06-03-2016, 04:27 PM
Lauren Johnson Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Lauren Johnson Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Not really. Swing was popular at the time. But I get your point and agree.
It was huge in the US, but was it a part of Soviet Russian life during WWII?
If not, then this is very curious.
Yes, it was not as big a part as in the UK but that music was representative of the time but well loved and supported in some parts of society. At one stage for a little while the US and USSR were on the same side.
http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blog...viet-union
http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/music/720/
http://patefon.knet.ru/kdf/main.html
Thanks for the info. Just shows how uninformed (misinformed?) about Russian culture I have been.
My pleasure. Not just you though. In your country (and mine and David's) there are whole industries devoted to keeping you and everyone else misinformed/uninformed about that place and time. And they also had rock and roll. Even had a rock and roller defector from the west. Went to live in East Germany.
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