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Village People Singer Denies “Y.M.C.A.” Is a “Gay Anthem” As He Defends Trump’s Use of Song (consequence.net)

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[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, Trump hate aside, I personally never thought of the song as gay. It has certainly such a wide appeal that it can be thought of as just a party song, surpassing whatever context may have provided inspiration for it. But reading the statement, I have to say that was a lot of words just to say it isn’t gay lol. And saying my wife will sue you for claiming something I wrote was gay sounds even sillier and like he’s trying to compensate for something.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Plausible deniability went out the window for me after I learned the album is called Cruisin'