CLEVELAND (AP) - Rock music played lead in giving Hungarian baby boomers the resolve to bring down their communist state, says one of those reformers who today is a government official.

Andras Simonyi, Hungary's ambassador to the United States, spent an hour Saturday night discussing the impact of Western songs on Eastern European politics before an invitation-only audience of 250 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Lou Reed tells the story of receiving a hand-transcribed book of his own lyrics from Vaclav Havel. This made think of that.