Wow 🤩 this was a big hit I use too love ❤️ Sylvester he was cool and he was himself it was dangerous and taboo “ ❤️ love ❤️ to him her always she was aswesome “” Sylvester would be happy 😊 and amazed today he could be free to be himself “ this song is bringing me to tears seeing this video and he was on the show a couple of times dick Clark gave him the exposer he deserves he would cam and the room “ love ❤️ him forever “ he was dynamic and dynamite 🧨 in a good way showing my age going on 63 those were the good old days the best for music 🎼 and fashion I miss those days compared to now no music no good fashion etc...
One of tunes on my phone. Right now I have 44 CDs with a playlist over 18 hours long. I have Swing, Disco, Soul, R&B, Rock & Roll, Country, classical, Blues. I've never listened to song because it's of a particular genre but because I like it. I was born in 1955 when we didn't have the copious choices of TV, radio, etc. like we do now. We watched whatever was on and some radio stations we couldn't pick up until after sunset. My hometown had CBS, NBC and PBS only when I was growing up. We got an ABC station when I was in high school just before cable TV was a thing in our area.
Yep the song by Sylvester definitely makes a person feel really GREAT... always did since the first time I heard it when it first came out when I was still a teenager ... and it always will
@@radputin80 Paolo Ricci ... your English is absolutely perfect ; no need to apologize . Yes , great song and brings back such WONDERFUL MEMORIES of HAPPIER TIMES before this Age of Tyranny we all seem to be living in ; especially here in America .
I TOTALLY AGREE!! HE WAS BEAUTIUFL AND TAKENETED AND LEFT US TOO SOON! i LOVE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR. HE WOULD BE SO AWSOME TODAY. ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH BEING PRIDE MONTH!!! IF ONLY HE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS GREAT MOMENT!!!
I am now a 66 year old woman and our family vacations were spent in Provinctwn, MA. As a straight woman I was always able to find a summer fling - the discos were all playing Sylvester's "You Made Me Feel" . It was a magical time in life and disco music was amazing - and this song was so fantastic! Will l ove you forever, Sylvester!!!
I love this song . I especially love it when it appears in The Life and Times of Harvey Milk The Mayor Of Castro Street . Great Doc won the Oscar Great song. Yeah Gay Pride
I'm a heterosexual 49yo woman who remembers my mother disco dancing to his music!!! real music real instruments playing was so powerful and meaningful back then...today it's a press of a button that produces a sound....this funky beat just makes any1 want to get up and dance!!!!! LETS GO 2024!!!! S.I.P 4EVER SYLVESTER....💅🏾🙏🏾❤
R.I.P. Sylvester! Anyone who was in the Bay Area or NYC during the mid-70's to early-80's got a taste of paradise on Earth and I'm not just talking about the sex, drugs and rock and roll. There was a feeling of love & happiness the Castro, Polk Street, The West Village (I'm sure there were other places but those were the places I frequented) unlike any time or place in the universe. I can you without exegerating, it was a magical time. I would gladly hand over these last 23 years to have just one year more year from those days. 💔
Just moved from Oakland to Sac, but stories like this will always keep the bay home for me. 32 years around this planet, and rocking out to amazing music!
@@JustinLHopkins - It wasn't entirely Hedonism. America was also having a cultural renaissance. The cost of living was low. The quality of life was high. If you want to talk about the cost of Hedonism you might want to consider the current opioid crisis which has killed more than half a million.
@@unfluster Opioid addiction is not hedonism. It’s a health crisis. Studio 54 is the definition of modern hedonism. Drugs everywhere, people fucking all over the place, and even deaths occurred. The club was literally stuffed to the ceiling in drugs and anonymous sex was rampant. I have no issue with this and if I had a time machine, I’d make 54 one of my stops. I don’t think anyone can seriously argue that this period in time was not hedonistic. Again, hedonism always carries a cost. Burning the candle at both ends never leads to anything good. I will say that the creativity flowing in NYC during the 70’s/80’s was unparalleled and we lost so many talented and creative people. We can never get that back and New York will never be the same. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. You can only party for so long before something inevitably explodes.
Before RuPaul and ALL the others, there was Sylvester!! This was 1978, I was 16 and he was f’king fierce! With the Two Tons of Fun known as Martha Wash and Izola Davis! They wasn’t NO JOKE on that damn mic!! May he rise in power!!💯🔥🔥🔥❤️💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿❤️❤️❤️
And I was 21 years old (in 1978); Lived in Queens. This song reminds me of my old girlfriend from that time, Mary Johnson; much love; I had a lot of affection, but life wanted us to separate and go our separate ways. Wherever you are Mary, I dedicate this song to you, because you make me feel! peace and love from the past. thanks!
Saw him in person in SF in 86. I’m straight and went to an event that had a 90 pct gay attendance. That’s how bad Sylvester was. And he killed it that night.
Met him briefly at a house party in San Francisco. His performances at the Galleria on Pride Sunday or New Year's Eve were unforgettable. "Mighty Real" was part of the sound track of my summer vacation in New York and DC in 1978. He is greatly under appreciated by the wider world but those of us in SF at the time won't ever forget.
He never ran from his sexuality and put his androgyny on full display, unashamedly, at a time when it was more dangerous to be open! That’s definitely something to admire! R.I.P. Sylvester! Oh, and, this song is still a jam in 2022! ❤️❤️❤️
Definitely predated Boy George that we all know if the UK as 'one of the first ones in main stream' to do that (androgynous dressing and plenty of make up).
Vivi aquela época e essas coisas não importavam tanto. Quem fazia distinção entre as pessoas, era colocado de lado. Diferente de hoje em dia, onde as pessoas ofendidas são aquelas que mais evidenciam o preconceito e vivem disso para chamar atenção, naquela época, pessoas como ele, não estavam nem aí, para o que diziam dele. Ele viveu e curtiu a vida com alegria.
