Czech Communist officials sentenced a group of young people to prison in the 1950’s for playing tapes of “decadent American music,” but their efforts turned out to be counter-productive. In 1980, after John Lennon was murdered, a monument to him spontaneously appeared in Prague, and the anniversary of his death was marked by an annual procession for peace and democracy.
甚至连摇滚乐也发挥作用。戈尔巴乔夫的一位顾问后来作证说：“我们听重金属乐队。这样，我们一方面顺从“体制”的大部分要求，另一方面不动声色地拒绝它。”上世纪五十年代，捷克共产党官员把一群年轻人判刑入狱，罪名是播放“腐朽的美国音乐”，但是，他们这样做却适得其反。当1980年约翰·列农被谋杀后，他的一座雕像立即出现在布拉格，每年他的遇难纪念日时都有要求和平和民主的游行。1988年，组织者们成立了列农和平俱乐部，要求苏联军队撤离。此时，列农战胜了列宁。