The struggle was real back then, Ru mentions it constantly. He was couch surfing, many of his friends were taken by the AIDS crisis, battling addiction and encountering pervasive homophobia. Today he's a superstar but here he was just another struggling artist with hopes and dreams.
@@skoop651 so much progress but there’s always backlash to progress. Now we have these bitter MAGA fascists like u trying to undo it all. You’ll fail, ur kind always does in the long run.
@@skoop651 We have always existed, and will continue to exit long after you and your fascist leader are gone. The first written words in stone mention transgender women. There were trans women in Rome and through all human cultures. Your sad bigotry will lose, like it always has. We are here.
You sound like you’re from the middle of a corn field in Whitey Whiteville. Watching videos like this just sparks memories for me. I’m born and raised in NYC, lower east side.
As a gay person I intensely felt the look on their faces. Trying to seem unbothered and standing their ground, but unable to ignore the toxic garbage being spat at them. A mixture of hurt and weariness.
@Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten i feel sad that you have the need to be nasty towards other people. That, is a sign of your own weakness, with which u cant deal. Good luck with handling yourself better.
Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten You’re right in a scientific sense, but the way you choose to go about it, addressing it to this person, wasn’t necessary. You could have addressed it in a batter manner.
Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten not that you shouldn't have commented at all, it's just that initially stating your point by coming off as an insult was not needed. You could've phrased it a little differently is all
This video feels so dreamy, yet a bit melancholic. These folks are putting themselves out there in ways no one ever dared to before, clearly at the risk of their safety and person hood. They're experiencing liberation _so concentrated_ that its literally impossible to replicate nowadays due to us (lgbtq+ folks that is) having far more privilege, acceptance, and power in our identities than they could have ever dreamed of in the time this was filmed. True icons, these folks.
Most people have always accepted the gay community. The problem in 2022 is that "privilege" word you used, whereby it's gone far-overboard as a political tool; it may end up...as it has begun to...creating the opposite effect.
I abandoned the Gay Political Movement back then, luckily I did, cause now their "activists," LEFTISTS and GROOMING CHILDREN. PEDOPHILIA as an Orientation. I wonder what colour that will be on their Rainbow Flag? Always pushing the Limits No Boundaries, No Custody of The Appetites. The downfall of humanity into Western Woke Liberal Globalism. DISGUSTING, DEGERNATE and DIABOLICAL.
Idk why i find it so fascinating that people who are still alive today were actually alive in these very different times. like did you know that the woman who hid anne frank and her family died in 2010? THAT'S CRAZY. I was literally alive at the same time as her and i didnt even know. Like i see all this cool vintage stuff or i hear about historical events and for some reason my mind doesn't register that those were real times, real things that actually happend, real people that lived and died. Idk why it just blows my mind
I think we are conditioned to distance ourselves from that history; to think "Well, we aren't like that anymore" in an effort to normalize living in a generally broken society.
Ru looked so upset. He didn't speak much after. Clearly affected everyone. They just had to pretend it didn't happen. Shame, friends just minding their business getting harassed for no reason.
I’m about 20 years behind Ru in age, but things weren’t much better in the early 2000s. That look on her face after is so relatable for me. I can’t even describe that feeling, but I know it all too well.
It’s incredible to me that no one is shocked by the homophobes... they all have this expression like “just another Friday night” truly reveals what a hard life it was being gay in the 80’s.
I have a gay friend and he told me that men will randomly yell stuff at him in his boyfriend even in these days. Calling them the f word or just laughing at them. Before he said that I didn’t realize how unfortunately common it still is
LGBTQ youth today don't realize how different it was back then. How much the world has changed since then. Rupaul is so brave to have done all of this back when it wasn't as widely accepted
Olive Oil It amazes me how little GLBTQ+ HERstory is known or appreciated, even by those "before" my generation. (Think the moment on RPDR S4 where Chad and Latrice are talking about the police abuse in the clubs) ACT UP, Harvey Milk (whom we can thank for commissioning/inspiring Baker to create a 'banner' 🏳️🌈), the bathouse raids in Canada, or even films (I swear to you there were 50+ queens who couldn't name the stars in RHPS "Vinent Price" SMH) As SOON as I realized I was queer, I hit ever book, documentary, film ect I could get my hands on. I *wanted* to know as much about my family as possible. I don't understand how those decades older than me don't know our freedom fighters or about the ashes on the White House lawn...