He was brave, fearless, brilliant, charming, unique, charismatic, and so ahead of his time!!!!! R.I.P. Sylvester, your music will always make us feel so mighty REAL!!!
I remember reading in the Advocate about the people who were keeping a vigil across the street from Sylvester's home when he was in his last hours here on Earth. It made me feel good that people were not letting his passing go unnoticed. But bittersweet at the same time. He meant a lot to many people. He was indeed mighty real
in an age when it was very dangerous to be gay and out... sylvester was absolutely unashamed and 100% upfront and proud of who and what he was... and on top of that... he freaking rocked...
i remember watching my dad dancing disco back in the late 70s, this song right here and he could get down all night long,,,,i lost my dad to cancer last year but today i play all this greatest hits and i know he is jamming..
I have full respect for Sylvester for not hiding his sexuality, during the time when it was frowned upon, with the stigma and the abuse that came with it. What a disco classic, I understand why Jimmy Somerville chose to do his cover tribute verstion of this masterpiece. Still gets people on the dancefloor.
My friend who lived in San Francisco told me he would see Sylvester around sometimes on a moped with a fur coat and turban and he really did look like this. He told me at the Pride Parade there would be Sylvester on a float or as gran marshall then after the parade everyone would go to the park where there was a concert with Sylvester. OMG!! I would of loved to have been there, I would have died hearing this legendary "child wonder of gospel" and disco.
This tune epitomises the 70's disco era and i wish i had a time machine to go back to the 70's what an era of music and the best decade ever i miss those days so much😭😭😭😭😭😭
I saw him live 3 times. I remember him and how the AIDS epidemic destroyed so many lives. The disease and all the fear, hate and finger- pointing it generated. But through it all, he remained defiant. The flamboyant behavior, the energy, the costumes and the voice. A bittersweet memory.
@@asturiasceltic3183A costume, theatrically speaking, is any garment worn specifically for a production, a performance. For example, if a female singer wears a gown to perform a song on stage, that gown becomes a costume, because the gown is now a contributing factor in judging her performance. Sylvester may have worn certain outfits in everyday life. However, once he stepped on stage that outfit is then labelled a costume. I am not speaking of Halloween costumes or masks. I am not speaking of Halloween costumes, masks or disguises.
When I was on a serious weight loss journey, I would play this song on repeat. Six weeks later, just in time for my trip to New York City, I had lost twenty pounds from dancing daily to Sylvester's fantastic disco hit.
This is GOLD.....Sylvester was a Trailblazer for being just who he was with NO Appologies at all....he made it easier for so many others at that time to enjoy their lives, no matter who didn;t like it. Be who you are. Never live Your Life to please Anyone else.
I was about 12 yrs old when my older sister 17 yrs old borrowed this album from a school friend. Well, l was not letting her give it back. I kept on listening to this album in the attic full blast everyday after school. I just want to thank Sylvester for the best music I've ever heard, even by today's standards.
I just saw a commercial and they played a bit of the song. I immediately went to look for it. So many memories this song brought back! Still love it today.
BS....what people think they are usually does not reflect reality. Boy thinks he's a girl....BS. Girl thinks she is a boy...BS. Means nothing. Stalin, Hitler, Mao and a bunch of others thought they were good people...Joe Biden thinks he's a good leader, reality says otherwise. You can't make a boy a girl by cutting off his pecker. Wise up.
This was 1978 and Sylvester was true to himself and a lot of people accepted him a such. Today there's too many that are more concerned about virtual signaling than being themselves and people can spot fakeness. In an interview, Sylvester talked about the problems he had with some in the gay community because he wouldn't "do it their way".
It’s 2024 and this sounds as phenomenal as it did in the discos in NYC in 1978 ❤. Just want to take time out to remember all we lost from that era way too soon including Sylvester! With much ❤ to you all!
My grandparents (who were teens in the 70s) did not approve of this song. Guess what? I stuff danced my socks off and sung this with all of my heart 💖💖💖
You’re grandparents we’re not typical of teens in the 70s I was a teen then and can tell you everyone I knew couldn’t care less about people being gay, most musicians seem to be that way and it’s fine, true we joked about it but nobody I knew wished diverse people any harm. Without gay artists over the years we would not have such a rich back catalogue of music to listen to 👍
In the 70s people didn't care who was gay or not, it was nothing to see straight people (guys and girls) in the gay clubs (Proof - watch Natalie Coles video for the song "Party Lights" and you'll see clips from Studio 54). People were free to be themselves no matter who they were. What happened to that era? When did things change? What caused the change? As Marvin Gaye would say "What's Going On?"
@@newyoupersonaldevelopment3497 Actually, her grandparents were very typical of teens in the 1970s. Especially if she is an American. Only 30% of Americans in 1976 believed homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal. Less than 10% of Americans thought being gay was something someone was born as. Hell, I grew up in the 1980s and for the vast majority of teens then, being gay was the ultimate taboo. Homophobia was absolutely rife in society. We may have come a long way, but let's not sugarcoat the past and look back with rose-tinted glasses.
To say people didn't care, must be from large cities. Because down south in the bible belt, my 20 year old grandma waa going to church twice a week and wearing slips. She wasn't going out dancing or listening to Disco, that was the 'devil's music. '
This song is so powerful, it makes me feel like I can fly like Superman! Sylvester’s voice is truly one of a kind, and the beat is infectious. I can’t help but dance every time I hear it.
I drive around town listening to this, especially when I'm sad. I imagine Slyvester in my passenger seat and what he would be telling me, or screaming, and just having a great time. I listen to this a lot with my friend Lynnette. From one flamer to another, thank you Slyvester. You are not forgotten.
Keep doing what you are doing, that's how we keep people alive and never forgotten 💞💞💫💫 keep remembering him and talking about him. Keep his memory alive 💐💐
Not mighty vocals. No Whitney Houston no Marvin Gaye. He sung in falsetto. He sounds like Flip Wilson when Flip played 'Geraldine' on the Flip Wilson show. But with that being said he was a mighty and powerful entertainer and that is where his legacy is.
