Village People to perform at Trump rally in DC, inaugural ball
Source: The Hill
The Village People, performers of Trump rally staples like Macho Man and YMCA, are set to bring those songs to the nations capital as part of President-elect Trumps inauguration festivities.
The disco group will perform at Trumps victory rally on Sunday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., and at the Liberty Inaugural Ball, one of three major galas being held Monday night as part of Trumps inauguration, a spokesperson with Trumps inaugural committee exclusively told The Hill.
Charlie Kirk, a conservative media personality and close Trump ally, previously said the group would appear at an inauguration weekend event hosted by his organization, Turning Point USA.
Macho Man and YMCA routinely blared from the speakers at Trump campaign rallies during his 2020 and 2024 campaign rallies. But it was in 2024 that Trumps dancing to the tune of YMCA became a viral sensation, with athletes and politicians alike impersonating it.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5083042-village-people-performing-trump-inauguration/
the original members or just one like the current touring Beach Boys (Mike Love, also a magat)?
PSPS
(14,268 posts)Why is this LBN in the first place?
Dennis Donovan
(28,488 posts)They really have super-shitty taste in music!
Dave Bowman
(4,352 posts)If true then it shows once more how ignorant and out if touch dumpy and his court are.
Dave Bowman
(4,352 posts)😀
cstanleytech
(27,299 posts)endgenocide
(166 posts)any of it, the Inauguration, the balls, speeches, hell I'm going to turn the channel anytime I see his fat fucking face or diaper don is even mentioned. Thank God baseball starts in six weeks!
Jerry2144
(2,677 posts)And a genuine Cant See
Macrophylla
(201 posts)The macho maga can shower down together at the YMCA after they finish their work in the Navy.
Nothing wrong with that, I just find it funny that the Village People sing the soundtrack for maga and they see no irony in that.
hedda_foil
(16,593 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Are the Village people gay or faux gay?
https://www.bing.com/search?q=are+the+village+people+gay&form=ANNTH1&refig=43b2b560eba0486d823166f170a8dc9c&pc=U531&pqlth=0&assgl=26&sgcn=are+the+village+people+gay&qs=HS&smvpcn=0&swbcn=10&sc=10-0&sp=1&ghc=0&cvid=43b2b560eba0486d823166f170a8dc9c&clckatsg=1&hsmssg=0
The group's name refers to Manhattan's Greenwich Village, with its reputation as a gay village. [2] The characters were a symbolic group of American masculinity [ 3 ] and macho gay-fantasy personas. [ 4 ] See more
Wiz Imp
(3,158 posts)1 of the 2 founders of the group (neither were actual members) was gay and explicitly marketed the group to a gay audience.
GreenWave
(9,891 posts)Zambero
(9,795 posts)"Let it be known that Dear Leader Donald is God's gift to gays, Hallelujiah!!"
William769
(56,549 posts)William769
(56,549 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,771 posts)The Village People were contracted (or volunteered) to be part of one of the presentations.
Somebody in the Raygun administration got wind of it and the Village Peeps were disinvited.
Bob Hope advised, if they weren't going, he wasn't going to go.
The Village People were there.
3Hotdogs
(13,771 posts)Dutchess was a lesbian bar off of 7th Avenue.
William769
(56,549 posts)Flew into LaGuardia only to get to JFK to fly out of. Going from Detroit to Naples. Left Detroit on Republic flew out of JFK on Pan AM. I was only 17 at the time & was stranded at LaGuardia not knowing how to get to JFK. Called Dad & he had sense enough to get me a helicopter between the two airports. Only time I ever rode in a helicopter.
Sorry for the short story but thinking about it brought back some fond memories.
William769
(56,549 posts)Gruenemann
(1,043 posts)And HE LEFT THE GROUP IN AUGUST 1979.
William769
(56,549 posts)Village People frontman Victor Willis is beginning to welcome ex-President Donald Trump using his groups hit song Y.M.C.A. at his campaign rallies.
Initially, Victor used to speak out against the GOP presidential candidate using the Village Peoples song at his rallies, but hes since changed his tune with the onset of publicity. Following the outrage that ensued online after the politico danced for 40 minutes to different songs, which included Y.M.C.A. at his town hall Monday, Victor issued a formal response.
