The Phenomenon of «The Beatles» in the Soviet Information and Propagandist Policy (1964–1970)
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Bokarev V.V. The Phenomenon of «The Beatles» in the Soviet Information and Propagandist Policy (1964–1970). Vlast’ (The Authority). 2015. Vol. 22. No. 2. P. 193-199.
Abstract
The content, directions and methods of the Soviet propaganda in respect of The Beatles phenomenon – one of the symbol both of youth revolution and information globalization of the 1960s years – are considered in the article. Official Soviet appraisal of The Beatles was transformed from the negative to the positive turn in the period of psychological warfare between the West and the USSR. The author of the article reveals the main directions of official popularization of The Beatles music in the Soviet Union: publication of music and texts (on English, Russian, Ukrainian Estonian, Lithuanian languages) of The Beatles songs in music books and in «Rovesnik» journal in 1966–1970 years; publication of The Beatles song «Girl» in 1967 and 26 cover versions of The Beatles’ songs of the Soviet and foreign musicians in 1967–1970 by «Melodia» firm; mass publication of the «sound letters» with The Beatles songs and using The Beatles songs in Soviet cinematograph.
Keywords:
The Beatles, rock music, youth revolution, psychological warfare, establishment, propaganda, Vietnam war, antiwar movement, globalization, information society, mass media
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Bokarev V.V. 2010. ANTIGOLDMAN. Kritika fal'sifikacij zhizni, tvorchestva i obshchestvenno-politicheskoj deyatel'nosti Dzhona Lennona. M.: Roliks, 232 p.
Bokarev V.V. 2009. Social'nye vzglyady, obshchestvenno-politicheskaya i tvorcheskaya deyatel'nost' Dzh. Lennona v period «molodezhnoj revolyucii» na Zapade (1966–1973 gg.). Avtoref. dis. … k.i. n. M. Moskovskij gosudarstvennyj oblastnoj universitet, 287 p.
Bokarev V.V. 2010. Dzhon Lennon. Social'nye vzglyady, obshchestvenno-politicheskaya i tvorcheskaya deyatel'nost' v period «molodezhnoj revolyucii» na Zapade (1966–1973 gg.). M.: Roliks. P. 129-133.
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Dzhon Lennon. 1969. – Literaturnaya gazeta, 24 dekabrya.
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Madonna (pravil'noe nazvanie – «Ledi Madonna». – V.B.). 1969. Muzyka D. Lennona (na samom dele avtorom pesni yavlyaetsya P. Makkartni. – V.B.). Russkij tekst M. Podberezskogo. – Melodiya. 33 GD- 0001471. Mono. Gibkij disk (odnostoronnij).
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Orestov O. 1966. Dumy i trevogi anglijskoj molodezhi. – Pravda. 2 sentyabrya. P. 5.
Novosti i glavnaya tema za 24.05.2003. – Oficial'nyj cajt prezidenta Rossii. Dostup: www. kremlin. ru
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«Priv'et, reb'yata!». 2004. Press-konferenciya Pola Makkartni. Moskva. Krasnaya ploshchad' 24 maya 2003 g. 17 chasov 15 minut. (Stenogramma). (Zapis', per. s angl. i komment. – V.V. Bokarev). – Odisseya Pola Makkartni (pod red. V.V. Bokareva). 4-e izd. M.: Veteran VIF, P. 120-127.
Poprygunchiki. 1964. – Smena, № 2. P. 17.
Proshunina D., 3vyagin V. 1965. O buntaryah i Sinej ptice. – Rovesnik, № 10. P. 16-17.
Russo F. 1966. Populyarnej gospoda boga. – Za rubezhom. 23-29 sentyabrya. P. 31.
Siger P. 1970. Pesni nad Vashingtonom. – Muzykal'naya zhizn', № 12. P. 20.
Feofanov O. 1969. Tigr v gitare. M., P. 36-39.
Flower J. 1980. Give Peace a Chance, Said John. – Morning Star. Dec. 10. P. 3.
Lennon J., McCartney P. 1981. Eleanor Rigby. – The Complete Beatles. Vol. 2. N.Y., Toronto, P. 86-87.
Lennon J. & McCartney P. Give Peace A Chance. – Lennon. The Solo Years. L. (S.a.). P. 9-11.
Noebel D.A. 1965. Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles: An Analysis of the Communist Use of Music, The Communist Master Music Plan. 4th ed. Tulsa (Okla.), 26 p.; Rhythm, Riots, and Revolution: An Analysis of the Communist Use of Music, The Communist Master Music Plan. 1966, 352 p.
The Beatles: A Study in Drugs, Sex, & Revolution. 1969, 64 p.
Pelyushonok Y. 1999. Strings for a Beatle Bass: The Beatles Generation in the USSR. Ottawa: Ply Publisher.
Ryback T.W. 1990. Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Safonov M. 2003. You Say You Want a Revolution. – History Today. Vol. 53. Issue 8. August. P. 46-51.
Woodhead L. 2013. How Beatles Rocked The Kremlin. The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution. Bloomsbury, 312 p.
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