Soviet joke!

[Spiffor]

They seem to be pretty verbose against Pink Floyd (19). What do they say ?

[Saras]

What Kitschum said, previous page.

[Spiffor]

I didn't see that.

[Az]

BC

Julio Eglesias- Neo-Fascism?

ahh, 1985, the decay...

[Kidlicious]

What the hell were they thinking? Seriously, does anyone know what went through their heads?

[Saras]

--"Seriously, does anyone know what went through their heads?"



Marx, Engels & Lenin. You should watch out for sudden tinges of pain at the first sound of "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC

[Gangerolf]

methinks the ussr was a sick joke

[Saras]

It was funny by the 1980's. Sad, but also funny.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Pretty hilarious, although you could see why they didn't like a band with the name "B-52"

[Stefu]

Translate already!

[Saras]

OK.

1. Sex Pistols – punk, violence;
2. B-52’s - punk, violence;
3. Madness - punk, violence:
4. The Clash - punk, violence;
5. Stranglers - punk, violence;
6. KISS – Neofascism, punk, violence;
7. Crocus – violence, “strong personality cult”
8. Styx – Violence, vandalism;
9. Iron Maiden – Violence, religious superstition;
10. Judas Priest – anticommunism, racism
11. AC/DC – neofascism, violence;
12. Sparks Sparks – neofascism, racism
13. Black Sabbath – violence, religious superstition;
14. Alice Cooper – violence, vandalism;
15. Nazareth – violence, religious mysticism, sadism
16. Scorpions – violence;
17. Dschingis Khan – anticommunism, nationalism;
18. UFO – violence;
19. Pink Floyd (1983) – myths about Soviet foreign policy (aggression of the USSR in Afghanistan);
20. Talking Heads – myths about Soviet Military threat (GOOD one);
21. Perron – erotism;
22. Buchannan – erotism;
23. Originals – sex;
24. Donna Summer – erotism;
25. Tina Turner – sex;
26. Junior English (Reggae) – sex;
27. Canned Heat – homosexualism;
28. Manic Machine ? – erotism;
29. Ramones – punk;
30. Van Halen – anti-Soviet propaganda
31. Julio Iglesias – neofascism;
32. Yazoo – punk, violence;
33. Depeshe Mode ? – punk, violence;
34. Village People – violence;
35. 10CC – neofascism;
36. Stooges – violence
37. Boys – punk, violence
38. Blondie – punk, violence

[Stefu]

I think it's pretty rad that they accuse Village People of violence but not homosexualism

[Saras]

I tell you, this doc is hilarious, even if a fake.

[Gangerolf]

"17. Dschingis Khan – anticommunism, nationalism;"

moskau! moskau! that's one hell of a cool song!

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Kidicious
What the hell were they thinking? Seriously, does anyone know what went through their heads?

Pretty easy, they followed the good old party doctrine that all which doesn´t conform with the official party line has to be capitalist junk. Also consider that rock (esp. punk) and pop has a certain potential for opposition - rock is a lot about rebellion etc. In the eyes of those guys this was pure subversion - something the good people of the Soviet Union (and the entire Eastern block) must be save from.

For most of these countries there was a secondary reason to forbid western music, movies and books (not all, of course, a lot was still seen as "unpolitical" or even "progressive"): those had to be paid in hard currency, which was always a rare thing in communist economies.