In Soviet Russia, any prospective band weren't allowed to play without having played in front of a panel of army Generals first. I think it was called the Khudsoviet - and the generals would tell you to cut your hair because it was too long, and tell you to sound more like Smokey before allowing you to go out into the public realm. Anything else was anti-revolutionary.
Seems a bit strict, but is it that much different to what we have now? Pop-idol is easily for more sinister and worse. Hell, in London you even have to have a permit before you can busk on the tube. I've heard the panel are people like Andrew Lloyd Webber, only less famous and more bitter. Its hard for me to know if he would be worse than a randy old Colonel...
People say that since the end of the Cold War the Communist countries have opened up and become more like the West, but isn't it true that in some ways the West has become more and more like the ex-Communist states? The UK probably has more CCTV than East Germany ever had. The USA have state owned bank's these days! Obama even dared to think about giving poor people some kind of healthcare?!! Being British though I can't see that as communist - just insane that all other countries don't have something similar.
Fidel.
so that is why you're growing your hair! i see.
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