[Marxism] All out of love? Not in Cuba

["Walter Lippmann" <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(Yes, I remember well being at a John Lennon concert
held two years ago at that same Tribuna on the Malecon.
Cubans who don't speak English love John Lennon. They
can and do sing IMAGINE and other Lennon songs, even
though they don't speak English. A wonderful vibe.)
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All out of love? Not in Cuba

Published July 10, 2005
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Air Supply singer Russell Hitchcock said the rock group,
which rose to popularity in the 1980s with the song "All
Out of Love," produces music that is able to transcend
language--which may be why the band has been performing in
exotic locales like Vietnam, Lebanon and most recently,
Cuba.

Cuba invited Air Supply to the island, indicating a new
pattern of encouraging rock and pop music in a country
where rockers were once chastised for having long hair.

A large crowd attended Thursday night's show in an open-air
venue next to the Malecon, the city's famed seawall.
A second performance was scheduled Friday night at the Karl
Marx Theater.

Ahead of Air Supply's arrival, Cuba's Juventud Rebelde
newspaper said group members "became idols for thousands of
Cubans in the '80s, who `sang' their songs despite barely
speaking English."



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