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Dec 13, 2021Liked by Gianni Simone

So who were the individuals and nationalist organizations who protested The Beach Boys, and why?

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They were mainly parents' associations and other local citizen groups that were afraid Japanese culture was becoming too westernized. Pop and rock music, in particular, were seen as having a bad influence on their children.

In the next chapters I will wrote more in detail about the nationalist groups that opposed the Beatles.

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