The Village People are more important to the gay community than YMCA. Most of the guys who sang and performed YMCA were not even the original band. The fact that a gay fantasy band would sell a million copies of its debut album (which only had four songs) is pretty incredible.
Read MoreNile Rogers said in an interview with Red Bull Music Academy in 2011 that he and Bernard Edwards realized that with Good Times, they had the “perfect hip hop record because the break down took so long to develop that they could have rhymes that could go on forever…” He said for Chic, the song was just the excuse to go to the chorus and the chorus was just the excuse to go to the breakdown.
Read MoreThe Loft was the beginning of the members-only sanctuaries that attracted gay men, in particular, because it was places like the Loft and the Sanctuary, and Paradise Garage that welcomed...legitimized the presence of the queer community. No more sitting in dark corners, making sure that you had your bail money in your pocket.
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