Throughout human history, even the most despotic governments have failed when they tried to ban fun. That failure may take some time, but it always happens. People are wired to seek out things that make them feel good and that won’t be denied.
Chechnya is the latest place to try this, by banning music that is “too fast” or “too slow,” and yes, they give numbers.
The Russian republic is said to have ruled that all music should “correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)”.
Its culture ministry made the announcement in a statement earlier this week, according to the Moscow Times.
The new standard of music is relatively slow compared to a lot of modern day pop music and would rule out a number of western genres from being played publicly in the conservative Islamic society.
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