He’s probably right to worry. It’s been said that rock and roll and bluejeans brought down the USSR, at least in a cultural sense.
He’s worried
“He’s probably right to worry. It’s been said that rock and roll and bluejeans brought down the USSR, at least in a cultural sense.”
The contrast with China is an interesting one. The CCP is perfectly happy for K-Pop, Marvel movies, and blue jeans to thrive.
They have learned lessons from the USSR, and that does make them a more difficult opponent.
I'm not LS's manager nor do I play one on TV, but I would encourage you to check out Rockin' the Wall.
It is the compelling story of rock and roll's part in bringing down the Berlin Wall and smashing the Iron Curtain. Told from the perspective of rockers who played at the time, on both sides of the Wall, and from survivors of the communist regimes who recalled the lifeline that rock music provided them...(t)he message that emerges is that music is a force of liberation, and in a society like America's, where it is seldom - if ever – truly suppressed, music failed to ignite a social revolution. Behind the Iron Curtain, where the mere act of expressing one's individuality constituted a potential act of revolution, music provided the key thread upon which the anti-communist struggle gained ground.
Smart people in South Korea should start broadcasting K-Pop (and maybe Cactus et al for good taste) on shortwave into NK.