The Best of Village People

The Best of Village People

ASIN: B000001E40

Editorial Reviews
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OK, "Macho Man," after you are "In the Navy" and you've spent the night at the "Y.M.C.A" in New York City, you should "Go West" to "San Francisco" where they "Can't Stop the Music" and then, when it gets too foggy, head out for some sun in "Key West." All the great Village People classics are in this collection. Whether you fancy yourself the Construction Worker or the Native American, you'll be happy with this raucous collection of grandly cheeky hits. These are big disco songs, with thinly veiled innuendoes; the flamboyant and triumphant lyrics will get you on your feet, arms in a "Y," in no time. --Beth Bessmer

Product Description
16 track 1993 collection on the Massive label with four extended remixes added as bonus tracks: '93 remixes of 'In The Navy', 'Can't Stop The Music' & 'Macho Man', plus 'Y.M.C.A.' (Original Version). --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

The Best of Village People,Village People,Mercury / Universal,Dance Music,Disco,Pop,Popular Music,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating:

The title of this record says it all.

Funky Music gives you energy!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups

Awesome!!

Party on a platter!

The Best of Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001E40
Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A.
Macho Man (12' Version)
Can't Stop The Music
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Ready For The 80's (12' Version)
Key West
In The Navy
Fire Island
Go West (12' Version)
Village People
Hot Cop
In The Navy (12' Version)
Y.M.C.A. (12' Version)

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OK, "Macho Man," after you are "In the Navy" and you've spent the night at the "Y.M.C.A" in New York City, you should "Go West" to "San Francisco" where they "Can't Stop the Music" and then, when it gets too foggy, head out for some sun in "Key West." All the great Village People classics are in this collection. Whether you fancy yourself the Construction Worker or the Native American, you'll be happy with this raucous collection of grandly cheeky hits. These are big disco songs, with thinly veiled innuendoes; the flamboyant and triumphant lyrics will get you on your feet, arms in a "Y," in no time. --Beth Bessmer

Album Description

16 track 1993 collection on the Massive label with four extended remixes added as bonus tracks: '93 remixes of 'In The Navy', 'Can't Stop The Music' & 'Macho Man', plus 'Y.M.C.A.' (Original Version).

Album Details

Australian Only, Reissue of the Recently Deleted Compilation. Tracks: Ymca (93 Remix), in the Navy, Can't Stop the Music, San Fransisco, Macho Man, Go West, Fire Island, Sex Over the Phone, New York City, Just a Gigolo/I A'Int Nobody, and More.

Customer Reviews:

The title of this record says it all........2007-05-14

This particular record edged out the other "Best of" collections of the Village People on my shopping list because of the quality of the "filler" songs on the disc. This was actually purchased as a present for an uncle of mine who loves the group. It just so happens that he has quite the colorful Fire Island story from his days as a pilot and this cd just so happened to be the only best of collection that included a song of the same name.

Also a very energetic, dancable record, definitely the treatment to get your mood up and your blood flowing in the morning, during rush hour traffic, or any ol' time you feel like bobbing in your seat or dancing around the house. =)

Funky Music gives you energy!.......2007-03-03

When I am really tired, all I have to do is play this cd and it gives me energy. Funky, funky, funky!
It is upbeat and energizing!
Try it!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups.......2007-01-22

Although their prime was relatively brief, the Village People is still one of the first names mentioned when the disco era is discussed. Despite having no musical talent (with the exception of lead vocalist Victor Willis), the Village People would gain a great deal of fame through their visual presence while performing songs co-written by their visionary producer Jacques Morali and several professional songwriters. In retrospect, their story isn't much different from the New Kids on the Block who would become much bigger stars a decade later. However, while the New Kids on the Block's big hits have largely become forgotten, the Village People's big hits have aged quite well. Their undeniable high point is "Y.M.C.A.", which is not only one of the biggest hits of the disco era but remains a favorite in both the dance clubs and weddings nearly 30 years later. The big hits "Macho Man" and "In the Navy" possess memorable choruses, catchy hooks, and killer bass lines and still sound great. The lesser known tracks "San Francisco (You've Got Me)", "In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)", and "Key West" are all very funky and on the level of their hit singles. The quality drops noticeably after this as the songs range from decent ("Fire Island, "Can't Stop the Music", "Village People") to mediocre ("Go West", "Hot Cop"). Also worth noting is that listening to the album in its entirety can become a chore since most of the songs begin with a drum beat in the same exact tempo. All told, The Best of Village People is a good compilation of one of the most popular disco groups of the 1970's. Highly recommended to fans of the disco years.

Awesome!!.......2004-05-21

I love this album. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great music.

