Hi Scott, I enjoy your channel. I lived in room 100 at the Hotel Chelsea for a year and a half in 2006-2007 with my girlfriend who had lived there for a decade. The two former hotel rooms plus the hallway kitchenette that made up our apartment are seen in the video. Our bedroom and bathroom were Sid and Nancy's room and as you depicted Nancy died on our bathroom floor. People say their spirits are still in that room but I never felt anything strange about being there. It was a massive NYC apartment and my girlfriend was lucky to have it.
I had a conversation with Nancy's mother in 1996. I felt so much sympathy for both her and Nancy. I don't know Sid's side. On another note, this makes me nostalgic for the Chelsea as it was. So happy I was able to stay there on multiple occasions. Very strange, wonderful and historic place. That crazy lobby with its odd paintings and hodge-page decor was amazing and one never knew who might be passing through there. I used to sit in the lobby to write since the wifi in the rooms was terrible, and I saw everything from rock stars to supermodels to a bald guy in a tutu. It was divine.
I ate at Centro Vasco often on that street in the early 80’s to 90 when I moved to Florida. I always thought that hotel was a dump or a place for the homeless lol bc of how it looked from the outside. Later found out it was famous for artists.
Thanks Scott. I read the book Nancy's mother wrote "And I Don't Want To Live This Life". The majority of it was about Nancy growing up with the latter part of the book about her and Sid. Nancy had a very rough life plagued by her untreated mental illness.
Probably one of the most memorable books I’ve read. She was born w mental illness. Even as a baby she cried and cried. However, I give her credit for fashion and ambition. What was she 18 when she flew to England?
I commented about this but didn't see your comment til now, about the book. Being a mother it broke my heart and so the very of this video made me tear up a bit. Nancy's mom and I think her sister too did a podcast interview some time ago. It was so sad to hear about her adolescence 😢
I liked the end of the movie made about them. After Nancy dies, and Sid was released by the police, he eats at a restaurant and then takes out walking. He dances for a bit with a couple of school boys and then a cab drives up. Nancy's ghost is in the back seat, looking beautiful. She and Sid smile at each other, he gets in the back seat with her, and the two drive off....presumably to Heaven. Great ending! 🌌🌈🚕
Great video. I actually am fortunate enough to live here and thru a family member who was in that scene back then, it’s believed that Sid didn’t kill Nancy. Someone else did and this person’s actions afterwards kinda sealed that rumor. The Chelsea is my fav building in manhattan and I’m stoked it’s open again. Love ur channel, long time fan 🤘 Edit: I was lucky enough to grab a piece of their bathroom window molding during the renovation. Friend of mine was part o some of the construction crew and got it for me. It’s pretty rad to have.
I have a hot take and unpopular opinion that Nancy did it to herself in an attempt to get Sids attention but he was so out of it from all the Tunial he took, that he wouldn't wake up. Instead of going to get help when she realized he wasn't waking up (she knew she would be put in a nuthouse if authorities knew she had done it to herself. They'd find out about the drugs, etc) she just kind of sat back in the bathroom, probably not thinking it was as bad as it was because she did miss all major organs. As far as she knew, it was just the skin she got. So she bled out. I know people don't like that theory, but I think this is a likely candidate for what happened. She also probably didn't care what happened to her. She had reached the end of her life as far as she knew. She knew she wouldn't live past 21. She didn't want to. She didn't want to get old. She got what she wanted and knew would happen
@@kirstyjones3763 there is an inside edition video on here about sid and Nancy where some guy says the same thing I did. We aren't the only ones with this theory it seems. Id give you the link but the comment would go POOF. So, look it up.
There is a documentary called who killed Nancy and they bring up this theory. They interviewed the people who were hanging around Sid and Nacy at the time and they basically said the same thing. One guy even said that one day in London he went over to their apartment and Nacy had cut her wrist bc "Sid didn't love her anymore".
hey I too don't know how it all went down either and who knows there might be some truth to what you said who knows ya know? so hey you have just as much right to share your thoughts with the rest of us. as we have.
Thank you Scott for being fair in giving Sid the benefit of the doubt and honestly saying we don't know the truth of what really happened. There have been many theories and hypothesis about that night but truthfully the only thing we really can know for sure is that two deeply unstable and troubled young people came together for a tragically toxic relationship that ended in both of their deaths. This relationship has been far too romanticized and needs to be seen as the deeply volatile and sick, twisted drug fueled relationship it really was. The end video shows the harsh reality of just how not romantic the relationship truly was.
I don’t really think Sud killed her. I feel most likely one of the low life hanger ones saw them high as a kite that night and took the opportunity to take the money. Most likely Nancy wasn’t as out of it as they thought and tried to stop them so she was stabbed once in gut. That was all it took
It is somewhat related to another tragic, and doomed relationship. Bonnie and Clyde. So stange that the public buys into these types of relationships that have no regard for the very thing that keeps them going. Life! How can one person love another, but have zero regard for love of life? The relationship has no chance for a future, and how can a relationship be used as a disposable emotion? Do we look at it from a Romeo and Juliet perspective? There is no perfect love, it's out of reach for human beings. Yet everyone wants to find it. They won't on this planet!
Great video Scott! I used to talk to Alan G. Parker (Sid's biographer) on Facebook back in 2010. He's a major dbag and sicko! He used to write me gross messages of "what he would do to me" if I ever came to England! When the feelings weren't reciprocated, he blocked me and I haven't talked to him since! I'm not surprised he lied about Sid's mom giving him the hot shot! He's a clinger-on! It's so crazy how much The Chelsea hotel has changed since the 70's! Thank you for this video!
Very evocative video. I flew from Ireland to New York in February 1994..There was a ferocious blizzard in the city. I decided to make I way to Chelsea Hotel. I sat in the lobby for a while, marvelling at the place and the colourful and bohemian characters who lived in that hotel down through the years. I met the then manager and mentioned about Sid @ Nancy. He got annoyed and said he didn't want the hotel just remembered for that. I will always remember my sojourn in that hotel on a very snowy New York afternoon with the ghosts of Sid @ Nancy, Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan, etc, the Chelsea will never die 🔔
Thank You so much for covering Sid and Nancy. I am fascinated by this story and have read and watched everything I can about them. Two kids in tragic life situations. You did the story justice by not casting blame on either one of them. No one will really never no who was to blame. All I know is seems like they truly loved each other.
Actually, I know someone who was there that Night. I was advised not to tell, so I will leave certain names out. Sid & Nancy had a little get together. Nancy got money from her Mother and as Dealers came in and out of their Room, more gathered. Nancy became obnoxious, insisting a Dealer come back with 'better dope', and waved around the large sum of cash she had. Sid was nodded out, as a few Others. The Ones who were awake and had enough of Nancy showing off the money, and wasn't sharing her 'purchases '. As the Ones who just wanted dope, they tried to distract her. She placed the money on a small table, and they went to grab it, and Nancy got worse. She was pushed away, and the Holder of the knife plunged it in. They fled the Room. Those who didn't even know what they were planning left the Room in horror. The next day they heard she Died, and no one came forward. The Junkie World. Sid really had nothing at all to do with it, but he was a Heavy User, and there was Alcohol, and other drugs as well. No, I fortunately was not there, but all I wil say is a Screenwriter was there and his sequence of events did not ever waiver. Truth.
