Young Men! The Village People
Peter Silverton, MOJO, March 1998
"YOUNG MAN!" IT BUTTONHOLES YOU. And then it requires that your body shapes the letters which form the acronym for the Young Mens Christian Association. "I! Dont! Believe what Ive just heard!" Roger Scott of Londons Capital Radio told listeners when he debuted the track in the UK. So he played it again: a hip-shaking hymn to the delights of unprotected promiscuous gay sex with strangers in a semi-public place.
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