I can remember my evening at 54 back in 1979. They are correct about the door being the center of attention. You had to be picked to enter the club, Lucky I was one of them. Once inside you were in a total different world. The music was thumping and the crowd was wild. You saw everyone inside from a nobody on the street to a super star dancing like nobody cared. I never saw the drugs, but then I wasn't looking nor interested.. I was already high on the music. Miss those days of disco and style.
I was there, I was there almost every night from the opening day to the closing day, there is not one moment that I can regret. And I cannot explain how fabulous it was, you just gotta believe, celebreities, I don't care who you were everyone, just partied. I never got over it, I just sort of live with the memories.....
I was there every Saturday night. My boyfriend gave out promotional material so we were always on VIP list. Fabulous is not the word, Magical, unforgettable, honored to have been part of that world.
I just listened to a replay of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem from May 12, 1979. He stated that the disco scene revitalized the failing economy in NYC in the late 70s and by 1978 there were over 1000 disco clubs in NYC, making it the disco capitol of the world. Amazing 1000!! That does not even include other clubs at the time like rock and punk rock. It was the golden age of the club scene in NYC. It was truly a time to party. Clubs were everywhere. Today we have shit. No fun.
nothing can ever replace studio. we didn't call it studio 54, we called it studio. times has changed, the biggest celbrity had total and absolute confidence there. No one cared who he or she was with. we all partied like we were equals. there was no press, the celebs partied like people who were not going to be photographed. and not written up in te tablosids. it was a cool era and I am very proud to have been there. Much suffering afterward... that is another story.
The 70's will remain the best 10 years of my life, and if you were lucky enough to be there you know what I'm talking about. The era was decadent, hedonistic, liberating and sexual. A song title explains it best, "If You Can't Be With The One You Love, Love The One You're With"! And we did!
This former Studio 54 busboy drops a lot of names, except the "...famous designer, "famous for his boxer shorts and other things like that."...I wonder why he was afraid to name him...I guess it's because that designer was alive, when this guy was interviewed...Studio 54 seemed to have been the most famous and infamous nightclub of the twentieth century...Today, I wonder if any nightclub even comes close to what Studio 54 was and what it represented to so many celebrities and ordinary clubgoers.
Went there 4 - 5 times it was wonderful I fell in love with one of the dancers during one of the songs. She was beautiful ..dancing to "Who could it be now" by Men at Work. The big Moon would come out from the stage the cylinder light fixtures would descend from the ceiling. It was awesome. When you went in people on line would be envious...when you came out they were jealous. Great times.
I was at 18yoa. It was unbelievable, overwhelming, My girlfriend who was a yr. older than me was going to modeling school in NY at the time since she was 15, they picked me out of the line (everyone was asking me if I was Jacqueline Bisset, although 7 yrs, older, we looked identical. We went in without a penny to our name, ate and drank all nite for free. Sat next to producers, model's, actors. Never forget the lady's room. Make up artists in there, a big (5 or 6) baskets with tips of $100.00's and $50.00's, Just left on the counter and no one, as far as I ever saw took a penny out of it. What I'd give to go back, too bad we can't.
Lol, right. Makes me think of CK in a new light. When they hired bus boys, I wonder if they asked their sexual orientation to make sure they had a good mix for the guests. And whether he did it willingly or not doesn't matter, it was male prostitution. Guests paid them for sexual favors up to $300 to "go around the world." If it wasn't willingly... we know what that is.
Sad what happened to a lot of patrons of Studio 54! Steve Rubell even said that after Studio 54 was shut down he was driving down a st & saw a lot of patrons that he recognized from the club, standing in a line. He asked 1 of them why they were in the line & the person said that is was for either AA or drug adiction (I forgot which one)! A lot of them became hardcore drug addicts, alcholics and/or died from aids! Watch Studio 54: The Story! Its here on TH-cam & a very good documentary!!
99,999999% of the people saying "oh, i would love to have lived the 70's and go to S54" are fools. if you wasn't a "highly edible" body, or at showbizz top, or just rich, there was no entrance for you. just a fool shoting polaroids of the fortunate ones entering.
