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3. America’s Secret Weapon

Wind of Change

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The Soviets Are Looking at the Beach Boys

The soviets had been sending ballet dancers and assical singers, but it was finally time for them to take some american music. The band played moscow and lenengrad, but also some of the soviet republics like lavia and georgia. They sang about pretty girls and driving in cars and the freedom of America. And i think that might have been a little too much for the soviets to handle. This is one of the reasons why it took eight years for another American band to back to russia.

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