FARK.com: (2138041) Newly revealed list of banned rock groups in USSR includes The Clash for punk and violence, Julio Iglesias for neo-fascism, and Pink Floyd for distortion of Soviet foreign policy

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		Newly revealed list of banned rock groups in USSR includes The Clash for punk and violence, Julio Iglesias for neo-fascism, and Pink Floyd for distortion of Soviet foreign policy (news.scotsman.com)		112
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SilentStrider		2006-06-25 03:14:21 PM

wow, and it hought the USSR fragmented in the late '80's. Who knew it was back together!

eden express		2006-06-25 03:29:03 PM

If it is the late 80s, can I undo some of the mistakes I made in 1988?

jbc		2006-06-25 03:35:25 PM

wow, and it hought the USSR fragmented in the late '80's. Who knew it was back together!

No, you're thinking of the Pretenders.

First Post		2006-06-25 03:58:14 PM

But you can still jam to Gorky Park, and Ill Mitch.

I have two side; one happy, one anger

RobbieFal		2006-06-25 05:11:04 PM

No Talking Heads?

BOOOOO!

BXRWXR		2006-06-25 06:44:31 PM

You don't know how lucky you are...

12inpianist		2006-06-25 06:44:40 PM

FTH:Pink Floyd for distortion of Soviet foreign policy

That's not the only thing Pink Floyd distorts.

I'm thinking life in general....

emjaymj		2006-06-25 06:45:03 PM

Half the people in this thread are idiots. I didn't even have to read the article to know this was an old list. It wouldn't say a newly REVEALED list if it wasn't old.

totalsecurity		2006-06-25 06:46:05 PM

They were banned.

See, the U.S.S.R., oh never mind.

the_sneak		2006-06-25 06:46:46 PM

In the former communist Russia, banned music listens to YOU!

/2nd try
//still got nuthin'

Electric Blanket-Mobile		2006-06-25 06:47:38 PM

Huh, I guess they filter things when you go to that Soviet place too.

the_sneak		2006-06-25 06:48:22 PM

Yup, who knew?

Fluid		2006-06-25 06:49:23 PM

I like the fact that in the west The Clash were popular with the people on the left, but they were banned in the USSR for being "punk". :D

portscanner		2006-06-25 06:50:35 PM

You're just another brick in the wall

nnobodyman		2006-06-25 06:50:38 PM

Obligatory "No Stevie Ray Vaughan?!" comment in 3....2....1...

Major Thomb		2006-06-25 06:51:06 PM

Was the singing ass hole an insult to Stalin or something?

TheSilverOne		2006-06-25 06:51:29 PM

The Village People were considered violent? You'd think with the song "Sex Over the Phone" they'd be considered sexual.

/sex SEX over the phone

mandib		2006-06-25 06:57:44 PM

SilentStrider

wow, and it hought the USSR fragmented in the late '80's. Who knew it was back together!

Oh it was bound to happen.

They've all had their battles with drugs...been to rehab for alcohol. Choked their girlfriends in a drunken stupor and fathered bastard children with too many women to count..

..but they had to keep the rock alive..

/I'm glad they are back together...
//brings a tear to my eye...

Azu		2006-06-25 06:57:58 PM

EVEN THE USSR THINKS THE CLASH ARE PUNK.

The Clash aren't a farking punk band.

Moloth		2006-06-25 06:58:39 PM

lol, Communism

skinink		2006-06-25 06:59:32 PM

Is it too late to have Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan retroactively banned ?

PC LOAD LETTER		2006-06-25 07:00:28 PM

Azu: The Clash aren't a farking punk band.

They moved onto other things. As did most punk bands at some point.

You have to be retarded to not think that The Clash (the album) wasn't punk.

Parasitic_Spin		2006-06-25 07:00:35 PM

I support any ban on Bon Jovi, in any timeframe.

Gosling		2006-06-25 07:01:30 PM

So... do I need education or not?

Beerden		2006-06-25 07:02:09 PM

The new U.S.S.R has dropped the 'S' and the 'R' and replaced them with an 'A'. It's shorter and easier to say.