I believe u are right...this same thing that happened to bobbi kristina and her bf...I don't think he killed her..he was just an easier target like sid
I visited The Chelsea Hotel in 2002, definitely has historic vibes, and figures like Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac stayed there, great video as always Scott🙂
Beautiful, Scott. Thank you so much. I am a Gen X and was born in June 1966. So, as a kid, I remember all the stories of the Sex Pistols and interviews/news reports of the whole, sad, sorted, Sid and Nancy affair. This tragedy has always resonated with me. Idk why, really, maybe I was a little Punkish back in the day. I have read a lot about The Pistols and research that whole short Punk scene in the U.K. and the U.S.. Just like Sid and Nancy it was crazy hot for a short while then burned itself out. Once again thanks Scott. Love you for bringing us along on another wicked cool jaunt. Big shoutout from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Catch ya on the next. Bless you. Go with God. Peace. Later, dude.
Her mother was a psychologist PhD and described everything they went through with Nancy’s growing up and her bi-polar diagnosis. Incredibly smart and insightful woman.
I read the book Nancy's mom wrote. It's truly heartbreaking. The mom was a student (majoring in foreign languages) when she got pregnant with Nancy. She had to abandon her studies, get married and raise her family( Nancy and two siblings). Nancy was diagnosed as schizophrenic when she was 15 but the doctors never shared the diagnosis with her family. They only learned about it after Nancy's death.
@@m-cbourgie5965 I don't think she was, though. She didn't see things hallucinations, she didn't hear voices, she didn't speak in a word salad; she had some unrealistic/inaccurate perceptions about herself and the world around her, but she wasn't 'delusional' in the literal, medical sense. Schizophrenia just doesn't make any sense. Her known symptoms were explosive temper tantrums that occassionally turned violent, manipulative and disruptive behavior, wild mood swings, an inability to regulate her emotions, a consistent feeling of agitation that led her to seek hyperstimulation. She frequently had trouble sleeping and occassionally experience dissassociative fugues and experienced at least one grand mal seizure. These were probably related to the various drugs she was given. I think she sounded like she has traits of both borderline personality disorder (impulsivity, chronic feelings of emptiness and abandonment, intense bouts of anger, reckless behavior) and histrionic personality disorder (socially inappropriate attention seeking behavior, theatrical expressions, false feelings of intimacy with others); both of these disorders are associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior. That, and there is also the possibility of non-autistic sensory processing disorder (anxiety, trouble engaging in routine activities, difficulty adapting to new situations, over-responsive reactions ranging from mild to debilitating, an intense drive to seek stimulation.) SPD is often associated with birth complications- Nancy was born with her umbilical cord around her neck and her brain was deprived of oxygen for a dangerously long time. As a baby, Nancy couldn't stand to be touch and would stiffen her limbs and scream when adults tried to cradle her; children with SPD may be averse to human contact. If any or all of these were Nancy's issue, antipsychotics would not have helped her.
@taramcgavan7654 I don't think that's fair. She took her daughter to doctor after doctor from the time she was a baby and for the longest time she was told nothing was wrong with her, then they said they had no idea what was wrong with her, then they told her it was too late for treatment. She did everything she knew to do and hit a wall. She still supported Nancy financially after she left home, was in the process of helping both her and Sid get into rehab just before she died, then defended her in death when her child was violated and dehumanized by a salacious press that treated her as nothing more than a character/caricature.
Thank you for sharing their story.I remember them in the 70's and I wasn't into the Punk Rock scene, but their story was everywhere. Sid & Nancy were a toxic couple from the beginning, that doesn't mean they didn't truly love each other. RIP Sid and Nancy, I hope they are together.
The simple fact that you had a "crisis of consciousness" shows what a beautiful heart you have, Scott. You put so much thought and compassion into your videos on this type of subject matter, that it blesses me to know how serious you take this. What a tragic love story. It brings to mind the lyric, "Two lost souls living in fish bowl." May Nancy and Sid rest in peace. Safe travels.-Joe from Joplin MO
I also want to add that I was so into the did and Nancy stuff as a teen but as a mother that's 40 now I've read the book Nancy's mother wrote and it was just heartbreaking. There's even an interview on a podcast with her mom about raising her and how she was in and out of facilities. So sad...so thank you so much for filming her resting spot. For those of us that can't travel there especially. Could you do an Edie Sedgwick episode ?!?
Such a tragic story, two people that should still be alive today. Excellent coverage of the location and thank you for paying respects 🙏 ❤ Scott your research is so good 👍
Thank you for covering this in such a respectful way. I've read "and I don't want to live this life " countless times, and I've always been struck with the tragedy of both sid and Nancy's life and death. My heart goes out to their families and friends, and it's just so sad what drug addiction can lead to. I know Nancy was so troubled from an early age, and her family went through hell. I wish I knew how to contact Deborah Spungen just to tell her how much her book impacted me.
Fantastic job on this one Scott. Appreciate you visiting Nancy's grave, which happens to be near where I grew up & have visited as well. Nancy's mother, Deborah Spungen, wrote a book about her daughter titled, "And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder." While I highly recommend it, it's a difficulty book to read. Nancy suffered an injury at birth that had a detrimental effect on her the rest of her short & tragic life. Take care.
15:41 Interesting to hear that Mick Jagger put up money for lawyers. I'd read that it was Richard Branson because Sid was on Branson's Virgin record label.
Scott, great video! Nancy attended the same school that I did in PA briefly, before she was hospitalized or placed in residential school. The school is Lower Moreland High School and there is a yearbook photo (I have seen this along with friends) where her back is turned to the camera so you can’t see her face in the yearbook picture. Anyways, her mom lived a block away from my family home for many years. Nancy grew up in my hometown of Huntington Valley, Pa. I am only 40 so, I did not know her but people definitely knew her in the area. ❤
For some reason this story has always fascinated me. Thank you Scott for doing this story and also for being fair as you always are. I loved this video. Thank you again for all you do! ❤
I already left one comment but I wanted to leave another one thanking you Scott for all the amazing videos that you put out and I know that it's hard working editing them and getting them ready. Again thank you so much Scott and we appreciate you and all of your hard work that goes into producing these videos and traveling to different countries to do them. Just wanted to say thank you and we appreciate you Scott..😉
Thanks to your brilliant channel, today I've gone on a private tour of The Viper Room, The Whisky a Go Go, The Rainbow and some celebrity graves all from the comfort of my home.
Hi Scott thank you for doing this one. I was into the Sex Pistols in 1979 when I was 14 and I had the album ‘Never mind the bollocks’ I had to keep it at my neighbour’s house as my dad refused to let me play it in my house. I was absolutely devastated when he died as I was a rebel and at the time in 1979,we had mirror badges which I wore on my school uniform. One was ‘Sid UK 🇬🇧’ and the other one was ‘Never mind the bollocks’and I was always pulled out of the school assembly for being disrespectful lol…😂
Funny enough, I was in jail at the time, and a lady was reading that book that her mother wrote, and I was so intrigued, and could relate a little and I’m from New York so I was super interested. I definitely recommend reading the book and watching the documentary on them. Quite sad story.
