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Village People were a novelty disco band of the late 1970s. The group were as well known for their outrageous on-stage costumes (the members dressing up as a police officer, an American Indian chief, a construction worker, a soldier, a leatherman (biker) and a cowboy) as for their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics.

The band was assembled in 1977 and managed by two French musicians, Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, specifically to showcase and perform their disco music creations. Much like Frank Farian’s Boney M. or Spice Girls, the group was manufactured. Despite the French song writers, the songs were all in English.

The band’s name references a well-known gay area of New York City, Greenwich Village. Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo got the inspiration for creating an assembly of American man archetypes based on the gay men of the Village who frequently dressed in various fantasy ways. The police officer character is said to have been inspired by an actual Sacramento County (California) Sheriff’s Deputy - David Orth.

The United States Navy considered using the Village People hit “In the Navy” in a recruiting advertising campaign on television and radio. They contacted Belolo, who decided to give the rights for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. Less than a month later, Village People arrived at the San Diego Naval base. The Navy provided them with a war ship, several airplanes, and hundreds of Navy men. When the video started showing and the Navy started the planned ad campaign, some newspapers protested using taxpayer money to fund music videos (especially for a group considered by some to be “morally dubious”).
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  • Ulubione88

    nigdy się nie zestarzej !!!!!

    21 days ago
  • pasteldark

    delicia

    last month
  • xD00mxx

    Jacques Morali wrote the heaviest music ever Glenn Hughes had a deeper voice than Will from Mortician He wore chains before Slayer and Venom Jacques Morali was portrayed by Steve Guttenberg

    last month
  • Hugo_AcesHigh

    so 13 comes after 14 and 11 comes afterwards?fuck this,i'm going back to rebecca's logic.

    last month
  • ellu-

    If you don't like the Village People, you're fucking gay [12] They're fucking awesome.

    last month
  • discotequedude

    Happy New Year!

    last month
  • Wantedblood

    If you don't like the Village People, you're fucking gay [11]

    December 2011
  • Chi-hiita

    If you don't like Village People, you're fucking gay [13]

    December 2011
  • luckass81

    not as gay as twilight

    December 2011
  • Wantedblood

    YMCA was scrobbled 666 times lol

    December 2011
  • SunMan24

    Музыка для настоящих мужчин. Молодцы парни, жизненный тексты. Уважаю!

    November 2011
  • Leoosable

    If you don't like Village People, you're fucking gay [14]

    November 2011
  • PokeBaal

    rofl

    October 2011
  • FlyingWhael

    If you don't like Village People, you're fucking gay [12]

    September 2011
  • Claudio_00

    ótima banda, sou fanzaço deles !

    September 2011
  • sir_ks

    Não tem machão que se guente.

    September 2011
  • NaikS

    If you don't like the Village People, you're fucking gay [11] fuck yea! =)))

    September 2011
  • DouglasRai07

    Não compare Restart com Village People, por favor... u-ú

    August 2011
  • Bubimann

    If you don't like the Village People, you're fucking gay [10]

    August 2011
  • Slayer-Fan

    If you don't like the Village People, you're fucking gay [9]

    August 2011
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