He admitted that though he wasnt thrilled about the Village People anthem being spun at the far-right event, there wasnt much that could be done to stop it from happening.
Victor explained that Trump can legally play Y.M.C.A. at any of his events since he had previously applied for a political use license from Victors performing-rights org, BMI, per TMZ.
He added:...Trump's use of 'Y.M.C.A.' has greatly benefited the song. For example, when Trump started using 'Y.M.C.A' the song shot back up to #2 on Billboard's digital chart."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/village-people-singer-backtracks-on-refusal-to-let-trump-use-ymca-for-surprising-four-word-reason/ar-AA1slM8R
I'm not sure what to believe right now but this I do know, the Village People's music back then saved a lot of Gay men. Myself being one of them.
Joinfortmill
(17,003 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,771 posts)pstokely
(10,754 posts)like the current touring Beach "Boys"
Dave Bowman
(4,352 posts)Victor Willis is the only original member still performing with the Village People.
Wiz Imp
(3,158 posts)He acquired the rights to the group name in 2017, apparently fired the last 2 original members of the group and has proceeded to grift money off of it, ever since. Not to mention, he's tried to straight-wash their history by claiming their hit singles (YMCA, Macho Man, In The Navy, etc.) were NOT gay anthems.
SupportSanity
(1,249 posts)Partying with the Village People might make some unusual headlines.
It might let their inner-gayness come out.
News at 11.
Wiz Imp
(3,158 posts)And to be clear, he has become just another Trump supporting grifter. He left the group in 1980, returned in 1982 for just 1 year, then had absolutely nothing to do with the group for the next 35 years. In 2017, he apparently paid for the rights to use the name Village People and has been grifting money off it since then. There were several long term members who were apparently fired by Willis when he took over the group in 2017. Two of them had been there since the beginning, which tells you how big a scumbag Willis is. Seems the current version of "the Village People" is little more than big joke.
pstokely
(10,754 posts)not surprisingly, he's also a magat grifter
The Grand Illuminist
(1,737 posts)And must be held accountable no matter the cost.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)But when Kamala Harris has music acts and celebrities it's because she's "shallow," "lacks substance" and "is out of touch..."
Do I have this correct, media?
Basso8vb
(616 posts)Idiots.
C_U_L8R
(45,955 posts)For a 'bring your own diapers' event.
MustLoveBeagles
(12,848 posts)But I've always liked them so this is disappointing. Dismayed to learn Victor Willis is a sellout.
kimbutgar
(23,944 posts)Friggin traitors!
SeattleVet
(5,625 posts)Or they probably will never see it.
bluestarone
(18,594 posts)Then they will NEVER see the money!
LudwigPastorius
(11,442 posts)Talk about flipping your fans the bird...
H2O Man
(76,057 posts)SergeStorms
(19,379 posts)doing his stupid two-step "dances" around the stage at a MAGAt rally? No, me either.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go bleach my brain for ever thinking of that in the first place.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(117,918 posts)What do I care. I'm not going to watch it.
Roy Rolling
(7,246 posts)What some people will do to degrade themself for money.
mahatmakanejeeves
(62,437 posts)C Moon
(12,666 posts)JohnnyRingo
(19,559 posts)If it wasn't for Trump Lee Greenwood would be retired to The Villages and collecting SS.
The Village people already are.
pstokely
(10,754 posts)nt
JohnnyRingo
(19,559 posts)It depends on how many people hear it, so if the whole song is broadcast they make more than if only a stadium full hears it.
If they only play a clip of a certain number of seconds they get nothing. Bands make their money touring and merch.
Greenwood is making the dough because MAGA have to have the album to hear at home while they raise the flag in the morning.
I have Lee Greenwood's greatest hits album. It's 45.
travelingthrulife
(1,340 posts)DBoon
(23,362 posts)Laurelin
(667 posts)I'm wondering if the current group is fat. I'm not curious enough to turn on the inauguration though.
marble falls
(62,842 posts)... yeah, I know. Steve and Eddie Gorme are dead. But so is Villiage people.