This is the New York I loved. I’m heartbroken over losing that city. There will never be another so vital, free, raw, fresh, wild, gritty, creative, or achingly beautiful. If I could time travel to anywhere, as unimaginative as it sounds, I’d go back there.
Melissa Onorati I went down a rabbit hole starting with late 80’s -early 90s club kids. I just stumbled on his videos last night.I didn’t know he died. That is so sad. Time to go deeper down the rabbit hole.
I really wish more people would watch Nelson's videos. I have watched them over and over again for a few years and each time I see something different in each clip. I think more people would accept LGBTQ folks if they could see them just living their regular day-to-day lives like everyone else. It's so hard to believe that Michael Musto is still around today doing the same thing he was doing back in these days. He really hasn't changed much at all. I really do wish Nelson was around today to help raise the standards of social media. He was a magnificent storyteller and I don't know why I have felt so close to him after watching all of his videos. He was an amazing gentleman.
People just being themselves ? Like this person in the yellow shirt, Or a Michael Alig or any of the other self absorbed clearly self centered people that ran in this scene ? Michael Musto will be the first one to point this out. And it has nothing to do with the LGBTQ community. It's attention seeking self centeredness, no one should act in this way. Nelson's videos exposed a lot of this.
No gentrification, no sterilization! And no Starbucks and no banks at every corner. These we were just neighborhoods that were affordable and a lot of personality.
That has happened in a lot of major cities these days. My dad grew in NYC, I was raised in D.C. The same thing happened in both places. Run down areas in Washington like 14 Street, which used to be strip clubs, X rated movie theaters and abandoned buildings, now require a half million dollars for a condo in the newly minted "respectable and upscale" neighborhoods.
Absolutely. The same goes for any city in the world. I visited NYC for the first time in 1986. At that time it used to be "THE CITY" of the world!! Back in 2016 nothing was left of what I once saw. To me NYC was THE example of crazyness, diversity, ... now it looks like a place only for the rich ... a big Disney open air mall... Still impressive but radical makeover. Gentrification occurs all around the world. Where do normal (or even crazy ;-) people go ? No more "spirit" .... sad thing.
Back then NYC was a place for artists to flourish. Anyone could afford to live there. Now it's just an asepticized playground for the rich. It's lost its soul. What Giuliani did to that city is a real shame.
@@olika9076 Same in London of course. It's like cities have been lobotomised. Sad times. Now coronavirus is gonna bring more changes...& not for the better...for the average person anyway. Almost like it's been planned... TF for Nelson's video recordings. I'm not gay, never been to USA & never heard of Nelson til a few days ago but I'm hooked! Love him! Best wishes from London!
Why am I so addicted to these videos? I have watched a bunch of them and love these people! So free and proud. I was 11 when they made this video and pretty well knew I was gay but it took until almost my 30th birthday to acknowledge it. Where I was from you could never have been so free and fun. Just amazing for me to watch. Thank you for posting these.
It was a great time in history. Gay people were mostly accepted but it was still edgy to be different. There was enough technology to get most anything you needed done but not so much that it ruled our lives and dominated every waking moment. The 80s kind of hit the sweet spot. People could go out and be themselves, technology made life easier but real people, face to face friendships were still more interesting. AIDS kind of put a damper on things but I would love to go back in your time machine with you. :) If nothing else, I could walk around for a while without my knees hurting. I would be 22 again right????
Video is so real versus film. I feel like I spent all that time with them, and now I'm going to go home, take a nap, and meet them again later at Danceteria.
Nelson Sullivan RIP sweet angel, I was only 10 when this video was made but you are and will forever be a inspiration to us all!! Fly High Beautiful Soul!! Blackout was such a cutie as Well, reminds me of my dog Bandit!!
I must agree, every video of Nelson's with Albert and Michael is too funny. soda came out my nose with the "forest green" comment. simplest things, its not what is said, its how they say it.
Michael reading The Village Voice, probably not but he wrote for the newspaper. Everything's so different now, no more Village Voice in newsstands. I miss the less congested city of 1987. Such a fun time to be young then and boy did I have fun there.