Party on a platter!.......2004-04-16

If the Casablanca record label was the Monarchy of the Disco Nation, The Village People were their finest ambassadors. More than any of the prefabricated disco machines that the decade produced, it is the VP's cavity provoking bubble-gum dance records that made strobe lights and disco balls accessible and acceptable to party people of all stripes. Add in the undeniable fact that the innuendo laden singles and their stereotyped get-ups made gay subculture visible and you can actually add the term "culturally significant" to the Village People's list of accomplishments.

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this solid collection of 12 inch singles and dance mixes. Like all of the best dance floor confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "Go West," "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A.
In The Navy
Macho Man
In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Village People
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Key West
Ready For The 80's
Can't Stop The Music
Y.M.C.A. (12" mix)

Customer Reviews:

fast and happy.......2007-05-15

service was fast, and we are happy with our purchase. Package came in about 3 days, excellent condition, could not ask for better or faster service from amazon. thanks

Way to Go........2006-03-22

This CD sounds so much better. It is improved and all their songs on one CD who wouldn't like it.

Quo Vadis, Baby? .......2006-01-03

OK.
In order to understand how much a few reviews here knew about the Village People, and about this specific collection, and thus how much reliable a few of them they can be to craft your own guesswork and decide whether to purchase this cd or not, you may want to consider that some of these reviews complain that "Go West" is a track missing from the compilation.

Well, it is not. It is only missing (arguably overlooked) by the Amazon list of tracks. But it is NOT missing from the actual, physical disk.

Isn't it cute, to review a cd you didn't even purchase, in order to suggest whether the others should or shouldn't purchase it?

Now, it happens I have purchased the cd indeed. So I do know "Go West" does is in it.
And I am here to say: you should buy this cd too. Now, baby.

Then, of course, many of these reviews are concerned with labeling the Village People as "homosexual" or as "a gay group". That's not a new one. The New Yorker was busy a few months ago assessing whether Gogol was gay, rather than one of the greatest Russian writers ever. Many critics were busy for decades trying to understand whether Shakespeare was gay - unsuccessfully busy, by the way. Many guys tried to claim Ernest Hemingway was gay - because also if you are not, who told you you could not be such all the same, very very very very secretly? Isn't it?

I must say that if the Village People were gay, that's fine to me: because I am not, so I just couldn't care less about what they preferred sexually. In order to listen to their music, I am not required to share more than their music, and to judge them only after that.
Because when I purchase a cd, I want to listen to the music, not to the gossip. And when I read a book, like a Gogol title, I want to cultivate my spirit, and learn how to fly at a higher level, not how to sink in the undergloom of the (very) small talk.

The Village People didn't become famous insofar as gays. They did inasfar as they produced some of the best disco music ever. That's the reason. Because it is not enough to have some specific sexual preference, in order to be famous. Or just everybody could become very famous very fast and very cheaply.

Now, disco music IS silly music. It WANTS, it MEANS to be silly. It is in the fact it means to be silly, that all its value resides. If it would have meant to be serious, it would have become ridiculous. The Village People does not MEAN to be the Pink Floyd! It never meant to be the Dire Straits!
Its purpose wasn't of being esoteric or mysterious. It sounds silly, meaning to be it; it sounds FUN, meaning to BE fun. Just fun. Plain fun. Obnoxious fun, if you prefer. But fun.

Disco music wants to be an hymn to the joy of being alive together. It wants to suggest incarnated fleshes that none the less dance together in the valley of death and in the wilderness. It wants to deliver the idea of joy. It wants to speak of the Homo Ludens by Huizinga (search Amazon books, to know more about this name...).
Disco Music wants to be the apotheosis of a soul that decided that for a moment, maybe even for a few minutes, it is possible, maybe it's even worth while, being happy. Completely, absolutely, entirely happy. A thing they do not want you to be, you know. No more harrowing dilemmas; no more death; no more wounds; with the twilight of the idols behind your shoulders, you may even decide to smile for a second before this unjust earth.

When it comes to express this feeling, all the saints marchin' in, all the living souls dancing together, the Village People produced some of the best pieces ever. Simply.

YMCA needs no introduction. You listen to it, and it justifies itself.
Forget serious music for a moment. And you will enjoy YMCA in all its glory, like an exploding JS Bach fugue, like a Beethoven climax, like a dazzling set of fireworks, like the very same meaning Wolfgang Mozart at times voiced. And what's wrong, if this round it's expressed in a simpler tone?
Once over with this cd, you're still on time to go back to the old bitterness.

But once in your life you ought to listen to what the Disco truly meant, to its message; and then you need this cd, you need the Village People. And when you shall have understood the meaning of their message, you would not care a damn it any longer about whether they were gay or not. They were the Village People, and the made some of the best disco ever. And this is why you, me, and many others still listen to them today. They had something to say. Yes, they did.

