Now Im going to look how music played a part in the Velvet Revolution. Lou Reed passed away this past October 27th: Lou Reed, who died today at 71, was a legendary musician—but not a big seller. The first album by the Velvet Underground, his seminal band, sold only 30,000. But, according to Brian Enos famous line about the band, every one of those 30,000 buyers started their own rock band. But while Reeds fans may have upended popular rock music over the past few decades, his greatest impact may have been with an act that sold even fewer records than he did: The Plastic People of the Universe, a Cold War-era Czech act that briefly flourished before being prosecuted and harassed by the countrys Communist Party government. youtube/watch?v=qM4zO2q-gzI
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:07:17 +0000
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