Was diagnosed HIV+ in 92, at age 21, in Paris, France. Was negative before, I was put on a trial medication, and was the right one...now I am 51, just so much sadness for the people I have lost! Even with the medication available, had friends choosing to let themselves go... tried to explain my case, but the stigma associated with this disease was stronger than my survival. Loosing people we love is for me a nightmare, difficult to live with. Am alive, remembering every day the loved lost ones....🙏❤️🙏
We have fought an undeclared war for seventy plus years in America. So many lost their battle to live. But in my opinion they are still walking and rising with us who made a contribution and keep them alive and kicking through our endless devotion, love, courage and dignity.
We were the lucky one's. I was in 1989. I was 24. Lived in rural KY. and never thought of it being here. At one point I was going to 3-4 funeral a week. I always thought I would be next to go. But due to the fact one doctor in Lexington, KY took the time and he work so hard to make sure , I lived to tell my story. It was hard years for a long time. I took everything there was to take in stage 1-3 studies. Some of the drug had really really bad side effects but, I am still here in 2023. That song makes we want to be able to go back to that time and save those poor people. If they only knew then what they do now. That one song that bring tears. It just makes it seem like yesterday. But when I stop and thing about it time has went on and it been years now but the pain of al that loss of dear sweet friends still hurts today. That song makes me thing of the greatest love in my life. That damn virus got him and he died from it and for years I want to go with him. I was ready to go. I was just waiting for it to kill me off and I wanted it to. I miss Michael. I miss him so much that it makes my heart still hurt as if it was yesterday. Thirty one years has passed but, it feels as if it was only yesterday. I have never found that love again and so with all that is going on now with my health it will not be long. He told me when my time come he would be waiting for me. I know how you feel as you see. I was willing to go in his place. The dr told me it was not my time. He said one day Terry the two of you will be together again and you will leave have to leave him again.
You are very lucky, I lost many beautiful loved ones, the drugs were good for some, but not for all. Elton John has been an amazing Angel! His dedication to finding a cure is a remarkable success, him with some big monsters like Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, Ryan White and his mother, the amazing foundation they created and the endless contribution of millions of people worldwide, I’m seriously hoping that the cure is here and that we stop spreading it to innocent human beings.
To you,my beloved! You have the courage of a lion…..the heart of a lamb! Retired nurse here,cared for many precious dying people! Remember always…..I love you!
Yes, he lost so many folks to AIDS and he was so bad and evil and cruel during his Addiction Years and he's alive and healthy and so many folks he knew were so kind, compassionate and died and he lived. I'm sure he felt very guilty for a long time.
I lost my Beautiful 33 yr old Brother I loved soooo much in 1993 to this terrible disease. My heart breaks every day. He never knew who his real father was.
Elton is a trooper- He has been at the bedside of so many friends and needy people. Imagine playing stuff like this at funerals. I dont know how he does it but he does and always has....
@@33Dakes me too, he was one in a trillion, one of my favourite songs is ‘show must go on’ it is testament to his bravery and unwillingness to be beaten down by his diagnosis ❤
This one’s for one of my childhood friends who sadly passed away back in 2005 and for a couple of friends of the family. You will be remembered always, thx for the memories and for being a part of my life.
As I sit at my computer this sunday morning, I am moved more than any perfect sunrise or sunset; far more than any church service offering words of love, acceptance and hope. We need to be made aware every day, that people all over the world are still dying from AIDS and they need everyone's support and understanding. Thank you for sharing this.
pjrubin1 At the same time, speaking of only gay men, we need to get off the drugs and risky behaviours that come with it. I watched tons of my friends die in the 80's and 90's and now the prevailing attitude is "well, they have meds that can keep me alive so why not Party and Play?" By doing that, they are not honoring the ones who died when this was still a mystery and an often slow and ugly way to die. But humanity is humanity, and we straight/gay love sex. In the heat of the moment these days, no one thinks clearly.