And you think that none of those brave soldiers were gay? Or transgender? The only difference is that they were forced to be quiet or they risked jail or a violent death, so yes they were brave to be themselves publicly. What have you personally done to deserve those soldiers sacrifice?
Lol that "disgrace to the human race" ended up having a successful music career, a hit TV show with spin offs, winning numerous awards and inspiring millions of people around the world. We salute you Ru, thank you for ignoring narrow-minded people back then.
Ru Paul he made something of himself or well I guess herself. But still it doesn’t change others opinion I dislike when guys crops dress and do all that extra stuff it’s not called for to each and his own I always say
I am so glad Nelson thought to capture life like he did. He truly was the OG when it comes to vloging. I hope he gets the recognition someday, he most definitely deserved.
Gilbert Arciniega Is another legendary vlogger that was doing It back then and still uploads to UA-cam now , he's recorded every aspect of his life from an 80's teen through the 90's/2000's all the way up to now. Both are og goats to me.
Yeah, she was quiet because of being angry and even more...hurtful. As a 37 year old man, the few times I've been called faggot as an adult really freaking hurts. It's a word that will tear you down. We all have feelings.
I like seeing Ru like this. Back when his drag was raw and he was just out there having fun. It is sad seeing how scary it was, especially during the 80s to be queer on the street. Not to say the violence hadn't stopped but at least people are more accepting these days.
@@sittingonceilings6805 unfortunately or worse. My mom would tell me how frightening the train was or anywhere for that matter especially at night. She lived there for a bit as a teenager.
@@krisnite05 it was but people were still being beat up and abused for being gay +. While the culture was being more accepted there were still a shit load of bigots.
This waa obviously before the Cell Phone era! Now a days, people don't have personality anymore, because everybody has his or her Face buried into their Cell Phone!
i'm really tripping, this is filmed by the dude who made what is loosely considered the first "vlog" where he goes thrifting! i think abt that video and even the inside of his house all the time!! i didn't realize he was this connected, until i looked him up. i'll be binge watching his work
We’re now aware and have a lot of respect for the older generation. My life dealing with my ignorant father is not easy but I have a lot of sympathy for you all because I know in general you had to go through more to get us where we are now
i love these videos. They are literally visual time capsules. The looks, the styles, the 80s New York City vibe. Everyone was having fun. I miss those days.
@@Ihavepinkeye i was talking about the positive not the negative. How they handled them by ignoring them was excellent. Never let the negative tarnish your good memories. I used to for a long time, but then I realized it wasn't productive or emotionally healthy.
One of the reasons Ru continues to inspire me. When I see the way he carries himself, even after being verbally assaulted, I want to cry. There is so much dignity, beauty, and class in Ru's heart. And surprise, surprise, Ru got the last laugh. A true beauty queen.
Just think of all the hypersensitive trolls today 🙄 No wonder Ru‘s not having any of it. He was and is resistant and made of a reality where the world did not revolve around you - at least until you‘ve earned it.
he just shined them off onto another planet...he just saw beyond them .. like there were bigger things for him to conquer .. wtf did he care what a couple of broke ass rician mysteries have to say?!? .. he was above it on another level ..
Ru looked so broken after those comments. And he went straight too a cigarette. This shit is heartbreaking. He wasn't talking as much as he did before that, wasn't living for the camera nothing. Broken.....