Occasionally, men and women can be absolutely happy, with no drama, with a serene gaze. Occasionally.

In those occasions, your soundtrack is "YMCA" - or "San Francisco" by the Village People. At full volume, and with earphones (if at home). And forget all the rest.

"Macho Man", "In The Navy": if you do not know how to smile, you won't like them. But the day you may decide it is a good day for smiling, you may truly regret not to have got at least one copy of the Village People's disco music in your shelves.
So get it, also if today you're not happy.
For at times, also the sun rises.
At times, of course. But the Village People are for THOSE times exactly, and in THOSE times ONLY they can be understood.

the worst band ever?.......2005-01-24

There were good things about the 70's, sure. Those were Led Zeppelin, Joy Division, and Black Sabbath. Then there were many BAD things about the 70's. Those would be Cher, every Zeppelin wannabe, and nearly all disco. Punk rock and metal proved to be the darwinian victors, passing on their genes in the process of musical evolution. The losers would not survive the power of punk rock and metal. The ultimate loser band of the 70's is that unholy combination of disco and overt homosexuality, The Village People. This band stinks so bad I can't really even do it justice. I'm willing to bet that even plenty of those people who have "alternative lifestyles" hate this band. It just sucks so bad. What kind of loser would go to a concert by this group?! Who would conceivably pay actual money for this?! After Kurt Cobain and NIRVANA this stuff just sucked even more than it had already sucked. God this is AWFUL. Please, if you have to listen to disco, do the right thing and listen to the BeeGee's or something. Meanwhile, I'll be listening to Led Zep 4.

It's hard to say when disco died. It was killed by superior music along with competition from its much superior musical mutation/variant, techno. So that, even though punk had tried for years to kill disco, it was TECHNO that truly put the last nail in the coffin.

Good collection - But Missing "Go West".......2004-04-16

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this brief but solid collection of 10 singles. Like all of the best radio confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

PS: You may want to get the version of this from the Casablaca/Mercury release dated 1998. That CD contains "Go West" and drops the 12 mix of "YMCA."

The Very Best of the Village People
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Go ahead and try not to dance....

I wanna get sleazy ?

In the Navy

The Very Best of the Village People
The Village People
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009POI
Release Date: 1998-08-04

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A.
In The Navy
Macho Man
In Hollywood (Everybody Is A Star)
Village People
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Key West
Go West
Ready For The 80's
Can't Stop The Music

Customer Reviews:

Go ahead and try not to dance...........2004-04-19

But all that pales when placed next to the vibrancy of this brief but solid collection of 10 singles. Like all of the best radio confectionary creampuffs, the songs here convey a kooky innocence (the Navy had to let in on the joke before they backed off their decision to use "In The Navy" as a recruitment jingle) that remains timeless. And in the post-AIDS decades, the more obvious 70's call to the disenfranchised like "Go West," "San Francisco" and "In Hollywood" are even poignant.

Deny it if you dare, but secretly you know this stuff is great. Just see if your limbs don't start contorting into the alphabet next time "YMCA" gets played on some football arena P.A. or at your next company party. I double dog dare ya.

I wanna get sleazy ?.......2002-05-17

In the Navy is great, I totally agree with Sean Kelly from Tamworth. I would join the Navy because of this song but I get sea sick all the time. The CD is missing a few classics like Sleazy and the excellent songs from the much derided "new wave" album
Renaissance. I have the LP version of that album and side two sounds like Devo or Eyes or Nasal Boys (Dieter Maier from Yello's punk band). People who dismiss the Village People are morons who have never gotten drunk at an office christmas party, humped the boss's leg and got sacked. Too bad for you, Joe and Josephine Square.

In the Navy.......2000-07-27

I think it is an excellent song by the Village People, and I listen to it all the time. It tells you the good points of being in the navy, so you will join to help America win World War 2

We Want You: Very Best of the Village People

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We Want You: Very Best of the Village People
The Village People
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Best of Village People

ASIN: B0000087PN
Release Date: 1999-02-16

Tracks:

Village People
Y.M.C.A.
Go West
Fire Island
Ready for the 80's
In the Navy
I Am What I Am
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Macho Man
Sex over the Phone
Can't Stop the Music
Go West [Radio Remix '97]
We Want You : YMCA / in the Navy / Go West / Macho Man [Megamix '97: YM

Average customer rating:

The title of this record says it all.
Funky Music gives you energy!
Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups
Awesome!!
Party on a platter!

