Thursday, April 18, 2013

Village People


Long before Gangnam style....
long before the boy bands....
there was Village People!


The Village People / Photo by CBS Archive/Getty

The group was formed during the 70s disco era and was well known for their costumes "depicting American cultural stereotypes" (from Wikipedia). After the first album was a hit, an advertisement was put out in a music trade magazine which read "Macho types wanted: must dance and  have a moustache." Ha!

and thus was formed the first disco boy band!!


"Macho Man" 1978



"YMCA" from a concert at Coney Island 2012


and if you don't know how to do the YMCA dance and want to learn....



and for fun....
Village People wannabe's!

File:Disney Weekend-Star Wars-YMCA.jpg

A Jawa, Greedo, Chewbacca and a Storm Trooper
make some great Village People!!


linking over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter V.


Jenny Matlock


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12 comments:

Paige @ Little Nostalgia said...

The YMCA will never go out of style. When I was in high school, it was played at every dance, and of course we still hear it at every sporting event. Which I'm not complaining about. :-)

aspiritofsimplicity said...

So silly!! I love it.

Lola said...

Loved them too! Super memories again!

Erin said...

Brilliant! Love this post!

And now I've got 'macho, macho, man. I've got to be a macho man...' stuck in my head!! LOL

BeadedTail said...

I used to have their album! :) Fun memories!

Esther Joy said...

Great V post! Yes, the YMCA is still around!

Rocky Mountain Woman said...

It's amazing how it keeps on ticking...I've listened to that song for years...

Splendid Little Stars said...

such fun costumes!
Macho Man video is rather hilarious.

pasqueflower said...

Ha.Ha. Ah, yes, I remember The Village People well -- and all the grandkids know the motions to YMCA!

storybeader said...

I remember the YMCA song - thought it was so cute. Never noticed they all had mustaches! {:-D

2justByou said...

Fun post for today! Now I'll be singing YMCA. =0)
~Kim

Jenny said...

This brings back some Very Vivid memories for me...

I definitely remember The Village People!

Great post for the letter V....

Thanks for linking...

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