• spider
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    In the post, the singer-songwriter said he’d initially asked Trump to cease use of the song, but then changed his mind after noticing that “Trump seems to genuinely like Y.M.C.A. and he’s having a lot of fun with it.”

    It’s possible that Trump’s use of the song has benefited Willis personally as a recently adjudicated writer of the song in a U.S. district court case in 2015.

    The musician went so far as to thank Trump for choosing to use the song.

    In other words, he’s about as principled as Trump.

    Money talks.

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    20 hours ago

    Go write some more songs about being gay, Victor.

    He’s like Kanye West in South Park being pissed off for being called a gay fish lol

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    He said “my writing partner was gay… some of the Village People were gay, the…album was totally about gay life” but it’s not a gay anthem. 🤣

    For real though, this is just nazis appropriating culture like they do with all of their symbols, including the swastika. Trump is playing the song at rallies partially in an attempt to take it away from a targeted group and make it his own.

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    It’s fun to stay at the YMCA

    When you’re feeling down

    And you need to get up

    We’ve got something for your butt

    It’s fun to stay at the YMCA hey!

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    ok. it’s not.

    royalties go into a freefall

    why won’t you play our songs?

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      15 hours ago

      hes just mad we’re all listening to chappell roan now