Posted on 06/03/2014 7:56:46 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Did you ever want to see AC/DC, The B-52′s, Pink Floyd, Donna Summer, The Village People, and Julio Iglesias in the same place? Well then, you can either read my dream journal or check out this list of Western music banned on Soviet radio stations. The list was titled The approximate list of foreign musical groups and artists whose repertoires contain ideologically harmful compositions (catchy title) and was distributed to Communist Party officials in January of 1985. We like how they call it an approximate list. Everything in the USSR was so slapdash.
(Excerpt) Read more at uproxx.com ...
OK. I get it. Their shorts are starched a bit too much but I had to burst out laughing when the name of Donna Summer came up...and then Julio Iglesias........come on!!!
Banned for anti-magnetism
Angel Baby--Rosie & the Originals (1960)
I see that Tipper Gore has found work.
The Stranglers or the Strangers?
Yazoo or Jazoo?
Sparks or Sparks Sparks?
PS I see that Lee Greenwood is so far NOT on the "Not Recommended" list.
I just knew “Hot for Teacher” was code for “Destroy the Soviets!”
“They took to the stage in a manner resembling the actions of Genghis Khan...”
Considering that Roger Waters is a full-blown Commie, the exclusion of Pink Floyd is head-scratching.
OUCH!!!! ;-}
“And Rush isn’t on the list. The Canadian rock group, not the talk-show scion. Aren’t they kind of anti-communist?”
Maybe the Politburo thought they were literally singing about trees...
Communists are quite the judgmental old fuddy-duddies when it comes to their own country. It’s just their external enemies that they seek to destroy with licentiousness and degraded art.
People forget that, on both the left and the right.
The Beatles and a lot of other rock and roll was banned because the music (not the message) was too “rebellious” for those wanting clockwork oranges to dress drab and be cogs in the Soviet machine.
For decades illicit recordings were bootlegged onto thin plastic (old x-rays for example).
“Jazz” music was “acceptable” so even Frank Zappa’s albums could “pass” as something other than rock and roll. There are also some good recordings of Polish “funk”.
The Commies banned the Village People for “violence”. LOL.
Top Cambodian pop singers were executed in the 60s.
The Village People raped my ears on tv and radio as a yute.
Disco may not be “dead” but at least it is marginalized. Back in the day, it was pumped into the background sounds of many tv shows, commercials, and public space.
I can understand Madness being banned.
“Our House” - Promotes private ownership. Houses belong to the State.
Tends to be the fate of the avant garde in all of their revolutions. Malcontents and corrosive change agents suddenly become undesirable.
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