Village People's ''In the Navy'' video history

[Marcio**]

''Their hit 'In The Navy' was considered by the United States Navy for use in a recruiting advertising campaign on television and radio. They contacted Belolo, who decided to give the rights for free but at the condition that the Navy helps them to shoot the music video. Less than a month later The Village People arrived at the San Diego Naval base. The Navy provided them with a war ship, several airplanes and hundreds of Navy men. However, when the video started showing and the Navy started the parallel ad campaign some newspapers protested against using taxpayer money to fund music videos (and especially for a morally dubious group). The Navy cancelled the campaign as a result. The scandal boosted the popularity of the song tremendously.''





from
daisers.blogspot.com
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[zeca azevedo]

I'm imagining the Village People guys arriving at the ship and saying "HELLOOOOOOOOOOO SAYLOOOOOOOR"! :icon_lol:

The US navy guys didn't get the real meaning of the song, obviously, :icon_lol:

[Disco Funk]

That's some interesting trivia. It certainly explains how the US military gave a disco group so much access to their military equipment, no pun intended.

It also explains why it's the only music video promo from that period shot on video tape rather than film (if I'm not mistaken, portable video tape equipment would have been more expensive than film cameras, which latter could have been done on on a tighter budget by using 16mm).

Disco Funk

[dvdjamm]

Wasn't there a Bob Hope special that had the Village People as guests and they sang In The Navy on a war ship? Then Bob Hope said something to the effect of " These are the type of men that you would bring home to meet your parents"....and he was being sincere. My memory is hazy since I was pretty young at the time.....