Your comment is retarded because most of the people in there where not famous smarty pants, the clubs held thousands of people I doubt they where all stars.
I kind of agree with you to a point. Contrary to what many people say today, Studio 54 did not have the greatest reputation in the eyes of many back then. It was more about excess, image, wealth, star power, and status than about the music. In a way, it was the ultimate egotistical, elitist, "look at me" attitude which turned many folks off to the disco. But compared to the culture or lack of culture we are living through today, I will take it anytime and I would never say that back in 1977.
Paul & Michael Berridge who were Brothers ran their own Nightclub in Birmingham, England. They went to Studio 54 and bought all of these Records that were played there that his Proteges listened to. They were none other than Duran Duran.
This Club was the most famous club in the world and mostly gays but Movie Stars loved it and back in the 70's the legend Dolly Parton showed up and they fell in love with her and they danced to Dolly's songs and Dolly had so much fun and Dolly might be country but loves gays and Dolly said im not God and God never makes mistakes only men with no caring and love and wish the famous CLUB 54 comes back even Michael Jackson was there he had his pic taken with Dolly..I MISS THE 70'S!!
I worked there for six months, it was just as wild and drug-infested as they say. It was in an old theater, a lot of people don't mention that fact, but the layout of the place was intrinsic to the experience. There were all these lnooks and crannies, balcony areas, little parties were going on amongst the great big party. And yes Andy was there often, and yes Rick James did really have an entourage.
Wow! Having been at Studio 7 nights a week from it's opening night, this clip gave me the chills. These people are authentic Studio habitués, and they know of what they speak. Very well done clip. Bob Colacello was a regular, and the guy who seemingly outed everyone was most definitely one of the main busboys. He sounds burnt out! I had him for free!!!
I was there once..The Ford Modeling Agency had a large group of models that night..Talk about feeling inferior..My buddy Berk got us in the guy working the door he played hockey with..what an experience.
Last night i went to studio 54 west at circus disco in hollywood to remember 54 it was the best time i had in years but i have say never went to new york to dance there here in la was circus disco to me it was the best time ever for folks did not go to 54 and a very special thank to gene the owner of circus for the best club in hollywood it was a blast to my childhood!!
Back in the 70s Studio54 was mentioned on national evening news almost every night, it seemed. They showed the stars going in and partying, and showed the roped off people begging to get in. Why it was featured so much was just part of the decade, I guess. It was always ineresting to watch.
@1990osu I'm alive! I only went there once and my boyfriend and I were picked out of a long line waiting outside, I had the best time in my entire life.
I´d love to went there. Studio 54, in my head, is the beginning of the our age. The place, the people... everything sound interesting. A place to remember!
Michael Jasckon is remembered a being a dysfunctional recluse, but in this video he seems very social. This is what happens when you isolate yourself and create your own dream world instead of participating in life.
Wow. Usually you here stories about places like that & it turns out to be 95% urban legend, but from what you say, Studio 54 stories were all 100% true. I wish I would've been old enough to have gone there, but I was only two years old when it first closed in 1980 & I know that Steve Rubell loved variety in that place, but I don't think he would've allowed a toddler in that place. :-)
Man, S-54 was THE club, period. If you could have ever been old enough back in that time to go there then that was THE place to be. And let me tell you everything these video's say it was, it really was just that and more. As far as true partying goes, this WAS life! Hell, just watching video's about this place would have been fun back then. I'll always miss S-54 because there will never be another club like it with the freedom they had ever again. Sux to think it all ended :(
Have you been to the theatre that housed Studio 54 lately? They did a wonderful job restoring the opera house design that the theatre use to have before Studio 54.
oh man. I would of loved to be there. I swear I was born in the wrong decade. I personally think I should of been born in the mid 50s so I could have had fun. now there is no places where people can go to have fun. everyone has a cell phone. nothing is fun n private anymore.