@asian dude RuPaul became famous by doing drag shows. He and Lady Bunny used to live together in abandoned apartments in New York when they were poor and young and while both doing nightly shows at gay clubs back in the days when these shows were not popular like today and hardly payed any money. He became so famous doing them that he met some music producers who created his first hit single Supermodel..which became a number one hit worldwide. After doing music for many years..he created his production company WoW (World of Wonder) and then created his show RuPaul's Drag Race and other shows..which made him the multi-millionaire he is today. Hard work and perseverance is why he is the most famous drag queen artist today. Nobody gave him anything. He worked for it and created something out of nothing. The end.
Did you watch the rest of this guy's videos he dies like a couple hours after his last video I don't know it's a weird story we comments this isn't RuPaul's video though
@@coolandgood1010 , he still became famous and is known by millions of people while absolutely no one knows who or where that homophobe is now, he probably amounted to nothing in his life
@@coolandgood1010 i think what they mean is he went onto become heavily successful in the TV industry, fame and wealth and a global star and where is that guy? Probably in some shabby apartment still being homophobic. (Tht doesn't negate that ppl still shouldn't be saying vile stuff to others regardless of their success before anyone says anything)
There's something really magical here. A style, a time, that for better or worse will never be seen as it was again. Thank you to Nelson, who may have only been recording a night out with pals for fun and UA-cam, for being a place these moments may be archived for those who remember or would never see these days.
she looked so troubled in those days. it shines a new light to me and others who just know ru from drag race. she was no doubt reciting the lines "if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love yourself?" to herself her whole life!! and that's how you get to be THE drag superstar
This is like a freaking time machine. I was blessed to be able to say I lived in that era. I was 14 in 1984. Too young to hang out with that crowd but old enough to experience living in that year. I am hooked on these vids. Literally, a time machine. Thank you for sharing.
I lived in NYC during 1985, and yes, the video seems to evoke the same magic I remember...the raw, tapped energy running through the streets on foot and in car...I miss it.
Antonio Caban I read that Nelson Sullivan, the fellow who made these videos, died fairly young and quite unexpectedly (Heart attack, if I recall.) which makes me wonder: Did he have a will, or at least directives, in place as to who inherited these videos? They obviously ended up in the hands of someone he could trust to know what best to do with them? Were these videos part of one of Nelson's larger community art projects or were they just a personal record? Whatever the answers may be, it's wonderful that this record of NYC prior to Giuliani's reign of terror, that murdered the cultural life blood and nightlife of the city, exists. Thank you Nelson.
i was only 2 yrs old :( Oh how i wish i could have been a part of that time!! In my highschool days i was obsessed with anything 80's! (I even brought a boombox to school on my shoulder with depeche mode enjoy the silence playing super loud) . The kids looked at me suspiciously. I had a blast! At every school dance i ALWAYS requested 80's songs. hahha oh memories.
***** I love your words "It's wonderful that this record of NYC prior to Giuliani's reign of terror, that murdered the cultural life blood and nightlife of the city, exists.". Ditto - this is great stuff. I did not know that Nelson Sullivan died. I just assumed that he was the one who uploaded these gems.
nagsheady I'll do the work I have to in the city, now, but I haven't looked for a reason to spend a weekend in the city in over 15 years. Metro Detroit has a more authentic nightlife than NYC, these days, and it makes me sad to say that.
@@Spazlites they are projecting their own feelings. They are bothered because they see themselves in Ru and the others one way or an other and they haven't came to terms with it yet. If someone is truly unbothered they won't have feelings about something. No positive nor negative
@@Neko.VirtualIt's a common thing to use female pronouns when talking about a man's "drag persona". It's nothing political, it's just part of the world of drag.
The first part of this video was so amazing, I could feel a real sense of the environment. Friends meeting up, the gritty city on a warm day, smoking cigarettes with the top down and feeling like the evening is yours with wind in your hair and you are in the middle of your own movie. Bless you Nelson for filming unabashedly, no re-enactment could ever capture feelings like your work.
These videos are just fucking PRICELESS! 💕 i graduated HS in ‘87 and this is how it WAS, how it FELT. It’s like a dream / time capsule. Thank you so much.
