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twin58

Jul 2 2004, 12:57 PM

Can't ... resist. ... Must ... post.

Colin Powell Sings Village People Song

And you thought the LCR was having no effect.

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By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) donned a hard hat and tucked a hammer in his belt Friday to perform a version of the Village People's hit \"YMCA\" at the conclusion of Asia's largest security meeting — which tradition says ends with a night of skit and song.

Powell danced alongside five other U.S. officials dressed in fancy dress and blasted out a version of the 1970s disco classic to the delight of foreign ministers from across the Asia-Pacific and Europe.
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There are pictures:

Don't click here, Pat Robertson.

No, not here either.

billsf

Jul 2 2004, 01:46 PM

I saw this on the news this morning. Lawdy lawdy Miss Powell! :cool:

sportinlife

Jul 3 2004, 09:04 AM

Guess that means he's given up on getting the vote of the Christian Right in that campaign for President which he claims will never happen.

thersis

Jul 3 2004, 09:11 AM

this song is such an enigma....everywhere you go, if the song is played in public, the whole crowd -- good, blond suburban christian children, their fathers, mothers, and THEIR fathers and mothers -- knows the lyrics, or at least the refrain and the annoying attendant arm movements, and merrily sings and motions along!

yet very, very few of them, i bet, have made the effort to listen to, and understand, the lyrics enough to know that the song is, at its core, a paean to a gay bathhouse!

and now we have powell joining in the praises!

oh, the irony! (or is it stupidity?)

fantomas

Jul 5 2004, 10:44 AM

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thersis:

yet very, very few of them, i bet, have made the effort to listen to, and understand, the lyrics enough to know that the song is, at its core, a paean to a gay bathhouse!

Colin isn't stupid. Given his get up and performance, he may know more about the lyrics in this song than we realize....

twin58

Jul 5 2004, 01:23 PM

You've seen the stills. Now see the video.

It could have been worse; he could have been performing that other unexplainable ballpark staple, The Troggs' Wild Thing shirtless.

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