Sylvester and 2 Tons of Fun
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- Sylvester was amazing to work with ...really talented, a pro in every sense of the word! Wow....As Cherrill says "In time they will be regarded as nostalgic reflections of the disco era" ...and as we now know they are!
![Sylvester & Two Tons O' Fun- "Dance (Disco Heat)" Live 1978 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/P7TMZlGBAPs/mqdefault.jpg)
Grace Jones and Sylvester are not "nostalgic reflections" anymore. THEY ARE LEGENDS AND PIONEERS!
You are absolutely 100% correct!! 👍
No lies told here!
Mkultra víctims too, from music industry....
do not you get a feeling of nostalgia when you reflect on the music of Sylvester and Grace Jones?
Yes u said it
Over 40 years later, his music still makes me feel great . Disco at it's best. RIP One of the best!
Jackie Jones hi Jackie... yes the sound is timeless and classic!
I saw Sylvester twice….once when he performed on a float at the Pride Parade and the second time at the Castro Street Fair where the crowd chanted his name until he came to his apartment window when he lived above the Gilded Age antique shop….that was his last public appearance until he passed away…..REST IN PEACE DEAR HEART & THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES !
Thank you so much for sharing !
Didn’t they perform at the Union Square stage during Pride as well?
The first time I heard Sylvester, I was literally floored! What a voice, and then I was fortunate enough to see him live. No auto tune, nothing fake about his performance, just pure voice.
Sylvester-so beautiful and so talented! As are Martha and Azora. May Sylvester and Azora rest in peace and Martha live a long life! ❤
The weather girls as backup. They all had great voices. Sylvester was a great talent.
He had one of the most powerful falsettos you ever heard.So talented.RIP, Sylvester.
They could all sang, OMG! They could sing anybody under the table! The harmonies, especially at the end!
All 3 of them incredible talents.. Sylvester.. WAY AHEAD OF YOUR TIME.. wow !!!!! Timeless
Ladies and Gentlemen , welcome to Analog. That was live vocals without any falsetto or cracks in the delivery. No auto tune. Perfection.
No falsetto in disco. That’s for sure.
his is singing in falsetto a technique this used today.. he had a fantastic voice and technique.if you had a lousy voice you couldn't have a carer during analog, no digital auto-tune to correct your pitch..Thanks to auto=tunes there ar people who couldn't carry a tune in a gallon bucket have careers; all packaging no content, I won't name names,,
@@deborahlpollitt9463 go ahead name names 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
He’s singing in falsetto. Do you know what that word means?
Sylvester died way too young . Talent never dies he lives through his fantastic music. RIP.
As long as we remember him he lives on❤️
I discovered Sylvester james watching unsung, which is one of the best episodes...I love his voice. This performance says it all..
Yesss😢😢😢😢
I'm straight as an arrow, but God damn Sylvester killed this! Wonderful talent! And music doesn't discriminate! Great music is great music, period!
Well said!!😊
Damn right.Great talent knows no race, gender or sexual orientation.
Yes he did and I love it ❤❤❤❤
He had so much energy! I loved his music! What a legend!
Those people in the audience are so lucky. Imagine being able to say you saw this.
So jealous!
Sylvester and 2 Tons of Fun had great harmony and powerful vocals.
Yesss they did ❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Straight guy who grew up in the 70's. Loved Sylvester, thought his voice was great. Miss the guy, always will. Great performer.
Right...😒
Blessed to see the Amazing SYLVESTER in Denver at a club called Tracks and again in Philadelphia at the Bourse Building........Awesome Performer! Sending Love up to SYLVESTER. June 2019 YOU MADE ME FEEl..MIGHTY REAL.
I miss him too😥
I appreciate you being straight and giving accolades to Sylvester
I grew up with moms listening to him. Still remember his music though i thought it was all women
What a talent! He is sorely missed.