I've been to many clubs...never this one but I liked to dance and liked to smoke cigarettes and drink and socialize. But I was not crazy and always knew whom to hang out with as I went with friends whom I trusted and several are still friends today with me. Most people can't say no. That is their problem. Learn to say NO thanks.
@screenwitch > The draw of some of the best clubs was that they weren't all nice/fancy. I remember the incredible draw of dingy warehouse spaces/corridors...guided there by the bass of some dark house beat, the strobes/lights flashing, the people gyrating their bodies until 6am and the need to be there sharing experiences with them. It didn't matter how pretty it was as long as we got the fix we needed, and I am not talkin about the drugs. The true NYC clubber knows exactly what I mean.
This was very nice to see. It was especially enjoyable to watch Michael Jackson just be himself, a teenager. I don't care how he felt about his facial "flaws", he was BEAUTIFUL!!!
Ryan Phillipe's character from the movie was based on the person at 3:22, it says so on wikipedia. "Shane O'Shea (based on Tieg Thomas, who worked at Studio 54 from 1977-1982)"
Disco is still King, and Studio 54 will always be the best nightclub to ever have existed. You know a nightclub is good when someone is stuck in that club's window for weeks DEAD!
@jste77 very true, a phone call was 5 cents, now its 50cents. a movie ticket was a buck now its 10 bucks, thats almost a ten times twice. so 300 bucks would be around 3000
nile rogers track 'le freak cest chick' was inspired by the pretentious door policy after not being able to get into studio 54 and how lots of others were never let in, it was very cliquey
I was fortunate to go to 54 when it re-opened for me 83-84 it was the bomb the music was still good post disco era they still played tons of disco, it was lose as hell a lot of those fake wrestlers went there andre the giant being one of them, I had a ball what can I say I met steve rubell a couple of times & went back once to his hotel the morgons & hung out, oddly enough I didn't see him doing any coke though he had a huge problem, his other club the palladium was also great.
@sandylinter1 Your lucky to have those memories! :) I wish they didn't get rid of so many great clubs in NYC, because our new generation really misses out. =/ Studio 54 was legend, and even though it's still there its not the same as it was years ago.......I'm sure nothing can ever replace that or even come close to Studio 54.
@sandylinter1 Yeah, you are lucky to have been in that era. :) I'm 17 but I'm very fascinated by the 70s and 80s. Great times, but also some sad times.
@sam74 True. Well said. But I'd leave London for NYC again in a heartbeat EVEN TODAY! LOL The only thing I'd miss about London right now is the great shopping!
It really worries me when I see people in the business make wayyyyyy off the mark remarks. Mark Rodol "Studio 54 is the first club that defines a decade", really? The Cotton Club, The Twisted Wheel and indeed although commercial, The Cavern. Do these joints jus' get swept under the carpet?
well micheal was the man then and hes still kewl now to me. But anyway is that grace jones, wasnt she a model? Who hired her and did she model? Wow now that i see steven up front they should have gave mike myers and oscar he nailed that part in the movie. Sounds just like him and almost look just like him too.
Studio 54 closed in 78. AIDS was first reported in 81. I can't say he wasn't with same guys at some later time again, but it wasn't the same era and shouldn't be mixed up.
From wikipedia: "Steve Rubell(the owner) became a familiar face in front of the building, turning people down at the door and only letting in those who met his specific standards". that sucks. i wouldn't stand in front of that door
@juan99348 -QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE??????? viviste esa epoca en N.Y. eso si es una historia que contar!!!!!! cuanto glamour, cuanto exceso y gente famosilla debiste ver en esos tiempos.
@1978TVP , You don't get it?? Let me tell you: 1 - Just compare the current dance music with that from 70s. It was faaar better then. 2 - Celebrities going to a nightclub just to dance and not to pose like "rich & famous". 3 - A dream of a new age, free from superstitions, prejudice, war, hate etc. Excesses may happen in any revolution, it doesn't mean the revolution isn't good. But people just didn't need to nullify it, as it happens in the 1980s.
