VILLAGE PEOPLE Go West _(Casablanca) _

First of all, I'm pretty upset about the big change imposed upon Alex Briles simply for the sake of a song. Maybe Alex liked being a GI and didn't want to swab the deck for producer/Village People mastermind Jacques Morali. But before we get carried away with concentric circle discussions of fascism from behind the control board and disco as conformist goose-stepping, let's assume—hypothetically, of course, that Alex made the suggestion himself, bored with his jungle combat gear as he may well have been ("Hey, man—now I can wear either white with blue trim or blue with white trim. I might even get a promotion and a new hat if I stick it out. Anchors aweigh, Jacques!"). What's next? Hot Cop Victor Willis might want to move to the bench, get into a little chief justicing, or maybe head north and become a Mountie (they've,got black hockey players now so why not?); David Hodo could head for Jelfystone Park and take up forest rangering; Glenn Hughes might trade in his leathers for elbow and