This video was filmed at 'The 'Embassy Club' in London's Old Bond Street in 1978. The most coolist, fabulous club of the time. Great memories of that club when disco music was in vogue.
The dancer who swings her hips with another dancer at 1:55 and sashays to the right of the back row is industrial music legend Cosey Fanni Tutti! She and her band, Throbbing Gristle has already made 2 albums by then. She has talked about the making of the video in interviews and once showed the silver shorts she wore on X.
From what I've seen of the younger generations I doubt they even have sex let alone dance The males act like 12 year old spoiled brats while the females all think they are model material.
Sylvester helped me as a black gay man to truly accept myself. He was the first openly gay artist that I had seen. He never hid his sexuality, but rather, embraced it! I remember seeing him in THE ROSE, which was a excellent film. Sylvester was ahead of his time! May he Rest In Peace. Peace.
@@tartgreenapple -You are so right! He was a pioneer in the gay community! When Sylvester was alive, I really started to view my own sexuality. I discovered that I, was indeed, gay! These days, I live my own truth, and Sylvester was a huge inspiration. He was a true artist! Peace to you!
I remember me and my other 7 siblings always requesting our parents to play this song when they started drinking....We All would be dancing our butts off..play that song again momma!! Awesome times in the 70's
I've heard this song and dance to it several dozen times over the last 50 years, but these comments are really woke me up and reminded me of how much heart and joy Sylvester infuse into this song. It's a simple little ditty with very heartfelt lyrics, but it just says everything we want to feel about dancing and being in the spotlight
Que canción tan increíble. Tengo 62 años cumplidos este enero de 2024. Vivi la época DISCO, Cuando tenia 17 años y está canción la baile mil veces. Viva la música DISCO. 😊
I was 8 years old when this came out and boy - I was totally bewitched by this beautiful man (straight female by the way lol!). The whole aesthetic, sound and energy was the bomb! This was the first ever record that a bought - money well spent!!!! ❤
This is fab!! Have this on vinyl...Amazing how sexuality back in the 70's was seen .. and how it is seen now. Pioneers like Sylvester and others brought attention to the fact there is a diversity of people in the world AND WE SHOULD respect that and each other xxx
This song is just great classic. about gays and other deviations..personally i dont care whatever people love and like untill there is mutual consent.and for F*** sake keep it for yourself,in your 4 walls. Those kind of "pride parade" is insulting,and wrong.as same that we str8 people start to walk arround and parade just b'c we adore opposit sex??
Sorry Angela it's a much accepted urban myth that gay people hid in the shadows and were looked down on during the 1970s/80s but I can tell you being an old bloke in my 70s that there were many disco clubs frequented by gay people and there were also many gay dating organisations . My girlfriend and I spent many nights boogying on the dance floor with gay friends. And I might add dancing to black music.
@@garypautard1069 I disagree with your "myth" notion. In the 70's n 80's gay people hid there identity albeit the music was out there but not accepted by most. There were gay clubs but they went underground, been there seen it not a problem for me as a hetrosexual 😀 live and let live, music unites people of any gender x
I'm trying to figure out how/why 711 people gave this song/video the thumbs down? This song (from circa 1978) is still awesome 43 years later. And as a side note, this guy did 5 costume changes in 4 mins!!! AWESOME rest in heaven Sylvester.
What a brave man and what a fantastic song to dance to. Yes, I did and still relive those memories of those amazing times. I soo admire those that weren't scared to come out then. I say medals for them all, and rest in peace, could you? probably not, you were soo alive.
@Troy Black Thankfully this is not Medieval Europe and you the Grand Inquisitor. You certainly have the surname to match! It took the world centuries to get rid of most bigots like yourself. Think, (John 8:7) Do you fit into that category?
A man who was not afraid of his homosexuality way way back in the day when it was still considered a taboo. RIP Sylvester.
A very brave man
@@amandaknopp9032 what does crossdressing have to with liking the same sex sexually?
Sylvester had more swag than a hundred of her copyists. A one off original and disco Queen in perpituity! Rest in power...
@@strictlynorton ,BEAUTIFUL! SYLVESTER was Incredible and made me feel MIGHTY REAL!
I fucking love and applaud it!!!
I feel like Sylvester should be recognized as a pioneer at pride events.
sylvester is… recognized and celebrated.
That Place taken by Adam Lambert
More so than mercury he was a black gay man and he didn’t give a fuck ❤
No
@@thilinarupasinghe7968 I remember Sylvester, but I feel like the world has kinda forgotten him!
This one is definitely in the top 5 best Disco songs of all-time.
Enjoy ❤❤
Es mi favorita 😊
Cansei muito essa música eu tinha17 anos no clube independente do lote 15
@@sylvestermusicofficialabsolutely agree 100%
Sadly overlooked
This song was sung 45 years ago!! Timeless talent.
born in the wrong decade
Wow 🤩 this was a big hit I use too love ❤️ Sylvester he was cool and he was himself it was dangerous and taboo “ ❤️ love ❤️ to him her always she was aswesome “” Sylvester would be happy 😊 and amazed today he could be free to be himself “ this song is bringing me to tears seeing this video and he was on the show a couple of times dick Clark gave him the exposer he deserves he would cam and the room “ love ❤️ him forever “ he was dynamic and dynamite 🧨 in a good way showing my age going on 63 those were the good old days the best for music 🎼 and fashion I miss those days compared to now no music no good fashion etc...
@@Peachysz2exactly!!❤
And totally unapologetic for who he was 🤟❤🏳🌈
Yes
@@Peachysz2
If you are ever out at a party 🎊 and this song is played. You’re at the right place. 💃💃💃
I agree with you 💯%! This song 🎵 can really make you move!
you know it.