Scott ty so so much for doing this. I was punk to the core back then and still am. The way you presented it was so pure and peaceful, thank you. From the sex pistols. Dead Kennedys even gg Allen I was punk. Sad and Nancy's story was of tragedy and love. But at least they are together. You finally made me cry but good tears. Thank you my friend stay safe❤❤✌
I remember hearing from people that knew them and they stated "Nancy would do things to get attention ". Implying she did it to herself. We will never know.
Personally, I think she did it to get his attention. No major organs were hit. When she didn't get his attention because he was so effed up on all the Tunial he had taken, she just sat back, probably thinking it wasn't that bad of a wound she inflicted but it was and she bled out.
Get over never mind LA we can do LA every day. Craig would love to meet you. So what's your indererence. Come over. Craig has asked me to ask you to come over. If it's the money thing then I will pay. Book a flight and do your videos in England. Scott we want you to succeed so please stop doing the USA and approach bigger things. Craig loves you. I love and so does Steven
Grimmlife is in the UK. Craig wants you to come over. Are you coming over. . Or not. He's got loads of watchers and so could you . Stay in LA for Halloween . Ok we will watch your video. Craig reckons it's going to be shit
Despite of all troubles and addictions I pray for them ❤ and I am sure they love each other in another dimension got rid of all troubles and addictions
I was SO obsessed with Sid & Nancy when I was in high school. It would be amazing to see her grave and the inside of Chelsea. I’ve only seen the outside. The video included of the old hotel room gave me chills. Incredible!
Very tragic. Always wonder what really happened. Sid and Nancy had their whole life. Ahead of them.That demon called drugs. Has claimed a lot of lives. Rest easy Sid and Nancy. Thank you Scott.🌹🌹
I highly doubt that Sid would’ve intentionally killed Nancy as much as he loved her. Hauntingly beautiful but yet sad love story. Rest in peace Sid and Nancy. 💞
It's called Acting! Considering he couldn't tune a guitar to save his fucking life that's what he really was in the pistols AN ACTOR.... deep down why'd ya think rotten only produced one album? He knew it was all a crock of shit! The realist member of that band was rotten! Sid was a murderer who believed his own fkin hype say it like it is
Im disabled i have spina Bifida. Im homebound and i know that scott can't visit homes right now. but it would be an honor to meet him. he always shows such respect to all. from Vickie🥰
Scott dude Im a huge fan of your work!! Anytime I want straight facts from a historical moment or person you better believe Im checking your videos 1st bro! From the time I found your 1st video I watched and became an instant fan!! Subbed since and never miss a new one!! Great content and an awesome person buddy!! You have inspired me to build out a van I can live in (see van life videos) and travel the country seeing historical places like this and others you have seen as well as gravesites and final resting places. Who knows maybe ill start my own channel!! Anyway sorry for long post I had to say Thanks and AWESOME CONTENT!! Scott Sir you've inspired me to make my dream a passion and reality!!
As many times as I traveled to NY for work, I never checked out this hotel. What a beautiful place. I was never into punk and never really got into the story of these two. Nancy would have been a little younger than me. It is tragically interesting. You did the storytelling proud.
The architecture is great! I recall seeing on TV when Sid OD'd. Punk was wrapping up around the same time. Then came all those great post-punk bands like The Specials, Beat, Madness etc.
Saw a documentary on them ( Last 24 hours ) they do really good documentaries. Another one that is an interesting story is Gia Carangi first supermodel from PA from humble beginning to straight to the top to only come crashing down ( drugs) . Cindy Crawford was called Baby Gia because she became famous after she died ( Gia) .Same look etc. Angela Jolie played her in a movie too. One of the first celebrities to die from Aides. Interesting story if your ever interested. Great job on this too Scott you always do a great job. Something so interesting from these stories back then
In an alternate universe Sid and Nancy live in like the suburbs of Philadelphia and play with their grandkids and drive a minivan. Ahhh what if… you did a great job on this story , very very fair to all sides .
As a kid in England the first punk I ever saw was when I was on a bus with my mother in Rugby Warwickshire. I remember thinking how cool the bondage-trousers and the mohican were. Ten minutes into this bus journey someone tapped my mother on the shoulder to point out that 'The Punk' with the loud transistor-radio sitting behind, was trying to set my mother's hair alight! Funny thing was, when the bus finally arrived at our village 'The Punk' got off the bus too, and his mum was there to meet him! My mother told her what her son was trying to do and she whacked him and smoothed his mohican flat after first spitting into her hand. THAT was 1977 folks. 🇬🇧
My friend was just there, he had a drink in the bar and then managed to sneak up to the room door. He was caught and told (nicely) to go back downstairs, but he managed it. Wow the room was really small back then. I read Nancy's Mom's book and she said she thought maybe Nancy had riled Sid up on purpose so he would kill her, because she didn't want to live anymore. Could be. I guess she had problems all her life.
I was in 1F on Halloween night last year (2023) when I went to see The Damned at irving Plaza om their 'Darkadelic' tour .S id -hated- The Damned, and their lead singer, Dave Vanian, btw. According to the video, if I understand... 1F, the room that I stayed in, was -not- part of Room 100. Whew! Cuz some weird shit happened. Took the umbrella out of the room and it broke that day... smashed my finger in the front door.... ijs
Thank you Scott for this video, they died so young, the sex pistols were brilliant. It doesn’t matter where Sid is, they will be together in heaven. RIP to Sid and Nancy, 💐💐💐💐✌️🤟🏼
Love this video of Sid and Nancy you done!! Great job to btw!! I read the book Nancy’s mom wrote about her. Nancy was troubled mentally pretty much from the very beginning of her life. She never stopped crying when she was born. Woukd hold her breath till she almost pass out. Had fits all the time. Harassed her other siblings. She had a sister and a brother they were nothing like her. Mom had to send her off to a school that dealt with kids like Nancy. She would do good for awhile then ness up. She said when Nancy would date a guy her whole personality would change even if his accent was different she would change hers to way he sounded. Very man crazy from early age too. So I see why she sounded and looked alit like Sid… She was a difficult person to be around or be friends even with why she didn’t have many. She told her mom she wouldn’t live to be old. I think she even tried killings herself once .. Nancy could push your buttons and she loved to argue. I say she pushed sid to the point probably even taunting him to do it. She was like thst. She hated being the way she was she told her mom. She knew she was different and had problems and she wanted to just be normal.. Reading the book changed how I looked at Nancy. Everyone blames her for Sid’s drug use and death alot of people hated her but I didn’t. She was a tortured soul . She just wanted love ..Her mom loved her very much even though she put them through a lot. They have been dead for a long time. May they be together and have the peace they never had on earth. R.I.P. Sid and Nancy!!
Thank you for taking me to these important places, places I will probably never get to visit on my own. I must say that I don't think Sid killed Nancy. He loved her too much to truly hurt her and take her life.
2:35 According to Nancy's mother, Deborah, their surname is pronounced to rhyme with "bung", "clung", "rung" etc. There's an interview with her here on TH-cam where she's talking about her biography of her daughter and states her own name.
