As the "campus folk" movement was spreading through Taiwan, Lim would place a songbook in his school desk drawer and secretively hum the songs as his teacher lectured. He made his way from folk songs like "Cotton Tree Way" and "A Breeze from the Past" through songs by Western artists like the Village People, ABBA, and the Bee Gees.
當時恰是校園民歌的全盛時期，老師在台前上課，他就在抽屜放著歌本偷偷哼唱，從「木棉道」、「微風往事」等民歌，一路進階到 YMCA、Abba、Bee Gees 等西洋樂團的歌曲。