STUDIO 54. 2017 con Christina Aguilera Justin Bieber Adele Lady Gaga Thalía Ricky Martin Maluma Shakira Christiano Ronaldo Britney Spears Bruno mars Piqué las kardashian Jennifer López Chayanne pitbull Eiza Gonzáles Nicky mijam
@ritter89 AH Guest wasn't just a journalist. he comes from an old NY family (i.e., wealthy WASP) family and that's another reason he was around that scene, which was a mix of celebs, old skool aristos, gay men, and a smattering of "Tonys"
It was all so cool...Maybe we can learn something from The 1970's....today......It's all about being nice and having a good time. Today people thrive on the poisen of talk radio...Back then talk radio would have been put off the air due to dangerous content......
I can remember my evening at 54 back in 1979. They are correct about the door being the center of attention. You had to be picked to enter the club, Lucky I was one of them. Once inside you were in a total different world. The music was thumping and the crowd was wild. You saw everyone inside from a nobody on the street to a super star dancing like nobody cared. I never saw the drugs, but then I wasn't looking nor interested.. I was already high on the music. Miss those days of disco and style.
U fucking liar
I was there, I was there almost every night from the opening day to the closing day, there is not one moment that I can regret. And I cannot explain how fabulous it was, you just gotta believe, celebreities, I don't care who you were everyone, just partied. I never got over it, I just sort of live with the memories.....
I was there every Saturday night. My boyfriend gave out promotional material so we were always on VIP list. Fabulous is not the word, Magical, unforgettable, honored to have been part of that world.
Yeah where are those celebrities today?
Who did you meet?
@Iris33166 did you spray yourself with insecticide after you left
I’ve seen you in the documentary! You’re STUNNING (born in 89’) and godamn this girl wishes I could have partied there! Amazing!
I just listened to a replay of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem from May 12, 1979. He stated that the disco scene revitalized the failing economy in NYC in the late 70s and by 1978 there were over 1000 disco clubs in NYC, making it the disco capitol of the world. Amazing 1000!! That does not even include other clubs at the time like rock and punk rock. It was the golden age of the club scene in NYC. It was truly a time to party. Clubs were everywhere. Today we have shit. No fun.
Music For The People
Look at beautiful Michael Jackson, he looked so happy.
I know! Oh, how I miss him.
He got to be where everyone was and it looks like everyone was a star at Studio 54.
Was there in June 1979 just after I got out of the Army. What a party!
nothing can ever replace studio. we didn't call it studio 54, we called it studio. times has changed, the biggest celbrity had total and absolute confidence there. No one cared who he or she was with. we all partied like we were equals. there was no press, the celebs partied like people who were not going to be photographed. and not written up in te tablosids. it was a cool era and I am very proud to have been there. Much suffering afterward... that is another story.
I was Born in The Wrong Decade I Wish I Lived in The 70s so I Can live in New York City and go to Studio 54
Not before me baby! Yeah :D
Patrick Olinger Same!!!
Patrick Olinger same
And pick up a prostitute at Times square
me too!!
1:39 - 1:43 Gosh those glares Michael gave, my goodness. He was such a cute beautiful guy.
The 70's will remain the best 10 years of my life, and if you were lucky enough to be there you know what I'm talking about. The era was decadent, hedonistic, liberating and sexual. A song title explains it best, "If You Can't Be With The One You Love, Love The One You're With"! And we did!
aww baby Michael
Awwww michael... So cute
This former Studio 54 busboy drops a lot of names, except the "...famous designer, "famous for his boxer shorts and other things like that."...I wonder why he was afraid to name him...I guess it's because that designer was alive, when this guy was interviewed...Studio 54 seemed to have been the most famous and infamous nightclub of the twentieth century...Today, I wonder if any nightclub even comes close to what Studio 54 was and what it represented to so many celebrities and ordinary clubgoers.
Went there 4 - 5 times it was wonderful I fell in love with one of the dancers during one of the songs.
She was beautiful ..dancing to "Who could it be now" by Men at Work.
The big Moon would come out from the stage the cylinder light fixtures would descend from the ceiling.
It was awesome.
When you went in people on line would be envious...when you came out they were jealous.
Great times.
