What is "Classic Rock?"

Greil Marcus answers this question. “Dear Greil: I have two 17-year-old students working on a podcast, trying to understand what ‘Classic Rock’ is. Is it ‘white-guy music?’ Is it just marketing? Is it just rock and roll? Who decides what is and isn’t?” Classic Rock is what you said: Marketing and White-Guy Music. It’s a strategic concept meant to enforce a narrow worldview and shrink an historical…