Durg an appearance on the Nelk Boys’ “Full Send” podst, Donald Tmp said “Y.M.C.A.” is his go-to song when playg DJ at Mar-a-Lago. “They ll the gay natnal anthem. ‘Y.M.C.A.’ gets people up and gets them movg,” he said.
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
- 'Y.M.C.A.,' THE SPORTS ANTHEM ABOUT A GAY CISG SPOT: LYRICS AND MEANG
- FROM YMCA TO BLOOM: CHARTG THE EVOLUTN OF THE GAY ANTHEM
- TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’
- THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
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 anthem *
” 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.
'Y.M.C.A.,' THE SPORTS ANTHEM ABOUT A GAY CISG SPOT: LYRICS AND MEANG
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 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. “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.
FROM YMCA TO BLOOM: CHARTG THE EVOLUTN OF THE GAY ANTHEM
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.
TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’
Neteen seventy-ne’s double entendre-tled “Cs’” (referencg gay cisg) h stor jt seven months after “Macho Man.
” was not a “gay” song, but “a song for everyone.
Addnally, lyrics like “lger on the siwalk where the neon signs are pretty” and “someone who is jt like you and needs a gentle hand to gui them along” were tac vatns for a gay listeng dience.
THE TOP 75 MOST INIC GAY ANTHEMS DERVG OF THE TLE OF BEG CALLED THE "GAY NATNAL ANTHEM"
” was more than a h rerd, was a cultural tone: a world anthem built on, for, and about gay life and sensibili that was, neverthels, fully embraced by mastream dienc. In the 40 years sce the Village People released “YMCA,” the song has bee a cultural touchstone: a gay anthem famo for s nuendos and double entendr about young, f men “havg a good time,” as well as a staple at Yanke gam and bar mzvahs.The song has also immortalized the Young Men's Christian Associatn pop culture.