I agree, the porn industry have a part to play, with there breeding vids. Its become a fashion and a fetish. So many I know who died, and now a whole new generation, who knows if all this new vross breeding will create more drug drug resistant strains.
I tried to create complete list of those shown in the video in order of appearance: 1. Roger Gail Lyon (text) - AIDS activist, died of HIV/AIDS in 1984 at the age of 36 2. Bobby Campbell (text) - AIDS activist "KS poster boy", 1984 @ 32 3. Ryan White - AIDS activist visited by Michael Jackson, 1990 @ 18 4. Rock Hudson and Doris Day - actor, 1985 @ 59 5. Anthony Perkins - actor and singer, 1992 @ 60 6. Tina Chow - model and jewelry designer, 1992 @ 41 7. Rudolf Nureyev - ballet and contemporary dancer, 1993 @ 54 8. Arthur Ashe - professional tennis player, 1993 @ 49 9. Musical Chorus Line - co-writers (not shown) Nicholas Dante (1991 @ 49) and James Kirkwood Jr. (1989 @ 64) 10. Michael Bennett - musical theatre director, writer, choreographer and dancer, 1987 @ 44 11. Liberace - pianist, singer and actor, 1987 @ 67 12. Freddie Mercury - lead vocalist of the rock band Queen, 1991 @ 45 13. HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, the mother of Prince William, Duke fo Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 14. Elizabeth Taylor, actress, businesswoman and humanitarian 15. Elizabeth Glaser - AIDS activist and child advocate, 1994 @ 47 16. Earvin "Magic" Johnson - professional (now retired) basketball player, alive 17. Larry Kramer - playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist, alive 18. Arthur Ashe (see 8.) 19. Alison Gertz - AIDS activist, 1992 @ 26 20. Max Robinson - first African-American broadcast network news anchor in USA (ABC World News Tonight), 1988 @ 49 21. Halston (Roy Halston Frowick) - fashion designer, 1990 @ 57 22. Willi Smith (text) - fashion designer, 1987 @ 39 23. Perry Ellis - fashion designer, 1986 @ 46 24. Peter Allen - singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, 1992 @ 48 25. Steve Rubell - entrepreneur and co-owner of the legendary New York disco Studio 54, 1989 @ 45 26. Keith Haring - pop art and graffiti-like artist, 1990 @ 31 27. Stewart McKinney - politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1987 @ 56 28. Denholm Elliott, CBE - actor, 1992 @ 70 29. Brad Davis - actor, 1991 @ 41 30. Amanda Blake - actress, 1989 @ 60 31. Robert Reed - actor, 1992 @ 59 32. Michel Foucault (text) - philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist and literary critic, 1984 @ 57 33. Mark Gardiner Hoyle - AIDS activist, 1986 @ 14 34. ? ( I was thinking of John Curry but does not look alike) 35. ? 36. ? 37. ? (I was thinking of Joel Resnicoff but not sure) 38. ? ("pumpkins") 39. ? ("wheelchair") 40. ? (might be Elizabeth Glaser, see 15.) 41. Jewel Thais-Williams - advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, LGBTQI+ activist, board member of AIDS Project LA and business woman 42. Some of the original members of the Tested Positive Aware (TPA) Group, from Chicago. (Jaye Goldberg, Chris Clason, Bill Rydwels, Thom Hudson, Bernard Brommel identified) 43. ? (professional player? I was thinking of Bill Goldsworthy or Jerry Smith but they do not look alike) 44. Tom Waddell, MD - competitor at the 1968 Summer Olympics (6th in the Decathlon), founder of Gay Olympics (founded 1982), 1987 @ 49 Please, comment below if you have and idea about some of the persons in 34-43. EDIT: August 30th 2021: Numbers 33 and 42. EDIT: June 14th 2024: Number 41 at 3:58
I was 9 and in elementary school, I remember we had to get permission slips from our parents so we could attend the aids assembly. At the end of the assembly, they showed this montage and it always stuck with me but I never really understood it until about 2 years ago when I happened across it again. Extremely powerful, every aspect and every photo… every moment and every lost soul.
