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Contents:
- HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
- IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS
- THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
- 'Y.M.C.A.,' THE SPORTS ANTHEM ABOUT A GAY CISG SPOT: LYRICS AND MEANG
- IS ACTUALLY GAY? HERE’S THE TE MEANG OF THE SONG “YMCA”
HAPPY PRIDE! HOW “Y.M.C.A.” BEME A GAY ANTHEM!
The Village People's Y.M.C.A. is an unmistakable ll to the dance floor -- om the openg brass hs of s tro melody you know what song is playg and you even know the arm motns that acpany the lyrics. The song self is one of the most bizarre cultural phenomena of all time. What began as a gay anthem performed by the Village People is performed at mpaign ralli and the sixth ng of New York Yanke baseball gam. * is ymca gay song *
” Though, today, you’ll hear the track at everythg om a school dance to a 50th anniversary party, has also been adopted by the gay muny as one of s unofficial anthems. The songs targeted a niche rerd buyg dience: gay disthequ and their patrons.
The tl were self-explanatory: “Fire Island” (the East Coast’s gay summer retreat); “San Francis (You’ve Got Me)” (the Wt ast’s premier gay statn); “Village People” (a look at the habants of New York Cy’s largely gay Greenwich Village); and “In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star), ” the promise of artistic acplishment the word’s entertament pal.
IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS
Village People nsisted of six members, each of whom personified a popular gay archetype. Only Willis and Rose participated on the “Village People” LP–wh Rose roly creded as “Felipe ‘Indian From the Anvil’“ (the Anvil was a gay NYC sex club).
THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
The gay msagg their songs, the gay fantasy stripper-stum, the gay dancg and fx macho posturg seemed to go over the heads of the dience–or they jt didn’t re.
'Y.M.C.A.,' THE SPORTS ANTHEM ABOUT A GAY CISG SPOT: LYRICS AND MEANG
“Key Wt” (a gay rort statn), “Jt a Gigolo, ” “I Am What I Am” (a gay claratn), and “Sodom and Gomorrah” reached their re dience–but the sgle “Macho Man” reached further.
IS ACTUALLY GAY? HERE’S THE TE MEANG OF THE SONG “YMCA”
An energetic chant song whose lyrics extoled the male form, exercise and gym culture, “Macho Man” was heard by straight dienc as ls gay and more sports/athletics/ol-du fun mic.