Music in the 1970s

In the 1970s there was an influx of Western cultural products that emerged in the Soviet Union due to the state easing the restrictions on Western cultural imports detente. This was essential to the growth of a youth counterculture that emerged, rejecting state endorsed media for Western alternatives. Music groups such as the Beatles and US and British Rock bands were gaining intense popularity among the Soviet youth and the state feared that this was a threat to the Soviet message and ideology. As a means of trying to control this they produced a number of Soviet versions of Western songs. An example of this is a cover of the Beatle's classic "Let it be" produced by Kremlin approved artists. The original version was released in the Soviet Union in 1972, the first of any Beatles songs. The tune remained but the lyrics were changed, the state altering any potential message the original emitted. 

The Kremlin's policy soon changed with how unsuccessful this method was, Western music still increasing in popularity. The state produced a comprehensive list of the banned music with the associated justification. 'Foreign Musical Groups and Artists Whose Repertoires Contain Ideologically Harmful Compositions':

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