HIGH GEAR/SEPTEMBER 1977

VILLAGE PEOPLE DISCO MUSIC

THE VILLAGE PEOPLE DISCO MUSIC, OF, BY AND FOR GAY MEN

by J.N.

While panning Larry Paulette's LP in July's High Gear, staff member Jerry Jusczyczk bewailed the fact that

While certainly not "the" definitive LP on a masculine, gay life style (can there be one?)

there has yet to be an album The Village People come produced by a gay man (or men) awfully close. V.P. (on which is upbeat and "expresses Casablanca Records) explodes solidarity" among gay males.. with the primitive sensations so Well, Jerry, (or is it John?) your characteristic of our discos. The wait is over. "San Francisco-Hollywood": medley which occupies Side 1 of this New York City recording section, dense percussion, sparing strings and butch vocals. But it's "Fire Island" on Side 2 that carries the impact. A beautifully textured tune, "Fire Island" is the Ultimate Funkhard and raunchy.

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Gay liberation is prevelant throughout this effort but consummates in the title track, "Village People," a half-beat down from the frantic disco: "Village People. We know who we are. We can't be denied. Your freedom's inside....." Despite the fact that it's "not so danceable," "Village People." emerges as the most significant cut here. Finally! A song for the times-our times.

I felt good laying down my money for The Village People. After all, if I have to support capitalism, I'd much rather see my gay brothers and sisters receive the profits than the straight oppressors and that goes for any endeavor! Buy this album. It's the first gay men's LP ever made worth your bucks!

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