Rattle Our Bones Loose

“Solomon’s taste was refined — he obtained talented musicians. Our tastes are not as refined — we obtain car stereo systems which can rattle our bones loose with a thumping bass. But in either case, meaning and purpose are not an acoustical matter. Someone with refined sensibilities may sniff at the mindlessness of pop music, and the kid who thrives on the stuff may roll his adolescent eyes at the very thought of highbrow music. But all of it is useless, slip sliding away” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 29).