Increíble... Recuerdo cuando en mi país salió la Ley del Matrimonio Igualitario, la Plaza estaba llena y sonaba esta canción tal vez porque se celebraba la vida. Un amigo gay bromeaba y me presentaba como "su amigo" recuerdo que alguien se me acercó para decirme no se que y le dije "tienen razón, siempre tuvieron razón, sigan luchando, nosotros también estamos con Uds." no se por qué lo dije, fue lo que me salió. Él se emocionó y yo la verdad no supe que mas decir... Bien, lo puedo decir ahora, son mis hermanos: GRACIAS A TODOS LOS COLECTIVOS MILITANTES POR SU LUCHA, SU LUZ Y SU FUERZA, GRACIAS POR ENSEÑARNOS A SER MEJORES, VARONES, MUJERES GRACIAS POR ENSEÑARNOS A SER MEJORES PERSONAS, NO HAY "USTEDES" NO HAY "NOSOTROS" SOMOS LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA.
Man I was born in 1984 and I can only imagine how scary it would’ve been to have to worry about this in the beginning. I remember the Ryan White story.
It like that day is today the pain 1985 1986 1987 the memory so alive hearing this song so much going in on the deaths everywhere my grandmother who had not one chance in the world transfusions during surgeries she died in 1987 her pain hunts me
This song really brings tears to my eyes. Sometimes I think, if I was diagnosed during the 80’s I might have not survived. Really thankful that our predecessors lobbied for more research and drug creations to lead us to where we are now. The age of U=U.
...was in ActUp Paris at 21, when I discovered that I turned HIV+...we clashed with the politics, for building more factories for medication, got 10.000 signatures from people asking for medication and presented it to the Health department...and we got the medication...but lost so many people.... terrible. Am 51 now, and drop tears writing you this...🙏❤️🙏
I saw Elton John perform this live at Madison Square Garden 30+ years ago. Only now do I get that I lived thru 2 pandemics. Except in the first one, I didnt care. And now I feel shame.
All these powerful brave people, I have so much admiration for them all, so unbelievably sad, they had to cover their condition more often than not as everyone was so shit scared. How isolating at a time when they would need love and support. Reading ‘And the band played on’ I often wonder how many 100s of thousands could have been saved if there had been the right funding for research and education at the beginning. Everyone was let down so badly by the government at the time, terrible 😞
That picture of that kid said I HAVE AIDS PLEASE HUG ME I CANT MAKE YOU SICK...still makes me cry. I wish I hugged that kid saying things will be ok. 😭
Esse video me remete aos anos 1980 - rio de janeiro - de repente nós homossexuais começamosa ver todo dia um amigo morrer de AIDS - quase uma histeria coletiva - parecia que estavamos sendo punidos por toda liberdade sexual dos anos anos anteriores - foi uma época muito triste - quem sobreviveu como eu deve agradecer muito a DEUS mas nunca me esqueço dos amigos e idolos que perdemos. ... Grandes mitos como CAZUZA - ROCK HUDSON - FREDDY MERCURY - RENATO RUSSO e muitos outros que ainda hoje fazem tanta falta.
I love this song reminds me of my uncle eddy. who passed from aids in 94 I still miss and love him. I remember I was kid when this came out and knew what it was about n knew what would happen. Now as adult I find it sadder people died because of love. And a hateful government and attitudes to gay people.
❤ I’m so sorry about your uncle 😢 and I agree, it’s so wrong gay men were blamed for the disease at first, as if a virus would be able to infect based on sexuality. Your uncle is in paradise now, along with all the others and free 🌹 x
In what year did the scenes from the beginning happen, with people holding candles, and what would it be, I tried to look for something on Google, but I did not find anything.
