YMCA

31 octobre 2006

Qui ne connait pas les Village People?
Ce groupe disco de la fin des années 70 a eu un succés planétaire notamment grâce à ses tubes "In the Navy","Macho Man" et bien sûr "YMCA".
La création du groupe en 1977, est due à la rencontre d'un musicien français,Jacques Morali (qui deviendra par la suite producteur du groupe avec Henri Belolo) avec un danseur Indien,Felipe Rosa (qui est d'ailleurs le seul "vrai" homosexuel du groupe...).Ils décident de créer un groupe qui réunirait tous les stereotypes Américains (-->salad bowl...):

David « Scar » Hodo (l'ouvrier du bâtiment)
Glenn Hughes (le motard) remplacé en 1995 par Eric Anzalone
Alex Briley (le GI)
Randy Jones (le cow-boy)
Felipe Rose (l'Indien)
Ray Simpson (le flic et leader)

Le nom du groupe est une réfèrence à Greenwich Village, un célébre quartier gay à New-York.
Le groupe décide de faire une pause en 1986 avant de monter sa propre maison de production.

Voici les paroles de leur plus célèbre chanson:

Young man, there's no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy.

Young man, there's a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you got to know this one thing!

No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the y.m.c.a.
I'm sure they can help you today.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?

You can get yourself cleaned,
you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...

Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so tight ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
There's a place there called the y.m.c.a.
They can start you back on your way.

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.

Yyoung man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.

y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.

Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.

y-m-c-a ... just go to the y-m-c-a.

Young man, young man, are you listening to me?

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