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The Village People - 30 years on - 4/24/2010 3:22:12 PM   
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Where are they now?
The Village People

They were one of the 1970s' most iconic and successful acts, who spawned an international pop culture phenomenon that lives on to this day. Original Village People singer Victor Willis broke a media silence stretching back 30 years to tell us why it's still fun to stay at the YMCA.

That was then...

The Village People were the creation of French music composer Jacques Morali. He spotted an opportunity in the exploding disco scene in New York during the mid-‘70s, taking inspiration from Greenwich Village's gay community and putting together a group which captured the essence of the American man.



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RE: The Village People - 30 years on - 4/24/2010 3:52:21 PM   
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Despite impressions, the Village People have remained influential on modern American culture and politics.

The biker character wasnt gay at all and became annoyed at being identified as gay. This broke the group up in the end and he started his own church with its main raison d'etre being to resist the acceptance of homosexuality on Biblical grounds. Nowadays his church is most renowned, even infamous, for protesting its message at the funerals of US military personnel. Its no coincidence that those who resist these demonstrations are bikers.

The builder character went to work for the US government and was responsible for planting explosives in public buildings for later use in false flag operations.

The native American character fell foul of the government meanwhile and his assets were sequestrated in their totality. Luckily though he managed through hard work to build a business operating casinos throughout several states.

The cop character had a nervous breakdown and has since been confined to an asylum after issuing a traffic ticket to someone who drove him off the rails with tortuous, half soaked defence pleadings. This resulted in him indirectly resurrecting various movements aimed at overturning the republican democracy of the US.

The cowboy character meanwhile went into the stock market where his innovative trading methods (which became known as "cowboy investment management") eventually crashed the market in the early 21st century, bankrupting several major corporations and prompting taxpayer intervention to prevent the collapse of the entire economy in a number of countries.

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RE: The Village People - 30 years on - 4/24/2010 5:40:34 PM   
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As a side note The Village People in it's recent incarnation are still doing concerts and touring. I had the fortune to see then preform in concert 4-5 years ago when they played at the Heritage Festival here in town. I was pleasantly surprised how good of a concert they put on especially when they are mostly known for 2 discoish songs released in the mid/late 70's. 

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RE: The Village People - 30 years on - 4/24/2010 9:00:12 PM   
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I remember a quote from Rob Halford of Judas Priest concerning the time around the "Screaming For Vengeance" album (1982). Rob (who is gay but was not "publicly" gay at the time) went into an S&M shop and bought all sorts of leather garmentry and accessories for his outfit. The most young, male and very heterosexual heavy metal audiences embraced and copied the look. Halford said "I looked like Glenn from The Village People and nobody got it."

Glenn actually was straight.


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