Nelson died of a hearth attack as stated the others I do not know , ru Paul's and another( that took turns caring for his dog ) are surely still with us
@@kickasses2121 many say cocaine was involved. It is even said that Nelson died with another guy doing drugs off his privates (not sure of the validity). Between drugs and aids, many didn't survive the 80's.
@@anh7807 they did ecstasy and were doing coke as well all night and having a great time is what I have heard from a few people close to him at the time.
@@kickasses2121 Michael Musto is still a live as i found him on Facebook i don't know about Albert Crudo i couldn't find him not even on Michael musto Facebook friends list but i think i found his twitter
I love these videos so much. They are a vital time capsule of queer history that people try to erase. Also, if I had Albert's legs, I'd always wear those shorts.
Back in the day when the village didn't have a dime ! But the greed and the Yuppie ism and the foreign investors was salivating ! And we now have the village of today
I will give anything to get back my apartment in the West Village from the 80s...I don't remember how the FK I got back home a few times. I left a bar a few times on Bleecker st. around 4 AM., took a shower and went to work✌ LOVED THE 80S
Oh imagine walking down the street and the gay disco float coming out of the horizon like Moses out of the wilderness! What a great town NYC used to be! A bygone era! Rip!
I just typed the same dann thing without seeing your comment lol....now I'm gonna delete mine. 😄 Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed the dirty dough boi. 🤮
Are any of these guys still around? I was 4 in 87. Lol been binging these videos. What a fascinating time. That guy with the bike is dressed so awesome
What a great film it feels like I’m back this is the downtown I grew up in. It may be gritty compared to today with all the yups and transplant money that came in. Was in my 20s back than a typical Saturday night was going to Great Gilder sleeves and than walking down the block to CBGGs Max’s Kansas City was also one of our spots Miss those days.
I have only seen a handful of these tapes so far but it seems that he only started to turn the camera around on himself later like in 89. Either way, genius 👨🏻🎓
Actually, he started before then, like the video of his 39th birthday (1987). But, yeah, he initially followed others until he realized it was more convenient to film himself. He explained it all in this video. th-cam.com/video/5Q5srHHUZVY/w-d-xo.html
10:20 I knew that song was familiar! It's used several times in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, starring a young Sarah Jessica Parker! Love that movie, and I LOVE these Nelson time capsule videos! I'd be so pissed if I was a New Yorker and had to actually see Gullianni's wash down scrub of the city... Scrubbed the soul right out of the place!
I decided in 1990 when I was 13, to move to NYC as soon as I graduated high school. But by the time I could (just barley) afford to go, it was getting ruined. Old theatre friends who lived there told me not to bother. Oh the life I could have had!
I wonder is Nelson’s dumpy home is still there and that it looks like today. Back then it was a slum, now it’s shabby chic and a steel at 2.9 million dollars.
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This is the New York I loved. I’m heartbroken over losing that city. There will never be another so vital, free, raw, fresh, wild, gritty, creative, or achingly beautiful. If I could time travel to anywhere, as unimaginative as it sounds, I’d go back there.
Its heartbreaking to see what they have done to NYC. These videos make me smile but also make me depressed knowing these days are gone forever.
If Nelson Sullivan was alive he would be so proud of his videos that are here on TH-cam
Melissa Onorati I went down a rabbit hole starting with late 80’s -early 90s club kids. I just stumbled on his videos last night.I didn’t know he died. That is so sad. Time to go deeper down the rabbit hole.
@@mishmazy I wanna go with you. Send me some links please
what happened to him?
@@noahh.8737 Had a heart attack in his sleep, July 4 1989
April P. 😢😭
I really wish more people would watch Nelson's videos. I have watched them over and over again for a few years and each time I see something different in each clip. I think more people would accept LGBTQ folks if they could see them just living their regular day-to-day lives like everyone else. It's so hard to believe that Michael Musto is still around today doing the same thing he was doing back in these days. He really hasn't changed much at all. I really do wish Nelson was around today to help raise the standards of social media. He was a magnificent storyteller and I don't know why I have felt so close to him after watching all of his videos. He was an amazing gentleman.
it will happen organically!!!!
