Карел Гот и Plastic People of the Universe като културни и социални феномени по времето на „нормализацията” в Чехословакия
Karel Gott and Plastic People of the Universe as Cultural and Social Phenomena in the Days of ‘Normalisation’ in Czechoslovakia

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the relations between totalitarianism, the official music scene and the underground scene in Czechoslovakia represented by Karel Gott (one of the most popular Czech singers) and the legendary underground punk group Plastic People of the Universe, both symbols of free thinking and Charter 77. These two music phenomena are also social phenomena: K. Gott has been favoured by the establishment, but meanwhile he has managed to promote the music models of Western Europe; for their part, Plastic People have been unfairly persecuted and arrested.

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