What a loss. And yet still a mystery. Way too young and a sad example of what drugs can do. I do hope they have found peace. But a fun fact with you mentioning Courtney Love at the beginning, she had like a thirty second part in the movie Sid and Nancy. I am certain you know that. Awesome vid Scott. Take care brother.
I read Nancy’s mothers book and it was so sad and showed what some mental illness can do to people. The saddest part was when she went to the NY morgue to claim Nancy’s body she overheard several attendants laughing about what a piece of garbage Nancy was and how she probably wouldn’t have any family claim her. To overhear that just tore her heart apart!
Another ripper Scott. I too enjoyed Deborah's book. A memorable couple to say the least. While I was more of a Rock fan back in the day, I have a new appreciation for some of the Punk that came out of the UK. Peace to all x
Wow, brilliant video Scott..thanks a million for this. I live in Ireland and am fascinated by this, but, can only dream of seeing it myself. Very much appreciated 🙏☘️☘️☘️
I was a big fan of the Sex Pistols and was only a few years younger than them when I found out about Nancy, and then Sid's deaths. Shit. They were only 20 and 21. I'm now 60! May they rest in peace!
Our across-the-hall neighbor for many years was the late, great Arthur Weinstein who owned Hurrah!, the club where Sid assaulted Patti's brother. Patti is of course another noted tenant. All roads lead to The Chelsea. Well Done, Scott! 🎥
Hi, it's Suzanne..you sent me the gift of the crushed blue tiles from the demolished Bathroom of 100 as a thank you gift for alerting you to the fact of the rooms intact existence a few years back. I still have it displayed. I cherish it 😊
Didnt Arthur also own The World club later? I remember he owned a gaggle of Saluki dogs at that time. I worked for a tenant at the Chelsea and his apartment was a recording studio so spent time there doing that and also ended up having friends who lived there...late 80's early 90's. Stanley Bard's office directly to the right of the front door and always open to everyone. Viva, her daughter Gabby Hoffman, Susanne Bartsch , Richard Bernstein (artist who did all of the covers for Interview Magazine) lived there at the time.
Yes that's correct@@laurastanton7812 Arthur also owned The World and others. When we first met him, he was the chief lighting designer for Peter Gatien's spots i.e. Limelight, Club USA, Tunnel, etc. Richard Bernstein who was gay used to pass supermodels off to Arthur in the day, when he lived on the 6th floor, and Arthur was with Jessica Lange for years. Helluva guy. Lived at the Chelsea until he passed of cancer in 2008.
@@suzannemaria5594 Hi Suzanne sorry for the late reply! Playing catch up. And yes, thank you again for sending us the documentary link with the NYPD diagram, which we hadn't seen before. The diagram allowed us to go spelunking and positively identify that Room 100, despite rumor, existed!
@@historyiwitness5915 Richard Bernstein was such a nice fellow and very good looking, too. I could see him attracting supermodels even if gay. Sorry to see he later died of AIDS. Wasnt Arthur married the whole time to the same woman? Your candid commentary is so interesting. Didnt Arthur have a sidekick, a tall Italian guy, maybe named Nicky? Whatever happened to him? I do remember asking about room 100 and told it was off limits. I remember Stanley Baird being really nice and approachable. My time there was before the internet so I do wish I had known more about the history back then, but had to rely on just whatever someone told
There's an old HBO docu-series show called 'Autopsy' which is actually streaming on HBO still...or Cinemax now I think...but my point is they covered the death of Nancy and later Sid and Dr Micheal Baden who was present for these autopsies walks you through the case. It's very very good for anyone interested in this subject. Although it is graphic and has a lot of real autopsy photos.
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Bedankt What a tragic story. Thank you Scott for telling this. May Nancy and Sid rest in peace 💞
Thank you so much for your continued support of the channel Evie! I am so appreciative ❤️❤️
@@SCOTTONTAPE Your'e welcome! 💞
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Hi Scott, I enjoy your channel. I lived in room 100 at the Hotel Chelsea for a year and a half in 2006-2007 with my girlfriend who had lived there for a decade. The two former hotel rooms plus the hallway kitchenette that made up our apartment are seen in the video. Our bedroom and bathroom were Sid and Nancy's room and as you depicted Nancy died on our bathroom floor. People say their spirits are still in that room but I never felt anything strange about being there. It was a massive NYC apartment and my girlfriend was lucky to have it.
Wow that’s amazing you lived in that EXACT room! Thank you Noel !
Incredible
Thats pretty interesting 👍
So cool very interesting indeed.
Oh wow thats so cool.
So u never felt anything there then
I had a conversation with Nancy's mother in 1996. I felt so much sympathy for both her and Nancy. I don't know Sid's side. On another note, this makes me nostalgic for the Chelsea as it was. So happy I was able to stay there on multiple occasions. Very strange, wonderful and historic place. That crazy lobby with its odd paintings and hodge-page decor was amazing and one never knew who might be passing through there. I used to sit in the lobby to write since the wifi in the rooms was terrible, and I saw everything from rock stars to supermodels to a bald guy in a tutu. It was divine.
I read her book, until one read what she wrote it’s difficult to understand these kids, I hope they all may Rest In Peace
I ate at Centro Vasco often on that street in the early 80’s to 90 when I moved to Florida. I always thought that hotel was a dump or a place for the homeless lol bc of how it looked from the outside. Later found out it was famous for artists.
Thanks Scott. I read the book Nancy's mother wrote "And I Don't Want To Live This Life". The majority of it was about Nancy growing up with the latter part of the book about her and Sid. Nancy had a very rough life plagued by her untreated mental illness.
Probably one of the most memorable books I’ve read. She was born w mental illness. Even as a baby she cried and cried. However, I give her credit for fashion and ambition. What was she 18 when she flew to England?
It was a great book
@@cherylb2008I read her mums book too. So sad. But of course saddest for Nancy.😢RIP🌹🦋
I commented about this but didn't see your comment til now, about the book. Being a mother it broke my heart and so the very of this video made me tear up a bit. Nancy's mom and I think her sister too did a podcast interview some time ago. It was so sad to hear about her adolescence 😢
I also read the book as well, and my heart just broke!
I am a thirty year Embalmer/ Funeral Director and I love your content. Not just the memorial aspect, but the subjects you choose. Excellent work.
Thank you so much !
Odd fact Nancy's little sister Susan Spungen was Martha Stewart’s editorial director for 12 years, and she’s written cookbooks and is a food stylist
Deborah I think her name was
@@darrenfletcher4536 Deborah is her mother
@@becksgr yes..quite correct
I liked the end of the movie made about them. After Nancy dies, and Sid was released by the police, he eats at a restaurant and then takes out walking. He dances for a bit with a couple of school boys and then a cab drives up. Nancy's ghost is in the back seat, looking beautiful. She and Sid smile at each other, he gets in the back seat with her, and the two drive off....presumably to Heaven. Great ending! 🌌🌈🚕
I don't think it was very accurate, but yes I like that ending too.
Sid's mother screwed him up from an early age, he never stood a chance.
Yup as I delved into his childhood I was astounded
Both Nancy and John (birth name) had unfortunate early starts. Nancy at least had parents that tried to raise her properly ❤
He would have had a chance if he left her once be turned 18 and never come back. But it's all happened because of Nancy and her murder.
