I can hardly think of any popular music of the rock era that will be listened to as long as the classics. And I mean the real classics, now, the Mozarts, Beethovens, Bachs. At best Sinatra (yes, I realize he’s anchored in a previous era), Elvis, the Beatles, and Michael Jackson. But this is an unfair comparison. It’s like setting DaVinci beside doddles in a magazine ad. Classical music is high art, though often with great popular appeal. Rock and roll is all popular appeal.
Lol. You have an educated palate. There really ARE people who think that THEIR genre of pop music is the best music ever. Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner, Bach and such put them to sleep. They couldn't FATHOM music that puts them to sleep as CLASSIC a la da Vinci.
So, YES, the comparison is fair because people HAVE to figure out SOMEDAY what "classic" really means...not "classic rock" either. Folks OUGHT to know what "high art" really is.
My 2 cents.