I hope the former bus boy interviewed managed to dodge the bullet that took Freddie Mercury and Brad (Midnight Express). Aids is a terrible bullet.
Michelle B if they both had it then maybe this is the common factor that gave it to them
He is lucky to be alive.
Michael Jackson looks and sounds adorable!!! Pity he had no clue what a gem he was.
I Hope Theres a Studio 54 in Heaven when I die
Patrick Olinger Hi Patrick.. You deserve a house, for free.
Patrick Olinger Studio 53 is in heaven.
Studio 54 would be in hell.
Steven C #facts
Only someone who has the devil as his father would say that.
James Humbert good comment. But i actually think it's also making people more aware of their respective cultures...
"...this place has everything...coke sniffing moons...electricity...an 80 year old lady that dies every night...human ceiling fans..."
Michael is so adorable! But I'm glad Steve didn't get to MJ with drugs and foolishness.
I can't believe my own parents hung out there back in the day!
Man I would have loved it there.
I was at 18yoa. It was unbelievable, overwhelming, My girlfriend who was a yr. older than me was going to modeling school in NY at the time since she was 15, they picked me out of the line (everyone was asking me if I was Jacqueline Bisset, although 7 yrs, older, we looked identical. We went in without a penny to our name, ate and drank all nite for free. Sat next to producers, model's, actors. Never forget the lady's room. Make up artists in there, a big (5 or 6) baskets with tips of $100.00's and $50.00's, Just left on the counter and no one, as far as I ever saw took a penny out of it. What I'd give to go back, too bad we can't.
Lets reopen....
"I was propositioned for sex by a famous designer, famous for his boxer shorts."
Ok, can't you just say "Calvin Klein" ?
That poor fool would have been sued maybe. Think about it!
Oh please he did it willingly WHO CARES
Lol, right. Makes me think of CK in a new light. When they hired bus boys, I wonder if they asked their sexual orientation to make sure they had a good mix for the guests.
And whether he did it willingly or not doesn't matter, it was male prostitution. Guests paid them for sexual favors up to $300 to "go around the world." If it wasn't willingly... we know what that is.
Michael Jackson was so hot
Joeyarhino1 yes king of pop lol
that's when he was still black with the afro
Justin Buffalo uhh duh lol it’s obvious
Sad what happened to a lot of patrons of Studio 54! Steve Rubell even said that after Studio 54 was shut down he was driving down a st & saw a lot of patrons that he recognized from the club, standing in a line. He asked 1 of them why they were in the line & the person said that is was for either AA or drug adiction (I forgot which one)! A lot of them became hardcore drug addicts, alcholics and/or died from aids! Watch Studio 54: The Story! Its here on TH-cam & a very good documentary!!
@daddyleon I'm lucky to be living yes, but in the 70s and 80s in my opinion everything was a lot better. The style, the music.....just fascinating.
102ihateyou and the racism, the economic bullshit and the oppression and the lack of woman's rights and the pollution and the horrible sickness
99,999999% of the people saying "oh, i would love to have lived the 70's and go to S54" are fools. if you wasn't a "highly edible" body, or at showbizz top, or just rich, there was no entrance for you. just a fool shoting polaroids of the fortunate ones entering.
***** you're a bum though so you would never have gotten in studio 54
So what. There were sooooo many other great clubs in the city.
***** I agree. But it is " it's " not "its"
spelling..
Your comment is retarded because most of the people in there where not famous smarty pants, the clubs held thousands of people I doubt they where all stars.
What a time to be alive...
I kind of agree with you to a point. Contrary to what many people say today, Studio 54 did not have the greatest reputation in the eyes of many back then. It was more about excess, image, wealth, star power, and status than about the music. In a way, it was the ultimate egotistical, elitist, "look at me" attitude which turned many folks off to the disco. But compared to the culture or lack of culture we are living through today, I will take it anytime and I would never say that back in 1977.
Aww, Michael said "ginuwine". Spoken like a true black man. I love the way he enunicates his words. I could listen to him speak all day. lol.