Great video. I actually am fortunate enough to live here and thru a family member who was in that scene back then, it’s believed that Sid didn’t kill Nancy. Someone else did and this person’s actions afterwards kinda sealed that rumor. The Chelsea is my fav building in manhattan and I’m stoked it’s open again.
Love ur channel, long time fan 🤘
Edit: I was lucky enough to grab a piece of their bathroom window molding during the renovation. Friend of mine was part o some of the construction crew and got it for me. It’s pretty rad to have.
Such a sad story. If Sid did or didn't you can see the heartbreak in him in that interview. Thamk you for the vlog, Scott.
I’m not much of a punk fan but this story always fascinated me. It’s so sad to hear and know what happened to both of them.
I have a hot take and unpopular opinion that Nancy did it to herself in an attempt to get Sids attention but he was so out of it from all the Tunial he took, that he wouldn't wake up. Instead of going to get help when she realized he wasn't waking up (she knew she would be put in a nuthouse if authorities knew she had done it to herself. They'd find out about the drugs, etc) she just kind of sat back in the bathroom, probably not thinking it was as bad as it was because she did miss all major organs. As far as she knew, it was just the skin she got.
So she bled out.
I know people don't like that theory, but I think this is a likely candidate for what happened.
She also probably didn't care what happened to her. She had reached the end of her life as far as she knew. She knew she wouldn't live past 21. She didn't want to. She didn't want to get old. She got what she wanted and knew would happen
I'm glad you wrote this comment as I was thinking it myself ❤
@@kirstyjones3763 there is an inside edition video on here about sid and Nancy where some guy says the same thing I did. We aren't the only ones with this theory it seems. Id give you the link but the comment would go POOF. So, look it up.
There is a documentary called who killed Nancy and they bring up this theory. They interviewed the people who were hanging around Sid and Nacy at the time and they basically said the same thing. One guy even said that one day in London he went over to their apartment and Nacy had cut her wrist bc "Sid didn't love her anymore".
I agree with your comment!! Plus she had severe mental illness that went untreated her whole life.
hey I too don't know how it all went down either and who knows there might be some truth to what you said who knows ya know? so hey you have just as much right to share your thoughts with the rest of us. as we have.
Thank you Scott for being fair in giving Sid the benefit of the doubt and honestly saying we don't know the truth of what really happened. There have been many theories and hypothesis about that night but truthfully the only thing we really can know for sure is that two deeply unstable and troubled young people came together for a tragically toxic relationship that ended in both of their deaths. This relationship has been far too romanticized and needs to be seen as the deeply volatile and sick, twisted drug fueled relationship it really was. The end video shows the harsh reality of just how not romantic the relationship truly was.
I don’t really think Sud killed her. I feel most likely one of the low life hanger ones saw them high as a kite that night and took the opportunity to take the money. Most likely Nancy wasn’t as out of it as they thought and tried to stop them so she was stabbed once in gut. That was all it took
Sid murdered her - no need to paint the story pink, he paid with his life.
ITA with you.
It is somewhat related to another tragic, and doomed relationship. Bonnie and Clyde.
So stange that the public buys into these types of relationships that have no regard for
the very thing that keeps them going. Life! How can one person love another, but have
zero regard for love of life? The relationship has no chance for a future, and how can
a relationship be used as a disposable emotion? Do we look at it from a Romeo and
Juliet perspective? There is no perfect love, it's out of reach for human beings. Yet
everyone wants to find it. They won't on this planet!
Great video Scott! I used to talk to Alan G. Parker (Sid's biographer) on Facebook back in 2010. He's a major dbag and sicko! He used to write me gross messages of "what he would do to me" if I ever came to England! When the feelings weren't reciprocated, he blocked me and I haven't talked to him since! I'm not surprised he lied about Sid's mom giving him the hot shot! He's a clinger-on! It's so crazy how much The Chelsea hotel has changed since the 70's! Thank you for this video!
Yea the more I read about that guy the more I realized he’s not such a great person. I’m sorry he treated you that way
Thanks!
I appreciate you thank you so much !
Very evocative video. I flew from Ireland to New York in February 1994..There was a ferocious blizzard in the city. I decided to make I way to Chelsea Hotel. I sat in the lobby for a while, marvelling at the place and the colourful and bohemian characters who lived in that hotel down through the years. I met the then manager and mentioned about Sid @ Nancy. He got annoyed and said he didn't want the hotel just remembered for that. I will always remember my sojourn in that hotel on a very snowy New York afternoon with the ghosts of Sid @ Nancy, Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan, etc, the Chelsea will never die 🔔
Edie Segewick lived at the Chelsea too.
Thank You so much for covering Sid and Nancy. I am fascinated by this story and have read and watched everything I can about them. Two kids in tragic life situations. You did the story justice by not casting blame on either one of them. No one will really never no who was to blame. All I know is seems like they truly loved each other.
So many stars stayed at The Chelsea. William Burroughs, Dylan, Patti Smith...the list goes on forever!!
Actually, I know someone who was there that Night. I was advised not to tell, so I will leave certain names out. Sid & Nancy had a little get together. Nancy got money from her Mother and as Dealers came in and out of their Room, more gathered.
Nancy became obnoxious, insisting a Dealer come back with 'better dope', and waved around the large sum of cash she had. Sid was nodded out, as a few Others. The Ones who were awake and had enough of Nancy showing off the money, and wasn't sharing her 'purchases '. As the Ones who just wanted dope, they tried to distract her. She placed the money on a small table, and they went to grab it, and Nancy got worse. She was pushed away, and the Holder of the knife plunged it in. They fled the Room. Those who didn't even know what they were planning left the Room in horror.
The next day they heard she Died, and no one came forward. The Junkie World. Sid really had nothing at all to do with it, but he was a Heavy User, and there was Alcohol, and other drugs as well.
No, I fortunately was not there, but all I wil say is a Screenwriter was there and his sequence of events did not ever waiver. Truth.
I believe u are right...this same thing that happened to bobbi kristina and her bf...I don't think he killed her..he was just an easier target like sid
Hey I personally know a few people who were there that night and you are correct! And yes Rockets Redglare was there!
@@vanessatheurbantarotgoddes2192 what makes you think that? You’re the only person I’ve ever heard say that
Oh man….. thank you for coving this. This tragedy always fascinated me… so sad. Thank you, Scott.
Me too
@@shonacole2124and me
I visited The Chelsea Hotel in 2002, definitely has historic vibes, and figures like Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac stayed there, great video as always Scott🙂
Beautiful, Scott. Thank you so much. I am a Gen X and was born in June 1966. So, as a kid, I remember all the stories of the Sex Pistols and interviews/news reports of the whole, sad, sorted, Sid and Nancy affair. This tragedy has always resonated with me. Idk why, really, maybe I was a little Punkish back in the day. I have read a lot about The Pistols and research that whole short Punk scene in the U.K. and the U.S.. Just like Sid and Nancy it was crazy hot for a short while then burned itself out. Once again thanks Scott. Love you for bringing us along on another wicked cool jaunt. Big shoutout from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Catch ya on the next. Bless you. Go with God. Peace. Later, dude.
I like the way you told their story with respect and the emotion you showed for them. Very well done!
Her mother was a psychologist PhD and described everything they went through with Nancy’s growing up and her bi-polar diagnosis. Incredibly smart and insightful woman.
