I actually like a lot of classic rock (yes even Hotel California, that solo kicks ass) but there is a lot of bad classic rock too. What do you think the worst classic rock song is? What is the most overrated band or artist? I think Supertramp is mid at best, but Bob Seeger is truly dreadful.
We’re ten years further away from the founding of Nirvana in 1987 than Nirvana’s founding was from that of the Beatles in 1960.
This argument really depends on if we define classic rock as “older stuff” along a rolling timeline, like classic cars, or if it describes a distinct era in cultural history, like classicism.
The only one that has any utility as definition is the latter imo. What’s the use of having a label for any rock act older than some arbitrary date?
I made that same argument about how retro games should be defined as games made before the advert of 3d when arcades were the dominant gaming platform, but people just want a term for “old games” without saying “old games.”
You were right, never back down