PC Police: ‘It’s No Longer Fun to Stay at the YMCA’

  

by: Jennifer Burke

It looks like some people no longer believe that “It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.”And, they want to make you believe it, too.
If the PC police were in full force back in the 1970s and 1980s, we wouldn’t have some of the iconic songs from those days that still bring people to their feet or to the microphone at karaoke to sing. Back in those days, people listened to music and just had fun. People watched TV shows, that were far cleaner than they are today, and laughed at jokes that could not be said on TV today with the PC mafia attacking you. Even Mel Brooks himself recently blasted political correctness saying that his movie “Blazing Saddles” could not be made today. It would have been attacked and shut down before it could even hit the screen. 

But, back to music. When thinking about music from the 1970s, one song that has crossed generations comes to mind for many. That song is “YMCA” by the Village People. Yes, they had many other hits including “Macho Man” and “In the Navy.” But, “YMCA” has been played over and over again, each time inspiring people to jump up and do the motions for Y-M-C-A on cue. Watching their videos today, they seem far beyond just a bit cheesy. But, their music was catchy and made you just want to move.

It must be noted that one of the members of the Village People was himself a Native American. Felipe Ortiz Rose was of Puerto Rican and Lakota Sioux descent. He is the one who dressed up in ‘Red Indian” attire. Incidentally, his manner of dress came about after his aunt suggested it. She thought that dressing in this ‘Red Indian” attire would be a wonderful way of honoring his father’s Sioux heritage.
Today’s overcharged PC police would have attacked him continuously and worked to make it so that he never worked again for daring to participate in a group that, back then, was not seen as racist. The way they dressed was part of the theme of who the group was. But, that’s a little piece of American pop culture history that the PC police want to disallow. Next, I guess they’ll want to ban the Bangles 1980s song “Walk Like an Egyptian,” “Short People” by Randy Newman, or

H/T The College Fix