was one thing to follow pop music as it unfolded in real time—that just felt empty in comparison, as ephemeral as yesterday’s papers. But classic rock told ancient fables about the highs and lows of success, the excitement and danger of sex, the intoxication and degradation of drugs, and the myriad paths to enlightenment and eternal damnation. It was an awe-inspiring universe loaded with stories that had a beginning, middle, and end, just waiting to be explored.