Em que ano aconteceu as cenas do inicio, com pessoas segurando velas, e o que seria, tentei procurar algo sobre isso no Google, porem nao encontrei nada.
Essa cena é do filme "E a vida continua", a cena é uma marcha em luto pela AIDS, e essa música também faz parte da trilha sonora do filme. Elton John perdeu muitos entes próximos para a AIDS...
Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser. She contracted the disease in 1981 from a blood transfusion she received while giving birth to their daughter Ariel. Ariel contracted the disease from Elizabeth's breast milk. She later had a son Jake who was infected in utero. Ariel died in 1988, Elizabeth in 1994. Jake is still living.
Jewel Thais-Williams. During the AIDS pandemic Thais-Williams was an active advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, serving on the board of the AIDS Project LA and co-founding the Minority AIDS Project.[8] She also co-founded Rue's House, a housing facility in the US for women with AIDS and their children.
came home from college in 88 ....did not have many connections in Longview , Tx but Stevie Dickard was in our group....I found out he died from "pneumonia" ( he was 20-21- never found out exact date) parents only told people who called that he was even gone ( East Texas people in 88) ....no service , nor obit I have ever found....My friend Denise Dvorak reiterated " pneumonia" until I understood....she had seen him with "marks" ( kaposis) and much thinner than his usual lean...and it had never been a secret who he was ....I went back to college desperately begging my gay friends to be careful....please ...anyone who had beautiful, talented young friends lost to politics /"red tape " like Roger Gail.....it was a terrifying time ...."go back 7 yrs, and 7 yrs for every partner, and every partners partners" Terror and loss ran a close race....#blessthosegonefartoosoon
AIDS took the lives of folks in Soap Operas. A hairdresser for All My Children and Chris Bernau (Ex Alan Spaulding #1) Guiding Light and Terry Lester (Ex Jack Abbott #1) The Young & The Restless.
Dry touching song, perfect for the ending of the movie 🍿! At the end of the movie we see a vigil, people come together to mourn the victims of a devastating decease that took the world 🌎 by storm; humans United but still they were apart because we never United in God; we United in hour grief, but still we continue to ignore our sinful ways! 👎🏻
Was diagnosed HIV+ in 92, at age 21, in Paris, France. Was negative before, I was put on a trial medication, and was the right one...now I am 51, just so much sadness for the people I have lost! Even with the medication available, had friends choosing to let themselves go... tried to explain my case, but the stigma associated with this disease was stronger than my survival. Loosing people we love is for me a nightmare, difficult to live with. Am alive, remembering every day the loved lost ones....🙏❤️🙏
We have fought an undeclared war for seventy plus years in America. So many lost their battle to live. But in my opinion they are still walking and rising with us who made a contribution and keep them alive and kicking through our endless devotion, love, courage and dignity.
We were the lucky one's. I was in 1989. I was 24. Lived in rural KY. and never thought of it being here. At one point I was going to 3-4 funeral a week. I always thought I would be next to go. But due to the fact one doctor in Lexington, KY took the time and he work so hard to make sure , I lived to tell my story. It was hard years for a long time. I took everything there was to take in stage 1-3 studies. Some of the drug had really really bad side effects but, I am still here in 2023. That song makes we want to be able to go back to that time and save those poor people. If they only knew then what they do now. That one song that bring tears. It just makes it seem like yesterday. But when I stop and thing about it time has went on and it been years now but the pain of al that loss of dear sweet friends still hurts today. That song makes me thing of the greatest love in my life. That damn virus got him and he died from it and for years I want to go with him. I was ready to go. I was just waiting for it to kill me off and I wanted it to. I miss Michael. I miss him so much that it makes my heart still hurt as if it was yesterday. Thirty one years has passed but, it feels as if it was only yesterday. I have never found that love again and so with all that is going on now with my health it will not be long. He told me when my time come he would be waiting for me. I know how you feel as you see. I was willing to go in his place. The dr told me it was not my time. He said one day Terry the two of you will be together again and you will leave have to leave him again.