In some ways, yes, in some ways no. If you're a drag queen stuck in a lower income black or Latino today you'd pretty still have much of the same experience. The main difference now is that New York is much more cleaned up so these populations themselves have been pushed further and further to the fringes of the city.
I was 19 in 84 and just hearing the music on the radio takes me back, times have changed so much as it does fly by so quickly.l have to say living to be 55 and looking back on the 80’s , best decade of my life.
I’m so jealous I swear if I didn’t grow up in this period in time I’d wanna grow up in the 80s hands down it just fascinates me so much o can’t even explain it 😭
I was 18 in '84. Such an amazing era to have grown up in...no cell phones or social media, just pure, raw living in the moment. But grateful for social media today to be able to reflect back on these memories. I would NEVER want to switch places with a millennial, not even to be younger. I cherish my memories of a bygone era. The absolute best! R.I.P 80's....and Nelson.
That made me sick to my stomach how those losers walked in a business and started saying nasty shit to Rupaul and the others! Rupaul looked deeply hurt, but look at him now. Love ya
@@GullibleTarget I understand My neighbors are classic with everything they say to me being designed to bother. My husband reminds me all the time, it's ALWAYS about the person's insecurities when they do that, try to make other people feel bad. It's never about you or me. People are always projecting their insecurities and what they don't like about themselves onto others. They feel bad and that's why whey want other people to feel bad. Just feel sorry for them and realize it's ALLLLLL about them and NOTHING to do with you. Classic was, when my neighbor and I both got hit by cars in the same week....and he was yelling at me from across the street some ridiculous stuff that made absolutely no sense.....no questions, care or concern just weird nutty static. I could go on and on.
@@noongourfain your reply reminded me of something a youtuber once said. It was a bit morbid but rang very true; 'If someone has bad things to say about you; that is their opinion. Lots of people have opinions but remember this: one day, those people will all be dead. And so will their opinions."
Erich Grace i thought the same. I can’t imagine how horrible it must be. I have my boyfriend who is HIV undetectable, I couldn’t imagine the struggle. Thanks to medicine I am HIV negative and I am able to work with my relatioship with my boyfriend, its already 6 years since we are toguether.
And coolest of all, when we all look back on this 1984 clip..given the perspective of time and distance: Ru is 2017... full tilt boogie... doing beautifully, has turned into a brand, a life, a fine, groovy and amazing role model. And the homophobes? They are, I suppose, still around..out there... 'homo-phobin'.." Such a waste. Go, Ru...
These films are so comforting yet in a way, very painful because it's a spent era. I really hope one day we will be able to see more of Nelson's footage, if not all.
LiiTe you’re ignorant asf... I’ll be a tranny all day... they make $100,000 if they win there season.... how much is in ur bank account? Oh ok. I didn’t think that much either :) Carry On u Homophobic piece of trash.
This vid is gritty, authentic and a poignant reflection of society at the time. What also struck me was it was a group of friends hanging out, often as a result of their biological families rejecting them and choosing to be their own family of love and mutual support.
That's have u ever felt that when u are around your friends u feel fearless I guess. Yea that must be how they felt. Must be eating their words now lmao
7:37 This car ride moment at night with an RnB 80s song hits different especially after they were harassed not too long ago. Their expressions especially Miss Ru tells everything but they don’t talk about the situation any further. It feels very melancholic but also oddly nostalgic, its really a scene you would expect from a movie.
