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Music during the Cold War

During the period of the Cold War, many artists were influenced by the prospect that a nuclear war might break out anytime. A great example during the 1960s is Bob Dylan. He made many hits during that time, including but not limited to Masters of War and A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall. His songs were instant chart toppers in the US and other major parts of the world.
Later on during the 1980s, many protest songs were released. This reflected the general population dissatisfaction that tension was rising between the US and Soviet union that was brought about by Ronald Reagan’s hard line tactics against USSR. An example of this is various artists wearing military uniform like costumes for their album covers and shows. This reflects the US’s militaristic stand in the 1980s. In Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s song “Two Tribes”, its shown that the US president and USSR president were having a wrestling match.
There were other songs during this period of time that reflects the general populace’s fear for the breakout of a third World War. An extremely good example is “99 Luftballons” which portrays the various events that could lead to a global nuclear war. Other notable examples are Sly Fox’s “Let’s go all the way” and Escape Club’s “Wild Wild West”.

Comments:
As well as art, music became another way for super powers to show their advantages. However, the songs made by musicians seemed not to be as good as governments’ wish. Most of songs during that time were affected by the shadow of nuclear war. The escalating tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States made people’s wish of peace stronger. However, governments were still trying to win the race through controlling the media, some policies, such as Hollywood blacklist, came out. In my opinion, the governments of super powers were the prime culprits of the Cold War due to their arrogance.

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