouse Rock" was created in the 1970s, when an advertising executive noticed his son was having trouble memorizing his multiplication tables but knew all the words to rock songs on the radio. The marriage of pop music with information spawned a series of three-minute cartoons on government, history, grammar, science, and math that aired on ABC television from 1973 to 1985. This CD presents all of the "Grammar Rock" lessons, which are still pretty good even without the cartoons (but having the video of the cartoons is better). As long as the rules of grammar do not change (and they look like they are pretty much engraved in, uh, rock) then these ten mini-lessons are going to be useful to teachers and students alike.

A "35" year old child!!.......2003-02-17

School House Rock is etched in my brain. These are tools I wish to share in the future with my kids. Saturday mornings in the 70's & 80's were fun as well as educational. I found myself looking forward to the breaks in-between cartoons to sing along with School House Rock. This series was especially helpful during tests. I would replay the jingles in my mind to help me to answer problems correctly!!

Great Grammar learning tool! It worked for me!.......2002-07-19

Not much can compare with Schoolhouse rock for education and this is an excellent grammar collection.
Also check out the recent S c r i p t u r e R o c k for an updated take on Schoolhouse Rock, if you're into the Bible.

Great way to internalize these concepts.......2002-01-18

Grammar Rock has some really good songs to remember the parts of speech and how to use them correctly. I think some adults would do well to be reminded, too, and these songs are clever enough for all ages.

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