It's only rock and roll

It always bemuses me when people apply literary and art critical techniques to rock and roll. I like the music, but it just doesn't seem serious enough to devote that kind of thought and energy to it. Of course, there really aren't any really meaningful critical methods anymore, since studying people's biographies and the opinions of others and even the political and social impact (search for "Zimmerman") of someone's work doesn't really tell you much about its quality.

I've grown up with rock music, and I enjoy it, but I've never been under the illusion that it means much more than being a teenager.