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Wage war against Beatle music! Censorship and music in Soekarno's Indonesia

Farram, Steven (2007). Wage war against Beatle music! Censorship and music in Soekarno's Indonesia. RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs: a semi-annual survey of political, economic, social and cultural aspects of Indonesia and Malaysia,41(2):247-277.

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Title Wage war against Beatle music! Censorship and music in Soekarno's Indonesia
Author Farram, Steven
Journal Name RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs: a semi-annual survey of political, economic, social and cultural aspects of Indonesia and Malaysia
Publication Date 2007
Volume Number 41
Issue Number 2
ISSN 0815-7251   (check CDU catalogue open catalogue search in new window)
Start Page 247
End Page 277
Total Pages 31
Place of Publication Australia
Publisher Association for the publication of Indonesian and Malaysian studies Inc.
HERDC Category C1 - Journal Article (DEST)
Abstract Indonesia's President Soekarno declared the Beatles' music as 'a form of mental disease' and urged his people to 'wage war against Beatle music'. He also moved to ban rock and roll but it was increasingly popular with Indonesian youth and many Indonesian bands played in the rock and roll style. Soekarno's war on rock and roll and the case of one of the most popular bands Koes Bersaudara (Koes Brothers) is discussed. Music and censorship in post-Soekarno Indonesia is also discussed.
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