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:
- THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
- IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS
- TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’
THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM
The heterosexual ontman for the Village People wants you to know the inic song "YMCA" is not about illic gay sex, warng he's gog to sue anyone who suggts otherwise.
Is somehow about illic gay sex, " Willis warned via Facebook, later addg "Get your md out of the gutter, please! "But he should at least do the 'YMCA' dance while he's at for Village People fans everywhere, the print apparently heard Willis's Willis is upset about people thkg his lyrics are about gay sex, he has absolutely no problem wh the song beg somethg more to the LGBTQ+ muny. "I'm happy the gay muny adopted as their anthem, I have no qualms wh that, " he said the statement.
IS Y.M.C.A. REALLY A GAY SONG? THE MEANG OF THE LYRICS
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 song has also immortalized the Young Men's Christian Associatn pop culture.
Yet former rints of the McBurney Y Chelsea — the buildg that spired the song, and which was featured the vio released late 1978 — say the realy of stays at the YMCA those days was more plited than the lyrics portray, wh gay culture and workg-class workouts existg a sgle munal space.
TMP EXPLAS HIS LOVE OF ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ WHICH HE CLAIMS IS THE ‘GAY NATNAL ANTHEM’
“There was certaly a party aspect to their vio and that time was the height of all the gay clubs Chelsea, ” rells Davidson Garrett, who lived at the McBurney Y om 1978 through 2000. “[The YMCA] did have some overlappg of gay cisg.
Garrett adds unrgraduate stunts and disabled men to the mix of ethnilly and racially diverse renters, about half of whom he timat were gay.
Often gay and their 20s or 30s, the weekend guts ed the YMCA “as a drsg room, ” and as a place to discreetly hook up, Garrett says.