https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/04/05/chechnya-forbids-music-outside-80-116-bpm-tempo-a84755
You think this is an Onion headline, but it's real.
Even live performances have to be rewritten by June 1st, or they cannot be performed in public.
Totally illegal now at 179 bpm:
Geesh. Is there a Chechnyan version of Kevin Bacon that can help get these people "Footloose" again?
Why exactly 116 for the cap? Seems oddly specific.
When passing the law I could hear someone say “but I like that song 110/115 and I’ll lose it”.
Okay one more beat is ok 116 it is
Quoted from EJS:Why exactly 116 for the cap? Seems oddly specific.
I'm imagining a lawmaker who was just sick and tired of Kelly Clarkson and found a creative solution.
Of course they winged AC/DC as well ...
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