One of tunes on my phone. Right now I have 44 CDs with a playlist over 18 hours long. I have Swing, Disco, Soul, R&B, Rock & Roll, Country, classical, Blues. I've never listened to song because it's of a particular genre but because I like it. I was born in 1955 when we didn't have the copious choices of TV, radio, etc. like we do now. We watched whatever was on and some radio stations we couldn't pick up until after sunset. My hometown had CBS, NBC and PBS only when I was growing up. We got an ABC station when I was in high school just before cable TV was a thing in our area.
yes haha
💯
Fact: It is physiologically impossible to hear this song and not immediately feel happy.
Yep the song by Sylvester definitely makes a person feel really GREAT... always did since the first time I heard it when it first came out when I was still a teenager ... and it always will
It's true, and it's impossible not dance or move follow this rythm! Greeting from Italy and sorry for my bad english!
@@radputin80 Paolo Ricci ... your English is absolutely perfect ; no need to apologize .
Yes , great song and brings back such WONDERFUL MEMORIES of HAPPIER TIMES before this Age of Tyranny we all seem to be living in ; especially here in America .
😊😊
Truer words have not been spoken! ❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the top masterpieces of the Disco Era. Sylvester was sensational!
Enjoy ❤
I TOTALLY AGREE!! HE WAS BEAUTIUFL AND TAKENETED AND LEFT US TOO SOON! i LOVE WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR. HE WOULD BE SO AWSOME TODAY. ESPECIALLY THIS MONTH BEING PRIDE MONTH!!! IF ONLY HE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS GREAT MOMENT!!!
I am now a 66 year old woman and our family vacations were spent in Provinctwn, MA. As a straight woman I was always able to find a summer fling - the discos were all playing Sylvester's "You Made Me Feel" . It was a magical time in life and disco music was amazing - and this song was so fantastic! Will l ove you forever, Sylvester!!!
It's an awesome tune isn't it, great vocals too, just makes you want to dance. Perhaps it helped get those lucky men on the dancefloor with you!
Norway
I love this song . I especially love it when it appears in The Life and Times of Harvey Milk The Mayor Of Castro Street . Great Doc won the Oscar Great song. Yeah Gay Pride
Sylvester was ahead of his time. Legend.
Way ahead!
Sylvester walked so Big freesia could Run
YUM!
I think she is timeless; spreading into the past, present and future. Healing us all.
@@tartgreenapple I think you added one too many "s" on the "she" comment
This is just a classic disco song that will never sound old
Absolutely
Timeless! This a damn jam!
Yes! A jam to this day.
Studio 54! Must have been so fun to dance there!!! :)
This song from Banshee
I'm a heterosexual 49yo woman who remembers my mother disco dancing to his music!!! real music real instruments playing was so powerful and meaningful back then...today it's a press of a button that produces a sound....this funky beat just makes any1 want to get up and dance!!!!! LETS GO 2024!!!! S.I.P 4EVER SYLVESTER....💅🏾🙏🏾❤
Listen all the women did!! I'm 43 & my drinking, cussing aunt loved this song. It was a unspoken of dance song.
Did you ever see him do American Bandstand with his backing vocalists later known as The Weather Girls. He bought the house down.
R.I.P. Sylvester! Anyone who was in the Bay Area or NYC during the mid-70's to early-80's got a taste of paradise on Earth and I'm not just talking about the sex, drugs and rock and roll. There was a feeling of love & happiness the Castro, Polk Street, The West Village (I'm sure there were other places but those were the places I frequented) unlike any time or place in the universe. I can you without exegerating, it was a magical time. I would gladly hand over these last 23 years to have just one year more year from those days. 💔
Just moved from Oakland to Sac, but stories like this will always keep the bay home for me. 32 years around this planet, and rocking out to amazing music!
Amen to that..
We didn't know back then just how much fun we were having...🎉🎉
Hedonism always has its cost.
@@JustinLHopkins - It wasn't entirely Hedonism. America was also having a cultural renaissance. The cost of living was low. The quality of life was high. If you want to talk about the cost of Hedonism you might want to consider the current opioid crisis which has killed more than half a million.
@@unfluster Opioid addiction is not hedonism. It’s a health crisis.
Studio 54 is the definition of modern hedonism. Drugs everywhere, people fucking all over the place, and even deaths occurred. The club was literally stuffed to the ceiling in drugs and anonymous sex was rampant. I have no issue with this and if I had a time machine, I’d make 54 one of my stops. I don’t think anyone can seriously argue that this period in time was not hedonistic.
Again, hedonism always carries a cost. Burning the candle at both ends never leads to anything good.
I will say that the creativity flowing in NYC during the 70’s/80’s was unparalleled and we lost so many talented and creative people. We can never get that back and New York will never be the same. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. You can only party for so long before something inevitably explodes.
Me: "Lately, I've been having dreams with Sylvester in them."
Psychiatrist: "How does that make you feel?"
Me: "Mighty Real."
Good one😄😄😄
Nice😂
@@jeanjeanie7214 jajajajajajajajajaja
I LITERALLY laughed out loud, couldn’t hear myself though my headphones too loud 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
🤣🤣🤣
69, but put this on and I'm 22 on the dance floor. God I'm glad I was there! Thank you Sylvester!
I'm 62 and know exactly what you mean.
I’m 45 and want a time machine. And a plane ticket for America! Almost seems a shame to be born straight 😅
@@EstebanMcC Are you serious?
Sorry just a weird comment!
@@audreylesser9800 Tongue in cheek. Wonderful music. Memorable era. I was a baby or toddler though. I’m straight but admire the flamboyance!
Before RuPaul and ALL the others, there was Sylvester!! This was 1978, I was 16 and he was f’king fierce! With the Two Tons of Fun known as Martha Wash and Izola Davis! They wasn’t NO JOKE on that damn mic!! May he rise in power!!💯🔥🔥🔥❤️💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿💃🏿❤️❤️❤️
Best comment...