You are very lucky, I lost many beautiful loved ones, the drugs were good for some, but not for all. Elton John has been an amazing Angel! His dedication to finding a cure is a remarkable success, him with some big monsters like Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, Ryan White and his mother, the amazing foundation they created and the endless contribution of millions of people worldwide, I’m seriously hoping that the cure is here and that we stop spreading it to innocent human beings.
To you,my beloved! You have the courage of a lion…..the heart of a lamb! Retired nurse here,cared for many precious dying people! Remember always…..I love you!
No desfallecer para todos decuna forma u otra la vida es dura .fuerza si estas acá es por algo y para algo
On Elton John's autobiography, he said that this song was so hard to record, he cried every time. So strong.
Totally understand him 🙏💖🙏👍
Yes, he lost so many folks to AIDS and he was so bad and evil and cruel during his Addiction Years and he's alive and healthy and so many folks he knew were so kind, compassionate and died and he lived. I'm sure he felt very guilty for a long time.
@@laminagehis friend Freddie...
Yes , listening on audible now
This song is the only song by Elton that'll never fail to give me goosebumps.
Stupenda ❤️
Juiz De Fora . MG ...BRASIL 2024...wonderfull vídeo.
THIS SONG ALWAYS BRING ME TO TEARS ,,,,,,,,
Guess you are not alone...🙏💖🙏
I lost my Beautiful 33 yr old Brother I loved soooo much in 1993 to this terrible disease. My heart breaks every day. He never knew who his real father was.
God rest his soul. He like every hiv/aids patient didn't deserve their fate.
I am very sorry to hear this, Wilma. God bless your brother.
By far my favorite Elton John song. I cry every time i listen to it. So powerful
Elton is a trooper- He has been at the bedside of so many friends and needy people. Imagine playing stuff like this at funerals. I dont know how he does it but he does and always has....
Cleatus Spengler the death that hit the hardest was Freddie Mercury. Oh how I wish Freddie was here still.
@@33Dakes me too, he was one in a trillion, one of my favourite songs is ‘show must go on’ it is testament to his bravery and unwillingness to be beaten down by his diagnosis ❤
The lyrics and the passion in this song move me each and every time! Hands down, my favorite Elton John song.
Elton John said it was written as a prayer.
This song makes me emotional and at times tears run knowing that there are so many fathers who are not with their children and are unattached to them.
This one’s for one of my childhood friends who sadly passed away back in 2005 and for a couple of friends of the family. You will be remembered always, thx for the memories and for being a part of my life.
As I sit at my computer this sunday morning, I am moved more than any perfect sunrise or sunset; far more than any church service offering words of love, acceptance and hope. We need to be made aware every day, that people all over the world are still dying from AIDS and they need everyone's support and understanding. Thank you for sharing this.
pjrubin1 At the same time, speaking of only gay men, we need to get off the drugs and risky behaviours that come with it. I watched tons of my friends die in the 80's and 90's and now the prevailing attitude is "well, they have meds that can keep me alive so why not Party and Play?" By doing that, they are not honoring the ones who died when this was still a mystery and an often slow and ugly way to die. But humanity is humanity, and we straight/gay love sex. In the heat of the moment these days, no one thinks clearly.
I agree, the porn industry have a part to play, with there breeding vids. Its become a fashion and a fetish. So many I know who died, and now a whole new generation, who knows if all this new vross breeding will create more drug drug resistant strains.