I thought I read somewhere that she was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. And if someone won’t take their meds it makes it even worse.
I read the book Nancy's mom wrote. It's truly heartbreaking. The mom was a student (majoring in foreign languages) when she got pregnant with Nancy. She had to abandon her studies, get married and raise her family( Nancy and two siblings). Nancy was diagnosed as schizophrenic when she was 15 but the doctors never shared the diagnosis with her family. They only learned about it after Nancy's death.
@@m-cbourgie5965 I don't think she was, though. She didn't see things hallucinations, she didn't hear voices, she didn't speak in a word salad; she had some unrealistic/inaccurate perceptions about herself and the world around her, but she wasn't 'delusional' in the literal, medical sense. Schizophrenia just doesn't make any sense.
Her known symptoms were explosive temper tantrums that occassionally turned violent, manipulative and disruptive behavior, wild mood swings, an inability to regulate her emotions, a consistent feeling of agitation that led her to seek hyperstimulation. She frequently had trouble sleeping and occassionally experience dissassociative fugues and experienced at least one grand mal seizure. These were probably related to the various drugs she was given. I think she sounded like she has traits of both borderline personality disorder (impulsivity, chronic feelings of emptiness and abandonment, intense bouts of anger, reckless behavior) and histrionic personality disorder (socially inappropriate attention seeking behavior, theatrical expressions, false feelings of intimacy with others); both of these disorders are associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior. That, and there is also the possibility of non-autistic sensory processing disorder (anxiety, trouble engaging in routine activities, difficulty adapting to new situations, over-responsive reactions ranging from mild to debilitating, an intense drive to seek stimulation.) SPD is often associated with birth complications- Nancy was born with her umbilical cord around her neck and her brain was deprived of oxygen for a dangerously long time. As a baby, Nancy couldn't stand to be touch and would stiffen her limbs and scream when adults tried to cradle her; children with SPD may be averse to human contact. If any or all of these were Nancy's issue, antipsychotics would not have helped her.
@taramcgavan7654 I don't think that's fair. She took her daughter to doctor after doctor from the time she was a baby and for the longest time she was told nothing was wrong with her, then they said they had no idea what was wrong with her, then they told her it was too late for treatment. She did everything she knew to do and hit a wall. She still supported Nancy financially after she left home, was in the process of helping both her and Sid get into rehab just before she died, then defended her in death when her child was violated and dehumanized by a salacious press that treated her as nothing more than a character/caricature.
She gave her barbiturates as an infant ffs
Thank you for sharing their story.I remember them in the 70's and I wasn't into the Punk Rock scene, but their story was everywhere. Sid & Nancy were a toxic couple from the beginning, that doesn't mean they didn't truly love each other. RIP Sid and Nancy, I hope they are together.
The simple fact that you had a "crisis of consciousness" shows what a beautiful heart you have, Scott. You put so much thought and compassion into your videos on this type of subject matter, that it blesses me to know how serious you take this. What a tragic love story. It brings to mind the lyric, "Two lost souls living in fish bowl." May Nancy and Sid rest in peace. Safe travels.-Joe from Joplin MO
I also want to add that I was so into the did and Nancy stuff as a teen but as a mother that's 40 now I've read the book Nancy's mother wrote and it was just heartbreaking. There's even an interview on a podcast with her mom about raising her and how she was in and out of facilities. So sad...so thank you so much for filming her resting spot. For those of us that can't travel there especially. Could you do an Edie Sedgwick episode ?!?
Her resting spot is where she is buried not where she was killed. Honestly.
This is so sad . Thanks for showing Scott May Nancy and Sid rest in peace 🕊️❤❤.
Those final letters from Sid are heartbreaking…thank you for this video tour. I have always been very intrigued in this case
Not my kind of lifestyle or music, but no one deserves to die like that, thanks for sharing scott.
Such a tragic story, two people that should still be alive today. Excellent coverage of the location and thank you for paying respects 🙏 ❤ Scott your research is so good 👍
I lived in Manhattan when I was young and would see movies at the Chelsea theatre. I was also a punk rock kid Cool video.
Awesome video brother! The Gary Oldman movie Sid and Nancy is a good little gem, Old man does a fantastic job as Sid
yes he did, He portrayed Sid to a T
Thank you for covering this in such a respectful way. I've read "and I don't want to live this life " countless times, and I've always been struck with the tragedy of both sid and Nancy's life and death. My heart goes out to their families and friends, and it's just so sad what drug addiction can lead to. I know Nancy was so troubled from an early age, and her family went through hell. I wish I knew how to contact Deborah Spungen just to tell her how much her book impacted me.
Fantastic job on this one Scott. Appreciate you visiting Nancy's grave, which happens to be near where I grew up & have visited as well. Nancy's mother, Deborah Spungen, wrote a book about her daughter titled, "And I Don't Want to Live This Life: A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder." While I highly recommend it, it's a difficulty book to read. Nancy suffered an injury at birth that had a detrimental effect on her the rest of her short & tragic life. Take care.
Yes, I read that book many years ago...still have it around somewhere. Excellent.
It’s a hard one for sure, but one of my favorites. The story overall is a 100% tragedy.
15:41 Interesting to hear that Mick Jagger put up money for lawyers. I'd read that it was Richard Branson because Sid was on Branson's Virgin record label.
The look in Sid’s eyes just before and after he says under the ground he is remembering all his traumatizing experiences from his childhood.
Scott, great video! Nancy attended the same school that I did in PA briefly, before she was hospitalized or placed in residential school. The school is Lower Moreland High School and there is a yearbook photo (I have seen this along with friends) where her back is turned to the camera so you can’t see her face in the yearbook picture. Anyways, her mom lived a block away from my family home for many years. Nancy grew up in my hometown of Huntington Valley, Pa. I am only 40 so, I did not know her but people definitely knew her in the area. ❤
The Hotel Chelsea,i like to think of it as New York City's answer to the Chateau Marmont.
Me too
Excellent video!! Definitely one of my favorites now. The Sid and Nancy story has always fascinated me. Thank you so much, and please stay safe!! ❤❤
For some reason this story has always fascinated me. Thank you Scott for doing this story and also for being fair as you always are. I loved this video. Thank you again for all you do! ❤
Awww, man. You were 10 minutes from me. I would have loved to meet you. I had heard she was buried in this area but never knew. Thank you, Scott!
I’ll be back in Philadelphia next year !
I already left one comment but I wanted to leave another one thanking you Scott for all the amazing videos that you put out and I know that it's hard working editing them and getting them ready. Again thank you so much Scott and we appreciate you and all of your hard work that goes into producing these videos and traveling to different countries to do them. Just wanted to say thank you and we appreciate you Scott..😉
You are so welcome thank you for watching
❤ABSOLUTELY AGREE😊
Thanks to your brilliant channel, today I've gone on a private tour of The Viper Room, The Whisky a Go Go, The Rainbow and some celebrity graves all from the comfort of my home.
Glad ur liking the videos !!
Thanx for covering these guys. Such a sad story all around. RIP Sid N Nancy.