Love it, love him
And I was 21 years old (in 1978); Lived in Queens. This song reminds me of my old girlfriend from that time, Mary Johnson; much love; I had a lot of affection, but life wanted us to separate and go our separate ways. Wherever you are Mary, I dedicate this song to you, because you make me feel! peace and love from the past. thanks!
His voice is so SOULFUL!! I WISH I could have seen him in person, in concert!😍
Sounds like Aretha… I actually thought this was Aretha Franklins song 🤦🏽♀️ I didn’t know 🤷🏽♀️
@@dr.peppermintpatty4925 I know, right? Pretty sure thats who I thought was back then when first heard song on the radio
Saw him in person in SF in 86. I’m straight and went to an event that had a 90 pct gay attendance. That’s how bad Sylvester was. And he killed it that night.
He is a woman bruh
@@ofcmath I wish I could have been there!! (I'm straight, too)
This song makes me want to go back in time to the clubs in NYC. When this song was played, the crowds went wild. Me included. I miss being young.
We all miss that 😂😢😂😢❤
Lol lol that's funny
Não vivi isso, mas tenho saudade ❤🇧🇷
It indeed a top disco song!
We all do miss it
RIP Sylvester...you're still making us rock all these years later
👏👏👏👏👍
Amen
Absolutely ❤️💃
Disco Fever!!!
One of the most underrated artists ever
I don't think underrated but sure forgotten
Met him briefly at a house party in San Francisco. His performances at the Galleria on Pride Sunday or New Year's Eve were unforgettable. "Mighty Real" was part of the sound track of my summer vacation in New York and DC in 1978. He is greatly under appreciated by the wider world but those of us in SF at the time won't ever forget.
Im huge fan of his music and of his not being afraid of being his self ❤❤🙏🙏
I love ur life ❤
A lot of us All over this country loved him and will Never forget him...
Back when Pride celebrations were hard fought and a real revolution.
❤❤❤❤
This still jams in Dec. 2021 - the real disco never gets tired.
Yes 👍
Agreed with you 100%
In Feb 2022 too)
Sexier music ever!!!
@@Leni_Lee March baby 🔥🔥
He never ran from his sexuality and put his androgyny on full display, unashamedly, at a time when it was more dangerous to be open! That’s definitely something to admire! R.I.P. Sylvester!
Oh, and, this song is still a jam in 2022! ❤️❤️❤️
YES!!!
Definitely predated Boy George that we all know if the UK as 'one of the first ones in main stream' to do that (androgynous dressing and plenty of make up).
Vivi aquela época e essas coisas não importavam tanto. Quem fazia distinção entre as pessoas, era colocado de lado. Diferente de hoje em dia, onde as pessoas ofendidas são aquelas que mais evidenciam o preconceito e vivem disso para chamar atenção, naquela época, pessoas como ele, não estavam nem aí, para o que diziam dele. Ele viveu e curtiu a vida com alegria.
And was able to make a viral hit too at such a time! That's impressive af! Major respect for Sylvester
It damn sure is!
One of the best artists and one of THE best disco songs EVER!!
He was brave, fearless, brilliant, charming, unique, charismatic, and so ahead of his time!!!!!
R.I.P. Sylvester, your music will always make us feel so mighty REAL!!!
How he died?
@@tysonbrown Complications from AIDS
@@tysonbrown Complications from AIDS
@Tyson Brown, AIDS.
@@tysonbrownaids 😢
I had honor at 17 female be inner circle ❤🖤🩶🤎💜🩵💙💚💛🧡he was a beautiful person
“An out gay man at a time when even Elton John would cop only bisexuality.” -Rolling Stone Top 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
How can you not move with such good vibes? May you rest in peace my darling Sylvester 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Yep it absolutely picked me up and got me moving ... and I was exhausted all day until just now listening to this on blast .
sugar love I saw this commercial and looked this up.I am mesmerized by this.I agree with you totally🙏🙏👍👍👍
@@blaque843 you can
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Jimmy Summerville make this song even more viber)in my opinion of course
I remember reading in the Advocate about the people who were keeping a vigil across the street from Sylvester's home when he was in his last hours here on Earth. It made me feel good that people were not letting his passing go unnoticed. But bittersweet at the same time. He meant a lot to many people. He was indeed mighty real
i heard it also made him feel good.
@@toothlessfatoveralls2 Funny
Your hit lives on, and you’re still inspiring people Sylvester, wherever you are. Rest in power.
He's here, RIGHT NOW!
He can't hear you. He's dead. He died of the disease his lifestyle got him
@@Jackhandless
You do realize straights can get aids too right?
How slow are you?
in an age when it was very dangerous to be gay and out... sylvester was absolutely unashamed and 100% upfront and proud of who and what he was... and on top of that... he freaking rocked...
So, So, So Strong and smooth, at same time. No contradictions between both aspects. Rare and Awesome. Lovely.
Gay black and out
Talent outweighted all of that and frankly he was always known to be a great person!!
Sam smith stole his entire swag 😂😂😂. Culture vulture
I remember being a teen boy in the midwest and most of my friends didnt care if you liked boys. you just didnt publicize your sexuality
i remember watching my dad dancing disco back in the late 70s, this song right here and he could get down all night long,,,,i lost my dad to cancer last year but today i play all this greatest hits and i know he is jamming..
Qu'il repose en paix.
Sorry bout your dad ... real MEN like disco
May your dad Rest in power. Regards.
now Dancing in that Disco in Haven .
We used to rock the house.nyc .
I have full respect for Sylvester for not hiding his sexuality, during the time when it was frowned upon, with the stigma and the abuse that came with it.
What a disco classic, I understand why Jimmy Somerville chose to do his cover tribute verstion of this masterpiece.
Still gets people on the dancefloor.
Cover tribute verstion? Wow, what an insult. Like faking the Mona Lisa. Did he think he could do it better?