I tried to create complete list of those shown in the video in order of appearance:
1. Roger Gail Lyon (text) - AIDS activist, died of HIV/AIDS in 1984 at the age of 36
2. Bobby Campbell (text) - AIDS activist "KS poster boy", 1984 @ 32
3. Ryan White - AIDS activist visited by Michael Jackson, 1990 @ 18
4. Rock Hudson and Doris Day - actor, 1985 @ 59
5. Anthony Perkins - actor and singer, 1992 @ 60
6. Tina Chow - model and jewelry designer, 1992 @ 41
7. Rudolf Nureyev - ballet and contemporary dancer, 1993 @ 54
8. Arthur Ashe - professional tennis player, 1993 @ 49
9. Musical Chorus Line - co-writers (not shown) Nicholas Dante (1991 @ 49) and James Kirkwood Jr. (1989 @ 64)
10. Michael Bennett - musical theatre director, writer, choreographer and dancer, 1987 @ 44
11. Liberace - pianist, singer and actor, 1987 @ 67
12. Freddie Mercury - lead vocalist of the rock band Queen, 1991 @ 45
13. HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, the mother of Prince William, Duke fo Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
14. Elizabeth Taylor, actress, businesswoman and humanitarian
15. Elizabeth Glaser - AIDS activist and child advocate, 1994 @ 47
16. Earvin "Magic" Johnson - professional (now retired) basketball player, alive
17. Larry Kramer - playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist, alive
18. Arthur Ashe (see 8.)
19. Alison Gertz - AIDS activist, 1992 @ 26
20. Max Robinson - first African-American broadcast network news anchor in USA (ABC World News Tonight), 1988 @ 49
21. Halston (Roy Halston Frowick) - fashion designer, 1990 @ 57
22. Willi Smith (text) - fashion designer, 1987 @ 39
23. Perry Ellis - fashion designer, 1986 @ 46
24. Peter Allen - singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer, 1992 @ 48
25. Steve Rubell - entrepreneur and co-owner of the legendary New York disco Studio 54, 1989 @ 45
26. Keith Haring - pop art and graffiti-like artist, 1990 @ 31
27. Stewart McKinney - politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1987 @ 56
28. Denholm Elliott, CBE - actor, 1992 @ 70
29. Brad Davis - actor, 1991 @ 41
30. Amanda Blake - actress, 1989 @ 60
31. Robert Reed - actor, 1992 @ 59
32. Michel Foucault (text) - philosopher, historian of ideas, social theorist and literary critic, 1984 @ 57
33. Mark Gardiner Hoyle - AIDS activist, 1986 @ 14
34. ? ( I was thinking of John Curry but does not look alike)
35. ?
36. ?
37. ? (I was thinking of Joel Resnicoff but not sure)
38. ? ("pumpkins")
39. ? ("wheelchair")
40. ? (might be Elizabeth Glaser, see 15.)
41. Jewel Thais-Williams - advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, LGBTQI+ activist, board member of AIDS Project LA and business woman
42. Some of the original members of the Tested Positive Aware (TPA) Group, from Chicago. (Jaye Goldberg, Chris Clason, Bill Rydwels, Thom Hudson, Bernard Brommel identified)
43. ? (professional player? I was thinking of Bill Goldsworthy or Jerry Smith but they do not look alike)
44. Tom Waddell, MD - competitor at the 1968 Summer Olympics (6th in the Decathlon), founder of Gay Olympics (founded 1982), 1987 @ 49
Please, comment below if you have and idea about some of the persons in 34-43.
EDIT: August 30th 2021: Numbers 33 and 42.
EDIT: June 14th 2024: Number 41 at 3:58
Wow... thank you so much!
Thank You
Thank you for taking the time to identify these people. I know them by face but can no longer remember their names.
May they all rest in peace.
Very good job. Actually the boy at 3:32 is Mark Hoyle.
@@JonnyTainment you are absolutely right. Thank you. I will correct the list.
I remember watching this film when it originally aired on HBO back in 1993. I cried seeing this montage at the end
good to know who all the people were
I was 9 and in elementary school, I remember we had to get permission slips from our parents so we could attend the aids assembly. At the end of the assembly, they showed this montage and it always stuck with me but I never really understood it until about 2 years ago when I happened across it again. Extremely powerful, every aspect and every photo… every moment and every lost soul.
