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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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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I can reluctantly believe that is true (despite the laughable first paragraph where he gives example after example about why such "assumptions" are reasonable) - but he's old enough to know that once an artist puts art out into the world, their interpretation of it is no longer the only one.

The song IS a gay anthem even if it wasn't written that way.

edit - they the

[–] MataVatnik 8 points 1 week ago

There could be some plausible deniability but contextually it doesn't pass the sniff test