Michael Musto doesn’t get enough credit for being such an icon! ❤ Love these videos!!!
People just being themselves ? Like this person in the yellow shirt, Or a Michael Alig or any of the other self absorbed clearly self centered people that ran in this scene ? Michael Musto will be the first one to point this out. And it has nothing to do with the LGBTQ community. It's attention seeking self centeredness, no one should act in this way. Nelson's videos exposed a lot of this.
Amazing to see how uncrowded the Village was.
No gentrification, no sterilization! And no Starbucks and no banks at every corner. These we were just neighborhoods that were affordable and a lot of personality.
That has happened in a lot of major cities these days. My dad grew in NYC, I was raised in D.C. The same thing happened in both places. Run down areas in Washington like 14 Street, which used to be strip clubs, X rated movie theaters and abandoned buildings, now require a half million dollars for a condo in the newly minted "respectable and upscale" neighborhoods.
Absolutely. The same goes for any city in the world. I visited NYC for the first time in 1986. At that time it used to be "THE CITY" of the world!! Back in 2016 nothing was left of what I once saw. To me NYC was THE example of crazyness, diversity, ... now it looks like a place only for the rich ... a big Disney open air mall... Still impressive but radical makeover. Gentrification occurs all around the world. Where do normal (or even crazy ;-) people go ? No more "spirit" .... sad thing.
Back then NYC was a place for artists to flourish. Anyone could afford to live there. Now it's just an asepticized playground for the rich. It's lost its soul. What Giuliani did to that city is a real shame.
If I could go back I would be running through the streets yelling “run!! Starbucks is coming run for your lives!!”
@@olika9076 Same in London of course. It's like cities have been lobotomised. Sad times. Now coronavirus is gonna bring more changes...& not for the better...for the average person anyway. Almost like it's been planned...
TF for Nelson's video recordings.
I'm not gay, never been to USA & never heard of Nelson til a few days ago but I'm hooked! Love him!
Best wishes from London!
Why am I so addicted to these videos? I have watched a bunch of them and love these people! So free and proud. I was 11 when they made this video and pretty well knew I was gay but it took until almost my 30th birthday to acknowledge it. Where I was from you could never have been so free and fun. Just amazing for me to watch. Thank you for posting these.
🏳️🌈♥️
Same. I was 10 and living in NYC so these video's really hit home for me.
I am obsessed with watching these. I wish I could jump into this timeline and hang out with everyone! 🎉
It was a great time in history. Gay people were mostly accepted but it was still edgy to be different.
There was enough technology to get most anything you needed done but not so much that it ruled our lives and dominated every waking moment.
The 80s kind of hit the sweet spot. People could go out and be themselves, technology made life easier but real people, face to face friendships were still more interesting. AIDS kind of put a damper on things but I would love to go back in your time machine with you.
:) If nothing else, I could walk around for a while without my knees hurting. I would be 22 again right????
Walk in purse first like haaaaaayyyyy
Same
I kinda only would hangout with some of them they seem kinda secretive and distant from nelson
@@joeyrinard2683you’re smart! One of them committed a brutal ‘ending’ of a fellow club kid! It was horrific.
knowing how successful Michael Musto is in his career...to see him struggling locking up his bike is awesome vintage video lol
Amazing how fast both time and life can change and move, isn't it?
@@ZnenTitan
YES ⌚🕶️
Lmao Iconic💖🤣✨😎
He's hardly a d-list celeb.
I see him regularly walking around the city to this day
"It's so pretty here, I need a record of everything- I may never see it again. There may be snipers out tonight!"
William Byron love it !!!! This is how I feel right now :-) 30 something years later ! Time is precious !
Nelson vids are historical documents. Another great character who didn't get his dues in his lifetime.
It's crazy how quiet everything is compared to now.
That's because back then everybody who could left for the suburbs 30 years before and cities had not yet become "hip" again.
Video is so real versus film. I feel like I spent all that time with them, and now I'm going to go home, take a nap, and meet them again later at Danceteria.
Such a BEAUTIFUL way to put it!!!!!