I have this on vhs... This is the most moving part of the whole thing for me. Such a tragedy.
Increíble... Recuerdo cuando en mi país salió la Ley del Matrimonio Igualitario, la Plaza estaba llena y sonaba esta canción tal vez porque se celebraba la vida. Un amigo gay bromeaba y me presentaba como "su amigo" recuerdo que alguien se me acercó para decirme no se que y le dije "tienen razón, siempre tuvieron razón, sigan luchando, nosotros también estamos con Uds." no se por qué lo dije, fue lo que me salió. Él se emocionó y yo la verdad no supe que mas decir... Bien, lo puedo decir ahora, son mis hermanos: GRACIAS A TODOS LOS COLECTIVOS MILITANTES POR SU LUCHA, SU LUZ Y SU FUERZA, GRACIAS POR ENSEÑARNOS A SER MEJORES, VARONES, MUJERES GRACIAS POR ENSEÑARNOS A SER MEJORES PERSONAS, NO HAY "USTEDES" NO HAY "NOSOTROS" SOMOS LA SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA.
Para um infectologista que viviveu estes anos duros. . \Não consigo não chorar com ente video maravilhoso
This is a perfect and beautiful ending to this film.
Beautiful song for a beautiful movie. Nothing else to say...
Man I was born in 1984 and I can only imagine how scary it would’ve been to have to worry about this in the beginning. I remember the Ryan White story.
Beautiful people.... Beautiful spirits....❤️
It like that day is today the pain 1985 1986 1987 the memory so alive hearing this song so much going in on the deaths everywhere my grandmother who had not one chance in the world transfusions during surgeries she died in 1987 her pain hunts me
Love this song and.elton John
This song really brings tears to my eyes. Sometimes I think, if I was diagnosed during the 80’s I might have not survived. Really thankful that our predecessors lobbied for more research and drug creations to lead us to where we are now. The age of U=U.
...was in ActUp Paris at 21, when I discovered that I turned HIV+...we clashed with the politics, for building more factories for medication, got 10.000 signatures from people asking for medication and presented it to the Health department...and we got the medication...but lost so many people.... terrible. Am 51 now, and drop tears writing you this...🙏❤️🙏
This was such a sad moment.
makes me cry.
This was so well done! Bravo!
I saw Elton John perform this live at Madison Square Garden 30+ years ago. Only now do I get that I lived thru 2 pandemics. Except in the first one, I didnt care. And now I feel shame.
Donde Quieras Que estés Mi Querido Marce.. mi Marce te extraño tanto me haces mucha falta
♥️ Marcelo Ruben Quiroga ♥️ Mi Mejor Amigo
All these powerful brave people, I have so much admiration for them all, so unbelievably sad, they had to cover their condition more often than not as everyone was so shit scared. How isolating at a time when they would need love and support. Reading ‘And the band played on’ I often wonder how many 100s of thousands could have been saved if there had been the right funding for research and education at the beginning. Everyone was let down so badly by the government at the time, terrible 😞
That picture of that kid said I HAVE AIDS PLEASE HUG ME I CANT MAKE YOU SICK...still makes me cry. I wish I hugged that kid saying things will be ok. 😭
This was.a beautiful song
uma musica belissima
Yes, beautiful lives are no longer here...😭😭😭😭😭😭
Восхитительно !
Esse video me remete aos anos 1980 - rio de janeiro - de repente nós homossexuais começamosa ver todo dia um amigo morrer de AIDS - quase uma histeria coletiva - parecia que estavamos sendo punidos por toda liberdade sexual dos anos anos anteriores - foi uma época muito triste - quem sobreviveu como eu deve agradecer muito a DEUS mas nunca me esqueço dos amigos e idolos que perdemos.
... Grandes mitos como CAZUZA - ROCK HUDSON - FREDDY MERCURY - RENATO RUSSO e muitos outros que ainda hoje fazem tanta falta.
