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Originally Posted by bad manners
Where did you take this document? I'm asking because it does not look genuine.
It is not my scan. I've just found it in the Internet. Maybe a year ago or so. And it may by a reprint, which doesn't change anything.
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For example, I do not believe they would use the word "punk" verbatim. It might have been used by the fans of the "Sex Pistols", but hardly by the старшие товарищи из ЦК (who must have approved such documents).
Not necessarily. It is ВЛКСМ's internal document, not so important to bother ЦК. And I remember using the word панк in the 80s perfectly, as many other words like that. For example, try to get the videotapes of Музыкальный ринг of the mid-80s, they are available. I've seen ones with Курехин and Аквариум just a couple of months ago. Looks funny nowadays :)
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Another example is "Pink Floyd (1983)", what does "1983" mean here? The year when this "ensemble" became particularly anti-Soviet?
Exactly, the year of 'The Final Cut' release with the verse about Brezhnev. Of course, they couldn't 'ban' all Pink Floyd as it was always regarded as anti-war, anti-fascist band; and just too famous. So they settled on one particular album.
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And, as correctly noticed by Scorpio, the document is inconsistent in its use of "sex" and "eroticism". Actually both words strike me as completely alien to the official Russian language of that time; it would most likely have used something like "половая распущенность".
This document is obviously not as 'official' as you may think. Just a current internal paper, not for public release. And I think комсомольцы can be forgiven for inconsistency :)
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The biggest problem with that document, though, is that it does not appear to be written with a typical typewriter of the 80's.
Typewriter?? You're kidding?
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Its font is not monospace but proportional (and looks very much like "Times", the default in MS Word)
It is not Times New Roman, that's for sure. But it looks very much like common typographic font. Of course it is not a typewriter. I believe ВЛКСМ could afford a printing office for itself ;)
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Lastly, you misinterpret the document. It does not ban anything.
No, I don't. I didn't say it 'bans' something. Of course, it just 'doesn't recommend'. Which means, actually, that this 'recommendation' would be enforced on all venues under ВЛКСМ's control.
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You were free to listen to whatever you liked at home (if you were not a member of it).
Of course.