Rock rolls in on the air waves, and the Soviets hear it their way
Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy 's farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
The Beatles never made it to the Soviet Union. Nor has the "White album" ever been available there officially. This does not mean, however, that a Soviet citizen under the age of 30 has not heard Back in the U.S.S.R., with its wicked inversion of some old Chuck Berry...