So wunderschön 😢🙏🙏 🙏
I love this song reminds me of my uncle eddy. who passed from aids in 94 I still miss and love him. I remember I was kid when this came out and knew what it was about n knew what would happen. Now as adult I find it sadder people died because of love. And a hateful government and attitudes to gay people.
❤ I’m so sorry about your uncle 😢 and I agree, it’s so wrong gay men were blamed for the disease at first, as if a virus would be able to infect based on sexuality. Your uncle is in paradise now, along with all the others and free 🌹 x
This is like a punch to the stomach
In what year did the scenes from the beginning happen, with people holding candles, and what would it be, I tried to look for something on Google, but I did not find anything.
It's early 80s San Francisco, aids march
Em que ano aconteceu as cenas do inicio, com pessoas segurando velas, e o que seria, tentei procurar algo sobre isso no Google, porem nao encontrei nada.
Essa cena é do filme "E a vida continua", a cena é uma marcha em luto pela AIDS, e essa música também faz parte da trilha sonora do filme. Elton John perdeu muitos entes próximos para a AIDS...
Elton's masterpiece !!! By the way... Where's Sir Elton John in this video ?!?!!!?!!!!!!;!!!!!!!!!!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Do you not get the point of the video?
3:28 who is??
この曲はもっともっと知られていい。ドラマと共に。
I do remember during the early 80's when i mentioned that i had hugged quite a few who had Aids that i was nearly ostracized. Ignorance and stupidity
P voce❤
This song is decade to the ones who passed away from the aids virsa
bellisima musica
Who is the woman at 2:02
Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser. She contracted the disease in 1981 from a blood transfusion she received while giving birth to their daughter Ariel. Ariel contracted the disease from Elizabeth's breast milk. She later had a son Jake who was infected in utero. Ariel died in 1988, Elizabeth in 1994. Jake is still living.
What, we can't have English subtitles??? WTF!
who is that boy at 3:30?
Ryan White
modelospecial
Really?
Mark Gardiner Hoyle
is 1:17?
Anthony Perkins
who is that woman at 3:58?
Ryan White
modelospecial
nope
Unknown. Not all persons in this video are known by name.
Jewel Thais-Williams. During the AIDS pandemic Thais-Williams was an active advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, serving on the board of the AIDS Project LA and co-founding the Minority AIDS Project.[8] She also co-founded Rue's House, a housing facility in the US for women with AIDS and their children.
David Furnish made this?
came home from college in 88 ....did not have many connections in Longview , Tx but Stevie Dickard was in our group....I found out he died from "pneumonia" ( he was 20-21- never found out exact date) parents only told people who called that he was even gone ( East Texas people in 88) ....no service , nor obit I have ever found....My friend Denise Dvorak reiterated " pneumonia" until I understood....she had seen him with "marks" ( kaposis) and much thinner than his usual lean...and it had never been a secret who he was ....I went back to college desperately begging my gay friends to be careful....please ...anyone who had beautiful, talented young friends lost to politics /"red tape " like Roger Gail.....it was a terrifying time ...."go back 7 yrs, and 7 yrs for every partner, and every partners partners" Terror and loss ran a close race....#blessthosegonefartoosoon
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
AIDS took the lives of folks in Soap Operas. A hairdresser for All My Children and Chris Bernau (Ex Alan Spaulding #1) Guiding Light and Terry Lester (Ex Jack Abbott #1) The Young & The Restless.
Dry touching song, perfect for the ending of the movie 🍿! At the end of the movie we see a vigil, people come together to mourn the victims of a devastating decease that took the world 🌎 by storm; humans United but still they were apart because we never United in God; we United in hour grief, but still we continue to ignore our sinful ways! 👎🏻
My Uncle committed suicide bc he had Aids
I’m sorry 😢
tengo un primo gay. Nada contra
Essa canção é uma luta contra um pai homofobico?
lamentavel
Em tese o filho adquiriu AIDS, mas provavelmente fala de um pai homofóbico