Boy George, currently serving as a judge on The Voice Australia, has teamed up with YMCA Australia to reinvent the Village People hit, YMCA," in an effort to shine a spotlight on issues important to Australian youth like marriage equality, mental health and youth unemployment.
But George did pause, initially, in approaching the iconic disco hit.
Via The Daily Telegraph:
“I thought absolutely not. How could you cover that song?” he said. “The thing about covering songs, you have to get inside the song and see if it works and when I started to listen to the lyrics they were weirdly revealing.”
Now, after recording the song as part of the charity organisation’s new campaign, the 56-year-old loves the new, stripped back version. “I started to think, this is going to really work in my shows.”
I always find the idea of slowing down a classic hit in order to mine "new gold" an interesting premise. As we've all seen with other covers, not every song benefits from a thoughtful revisit. I agree with BG here, though. The lyrics do have something new to offer, and he's found something here.
I like :)
Watch the music video below.
@YMCA_Australia 'It's fun to stay at the YMCA! https://t.co/4Jrn7ZHCDR— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) June 19, 2017
We've reclaimed our song and @BoyGeorge has reimagined it to introduce the YMCA to a new generation. #WhyNot https://t.co/itETzx4Hag— YMCA Australia (@YMCA_Australia) June 19, 2017
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