Yet, because of the band’s supremely cheesy reputation, their music passed me by for a long time. Their signature song YMCA – one of the most famous of all time, most recently appropriated by Donald Trump supporters, who have turned it into M-A-G-A – is about cruising for sex in a mens’ health club others celebrate traditionally male-oriented institutions such as the navy and the police. However, be this memory real or simulacrum, it strikes me as hilarious given what the Village People are universally known for: tongue-in-cheek gay innuendo, sparsely covered by a flimsy veneer of hyper-macho drag. Films that make the countryside seem less white This is probably where we all imagine we heard Village People for the first time – those of my generation, at least: such is the way their biggest hits have become the sonic staples of our biggest events and get-togethers. I should admit immediately, though, that I suspect this memory to be made up. I was doubtless very young – as I remember, the venue was either a school disco or a wedding reception. I can’t recall exactly where I was when I first heard a song by the Village People.
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