Bryan Adams's song Summer of '69 was a hit all around the world when it was released in 1985, but perhaps nowhere does the song have a more dedicated or surprising following than in Nepal, reports Joanna Jolly.

The Canadian rocker's love letter to a teenage summer is played by most of the bands performing in the bars of Kathmandu's Thamel district, and always gets a warm reception.

Defining precisely what it is that speaks to a young Nepali audience, however, is not so easy.

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