Hi Scott thank you for doing this one. I was into the Sex Pistols in 1979 when I was 14 and I had the album ‘Never mind the bollocks’ I had to keep it at my neighbour’s house as my dad refused to let me play it in my house. I was absolutely devastated when he died as I was a rebel and at the time in 1979,we had mirror badges which I wore on my school uniform. One was ‘Sid UK 🇬🇧’ and the other one was ‘Never mind the bollocks’and I was always pulled out of the school assembly for being disrespectful lol…😂
Scott, the music so evocative portraying their every emotional despair.
Funny enough, I was in jail at the time, and a lady was reading that book that her mother wrote, and I was so intrigued, and could relate a little and I’m from New York so I was super interested. I definitely recommend reading the book and watching the documentary on them. Quite sad story.
Scott ty so so much for doing this. I was punk to the core back then and still am. The way you presented it was so pure and peaceful, thank you. From the sex pistols. Dead Kennedys even gg Allen I was punk. Sad and Nancy's story was of tragedy and love. But at least they are together. You finally made me cry but good tears. Thank you my friend stay safe❤❤✌
So sad, these two young people. Seems to always be a tragic ending when drugs are involved. Nice job Scott
Typical crackheads.
I remember hearing from people that knew them and they stated "Nancy would do things to get attention ". Implying she did it to herself. We will never know.
Honestly Nancy was deeply troubled. Suicide is possible
Personally, I think she did it to get his attention. No major organs were hit. When she didn't get his attention because he was so effed up on all the Tunial he had taken, she just sat back, probably thinking it wasn't that bad of a wound she inflicted but it was and she bled out.
Get over to England. You are the best on TH-cam we can't wait for your videos on England. We love you . Keep safe Scott.
Get over never mind LA we can do LA every day. Craig would love to meet you. So what's your indererence. Come over. Craig has asked me to ask you to come over. If it's the money thing then I will pay. Book a flight and do your videos in England. Scott we want you to succeed so please stop doing the USA and approach bigger things. Craig loves you. I love and so does Steven
Grimmlife is in the UK. Craig wants you to come over. Are you coming over. . Or not. He's got loads of watchers and so could you . Stay in LA for Halloween . Ok we will watch your video. Craig reckons it's going to be shit
Despite of all troubles and addictions I pray for them ❤ and I am sure they love each other in another dimension got rid of all troubles and addictions
Great video as always Scott.truly appreciate your videos.
I was SO obsessed with Sid & Nancy when I was in high school. It would be amazing to see her grave and the inside of Chelsea. I’ve only seen the outside. The video included of the old hotel room gave me chills. Incredible!
Very tragic. Always wonder what really happened. Sid and Nancy had their whole life. Ahead of them.That demon called drugs. Has claimed a lot of lives. Rest easy Sid and Nancy. Thank you Scott.🌹🌹
Sid's mother didn't help much.
I highly doubt that Sid would’ve intentionally killed Nancy as much as he loved her. Hauntingly beautiful but yet sad love story. Rest in peace Sid and Nancy. 💞
💯agree.
It's called Acting! Considering he couldn't tune a guitar to save his fucking life that's what he really was in the pistols AN ACTOR.... deep down why'd ya think rotten only produced one album? He knew it was all a crock of shit! The realist member of that band was rotten! Sid was a murderer who believed his own fkin hype say it like it is
Wasn't he abusive toward her??
He was unable to kill her because he was under barbiturates. He took about 30 pills and maybe something else too. He had a very deep sleep.
This video was done so well! Tasteful and informative - Scott you should be commended for your amazing work! Awesome job! ⚡️⚡️
Thank you !
What a sad story. They were so very young. Thank you for doing this with much respect. Rest in peace to them all 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Im almost 60 and still rember when that happend..it was all over the news..Rip Nancy
Scott you did a wonderful job on this video and thank you for everything that you do.
Wow this is so awesome and amazing, thanks for sharing this Scott even though I have never heard of them before until now.
Im disabled i have spina Bifida. Im homebound and i know that scott can't visit homes right now. but it would be an honor to meet him. he always shows such respect to all. from Vickie🥰
Scott dude Im a huge fan of your work!! Anytime I want straight facts from a historical moment or person you better believe Im checking your videos 1st bro! From the time I found your 1st video I watched and became an instant fan!! Subbed since and never miss a new one!! Great content and an awesome person buddy!! You have inspired me to build out a van I can live in (see van life videos) and travel the country seeing historical places like this and others you have seen as well as gravesites and final resting places. Who knows maybe ill start my own channel!! Anyway sorry for long post I had to say Thanks and AWESOME CONTENT!! Scott Sir you've inspired me to make my dream a passion and reality!!
13:13 Rockets Redglare was in the excellent film 'Trees Lounge', written/directed by and starring Steve Buscemi (plus many notable others).
As many times as I traveled to NY for work, I never checked out this hotel. What a beautiful place. I was never into punk and never really got into the story of these two. Nancy would have been a little younger than me. It is tragically interesting. You did the storytelling proud.
The architecture is great! I recall seeing on TV when Sid OD'd. Punk was wrapping up around the same time. Then came all those great post-punk bands like The Specials, Beat, Madness etc.
Great job Scott!!! Awesome video and very informative ✨✌️
Saw a documentary on them ( Last 24 hours ) they do really good documentaries. Another one that is an interesting story is Gia Carangi first supermodel from PA from humble beginning to straight to the top to only come crashing down ( drugs) . Cindy Crawford was called Baby Gia because she became famous after she died ( Gia) .Same look etc. Angela Jolie played her in a movie too. One of the first celebrities to die from Aides. Interesting story if your ever interested. Great job on this too Scott you always do a great job. Something so interesting from these stories back then
Thank you Scott for the video.
In an alternate universe Sid and Nancy live in like the suburbs of Philadelphia and play with their grandkids and drive a minivan. Ahhh what if… you did a great job on this story , very very fair to all sides .
As a kid in England the first punk I ever saw was when I was on a bus with my mother in Rugby Warwickshire. I remember thinking how cool the bondage-trousers and the mohican were. Ten minutes into this bus journey someone tapped my mother on the shoulder to point out that 'The Punk' with the loud transistor-radio sitting behind, was trying to set my mother's hair alight!
Funny thing was, when the bus finally arrived at our village 'The Punk' got off the bus too, and his mum was there to meet him! My mother told her what her son was trying to do and she whacked him and smoothed his mohican flat after first spitting into her hand.
THAT was 1977 folks. 🇬🇧
My friend was just there, he had a drink in the bar and then managed to sneak up to the room door. He was caught and told (nicely) to go back downstairs, but he managed it. Wow the room was really small back then. I read Nancy's Mom's book and she said she thought maybe Nancy had riled Sid up on purpose so he would kill her, because she didn't want to live anymore. Could be. I guess she had problems all her life.
they have very astute trespasser radar
I believe it too
I was in 1F on Halloween night last year (2023) when I went to see The Damned at irving Plaza om their 'Darkadelic' tour .S id -hated- The Damned, and their lead singer, Dave Vanian, btw. According to the video, if I understand... 1F, the room that I stayed in, was -not- part of Room 100.
Whew!
Cuz some weird shit happened.
Took the umbrella out of the room and it broke that day...
smashed my finger in the front door....
ijs
He had a deep sleep, he took barbiturates and he wasn't able to kill anyone, when he woke up she was already dead.