Paul & Michael Berridge who were Brothers ran their own Nightclub in Birmingham, England. They went to Studio 54 and bought all of these Records that were played there that his Proteges listened to. They were none other than Duran Duran.
Α place that taught you how to become the right clubbing around the world !!!! R.I.P STEVE RUBELL.... R.I.P. dj KACZOR................
This Club was the most famous club in the world and mostly gays but Movie Stars loved it and back in the 70's the legend Dolly Parton showed up and they fell in love with her and they danced to Dolly's songs and Dolly had so much fun and Dolly might be country but loves gays and Dolly said im not God and God never makes mistakes only men with no caring and love and wish the famous CLUB 54 comes back even Michael Jackson was there he had his pic taken with Dolly..I MISS THE 70'S!!
Dude, you just said Dolly like 10 times in one "sentence"
Fred Kal lmao
Ed Camp hi dear friend D
I worked there for six months, it was just as wild and drug-infested as they say. It was in an old theater, a lot of people don't mention that fact, but the layout of the place was intrinsic to the experience. There were all these lnooks and crannies, balcony areas, little parties were going on amongst the great big party. And yes Andy was there often, and yes Rick James did really have an entourage.
Haddaga Daggagah
Yeah just one big freak infested sideshow
Wow! Having been at Studio 7 nights a week from it's opening night, this clip gave me the chills. These people are authentic Studio habitués, and they know of what they speak. Very well done clip. Bob Colacello was a regular, and the guy who seemingly outed everyone was most definitely one of the main busboys. He sounds burnt out! I had him for free!!!
Wooohhhhhhh!!! I wish to relax and enjoy in this super disco with the amazing and exciting music, better times really ?
I was there once..The Ford Modeling Agency had a large group of models that night..Talk about feeling inferior..My buddy Berk got us in the guy working the door he played hockey with..what an experience.
What a gooood-timesssss it were so gooooddddd, why the past won't back again no more?? Studio 54 will rest for ever in our heart!!!
Last night i went to studio 54 west at circus disco in hollywood to remember 54 it was the best time i had in years but i have say never went to new york to dance there here in la was circus disco to me it was the best time ever for folks did not go to 54 and a very special thank to gene the owner of circus for the best club in hollywood it was a blast to my childhood!!
Back in the 70s Studio54 was mentioned on national evening news almost every night, it seemed. They showed the stars going in and partying, and showed the roped off people begging to get in. Why it was featured so much was just part of the decade, I guess. It was always ineresting to watch.
I was there in 1979/1980. Merely a kid of course lol ..Loved everything about!
The absolute best time ever ever !
Dana Delikat Please!
@1990osu I'm alive! I only went there once and my boyfriend and I were picked out of a long line waiting outside, I had the best time in my entire life.
I think Andy would of liked the spam movement on the net.. for a while or so..
I´d love to went there. Studio 54, in my head, is the beginning of the our age. The place, the people... everything sound interesting. A place to remember!
Michael Jasckon is remembered a being a dysfunctional recluse, but in this video he seems very social. This is what happens when you isolate yourself and create your own dream world instead of participating in life.
omg I WISH I COULD LIVE IN THAT DECADE and go 2 studio 54
Wow. Usually you here stories about places like that & it turns out to be 95% urban legend, but from what you say, Studio 54 stories were all 100% true. I wish I would've been old enough to have gone there, but I was only two years old when it first closed in 1980 & I know that Steve Rubell loved variety in that place, but I don't think he would've allowed a toddler in that place. :-)
Trust me, i was their. They are TRUE
Tutto e cominciato qui e tuttora ViVe Grazie Studio54 sei un pezzo della mia vita
Man, S-54 was THE club, period. If you could have ever been old enough back in that time to go there then that was THE place to be. And let me tell you everything these video's say it was, it really was just that and more. As far as true partying goes, this WAS life! Hell, just watching video's about this place would have been fun back then.
