More than forty years after the inauguration of the society of the spectacle, the changes have gone from qualitative to quantitative. Society does not become more stupid, instead it just creates more stupidities. Thus the only recent wrinkle on Rock is Classic Rock, the rock of repetition. It is not a matter of bad or good music. Rock is a pendulum where all social relations are balanced.
Rock leverages the entire society.
As Jim Morison sensed, the rock performer regains the power of the shaman. He or she knits passion and reason together in the tune. This means also that the most powerful spirits lurch within rock. Escaping them requires an exact understanding of the rock and roll system. Tribal dancers sway to a deafening and repetitive beat coming from a stage hundreds of feet away.