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.
It's not even their riff. It's from a jazz song by a band that John Lord briefly toured with before joining Deep Purple.
The lyrics were also written in about 10 minutes because they needed one last filler track for the Machine Head album.