I'll always miss S-54 because there will never be another club like it with the freedom they had ever again. Sux to think it all ended :(
Many other clubs bigger and better: palladium &RoXy and plenty of drugs to the point that owners would get. % of sales- Limelight..
omg michaellllllllll!
shante martin
Have you been to the theatre that housed Studio 54 lately? They did a wonderful job restoring the opera house design that the theatre use to have before Studio 54.
oh man. I would of loved to be there. I swear I was born in the wrong decade. I personally think I should of been born in the mid 50s so I could have had fun. now there is no places where people can go to have fun. everyone has a cell phone. nothing is fun n private anymore.
My god What he created the man is a genius he sketched out his name and forever In time
I've been to many clubs...never this one but I liked to dance and liked to smoke cigarettes and drink and socialize. But I was not crazy and always knew whom to hang out with as I went with friends whom I trusted and several are still friends today with me. Most people can't say no. That is their problem. Learn to say NO thanks.
wish I had been around just to try these lubes/ although I did enjoy my era of raving in the 90s same we didn't really need the alcohol
Eartha Kitt and I cleared the dance floor once(fur coat on the floor) what a wonderful time I miss you all-Nat Williams-
Hello Karen 👋
I had great time as long as you did not look
on stars as that lord some great time shoit I am still alive to remember that .
@screenwitch > The draw of some of the best clubs was that they weren't all nice/fancy. I remember the incredible draw of dingy warehouse spaces/corridors...guided there by the bass of some dark house beat, the strobes/lights flashing, the people gyrating their bodies until 6am and the need to be there sharing experiences with them. It didn't matter how pretty it was as long as we got the fix we needed, and I am not talkin about the drugs. The true NYC clubber knows exactly what I mean.
This was very nice to see. It was especially enjoyable to watch Michael Jackson just be himself, a teenager. I don't care how he felt about his facial "flaws", he was BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thanks a lot for this great clip.
Max respect from JOdawara Japan.
Ryan Phillipe's character from the movie was based on the person at 3:22, it says so on wikipedia.
"Shane O'Shea (based on Tieg Thomas, who worked at Studio 54 from 1977-1982)"
Disco is still King, and Studio 54 will always be the best nightclub to ever have existed. You know a nightclub is good when someone is stuck in that club's window for weeks DEAD!
What a great observation. I laughed at that too. What a place that 54 was. Intriguing and frightening all at the same time.
@jste77 very true, a phone call was 5 cents, now its 50cents. a movie ticket was a buck now its 10 bucks, thats almost a ten times twice. so 300 bucks would be around 3000
I had way too much fun here, it was the place to be back then.
nile rogers track 'le freak cest chick' was inspired by the pretentious door policy after not being able to get into studio 54 and how lots of others were never let in, it was very cliquey
royston rogers
And Now ! da rest. Once Chic hit Niles says "the Ladies restroom became his Office"
Studio 54 ! Was super turnt up!
loooooooool 😂 😂 😂😂😂😂mj was there for his birthday 21
Mj was high af
Aisha sulayman Abukar yessssss!
I was fortunate to go to 54 when it re-opened for me 83-84 it was the bomb
the music was still good post disco era
they still played tons of disco, it was lose as hell a lot of those fake wrestlers went there andre the giant being one of them, I had a ball what can I say I met steve rubell a couple of times & went back once to his hotel the morgons & hung out, oddly enough I didn't see him doing any coke though he had a huge problem, his other club the palladium was also great.
1:13 - is that Mikhail Baryshnikov?
Yes it's Baryshnikov
Great video, thanks for the memories.
@sandylinter1 Your lucky to have those memories! :) I wish they didn't get rid of so many great clubs in NYC, because our new generation really misses out. =/ Studio 54 was legend, and even though it's still there its not the same as it was years ago.......I'm sure nothing can ever replace that or even come close to Studio 54.
If I had a wish , it would be to bring back the good times I had at this club.
@sandylinter1 Yeah, you are lucky to have been in that era. :) I'm 17 but I'm very fascinated by the 70s and 80s. Great times, but also some sad times.
MICHAEL! XD I didn't even knew about this !!