Just after Little Richard, and just before Prince and Boy George, there was . . . SYLVESTER!!! A true pioneer!
Prince isn't gay.... ????
@@aaronpogue2987 Prince was flamboyant, but straight
Talented roger nelson was not gay at alk
All
My friend who lived in San Francisco told me he would see Sylvester around sometimes on a moped with a fur coat and turban and he really did look like this. He told me at the Pride Parade there would be Sylvester on a float or as gran marshall then after the parade everyone would go to the park where there was a concert with Sylvester. OMG!! I would of loved to have been there, I would have died hearing this legendary "child wonder of gospel" and disco.
Excelent singer
I love that! I remember watching MILK & they had an actor doing him & had his tunes. So good.
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I was just 17 when this song was released. I spent many nights in night clubs dancing the night away. So many memories. Wouldn't change a thing.
You can't compare this to the crap of today
I was 17 when this came out and I loved it then and I still love it now. One of the best disco classics of all time.
This tune epitomises the 70's disco era and i wish i had a time machine to go back to the 70's what an era of music and the best decade ever i miss those days so much😭😭😭😭😭😭
When you find that machine...please call me! 😁
Same here today's generation is going to the pooper take me back to the 70s and 80s
Me too in hard WAy the best
Just throw away your mobile phones and computers, disconnect your internet and play disco all day on your turntable...... no time machine required
Mai vivere di rimpianti
I saw him live 3 times. I remember him and how the AIDS epidemic destroyed so many lives. The disease and all the fear, hate and finger- pointing it generated. But through it all, he remained defiant. The flamboyant behavior, the energy, the costumes and the voice. A bittersweet memory.
From what I understood, Sylvester was not in costume, those were his real clothes.
@@asturiasceltic3183A costume, theatrically speaking, is any garment worn specifically for a production, a performance. For example, if a female singer wears a gown to perform a song on stage, that gown becomes a costume, because the gown is now a contributing factor in judging her performance. Sylvester may have worn certain outfits in everyday life. However, once he stepped on stage that outfit is then labelled a costume. I am not speaking of Halloween costumes or masks.
I am not speaking of Halloween costumes, masks or disguises.
@@danielsims2076 I am telling you from people who would see Sylvester in SF in everyday life on the street.
They were his clothes he’s a queer icon love him
@@danielsims2076 those were his clothes. Just shaddap lol
When I was on a serious weight loss journey, I would play this song on repeat. Six weeks later, just in time for my trip to New York City, I had lost twenty pounds from dancing daily to Sylvester's fantastic disco hit.
Congratulations!
That’s a great idea!
I love love love this song his energy so sexy androgynous queer gay whatever!, he was it all before it even had a name
Congratulations ! That is wonderful! Keep up the great work buddy
An absolute killer disco track
This is GOLD.....Sylvester was a Trailblazer for being just who he was with NO Appologies at all....he made it easier for so many others at that time to enjoy their lives, no matter who didn;t like it. Be who you are. Never live Your Life to please Anyone else.
I was about 12 yrs old when my older sister 17 yrs old borrowed this album from a school friend. Well, l was not letting her give it back. I kept on listening to this album in the attic full blast everyday after school. I just want to thank Sylvester for the best music I've ever heard, even by today's standards.
I am agreed
Today’s standards aren’t the highest really, those days’ standards are the highest actually.
Sylvester make you rock, Sylvester was the Queen of the 70s, Beautiful music, The Best 🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌹🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷🌹🌷
Great story! thanks for sharing
Keep on rocking 🤩
Late December 2023.. I’m 63 & this track still takes me back to my youth dancing at the senior discos at the yoof club 😻👍🏻
Sylvester was a gem for the gay community. His music will always live on. Rip sylvester. You touched so many peoples lives ❤❤❤
He was a gem for "music lovers"!😍😍😍
Hey, I’m not gay, but I still think of him as a rare gem
I just saw a commercial and they played a bit of the song. I immediately went to look for it. So many memories this song brought back! Still love it today.
Me too! I just had to come to the video!
Was a commercial about a paco rabane perfume?
@@AlbertoPerez-1996 no, I don't even remember it now. Doesn't even matter. Just a point I was trying to make.
Really great memories of when they used to play this in all the clubs
OMG same :0
We as a society will find freedom when we learn to accept other people exactly the way they are.
R.I.P. Sylvester.
BS....what people think they are usually does not reflect reality. Boy thinks he's a girl....BS. Girl thinks she is a boy...BS. Means nothing. Stalin, Hitler, Mao and a bunch of others thought they were good people...Joe Biden thinks he's a good leader, reality says otherwise. You can't make a boy a girl by cutting off his pecker. Wise up.
This was 1978 and Sylvester was true to himself and a lot of people accepted him a such. Today there's too many that are more concerned about virtual signaling than being themselves and people can spot fakeness. In an interview, Sylvester talked about the problems he had with some in the gay community because he wouldn't "do it their way".
Well said.
Very well sad😊
Well said
It’s 2024 and this sounds as phenomenal as it did in the discos in NYC in 1978 ❤. Just want to take time out to remember all we lost from that era way too soon including Sylvester! With much ❤ to you all!
Estou aqui por isso, pra relembrar um passado maravilhoso, eu amo músicas da década de 70, 80 e 90 .....❤
Sylvester you livened up the dreary 1980s and stayed true to your authentic self which is more than most can say RIP
What a voice. The talent was explosive 🧨 ❤
He really perfected Disco.
Because he has blackness to his voice
Bellissima canzone stupenda!!! 🕺🕺🕺🕺
My grandparents (who were teens in the 70s) did not approve of this song. Guess what? I stuff danced my socks off and sung this with all of my heart 💖💖💖
You’re grandparents we’re not typical of teens in the 70s I was a teen then and can tell you everyone I knew couldn’t care less about people being gay, most musicians seem to be that way and it’s fine, true we joked about it but nobody I knew wished diverse people any harm. Without gay artists over the years we would not have such a rich back catalogue of music to listen to 👍
Bravo!