Nelson Sullivan RIP sweet angel, I was only 10 when this video was made but you are and will forever be a inspiration to us all!! Fly High Beautiful Soul!! Blackout was such a cutie as Well, reminds me of my dog Bandit!!
Easy there Liberace
It's cool that they had they're own inside humor. Rich friendship I bet.
We used to live. Now we watch people live.
Fuck. 🤯 . Best comment I've seen..
Wow Nelson knew so many up and coming famous people. No doubt he’d be just as famous today.
That Bike, Hat and Shirt? Michael's the original Hipster.
Hipsters exist since the 60s..
Michael Musto was tall and SKINNY!???!?!!
Hipsters are just an evolved form of a beatnik. Nothing new.
Nelson's videos are precious goldmines
i love when Albert & Michael team up, they are hilarious. I wonder where Albert is now..
I must agree, every video of Nelson's with Albert and Michael is too funny. soda came out my nose with the "forest green" comment. simplest things, its not what is said, its how they say it.
ass up in some back room deli with a leash tied to his neck and red ball in his mouth
Hopefully getting some help, he's clearly mentally unstable.
@@darthniloc6099 i dont get males acting like god damn women it's a disgrace
@@jhot2477 then why did you watch a video of two gay men?
I love how shady he’s being recording the back of his shorts😅
Lol
We are incredibly lucky to have all this footage.....🌈❤nelson🙏
Michael reading The Village Voice, probably not but he wrote for the newspaper. Everything's so different now, no more Village Voice in newsstands. I miss the less congested city of 1987. Such a fun time to be young then and boy did I have fun there.
So jealous! What I would've given to have been there then
lol over 30 years later and we (gay guys) are still singing the same songs!
11:23 LOL, Michael’s little dance and Albert’s “take this sodurr!” had me cracking up
I'm here for Blackout the pupper.
It's good to know locking a bicycle is the same struggle today as it was 34 years ago.
"He needs some fries with that shake" 😂😂😭
Thank you so much, for sharing these videos! amazing material!
wow gay pride in NYC is nothing like that anymore, its pure chaos nowadaze. beautiful times. and Michael looks like Howard Stern, kinda
+MatimoreAgain That wasn't the parade.
I was just thinking that I marched last year...its a massive parade now...they are the trailblazers
"That's all that's left after everybody's dead!"
aids. rip everybody who died of this terrible illness.
Nelson died of a hearth attack as stated the others I do not know , ru Paul's and another( that took turns caring for his dog ) are surely still with us
@@kickasses2121 many say cocaine was involved. It is even said that Nelson died with another guy doing drugs off his privates (not sure of the validity). Between drugs and aids, many didn't survive the 80's.
@@anh7807 yes true . Will never know .
@@anh7807 they did ecstasy and were doing coke as well all night and having a great time is what I have heard from a few people close to him at the time.
@@kickasses2121 Michael Musto is still a live as i found him on Facebook i don't know about Albert Crudo i couldn't find him not even on Michael musto Facebook friends list but i think i found his twitter
Him try to hook his bike up to the bus stop lol. I wanted to help him.
Mara India agreed
0:53 'Just don't steal anything' LOL
I love these videos so much. They are a vital time capsule of queer history that people try to erase. Also, if I had Albert's legs, I'd always wear those shorts.
Back in the day when the village didn't have a dime ! But the greed and the Yuppie ism and the foreign investors was salivating ! And we now have the village of today
I will give anything to get back my apartment in the West Village from the 80s...I don't remember how the FK I got back home a few times. I left a bar a few times on Bleecker st. around 4 AM., took a shower and went to work✌
LOVED THE 80S
Oh imagine walking down the street and the gay disco float coming out of the horizon like Moses out of the wilderness! What a great town NYC used to be! A bygone era! Rip!
And here comes the BEST PART 💕BLACKOUT 😘
Nelson was so original...
That blackout in New York was not fun, though.
One of the best videos ever taken amirite??
Love that painting of nelson love his apt
It's crazy how the streets aren't clogged up with people who are going to see the gay pride parade because it's the trendy thing to do!