The Best of Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Wea International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RP8
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A. ['93 Remix][Version]
In the Navy
Can't Stop the Music
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Macho Man
Go West
Fire Island
Sex over the Phone
New York City
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
5 O'Clock in the Morning
In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)
In the Navy ['93 Remix][Version]
Can't Stop the Music ['93 Remix][Version]
Macho Man ['93 Remix][Version]
Y.M.C.A. [Original Version]

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Album Description

16 track 1993 collection on the Massive label with four extended remixes added as bonus tracks: '93 remixes of 'In The Navy', 'Can't Stop The Music' & 'Macho Man', plus 'Y.M.C.A.' (Original Version).

Album Details

Customer Reviews:

The title of this record says it all........2007-05-14

Funky Music gives you energy!.......2007-03-03

When I am really tired, all I have to do is play this cd and it gives me energy. Funky, funky, funky!
It is upbeat and energizing!
Try it!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups.......2007-01-22

Awesome!!.......2004-05-21

I love this album. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great music.

Party on a platter!.......2004-04-16

Deny it if you dare, but secretly you know this stuff is great. Just see if your limbs don't start contorting into the alphabet next time "YMCA" gets played on some football arena PA or at your next company party. I double dog dare ya.

The Best of Village People
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The Best of Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Arist
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002659D
Release Date: 1993-12-06

Tracks:

Y.M.C.A. ['93 Remix][Version]
In the Navy
Can't Stop the Music
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Macho Man
Go West
Fire Island
Sex over the Phone
New York City
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
5 O'Clock in the Morning
In Hollywood (Everybody Is a Star)
In the Navy ['93 Remix][Version]
Can't Stop the Music ['93 Remix][Version]
Macho Man ['93 Remix][Version]
Y.M.C.A. [Original Version]

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Best of the Singles & Extended
Village People
Manufacturer: Msi/Bmg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005S1L
Release Date: 1997-01-31

Album Details

Australian Exclusive Compilation featuring 12 Tracks Including Remixes of Can't Stop the Music, Y.m.c.a., In the Navy, Macho Man, San Francisco. Also Included Are Magic Nights, Just a Giglo/I Ain't Got Nobody, and Others.

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The title of this record says it all.
Funky Music gives you energy!
Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups
Awesome!!
Party on a platter!

Best of Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Pid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005K6Q
Release Date: 1997-10-07

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Album Description

16 track 1993 collection on the Massive label with fourextended remixes added as bonus tracks: '93 remixes of 'InThe Navy', 'Can't Stop The Music' & 'Macho Man', plus'Y.M.C.A.' (Original Version).

Album Details

Customer Reviews:

The title of this record says it all........2007-05-14

Funky Music gives you energy!.......2007-03-03

When I am really tired, all I have to do is play this cd and it gives me energy. Funky, funky, funky!
It is upbeat and energizing!
Try it!

Very good set from one of disco's most popular groups.......2007-01-22

Awesome!!.......2004-05-21

I love this album. It's fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great music.

Party on a platter!.......2004-04-16

Deny it if you dare, but secretly you know this stuff is great. Just see if your limbs don't start contorting into the alphabet next time "YMCA" gets played on some football arena PA or at your next company party. I double dog dare ya.

Very Best of the Village People
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Very Best of the Village People
Village People
Manufacturer: Edel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FTBNYI
Release Date: 2006-06-19

Tracks:

Village People
Ymca
Go West
Fire Island
Ready For The 80's
In The Navy
I Am What I Am
San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Macho Man
Sex Over The Phone
Can't Stop The Music
Go West (Radio Remix 97)
We Want You (Megamix 97)

Album Details

2006 Anthology of Songs from the Famed Dance Ensemble that Became a Mainstream Pop Act with Hits Like "Ymca", "in the Navy" and "Macho Man". This Collection Includes the 1997 Remixes of "go West" and the Hits Megamix "we Want You".

Dancing Queens "The Best Gay Anthems of All Time (Vol. 2)" [19 Tracks]

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TRACK LISTINGS

Dancing Queens "The Best Gay Anthems of All Time (Vol. 2)" [19 Tracks]

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000CDAAL4

Customer Reviews:

TRACK LISTINGS.......2005-11-18

WIGGLE IT - JENGA BOYS
NO LIMITS - THONG & SONG
DANCING QUEEN - GAYDAR
ALL THAT SHE WANTS - DUMB 'N' BASS
I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE - JACKI
MORE MORE MORE - DREW BLOOD
YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE - BACK DOOR
SORRY I'M A LADY - BACK DOOR
HORNY '98 - HOMOGLOBIN
LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU - SUCK, TUCK & BOBTAIL
MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU - JUNIOR Z
1999 - SYMBOLICK
STOP - LORDS OF FLUFF
U R THE BEST THING - BOYZ R US
WHERE DO YOU GO - PETER RITA
SEXY EYES - SLY VESTER
TARZAN BOY - JUNGLE BUNNY
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY - MISS DIVINE
SUPERMAN - BRONSKI B

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