Posted on 07/12/2010 9:19:53 AM PDT by clawhammer
Note to the Village People: The lyrics in your biggest hit need an update. The organization previously known as the Y.M.C.A. is henceforth to be called “the Y.”
One of the nation’s most iconic nonprofit organizations, founded 166 years ago in England as the Young Men’s Christian Association, is undergoing a major rebranding, adopting as its name the nickname everyone has used for generations.
“It’s a way of being warmer, more genuine, more welcoming, when you call yourself what everyone else calls you,” said Kate Coleman, the organization’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Young man, there’s no need to feel down.
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
I said, young man, ‘cause you’re in a new town
There’s no need to be unhappy.
Young man, there’s a place you can go.
I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough.
You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, are you listening to me?
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
But you’ve got to know this one thing!
No man does it all by himself.
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.
I’m sure they can help you today.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal,
You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, I was once in your shoes.
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
I felt the whole world was so jive ...
That’s when someone came up to me,
And said, young man, take a walk up the street.
It’s a place there called the Y.M.C.A.
They can start you back on your way.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A.
They have everything that you need to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...
YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A
Young man, young man there’s no need to feel down
Young man, young man pick yourself off the ground
Y-M-C-A
then just go to the Y-M-C-A
young man, young man I was once in your shoes
young man, young man I said, I was down and out with the blues.
Y-M-C-A
He**, I already thought they just called it the “Y”. That’s is what I have known it as my whole life and I am 68!
I don't walk around calling myself "a**hole".
Over the years, millions of American boys and men have benefited from the YMCA’s Indian Guides program for young boys and their fathers, which was aimed at building character, strengthening family relationships, teaching about America’s Indian heritage, and even providing charitable assistance to poor American Indian children. Sadly, this wonderful program was discontinued a few years ago because it was—you guessed it—politically incorrect.
Also means no more singing back to the radio:
"Y R U Gay? Y R U Ga-ay?"
The only time I remember them being called Chevrolets was when Dinah Shore sang her song at the end of her show, “See the USA in your Chevrolet”, I guess they can change that now to “See the USA in your government motors vehicle”.
They’ve called it the “Y” ever since I was a kid.
‘warmer, more genuine, more welcoming, when you call yourself what everyone else calls you,’
I can’t wait to be more warmer, more genuine next time I talk to a banker or lawyer.
“Y” is ageist.
As for the “C”, my local Y displays the text of John 3:16 behind the front desk. Different from most Y’s I think.
LOL!!!
It's already starting to happen. In the Methodist hymnal, "God of Our Fathers" is now "God of the Ages." "Good Christian Men Rejoice" is now "Good Christian Friends Rejoice," and "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," John Dykes' great hymn from 1861 and a perennial favorite of Methodists, is nowhere to be found in the book. Apparently, references to fatherhood are now considered "sexist."
Don't tell my wife this; no one would be able to call me by my new name in polite society any more.
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Disposing of the YMCAs pretense of being a Christian organization does open the door to a competing organization that is fully Christian.
And even more so, if the new organization is of conservative Christians, as well as being gender specific, it reopens the door to respectability.
To start with, it should be privately funded, and tax exempt as a multi-denominational organization. It must have strict rules that are non-negotiable. It can legally exclude individuals based on their religion, and lack thereof; their sexuality; demonstrably bad character and habits; and other reasons on a case-by case basis.
The emphasis should always be exclusionary, not inviting to those outside of its narrow focus. Membership is a reflection of the referring church—if they are injudicious with their referrals, then future referrals will be turned town.
So what do they claim just a “Y” stands for? It is stupid by itself.
Women have been wrecking marketing for the last 25 years. Show me bias, and I’ll show you a woman marketing professional.
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