In the 70s people didn't care who was gay or not, it was nothing to see straight people (guys and girls) in the gay clubs (Proof - watch Natalie Coles video for the song "Party Lights" and you'll see clips from Studio 54). People were free to be themselves no matter who they were. What happened to that era? When did things change? What caused the change? As Marvin Gaye would say "What's Going On?"
@@newyoupersonaldevelopment3497 Actually, her grandparents were very typical of teens in the 1970s. Especially if she is an American. Only 30% of Americans in 1976 believed homosexual relations between consenting adults should be legal. Less than 10% of Americans thought being gay was something someone was born as. Hell, I grew up in the 1980s and for the vast majority of teens then, being gay was the ultimate taboo. Homophobia was absolutely rife in society. We may have come a long way, but let's not sugarcoat the past and look back with rose-tinted glasses.
To say people didn't care, must be from large cities. Because down south in the bible belt, my 20 year old grandma waa going to church twice a week and wearing slips. She wasn't going out dancing or listening to Disco, that was the 'devil's music. '
He paved the way for so many to live their truth. God bless him!❤❤❤ Now that's Mighty Real ❤
This song is so powerful, it makes me feel like I can fly like Superman! Sylvester’s voice is truly one of a kind, and the beat is infectious. I can’t help but dance every time I hear it.
I drive around town listening to this, especially when I'm sad. I imagine Slyvester in my passenger seat and what he would be telling me, or screaming, and just having a great time. I listen to this a lot with my friend Lynnette. From one flamer to another, thank you Slyvester. You are not forgotten.
I love that you do that!
2ToyBoys, He makes you feel MIGHTY REAL!😍
Keep doing what you are doing, that's how we keep people alive and never forgotten 💞💞💫💫 keep remembering him and talking about him. Keep his memory alive 💐💐
Jejejjeje
Sounds like you got psychosis bro lmaooo
Someone needs to make a movie about Sylvester. RIP
As weird as Hollywood is, they'll have Sam Smith play Sylvester smh
The Weekend could do it justice.
Real talk!! They made one about Little Richard, so why not?
@@SmoothCrmnl80 OH HELL NO !!
Dancing to this into 2024!!!!!!🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
Disco at it's best, absolute classic track.
He had some mighty powerful vocals 🔥🔥💯💯💯
Not mighty vocals. No Whitney Houston no Marvin Gaye. He sung in falsetto. He sounds like Flip Wilson when Flip played 'Geraldine' on the Flip Wilson show. But with that being said he was a mighty and powerful entertainer and that is where his legacy is.
Ciao..da..gio...sss..junior..e...Paola.. Ferrara.. miami...florida...ciaooo
High pitch voice, trying to sound like a woman !
@@exoressdelivers70 going by your logic, Prince didn't have powerful vocals too? Bollocks
I just realized it is entirely possible to install a disco staircase into my house 🤔🤔
What are you waiting for then!
Please do! 😺
These are the comments I love reading 😂❤️
Oh yeah!! 😎
You win this thread lol
This video was filmed at 'The 'Embassy Club' in London's Old Bond Street in 1978. The most coolist, fabulous club of the time. Great memories of that club when disco music was in vogue.
The dancer who swings her hips with another dancer at 1:55 and sashays to the right of the back row is industrial music legend Cosey Fanni Tutti! She and her band, Throbbing Gristle has already made 2 albums by then. She has talked about the making of the video in interviews and once showed the silver shorts she wore on X.
This never gets old
Really
Absolutely one of the best disco songs ever written the music is on point period
❤ undoubtedly
💯💯💯
Thinking just that!
Sylvester was giving looks huuunnnty! Song is a classic. And Bob the drag Queen lip sync was iconic on his season of Drag race.
This song is definitely a top disco hit . Very talented band and Singer 👍
Screw gay or straight. This is such a great beat. RIP Syl!
I ran one of the biggest discos in Boston at the height of the era and this song got everyone on the floor. I agree.
@@dozerb8166 Fuck I was born in the wrong era I wish ! I could have seen that, no one dances anymore even at gay clubs
From what I've seen of the younger generations I doubt they even have sex let alone dance The males act like 12 year old spoiled brats while the females all think they are model material.
Sylvester helped me as a black gay man to truly accept myself. He was the first openly gay artist that I had seen. He never hid his sexuality, but rather, embraced it! I remember seeing him in THE ROSE, which was a excellent film. Sylvester was ahead of his time! May he Rest In Peace. Peace.
Brave is an understatement!! More like god level fearlessness!!! He did not hide and confronted the WORLD. All eyes on him. And he never blinked.
@@tartgreenapple -You are so right! He was a pioneer in the gay community! When Sylvester was alive, I really started to view my own sexuality. I discovered that I, was indeed, gay! These days, I live my own truth, and Sylvester was a huge inspiration. He was a true artist! Peace to you!
He was a human unicorn....he set the bar for everyone else to imitate but NEVER come close.
Astounding!! to say the least. Queen of disco!! Wish you were still here! Loved your music and soul RIP
Sylvester was so beautiful ...
I said the same thing
@@dr.peppermintpatty4925 God why is such a beautiful loving person gone ...
I remember me and my other 7 siblings always requesting our parents to play this song when they started drinking....We All would be dancing our butts off..play that song again momma!! Awesome times in the 70's
One of the best disco jams of all time. BRAVO, Sylvester. RIP ❤🙏
I've heard this song and dance to it several dozen times over the last 50 years, but these comments are really woke me up and reminded me of how much heart and joy Sylvester infuse into this song.
It's a simple little ditty with very heartfelt lyrics, but it just says everything we want to feel about dancing and being in the spotlight
Major contributions to music history. Underrated
This song makes me happy! 😁😁😁
I'm glad it does!
I too!!!
I. TOO.
It's "feel-good" music, like most of the Disco songs from that time.