Disco church gospel music all in one
He was the real deal
Mega talent
I love Sylvester & The weather girls. ❤
and Gino
So that is the Weather Girls? :))
Little Tut that’s The Weather Girls. They got their start as backup singers for Sylvester they were known as Two Tons of Fun.
Being straight should not make us blind to this beautiful talent.never ever😗
He looks so handsome. God rest his soul
Marvin Gaye loved Sylvester's music. And they shared the same producer Harvey Fuqua.
A lot of celebrities loved his music. He was one of Joan Rivers favorite singers
Didn’t know that!!!
Didn’t Sylvester sing background on “Who’s Zoomin Who” by Aretha Franklin?
@@tjbradford11 I would love to know and will have to look this up! I am sure the Queen loved him. She loved Donna Summer!
@@TheRmjr I looked it up and he is listed on background vocals. I love random info like this haha
Note that they are singing LIVE. That is a testament and mark of a true singer.
This was all the way LIVE VOCALS - yass!!
I saw Sylvester perform at a club in Dallas in 1984, he was really something.
Simon 5005,Blessed to see the Amazing SYLVESTER in Denver at a club called Tracks and again in Philadelphia at the Bourse Building here in Philadelphia, Pa. He made me feel MIGHTY REAL! Rest in Peace SYLVESTER June 2019
Sylvester deserves a biopic. What an enormous talent. Beautiful in every way ❤
The Show Unsung has a great documentary on him.
@@ginohernandez3770 Yes, I've seen it. Was great, but I'd love to see a motion picture about his life. That would be epic 😉
Mega talented
RIP Sylvester
Who’s the male tv presenter
I can see Ryan Murphy producing and directing it
OMgosh! I've never seen this video before....
Brilliant man... brilliant ladies... thanks for posting.
Neither hsve I . A good one . Thanks for the upload .
U shouldve seen him at studio 54 back in the day
@@ponder4881 I know he turned it out back in the day at Studio 54!
At least all three could sing. Respect.☺️
I never knew that "Two Tons of Fun" ,who later became "The Weather Girls " were backup singers for Sylvester ! Thanks for the video.
I danced this music when I was 15 years old...it was very nice!!!
Yes it sure brings back some great memories for those of us who were lucky enough to be there at the time. Thank you for your comment!❤️💖
Sylvester was the greatest singer, He had a voice that made you rock, He was a singer and dancer, SoSo much talent, The queen of the dance floor💐💐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️
He was one of the greatest performers of all time. I truly miss him, I grew up in the 80s on his music that my mom played and she loved him as well. I hope that he has found peace 🙏🏾
I saw him perform at The Troc in San Francisco---AMAZING!
Blessed to see the Amazing SYLVESTER in Denver at a club called Tracks and again in Philadelphia at the Bourse Building here in Philadelphia, Pa. He made me feel MIGHTY REAL! Rest in Peace SYLVESTER June 2019 PHENOMENAL!
the SOUND OF THE 3 OF THEM....just BLASTING OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS...AND IT WAS SO EFFORTLESS>>DAMN>>>
I will never stop missing Sylvester. He was a music genius. I kept playing the end over and over just so I could see how happy he was. Just imagine if he was on the music scene now. He'd clean up.
I love Sylvester so much I was born in 82 my mama said i use to move in my pamper to his songs😂😂
Now Dats how y'all sang!!!.. now days everybody and they mama try to sang soulful but they miss the spot by 10,000.
tag MARTHA WASH in this. She has loads of fans who would love to see this.
My 💜❤ skips a double beat for these 3 Iconic legendary artists ‼👊💥🔥🔥💥🔥🏆🏅🏆🏆🏆
Martha Wash 💜❤
Now he is worthy of a documentary .he was the QUEEN OF THE DISCO ERA.HE GAVE US MALE AND FEMALE IN ONE.I STILL MORN SYLVESTER.
He was a BEAUTIFUL BOY❣️❣️
Now! If he was still here, Sylvester would take over! He would have his own clothing line, make up and probably still be creating music! Love Sylvester! Always! The voice, the flawless makeup! He was mighty real!
