Just saw Can't Stop the Music, which is the Village People's big screen debut...
What a great movie. Lots of inside jokes, a good "time capsule" of disco culture, and a great lesson on the music business.
The movie wasn't entirely true, but the Village People has been a business from Day One and there is plenty to learn from these guys.
For one, they started with a market and then put the band together. The first album, a self-titled EP, was recorded by studio musicians and made specifically for the gay audience and featured songs like "San Francisco" and "Fire Island."
When that took off, the "band" was put together...
And even though the Village People went on to mainstream success, they didn't forget who had given them their original break. You View the rest of this article
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