Extremely!!!
CLASSIC! R.I.P., Sylvester. So many of us miss you.
Miss him
How did he die?
Amen
@@Ben-db5re Aids In 1988
@@Ben-db5re AIDS
Sylvester was a truly the disco queen. His music energized the dance floor!!!
The best 70's hits 🔥🔥🔥
Love it ,the legendary song
🙂😉💪💪👍👍👍
Let's danceeee🕺💃
✨✨✨✨✨
Love from Croatia 🇭🇷❣️
2023
80's
NEVER tired of hearing this back in the 70's in our gay clubs! Sylvester was so awesome!
Would you go back? Even with all the problems?
@@tlome8033 Sure
Forgot about this song until that commercial ... Still makes me get up and dance like I'm back in the disco with my friends.
About the phantom robot perfume?
Which commercial?
@@bizuca the one for the new paco rabanne perfume
@@theamazingg3773 literally put me on a quest to find the song. And I somehow found it back around a month ago
His voice is like no other. He should’ve been a huge star.
His music was ahead of his time. Pure disco masterpieces.
Que canción tan increíble. Tengo 62 años cumplidos este enero de 2024. Vivi la época DISCO, Cuando tenia 17 años y está canción la baile mil veces. Viva la música DISCO. 😊
Bienvenido al club. Yo también viví esa época. La más bella de todas
Muero de envidia, una época libre, tranquila, sana, divertida.
welcome to just dance 2022
I lived this era at the Disco, no hate just people dancing till 4AM and back again next weekend.
Wow thank God someone said this
😁😄🤓😍😉😘🤗🖐️🇮🇹
Is that song in one of my favorite games?!
@@jas_094 Yeah
How can you not move with such good vibes? May you rest in peace my darling Sylvester
Sylvester forever. Fantastic!!!
¿Quien se puede resistir a esta cancion? ¡¡¡Es perfecta!!!
In 2022 this song still jams
Hell Yeah!
Sempre....principalmente pra quem viveu a época das discotecas
The best song ever
I am jamming to it right now. july 1 2022 Amsterdam.
Angela Genovese yep ageless
This remastered video is the best quality I've ever heard for this song. Sylvester's voice sounds so crisp and clear here. Just gorgeous.
PLEASE REST IN PEACE.............. SYLVESTER YOU ARE MISSED BY YOUR FANS........
GOD-BLESS !!!!!!
I was 18 when this came out...loved it then , still love it now
La voz espectacular de Sylvester, nunca pasará de moda...
Quien me puede decir en qué años murió
@@felixreyesnunez1580 1988, from complications of AIDS.
@@felixreyesnunez1580 16 d Diciembre, 1988
@@felixreyesnunez1580 Lamentablemente como tantos grandes artistas se lo llevó el SIDA
@@felixreyesnunez1580 Has oido de google?
One of the best disco tracks ever produced IMHO.
Só quem viveu isso pode imaginar a sensação de dançar essa obra de arte
Unquestionably
I remember when it first came out - WOW! It was over 20 minutes - people went wild at every disco in the World.
61 year old woman….still loving this
I was 8 years old when this came out and boy - I was totally bewitched by this beautiful man (straight female by the way lol!). The whole aesthetic, sound and energy was the bomb! This was the first ever record that a bought - money well spent!!!! ❤
Undoubtedly one of the top disco tracks ever recorded...!!!
This is fab!! Have this on vinyl...Amazing how sexuality back in the 70's was seen .. and how it is seen now. Pioneers like Sylvester and others brought attention to the fact there is a diversity of people in the world AND WE SHOULD respect that and each other xxx
This is such a feel good song, if it feels good then it is good!!! xxxxx
This song is just great classic.
about gays and other deviations..personally i dont care whatever people love and like untill there is mutual consent.and for F*** sake keep it for yourself,in your 4 walls.
Those kind of "pride parade" is insulting,and wrong.as same that we str8 people start to walk arround and parade just b'c we adore opposit sex??
Sorry Angela it's a much accepted urban myth that gay people hid in the shadows and were looked down on during the 1970s/80s but I can tell you being an old bloke in my 70s that there were many disco clubs frequented by gay people and there were also many gay dating organisations . My girlfriend and I spent many nights boogying on the dance floor with gay friends. And I might add dancing to black music.
@@garypautard1069 I disagree with your "myth" notion. In the 70's n 80's gay people hid there identity albeit the music was out there but not accepted by most. There were gay clubs but they went underground, been there seen it not a problem for me as a hetrosexual 😀 live and let live, music unites people of any gender x
this is fab,like me
I was born 1977 the clubs had to be packed when this song hit
They WERE!!
I was born in 1977 too… I wish was a teenager then… what a blessing for the ones that were.
It makes me feel happy 2024!
I'm trying to figure out how/why 711 people gave this song/video the thumbs down? This song (from circa 1978) is still awesome 43 years later. And as a side note, this guy did 5 costume changes in 4 mins!!! AWESOME rest in heaven Sylvester.
Because this video is D3generate
And you can see from the other comment (^^) that it’s because people are homophobic snot-weasels.
@@thedon2703 Cry about it. 🤣
Sylvester was a great artist, so much talent
@@niffernurse Yep, I agree, I just don't understand why they looked at it in the first place lol
What a brave man and what a fantastic song to dance to. Yes, I did and still relive those memories of those amazing times. I soo admire those that weren't scared to come out then.
I say medals for them all, and rest in peace, could you? probably not, you were soo alive.
@Troy Black Thankfully this is not Medieval Europe and you the Grand Inquisitor. You certainly have the surname to match! It took the world centuries to get rid of most bigots like yourself. Think, (John 8:7) Do you fit into that category?
We love you Sylvester ! I was a disco dj. Your music is "classic disco" !❤
I'm 68. I lived in the Castro during this time. Saw him perform at the Castro Street Fair, etc. Love this song.