[78-L] Odeon acoustic beauty

[Kristjan Saag]

Bob Rice wrote:

> I'm sure not much from the Talaban? Imagine, HORRORS!, living in a non 
> music world?
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You have a point there, Bob. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan actually 
banned all music, except unaccompanied Taliban songs. Instruments were 
destroyed, music archives also.
But what other musical bans do we know of?
Just the other day I heard that cool jazz, together with rock music, was 
forbidden in Hungary a few years in the 1950's, being regarded as decadent. 
Bop and swing, apparently, was OK.
And in today's paper I read that the use of drums was forbidden in Swedish 
music in the 17th century, except for military music. Ethnic music had to do 
without. Which, according to the author of the article, actually had the 
good effect that Swedish folk music lacks marked rhythmical patterns, but 
has developed other, more elaborate ways to make it swing.
Jojk (the traditional Sami song) has been forbidden in Sweden and Norway, 
due to its  heretic, that is, non-Christian, roots. Etc.
Weren't The Beatles banned by radio stations in the US Bible Belt in 1966?
They were in South African radio 1966-1971, for sure.
More bans, anyone?
Kristjan