• Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    "Classic Rock", meaning Anglo bands.

    Unfortunately, at least in continental Europe you're way more likely to hear a song by an American band than any domestic music - especially old music - outside of rare niche radio stations.

    And even now that radio has become less prevalent, culture is simply too americanized to reverse that trend.

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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      2 years ago

      I remember reading a pamphlet from the PCF from back in the 50s arguing about how american imperialism won't just be an economic stranglehold on Europe but also a cultural one through the promotion of cosmopolitanism as a vector supplant the respective national cultures of Europe with the American culture, akin to how invasive plant species can overrun local flora.

      I think Rammstein's song 'Amerika' pretty much summarizes the whole concept in a catchy song