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I don't know why it didn't dawn to me what the #VillagePeople's #YMCA song actually is about. I guess I never really thought too much about the context.

It's about homelessness. It's obvious if you listen to the lyrics, but at the time young gay men were being rejected by their families and left with nowhere to go. The song was offering a lifeline. There is somewhere you can go! There is someone that can take care of you!

The song is about survival in the face of very real existential threats.

The goofy dance number and cheerful melody kind of make people forget about that. Which might also be the point of the song. Sometimes it's better to sing and dance to forget our sorrows for a bit.

#ymca #villagepeople

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50+ Music · @50years

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YouTube - *Y.M.C.A.* - VILLAGE PEOPLE - 1978 (RM)

Y.M.C.A.
#VillagePeople
https://youtu.be/fvzs2ozG-mc

#villagepeople

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Snagburz · @snagburz

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I just saw a post on #linkedin calling full-stack #developers to apply for jobs
with a finger pointing at the reader, and the little sentence "we want you", that reminds me the spoken word part of the Village People's song "In The Navy":
WE WANT YOU
WE WANT YOU
WE WANT YOU AS A NEW RECRUIT!

f#fullstack #ad #post #villagepeople

#linkedin #developers #ad #post #villagepeople

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Jeff Barbose · @godofbiscuits

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In the Gravy #VillagePeople
 #TakeASongToDinner #HashtagGames

#villagepeople #takeasongtodinner #HashtagGames

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MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

These people have NO FUCKIN' CLUE :newpride:

*#YMCA.* - #VILLAGEPEOPLE - 1978 (RM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvzs2ozG-mc

#HappyPride, everybody 😆😆😆

#QueerRadio #WeAreTheRadio :anqueer_flag:
#pouetradio #FediRadio

#musique #musik #musica #music #musique

#ymca #villagepeople #happypride #queerradio #wearetheradio #pouetradio #fediradio #musique #musik #musica #Music

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RobertFredeKenter · @RobertFredeKenter

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For @SmudgeTheInsultCat
and all other music lovers

who else remembers the glorious west-side Hudson River piers.

#caturday #music #MachoMan
#musthaveamoustache #fun #play #villagepeople #1970s #Disco #PumpingIron #treadmill #gym #christopherstreet #LGBTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg3q6qW2aKo

#caturday #music #machoman #musthaveamoustache #fun #play #villagepeople #1970s #disco #pumpingiron #treadmill #gym #christopherstreet #lgbtq

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· @BBC2MusicBot

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Spotify - Macho Man

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #MichelleVisage

Village People:
🎵 Macho Man

#VillagePeople

https://open.spotify.com/track/0xRDqhYsCW6F9LM4s7gY5z

https://manipoladobootlegs.bandcamp.com/track/village-people-macho-man-edit-to-mix

#nowplaying #michellevisage #villagepeople

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· @BBC2MusicBot

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Spotify - Ymca

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #SaraCox's #HalfWower

Village People:
🎵 YMCA

#VillagePeople

https://open.spotify.com/track/7Cp69rNBwU0gaFT8zxExlE

https://davidkust.bandcamp.com/track/village-people-ymca-david-kust-extended-remix

#nowplaying #SaraCox #HalfWower #villagepeople

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Gay Old Time · @GayOldTime

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Can't Stop The Music (1980) is a fictional biopic of The Village People. It manages to be massively gay and not at all gay at the same time: it's high octane camp, but nobody shows any actual same-sex attraction.
#movies #VillagePeople #gay #camp

#movies #villagepeople #gay #camp

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Margaret Sefton · @MargaretSefton

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In small victory news, The Village People issued a cease and desist in response to Trump using "Macho Man" at Mar-a-Lago. A group performed the cover and there was confusion, leading people to believe the performers were the Village People. Apparently the costuming was similar to the Village People. To me, this event also has symbolic significance: Macho, not so much, creeper. #VillagePeople

#villagepeople

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Stan Stallman · @stanstallman

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The Village People have asked Trump to stop playing 'Macho Man' at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Maybe he should try YMCA instead.
#music #Trump #villagepeople #mar-a-lago #machoman

#music #trump #villagepeople #mar #machoman

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