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Friday, August 3, 2007

Homo Y.M.C.A.: Not So “Gay” After All!

Posted by Wm. Steven Humphrey on Fri, Aug 3 at 3:52 PM

According to Victor Willis—that’s the “cop” lead singer from the Village People—the group’s hit song “Y.M.C.A.” is not as much about being gay, as it is hanging out with your straight buddies. Ohhhhhhh… the fans of the NFL must be so relieved. From Towelroad

Says Willis’ publicist Alice Wolf: “Victor Willis wrote about the YMCA and having fun there, but the type of fun he was talking about was straight fun,” insists Wolf, adding that Willis has nothing against homosexuality. ‘When he says, ‘Hang out with all the boys’… he’s talking about the boys, the fellas…. But it’s one of those ambiguous songs that was taken that way because of the gay association with Village People.’”

Ohhh-kay. So let’s judge for ourselves, Judy! Check out the original giggle-inducing video for “Y.M.C.A.” and decide for youself: gay anthem, or bro anthem?

(By the way, if sports franchises are going to play the song, they should be REQUIRED to play the video as well. Just sayin’… BRO.)

Comments

besides the peewee-hugging pantaloons, abundance of porno 'staches sitting above those cock-sucking lips, the frolicking leather daddy, the uncontrollable prancing and pelvic thrusting, metaphorical glitter dancing merrily out of their ears, and their affinity for dress up...

i would say that is a pretty damn macho song.

2:38 in, that's all the proof you need

okay, I mean when the timer's down to 2:38

I think the album title at the beginning proves it.

You guys have to remember than men used dressing up and role-playing back in those days as bonding experiences...

bondage experiments?

I didn't realize Sam Elliott was in the Village People.

the cowboy is sorta hot!

They had music videos in '78? I thought that biz didn't kick in until '80 or so.

Of course, the old man was too cheap to get cable until 1989 so that may be the problem.

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