Rock'n'roll

Bob Dylan interview book. A Rolling Stone interview from 1986 about rock'n'roll not being viable anymore. That it was on the outside--listened to by kids who were on the outside... who weren't 'in.' But now rock'n'roll is the norm. Politicians use rock'n'roll songs for campaign themes and corporations use them to sell things. It's not rock'n'roll anymore. It's not outside anymore.

Can't we say that about the Church?

He said that no one wants to hear rock'n'roll that's outside (and, so, still able to strip the lies from the mythology we've created), so the music becomes just an extension of where we are. An uncritical reflection of the world.

In part this is because being outrageous--transgressing--which at one time was a means to an end, is now okay--the NORM even. The expectation. Transgression no longer serves the greater purpose of truth-telling, but is it's own end... it's own purpose. And not just about heavy political issues, but about life, work, sex, love, etc.

Again--hasn't this happened to the Church, too?