Thank you Scott for this video, they died so young, the sex pistols were brilliant. It doesn’t matter where Sid is, they will be together in heaven. RIP to Sid and Nancy, 💐💐💐💐✌️🤟🏼
You have to be joking ????? They were the most obnoxious talentless cretins, they couldn’t sing, couldn’t write & couldn’t play an instrument !!!!
😢😢😢Rip Sid and Nancy I'm truly sorry 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Love this video of Sid and Nancy you done!! Great job to btw!! I read the book Nancy’s mom wrote about her. Nancy was troubled mentally pretty much from the very beginning of her life. She never stopped crying when she was born. Woukd hold her breath till she almost pass out. Had fits all the time. Harassed her other siblings. She had a sister and a brother they were nothing like her. Mom had to send her off to a school that dealt with kids like Nancy. She would do good for awhile then ness up. She said when Nancy would date a guy her whole personality would change even if his accent was different she would change hers to way he sounded. Very man crazy from early age too. So I see why she sounded and looked alit like Sid… She was a difficult person to be around or be friends even with why she didn’t have many. She told her mom she wouldn’t live to be old. I think she even tried killings herself once .. Nancy could push your buttons and she loved to argue. I say she pushed sid to the point probably even taunting him to do it. She was like thst. She hated being the way she was she told her mom. She knew she was different and had problems and she wanted to just be normal.. Reading the book changed how I looked at Nancy. Everyone blames her for Sid’s drug use and death alot of people hated her but I didn’t. She was a tortured soul . She just wanted love ..Her mom loved her very much even though she put them through a lot. They have been dead for a long time. May they be together and have the peace they never had on earth. R.I.P. Sid and Nancy!!
Very well said.
EXCELLENT SCOTT!!! Sooo sad and you never disappoint. You give such respect! Thank you so much!!!! ❤
Thank you for taking me to these important places, places I will probably never get to visit on my own. I must say that I don't think Sid killed Nancy. He loved her too much to truly hurt her and take her life.
Juste un énorme " Merci " pour ce reportage , je suis trop émue pour en dire plus car j avais beaucoup d admiration pour Sid et Nancy 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷👍
Oh that was nicely done & very sympathetic. Thank you for that tour. 🧡
WOW! BEST DOCUMENTARY BY FAR! VERY well done, thorough, concise, ❤ the Narrator! Do more DOCUMENTARIES
2:35 According to Nancy's mother, Deborah, their surname is pronounced to rhyme with "bung", "clung", "rung" etc. There's an interview with her here on TH-cam where she's talking about her biography of her daughter and states her own name.
What a loss. And yet still a mystery. Way too young and a sad example of what drugs can do. I do hope they have found peace. But a fun fact with you mentioning Courtney Love at the beginning, she had like a thirty second part in the movie Sid and Nancy. I am certain you know that. Awesome vid Scott. Take care brother.
That's right I forgot about Courtney being in the movie. I have not seen the movie played on cable for many years.
Courtney seemed fascinated by Nancy back then and even dressed like her in real life.
So very 😔 thankyou for taking us there .and showing us the Chelsea Hotel.amazing footage at the end.no one will ever know 🤔🇮🇪
Brilliant work Scott
Thank you for your work ❤️✌️🏴
Wow very sad but very interesting at the same time what a great job on this
Wow is all I can say!! Great vlog!!
Another great video Scott, such a tragic story. Thank you.
Scott. You're always 5 steps ahead of my brain on what videos i want to see. (A few months). Then boom!!!! You release one.
Such a bizarre love story… heroin always leads to sadness, pain and death. Thanks for the video Scott
I read Nancy’s mothers book and it was so sad and showed what some mental illness can do to people. The saddest part was when she went to the NY morgue to claim Nancy’s body she overheard several attendants laughing about what a piece of garbage Nancy was and how she probably wouldn’t have any family claim her. To overhear that just tore her heart apart!
That’s so terrible she heard that
Who were they to judge
Wow how sad
I never knew the whole story about Sid and Nancy ! 😢 thank you for telling it
Another ripper Scott. I too enjoyed Deborah's book. A memorable couple to say the least. While I was more of a Rock fan back in the day, I have a new appreciation for some of the Punk that came out of the UK. Peace to all x
Wow, brilliant video Scott..thanks a million for this. I live in Ireland and am fascinated by this, but, can only dream of seeing it myself. Very much appreciated 🙏☘️☘️☘️
So very sad but a great video as always
Thanks for sharing Scott
I was a big fan of the Sex Pistols and was only a few years younger than them when I found out about Nancy, and then Sid's deaths. Shit. They were only 20 and 21. I'm now 60! May they rest in peace!
Our across-the-hall neighbor for many years was the late, great Arthur Weinstein who owned Hurrah!, the club where Sid assaulted Patti's brother. Patti is of course another noted tenant. All roads lead to The Chelsea. Well Done, Scott! 🎥
Hi, it's Suzanne..you sent me the gift of the crushed blue tiles from the demolished Bathroom of 100 as a thank you gift for alerting you to the fact of the rooms intact existence a few years back. I still have it displayed. I cherish it 😊
Didnt Arthur also own The World club later? I remember he owned a gaggle of Saluki dogs at that time. I worked for a tenant at the Chelsea and his apartment was a recording studio so spent time there doing that and also ended up having friends who lived there...late 80's early 90's. Stanley Bard's office directly to the right of the front door and always open to everyone. Viva, her daughter Gabby Hoffman, Susanne Bartsch , Richard Bernstein (artist who did all of the covers for Interview Magazine) lived there at the time.
Yes that's correct@@laurastanton7812 Arthur also owned The World and others. When we first met him, he was the chief lighting designer for Peter Gatien's spots i.e. Limelight, Club USA, Tunnel, etc. Richard Bernstein who was gay used to pass supermodels off to Arthur in the day, when he lived on the 6th floor, and Arthur was with Jessica Lange for years. Helluva guy. Lived at the Chelsea until he passed of cancer in 2008.
@@suzannemaria5594 Hi Suzanne sorry for the late reply! Playing catch up. And yes, thank you again for sending us the documentary link with the NYPD diagram, which we hadn't seen before. The diagram allowed us to go spelunking and positively identify that Room 100, despite rumor, existed!
@@historyiwitness5915 Richard Bernstein was such a nice fellow and very good looking, too. I could see him attracting supermodels even if gay. Sorry to see he later died of AIDS. Wasnt Arthur married the whole time to the same woman? Your candid commentary is so interesting. Didnt Arthur have a sidekick, a tall Italian guy, maybe named Nicky? Whatever happened to him? I do remember asking about room 100 and told it was off limits. I remember Stanley Baird being really nice and approachable. My time there was before the internet so I do wish I had known more about the history back then, but had to rely on just whatever someone told
There's an old HBO docu-series show called 'Autopsy' which is actually streaming on HBO still...or Cinemax now I think...but my point is they covered the death of Nancy and later Sid and Dr Micheal Baden who was present for these autopsies walks you through the case. It's very very good for anyone interested in this subject. Although it is graphic and has a lot of real autopsy photos.
Lovely video, you’re so very respectful of them both. ❤