It's interesting how much the Village has stayed the same. I recognize the part of 8th Avenue they are walking up. 😊 The power of landmarking.
FRESH HOT CAWFFEEEE Albret is goddamn hilarious
I love Albert haha
Do you like his outfit ? @@DylanRomanov
The amount of Ford Econoline creeper vans in these videos is astonishing lol.
they were quite common in the 1980s. :-D I remember that as a kid in those days.
I believe this was before the real estate market exploded and made all these buildings into multi-million dollar condos and apartments.
The man making the pizza just handles that dirty money, and then puts his hands right back in the pizza dough without washing his hands! 🤢
Well, that's okay. There was money laundering back then.
@@moccalou Underrated comment
*moccalou* LOL
I just typed the same dann thing without seeing your comment lol....now I'm gonna delete mine. 😄 Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed the dirty dough boi. 🤮
Just a little more flavorful
Ahhh summer 1987 in New York City :) Miss that
Thanks for these videos, they're magical
Looks like 99 Bank Street where I lived ‘73-‘74, backdrop to bicycle chaining scene. Memories!
Maaaan ppl were kinda more relaxed and easy going, now they got all up tight n self righteous
Like in the 40s
now a days sucks
I love these videos. Hugs from Seville!
about as New York as you can get. Two Italians eating pizza in New York in the 1980s. :-D Love it. Cool little video.
It's too bad Nelson passed away. It'd be cool to have him talk about his older videos like this one
With his southern accent
What did he pass away from and when?
@@joliev1 heart attack in 1989. Some say it was a drug induced heart attack. Cocaine i think
Love that... 'I don't knooow... *laughs 'just don't steel anything!' ☺
thank you Nelson
The streets were so empty back then
3:14 White Horse Tavern. Probably my favorite drinking spot in NYC. Still looks exactly the same too.
Right!! I also recognized it immediately. I’m 23 so it came as a shock to me hahaha
@@MarsOnStars are you boricua?
Are any of these guys still around? I was 4 in 87. Lol been binging these videos. What a fascinating time. That guy with the bike is dressed so awesome
Michael Musto is very much still around
Nelson died July 4, 1989.
Michael is still around and still a prick but much fatter.
Albert I don't know.
RuPaul is definitely still around and more popular than ever. To see the early videos of her early life is amazing. She has gone through so much.
I love seeing Blackout, he's the only normal one!
😅
I don't know why I love these vids but I do!
Omfg at 11:35 "that's all that's left after everybody is dead" it was funny asf but not at the same time
That's gay culture
"TAKE THIS SO-DERR!"
That's a really nice looking float!
Yess!! I love the silver stars behind it
What a great apartment.
mrblf652 isn't it though?
That apartment the rent 2019 must be a arm and leg today
Cool people can't afford to live in cool places nowadays. That's such a tragedy.
@@johnforde2344 it's a damn bar/ restaurant now
shawnda mccormick it’s a museum devoted to Nelson Sullivan! And the vine is still there.🙂
What a great film it feels like I’m back this is the downtown I grew up in. It may be gritty compared to today with all the yups and transplant money that came in. Was in my 20s back than a typical Saturday night was going to Great Gilder sleeves and than walking down the block to CBGGs Max’s Kansas City was also one of our spots Miss those days.
where'd y'all find idubbbz in 1987
Gwyn hahaha!!!!
💀
Kek
lol @ "that was the whole gay pride parade"
Jon Posadny LMFAO was a Nice Float thoe!
I have only seen a handful of these tapes so far but it seems that he only started to turn the camera around on himself later like in 89. Either way, genius 👨🏻🎓
Actually, he started before then, like the video of his 39th birthday (1987). But, yeah, he initially followed others until he realized it was more convenient to film himself. He explained it all in this video.
th-cam.com/video/5Q5srHHUZVY/w-d-xo.html
Ive never seen anyone take their bike for a walk before.
I would love to listen to Michael Musto's stories about those days!
… he would spit on all the people he used to know as he did for Nelson, Christina, RuPaul….
And in a way it's magical to watch that for me, it must have been amazing living in New York in the eighties.