Sylvester was one of the best in the disco dance. So much energy
Loveeee him...He was so ahead of his time!..and he was just himself no shame...Beautiful..damn they all can sang!!..😍😍🙏👏🙌🏽👌
Sylvester was amazing and two tons of fun beautiful voices for all three of them just absolutely love them
This looks like so much fun to sing and the weather sisters look beautiful that red dress pants duo was it
SYLVESTER LEGEND!!! DANCE IN THE DISCO HEAT, Always singing live.... They Kick us ass baby!!!
My Era !!! Saw this amazing man once in person and from that moment to NOW.....there is absolutely NOBODY that can touch him! May he rest in peace! I know my dear son is dancing up a storm in Heaven with Sylvester! Rest in peace my son!!
Ohhh... that's a lovely comment, but sad on the end... I hope you see your boy someday again, dear Linda 💋🤗🤗🤗
With love, Viktor 🖤💜🖤❤🖤💜🖤
Yesss!! Sylvester and them did this. What a classic!
gino soccio
I like the way the intro pays respect to the iconic artists of the 50's and affords Disco artists the same importance and respect by comparing them and taking them equally seriously - that is something that very, very rarely happened! Disco rarely comes across well on TV - you need the volume and atmosphere to bring out the real dynamism of it's natural setting - the club. This trio were incredible live. I saw them onstage in concert in London 1979 and the version they did of Dance (Disco Heat) with the extended vocal interplay on the breakdown parts was a life changer for me, a spiritual experience. Where is the show actually from? The ladies are wearing the outfits they wear on their own Two Tons O' Fun album.
The way that you described the music and all of the nuances…beautiful!
I just love Sylvester! He was before his time.
Amen!
Way before his time!! All of them!! Love love them!! Magnificent!!!
Love ❤️ Sylvester in 2023 miss him his music 🎼 fashion everything about him a real trailblazer makes me cry 😢 to see this wish he was with us some people are so special and unique he was and is I use to love ❤️ music 🎶 watch him on tv he was awesome
We have to be glad for the time we had him… as Shakespeare said ”better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all” but I miss him too and so many other greats that have now gone … I guess none of us are getting out of here alive ❤️
Two tons of fun with that POWERFUL voice!
70's were so much fun for America.
The vocals!!! 🥰🥰😍😍😍
OMG jag brukade dansa dessa låtar med mina älskade kusiner! Blott 11 år var jag❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
RIP Sylvester greatly missed 🙏🙏🙏
Cant believe I have never seen this before ......Martha Sent me 2 Autographed Pics . Sylvester is my HERO................!!
I will always LOVE Sylvester and 2 Tons of Fun
Pure happyness! That's what i feel. 👏👏👏👏👏😍😍
What a performance and it shows that music was REAL long time ago and really made you feel something.
They Can SING. Even as a Youth, I was Intrigued with Sylvester. Ironic if he still lived Now, He'd Probably be Worth a Half a Billion, the Way he Kicked open Doors where Artists can Express themselves regardless of Gender. Pioneers.
Yes, out of make up he was beautiful and in make up he was just fab.
💯💯💯
SYLVESTER.
NUMBER ONE.
ONDA DISCO.
CLASSIC FOREVER.
GREAT VOICE.
They are right about Sylvester and two tons of support.
Legendary! 💥
The vocals are so sweet I can just hear him so clear great 👍🏻 job
Mr. Sylvester James was truly one of a kind / One In A Million ... I saw him & his group LIVE in the late 1970's- what a fricking amazing show : Two Tons o'Fun , the band ( with if I recall correctly the incomparable Patrick Cowley on keyboards plus at least 6 other musicians. With real Dry Ice disco fog... They tore it up !!!
Amen! that fog, like I'd died and gone to dance heaven
Sylvester was a talented man
Those three voices! Wow! They were a heck of a group. I bet they were fun to watch in person.