@@discolimonade92 at that time if they stood up for RuPaul, I guarantee that they will end up beat up once they left the building. The best way to fight homophobia back then was to ignore them
Wow, this was 1984 - RuPaul was only 24 years old in this video. Just think of how the coming years changed for him..... he achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio album Supermodel of the World in 1993. In 1994, he became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics, raising money for the Mac AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetics campaign. Also that year, he received his own talk show on VH1, The RuPaul Show, which he hosted for over 100 episodes, while co-hosting the morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage. The rest is history you already know. Good for him. 🤩💞
Justin Wilson - 👍I know what you mean. We were children. It just goes to show a lot can change in a lifetime. It was apparent to me that he was destined for something bigger / better than the place where he was in life back then. It can happen the same for any of us. 💞
@@morphiousm Yeah well thank u for sharing your politically correct SJW view on the matter, but since I’m gay and have been around gay men for a long time, I can attest there *are* certain speech features that connect us all. Sure, you’ll always encounter exceptions - guys that sound completely neutral (or “straight”) but imo every gay has something extra in their linguistic profile and I love it
RuPaul rapping Chaka Khan Chaka Khan is a piece of history. That song 'I Feel For You' was a MAJOR hit back in the day. Great video of a by gone era of NYC.
Yes. This video isn't what I expected. You can see by Ru's face that he was uncomfortable. This is obviously before Mama Ru developed the thick skin she's known for today. "Sometimes I do want to break down, but I can't. Because these girls see me as 'Mama Ru'..." - RuPaul
ADT2695 I know right it wasn’t called “trending” back then it’s just like recording moments or video logs recorded in tapes but now because of the presence of social media it’s become different
Sometimes, people would submit films like this to public access so other people in the local general public could see it. But yeah, it was more like a video journal, and a lot of people did it
Also , the other queen says (not Ru) at one point, about a song, when somenone asks who it is, she says, "a computer", so she called AI reality on that. A lot of ppl saw some inclinations of what was to come. There were a lot of subculture references to what is reality now.
Katya Zamolodchikova except that no one can look at you since you're using Katya's name and likeness as your own. I get that you're a fan and doing it out of admiration - but posting comments like this is suggesting that you truly are Katy's - which isn't really cool.
Okay but why is this camera quality better than season 1’s camera quality
fr!
💀💀
Shade
😂😂
I died happy for a second or two there. They got me, gal!
When you can’t afford a wig so you put a T-shirt on your head
That’s an old little Edie trick 😉😘
me
Relatable
Oh that's a t-shirt I thought it where a pair of boxers 😳🙄
Also isn't that what all the TikTok peeps do nowadays
very Grey Gardens, that.
gets told she is a disgrace to mankind- becomes the greatest drag super star of the world
My thoughts exactly ♥️
And has more money than any of those stupid ignorant homophobes put together
She?
@@harrymonk6 When male drag queens are in-costume it's usage to call them "she".
@@harrymonk6 ....What the fuck are you babbling about? What have I done?
The struggle was real back then, Ru mentions it constantly. He was couch surfing, many of his friends were taken by the AIDS crisis, battling addiction and encountering pervasive homophobia. Today he's a superstar but here he was just another struggling artist with hopes and dreams.
This is when people used to be normal and since then, we have gone in the wrong direction. The internet has damaged people's minds.
@@skoop651 so much progress but there’s always backlash to progress. Now we have these bitter MAGA fascists like u trying to undo it all. You’ll fail, ur kind always does in the long run.
@@skoop651media didnt do shit, gays existed since the 1700s
It’s still REAL
@@skoop651 We have always existed, and will continue to exit long after you and your fascist leader are gone. The first written words in stone mention transgender women. There were trans women in Rome and through all human cultures. Your sad bigotry will lose, like it always has. We are here.
This is maybe the the most culturally fascinating video I’ve ever seen
Imagine how many wigs Ru has now🥰😍
‘80s NYC was fucking amazing, I feel like I missed out
You sound like you’re from the middle of a corn field in Whitey Whiteville. Watching videos like this just sparks memories for me. I’m born and raised in NYC, lower east side.
@@GianniAzul3609 no or just not from NY or didn't grow up in the 80s. Of course this wouldn't be new to someone that was there at the time.
@@GianniAzul3609 amen
that convertible ride looked like everyone was living so freely.
