We compensated for the situation by switching the radio to a talk station when you left your car because you knew there were "monitors" who would peek in your car and decide if you were listening to rock stations -- making tapes of tapes, sharing headsets. We called ourselves the "underground." You figured out who was "cool" and who wasn't by talking in "tune" - quoting lyrics or whistling a a couple of bars to see who made positive eye contact. There were "spies" sent mingle and turn states evidence. We perfected disinformation and plausible deniability.
Why did they forbid rock? In part because the line was that Communists were infiltrating America with rock for the purpose of corrupting youth. The idea sold well among the JBSers at the time the slogan "Will you be free in '73?" was all the rage.
That said I did not see the Ukranian person who presumably came to Christ as an outcome of watching Jesus Christ Superstar in the video (the thing I really wanted to see) about which you spoke. Is is possible this is something that appears only in your book, but not on the video?
FReegards!
