I felt no man cared if I were alive.

[botias]

I felt the whole world was so jive ...

That's when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
It's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.
They can start you back on your way.

Really, how can I watch this without smiling?

ETA: Well, I suppose I could read about their role in the popular culture of their day, and how HIV changed everything.

Comments

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is fun! I think I'll avoid reading about how HIV changed the culture though...

[botias.livejournal.com]

It's so fun! Guess making the letters with the arms came later. Good plan on the HIV thing. Still, I can't help but marvel that that's where the culture was in the late '70's. We had an openly, flamboyantly sexual and homosexual, pop band. Wonder when we will see that again?

[shinybaum.livejournal.com]

Well okay, the ETA sort of took the edge off the groove :D

[botias.livejournal.com]

And it's such a good groove too! *dances*

[prophecygirrl.livejournal.com]

Well, you can be an onion, with layers. It certainly made me smile, and the cultural and historical significance makes it all the more interesting.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Makes me smile too. :) Wikipedia for the win.

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

I have the YMCA song by Village people as my ring tone. I always get stares :)