The people that Nelson films are trying so hard to get attention.
He is by far the most interesting and fascinating one of all!
Blackout was so precious
I can see that the soda cans were a little more bigger back then 1987 I was 6 years old.Where are these guys anyway today?
The guy filming passed away a year or two after filming
I just came here to say that I’m drinking some FREEESSSSHH HOTTTTT COFFFFEEE
lmao!!! "Look at that wiggle! he needs a fry to go with that shake"! hahahaha!
8:21 guy making pizzas gives back money change then continues to carry on making pizzas :0 loving the level of hygiene there!
gotta love the 1980s :)
Another candy ass. You wouldn't have lasted long in NYC. Maybe now you'd fit in.
8:27 That is the shittiest piece of pizza. Hahaha
That sneer from Albert said it all lol
11.35 "thats all thats left after everybodys dead" pretty grim insight
"Girlene stop that slurppin"😁
8:27 strangest looking slice of pizza I've ever seen
Looks like a gyro slice. Looked nasty. Not even pizza.
10:20 I knew that song was familiar! It's used several times in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, starring a young Sarah Jessica Parker! Love that movie, and I LOVE these Nelson time capsule videos! I'd be so pissed if I was a New Yorker and had to actually see Gullianni's wash down scrub of the city... Scrubbed the soul right out of the place!
I decided in 1990 when I was 13, to move to NYC as soon as I graduated high school. But by the time I could (just barley) afford to go, it was getting ruined. Old theatre friends who lived there told me not to bother. Oh the life I could have had!
8:22 That sausage pizza looks disgusting.🍕
Jesus Christ, it looks terrible!
As much as it's praised, I think NYC pizza in all is TERRIBLE! No shade but SHADE
Love you Nelson 🌹❤️💋💋💋
These people weren’t just gay, they were super gay.
Especially Albert 🤣
Time before everyone staring at their phones
Mr 850 also before people were sanitary. The way the cashier put his hands on the pizza after handling money 😷
Nope, still unsanitary. Take that mask off, the world is dirty, get used to it.
The 80s rock
Keith 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 you’re so right 😂😂💯
Dude what the fuck are you on about?
Does anyone know why he filmed in fisheye view a lot?
He said it makes him able to catch more people on screen
Wide angle lens
that guy watching his friends store or whatever was on another world
Vaxtin lmao 😂
love to see a young michael musto
So weird, I watched an old episode of Geraldo Rivera yesterday and the guy on the bike was on the show.
Lucky U Right Small world I’m tryin to remember how I Know him from lol
Lucky U that’s Michael Musto. He wrote for the Village Voice. He was part of the Clubkids scene. He was an insider on all the nNew York nightlife.
Can someone do a update video on all the regulars that were on Nelson's videos
I half expected them to pull out their phones on the couch but then I remember it's was the 80s ahaha
When New York was fun!❤
17:14 "There may be snipers tonight" LMAO
Nelson was TV Cameraman Good!!!
6:00 what a wonderfull Mercedes!!!
I wonder is Nelson’s dumpy home is still there and that it looks like today. Back then it was a slum, now it’s shabby chic and a steel at 2.9 million dollars.
It's an art gallery now
Ha- a Kryptonite bike lock 5:43. I had one of those (but had much less trouble using it)!
i wonder what the cost of a pizza slice was back then?
Slice was a dollar Back then
I remember being shocked that a slice of pizza was $2 at the Statue of Liberty. This was in the summer of 1986.
@@johnforde2344 I remember it being seventy five cents.
Look how far we’ve come! 🎉🌈
What’s the name of that song playing around 7:50 when they’re getting pizza
@@Dino-lu4mq I found the song name! It’s Eye in the Sky by Alan Parson Project. It plays in the background around that time I chose
@@Dino-lu4mq yeah it took a while but I finally found it. Became one of my favorite songs ever since
Now I want to go on "DANCE TV!""
First thing I thought too!!!!
"I'm such a girl." (While struggling to lock the bike)
"*Mimicking people's accent*" (while walking back from getting pizza) we've come a long way