@Discoboy504 I agree. I used to go to Studio and couldn't afford drugs or more than one drink per night! Kind of kept me honest in a way.
did they make a book about 54 celebrity's ,commoners ,regulators, interwiews ,pictures
Ooo, can you upload them and post a link to imageshack or something in a reply here? Would me much appreciated!
michael is a cooool cat.
@sam74 True. Well said. But I'd leave London for NYC again in a heartbeat EVEN TODAY! LOL The only thing I'd miss about London right now is the great shopping!
You have to message and tell me where it comes from.
Great!!!!!!!
Pierre x
I wish I could have party in the 70's but I was just being born in 79 but I love MJ's Hair Freak out
Truman Capote & Michael Jackson (in the DJ booth), Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Mick Jagger, Liza Minelli... all in the same place: THIS IS A REAL NIGHT!
It really worries me when I see people in the business make wayyyyyy off the mark remarks. Mark Rodol "Studio 54 is the first club that defines a decade", really? The Cotton Club, The Twisted Wheel and indeed although commercial, The Cavern. Do these joints jus' get swept under the carpet?
Yogi Haughton Hi Yogi.. You deserve a house, for free.
Freedom, live!! make of having a good time a life style, that is just MARAVILLOSO
well micheal was the man then and hes still kewl now to me. But anyway is that grace jones, wasnt she a model? Who hired her and did she model? Wow now that i see steven up front they should have gave mike myers and oscar he nailed that part in the movie. Sounds just like him and almost look just like him too.
Studio 54 closed in 78. AIDS was first reported in 81.
I can't say he wasn't with same guys at some later time again, but it wasn't the same era and shouldn't be mixed up.
please put them on!!!!
@TejMulen that is Andy Warhol, a very famous artist.
Disco marked the transition from "Love is all you need" hippies to "greed is good" yuppies. Remember that.
good point.
BEAUTIFUL!
MJ was having fun and you can tell he was high on blow. Wish i had been born in that era
Marcos Jimenez if your last name is actually Jimenez it means your Latino or Mexican so you would have been oppressed as fuck you dumbfuck
From wikipedia: "Steve Rubell(the owner) became a familiar face in front of the building, turning people down at the door and only letting in those who met his specific standards". that sucks. i wouldn't stand in front of that door
@juan99348
-QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE??????? viviste esa epoca en N.Y. eso si es una historia que contar!!!!!! cuanto glamour, cuanto exceso y gente famosilla debiste ver en esos tiempos.
Wow when that guy being interviewed at the end said he was with Freddie Mercury and many others, kinda makes you wonder.....
And back in 500 BCE this is what the club goers looked like:Born in Stone: Ancient Greek Sculpture, Photography Show
I bet you can really tell some stories about studio 54. Ever think about publishing a E book about it,,I bet it would sell well.
@1978TVP , You don't get it?? Let me tell you:
1 - Just compare the current dance music with that from 70s. It was faaar better then.
2 - Celebrities going to a nightclub just to dance and not to pose like "rich & famous".
3 - A dream of a new age, free from superstitions, prejudice, war, hate etc. Excesses may happen in any revolution, it doesn't mean the revolution isn't good. But people just didn't need to nullify it, as it happens in the 1980s.
STUDIO 54. 2017
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Christina Aguilera
Justin Bieber
Adele
Lady Gaga
Thalía
Ricky Martin
Maluma
Shakira
Christiano Ronaldo
Britney Spears
Bruno mars
Piqué
las kardashian
Jennifer López
Chayanne
pitbull
Eiza Gonzáles
Nicky mijam
Carlos Martinez no
@ritter89 AH Guest wasn't just a journalist. he comes from an old NY family (i.e., wealthy WASP) family and that's another reason he was around that scene, which was a mix of celebs, old skool aristos, gay men, and a smattering of "Tonys"
they interviewed me on the news last night on KVOA in Tucson.. that was interesting.. asking me about my art
It was all so cool...Maybe we can learn something from The 1970's....today......It's all about being nice and having a good time. Today people thrive on the poisen of talk radio...Back then talk radio would have been put off the air due to dangerous content......