Big Al		2006-06-25 07:02:33 PM

USSR... or the US ruled by the American Taliban? Discuss

SpoonPlz		2006-06-25 07:03:33 PM

I remember reading that the Clash were banned in East Germany, too.

FlashHarry		2006-06-25 07:07:46 PM

Meanwhile, a Clear Channel exec, fresh from fellating the ~~Vice~~ Co-President, wipes his mouth and says, "Hmm... that's not a bad idea."

Disdainful		2006-06-25 07:09:22 PM

Banning Black Sabbath? Glass parking lot.

Axana		2006-06-25 07:12:14 PM

"The Village People were deemed 'violent'"

...LOL

Bad_Seed		2006-06-25 07:13:15 PM

Moskow is calling...

Combat Medici		2006-06-25 07:14:15 PM

"Moscow will march to France/They'll do the can-can dance/Don't worry, it'll work out/Maxine's will throw them out." I'm sure that's what put the Mael brothers on the list. It's all politics, you know. And cold beer and pretzels takes care of cancer.

AbnerJenkins		2006-06-25 07:16:18 PM

I enjoy the punk rock but I'm not a big fan of the "those guys aren't punk crowd."

I think we can do without derelict hipsters telling us what is and isn't punk.

maxx2112		2006-06-25 07:17:09 PM

::sigh::

Rush can't get no lovin' even from the Russians.

/Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand . . .

Pair-o-Dice		2006-06-25 07:17:36 PM

No Floyd??? goddam commies

Evil		2006-06-25 07:18:54 PM

I see were in the middle of "Short Story Sunday."

Remember when headlines were pithy?

Major Thomb		2006-06-25 07:24:17 PM

Early concept drawing for the movie:

sv1.randomcrap.net

BizarreRecords		2006-06-25 07:26:49 PM

Azu: The Clash aren't a farking punk band.

Believe it or not, the Clash existed before "Rock the Casbah"...

GavinTheAlmighty		2006-06-25 07:34:28 PM

Can we ban the Clash for sucking?

GypsyJoker		2006-06-25 07:36:18 PM

Coming soon to a North America near you...?

GypsyJoker		2006-06-25 07:36:54 PM

Coming soon to a North America near you...?

/wonder if FARK is on the list of banned websites in China

AbnerJenkins		2006-06-25 07:38:16 PM

Gavin,

What is it, crazy opposite day?

The Clash rock most righteously.

DeusExFelis		2006-06-25 07:52:01 PM

The Clash aren't a farking punk band.
oh, this is going to piss you off:
elvis costello and the attractions was a punk band

/you heard me
//listen to radio radio and tell me thats not punk

herne		2006-06-25 07:54:42 PM

Azu: The Clash aren't a farking punk band.

He is clearly arguing they are in fact THE farking punk band aka 'the only band that really matters'. If not he would be a twit.

Holly_Wight		2006-06-25 07:55:19 PM

The Clash aren't a farking punk band.

Yeah? So what's punk to you? Green Day?

Uhhh. No.

Bands change. The Clash was quite definitely punk if you were around in the early days. Siouxsie and the Banshees were punk, as were The Cure in their first few albums.

Anything made after 1990 is NOT punk.

plutonium238		2006-06-25 07:56:39 PM

maxx2112: They dont know what they are missing.
\middle name is Geddy (Dad had rockers syndrome)
\\Understandable why they dont want all thier citizens shaving eyebrows and all

herne		2006-06-25 07:57:57 PM

Holly_Wight: Anything made after 1990 is NOT punk.

Bit of an arbitrary line. In the 80s we were saying that about anything after about 85. Sadly mostly true. Personally this old bastard thinks Green Day is slightly 'Stiff Little Clash' but better then most of the skater garbage.

Major Thomb		2006-06-25 07:58:54 PM

GypsyJoker: Coming soon to a North America near you...?

I kind of doubt Canada is going to ban Pink Floyd of the Clash.

Azu		2006-06-25 08:02:46 PM

Yay I pissed of Fark :D

You have to be retarded to not think that The Clash (the album) wasn't punk.

Maybe. Maybe they are. On that album. I will warrant you a maybe.

I think we can do without derelict hipsters telling us what is and isn't punk.

Ok. You can do without it then. But the Clash isn't punk.