Sometimes I wonder what people were thinking at the time, especially the Russian political leaders. It only seems logical that with the increased flow of Western goods into the bloc that the people would soon crave democracy and communism would fall. Were they that desperate to keep public support, or had they resigned themselves to the fact that their rule was coming to an end?
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Comment on Behind the Iron Curtain: Western Music and the Soviet Collapse by ryandellinger
Curious that the Russians would blacklist entire bands instead of individual songs… Not all of AC/DC is violence and neofascism, and not all of Tina Turner’s songs are about sex. I wonder if this is still an attempt to control what people listen to but in a roundabout, indirect manner.