They were Incredible!
Sylvester Was A Paradise Garage Favorite.
For sure!
He was everything Sylvester was ahead of his time. Such a talented and courageous man , I pray that he rests in peace.🖤🖤🌈🙏
Thank God for Black Brothers and Sisters 🤗💜 You have a great sense of rhythm, dance, style and music. Thanks to you, 20th and 21st century have so many great music genres that I love.
Thank God for Gay Brothers 🤗💜
Although their lives are very difficult, they have more cheerfulness and sense of humor than millions of heteronormative people whom they all respect.
I love you friends 💜 Let your life be beautiful just like your souls 😊
Freedom, peace and love are happiness and this is what I wish you 😊
With love, some Polish guy from Germany 😄💜💜🤗💜💜
When I lived in San Francisco in the ‘70s, Sylvester was my across-the-street neighbor. Some mornings he would come out onto his balcony and sing, just to wake up the neighborhood. You go, girl!
I love that!!!❤️
I'd love an alarm clock like that!
Martha is so great !!!!
Do u know how hard it is to hit those notes he looks always happy
Extraordinario, gracias por compartir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This video is awesome and he is good looking in this video for sure..Sadly missed imagine what he would be doing today if he was still alive..Rip Sylvester and Izora..
I love Sylvester DANCE DANCE DANCE YESS i am here for it
Esto si es música no la porquería que tocan hoy en día y el próximo año nadie se acordará ....que tiempos aquellos que por lo visto no volverán :( ...... que voces impresionante :)
Love Sylvester and “Two Tons of Fun” heavenly voices , high energy disco, with blues voices ... Excelent
A gorgeous man. Miss you.
Wow they are singing live
Sylvester for ever.Siempre brille tu lúz.Amén!!
This is fun and upbeat! ❤️ it!
Un grande de la música disco!!.con una voz maravillosa. Se fue joven!! El sida se llevó a un gran creador.
im gonna download this and edit out that dreadful 1 minute of tired lame chatter at the beginning - Syl and 2 Ton BLEW! LOVED IT! So sad this level of raw talent is non existent now. RIP Sylvester and Izora.
Walker Pantera I was thinking the same thing!
Walyer pantera whos izora!!!?
Izora was the other backup singer 👩🎤 to our right. Martha Wash was the other on the right behind Sylvester 👍🏼Both dynamic singers.
Wow, I forgot Izora passed away 😮
On September 16, 2004, Izora Armstead died of heart failure at age 62. She was know as part of the group “The Weather Girls” and also “Two Tons of Fun” and I think in her latter years she sung live background vocals for Sylvester. Both were great talents and such a great loss!
@@TheLeoLitCentral Thanks for that info
Makes me so sad bc he had the sweetest/kindest eyes! He should be here now
Made me feel like dancing.
amazing never seen this clip before many thanks for sharring it
Great that this wasn't a prerecorded performance...he sang it live!!!!!!!!!
Before RuPaul there was Sylvester!
Love it! 2019
Love this all the way LIVE vocal performance!!
La vida de Sylvester, fue muy lamentable, su juventud, fue muy lamentable; que Dios lo tenga en su gloria, porque no se debe juzgar sin saber .😘🌈😘🌈😍🌈😘🌈. Gracias por compartir desde Puerto Rico.
I love this look the best. Exquisite! I wish I had seen him live in concert. He passed away too young...:-(
I adored him and izora!
He wasn't only a gay icon in our community. But also a disco legend...!!!
I would add : A music legend, not only disco. His music is more than disco ( and uptempo r&b is more appropriate than the term disco ). Soul, Funk, Gospel, Soulful, Pop, all these genres are infused in his music. And he s a legend for people who are not gay too. He s a legend, admired, respected by all the music lovers, gay or not. He's so underrated unfortunately.
@@discounderground6481 so true
He definitely had some church in his singing. 😀
Talento puro!!!👏👏👏👏