And smoking 😂😍
Not to mention the songs playing.
isitme so epic with the music
And no seatbelts 🥵
Yasssss
As a gay person I intensely felt the look on their faces. Trying to seem unbothered and standing their ground, but unable to ignore the toxic garbage being spat at them. A mixture of hurt and weariness.
@Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten i feel sad that you have the need to be nasty towards other people. That, is a sign of your own weakness, with which u cant deal. Good luck with handling yourself better.
@Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten Rude is the word that should be used to explain you.
Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten You’re right in a scientific sense, but the way you choose to go about it, addressing it to this person, wasn’t necessary. You could have addressed it in a batter manner.
@Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten Thanks for commenting!
Mr. Montgomery Driesell-McSmitten not that you shouldn't have commented at all, it's just that initially stating your point by coming off as an insult was not needed. You could've phrased it a little differently is all
This video feels so dreamy, yet a bit melancholic. These folks are putting themselves out there in ways no one ever dared to before, clearly at the risk of their safety and person hood. They're experiencing liberation _so concentrated_ that its literally impossible to replicate nowadays due to us (lgbtq+ folks that is) having far more privilege, acceptance, and power in our identities than they could have ever dreamed of in the time this was filmed. True icons, these folks.
Most people have always accepted the gay community. The problem in 2022 is that "privilege" word you used, whereby it's gone far-overboard as a political tool; it may end up...as it has begun to...creating the opposite effect.
@Mone Luve This has been common in nyc for ages. They weren't the first nor the only ones.
I abandoned the Gay Political Movement back then, luckily I did, cause now their "activists," LEFTISTS and GROOMING CHILDREN. PEDOPHILIA as an Orientation. I wonder what colour that will be on their Rainbow Flag? Always pushing the Limits No Boundaries, No Custody of The Appetites. The downfall of humanity into Western Woke Liberal Globalism. DISGUSTING, DEGERNATE and DIABOLICAL.
It's still like that in other countries.
Sorry, but this shit happens today. Go stand alone like that in Arizona.
The car riding part is possibly the best scene my eyes have ever seen.
Why r they blogging when there was no UA-cam lol
What’s the song in the car
@@rediettadesse2828 is that a genuine question? LMAOOOO.
@@tiaalice6380 Rebbie Jackson-Centipede
Miss L oh my gosh, thank you so much😊🙏🏽
I love how miss ru is just wearing a T-shirt on her head yet she still looks sickening
You mean fabulous x
@@adamanon3371 lmao that's what sickening means
ushiii ` ik but there are better terms to choose from
@@adamanon3371 lmao what? nope, sickening is a good term in drag.
ushiii ` I prefer fabulous?
Little did they know they were talking to a STAR henny
Niall Morgan-Hay Exactly and Ru didn't even respond and I'm glad he didn't bc success was his response to all of those dickheads like them.
Absolutely 😘🌟
A Superstar Amazon Queen
A LEGEND*
Niall Morgan-Hay oh I think they knew henny 😁✨💕
Idk why i find it so fascinating that people who are still alive today were actually alive in these very different times. like did you know that the woman who hid anne frank and her family died in 2010? THAT'S CRAZY. I was literally alive at the same time as her and i didnt even know. Like i see all this cool vintage stuff or i hear about historical events and for some reason my mind doesn't register that those were real times, real things that actually happend, real people that lived and died. Idk why it just blows my mind
1984 was really not that long ago, it was 9 years before I was born
Same Sara, same.
I think we are conditioned to distance ourselves from that history; to think "Well, we aren't like that anymore" in an effort to normalize living in a generally broken society.
@@AlexLopez-hn5ru you had me at broken. what's broken about society?
@@chilloutlawolf8622 capitalism
Ru looked so upset. He didn't speak much after. Clearly affected everyone. They just had to pretend it didn't happen. Shame, friends just minding their business getting harassed for no reason.
His face at 6:51 told the whole story. So sad but so great to know what a happy ending the story has.
I’m about 20 years behind Ru in age, but things weren’t much better in the early 2000s. That look on her face after is so relatable for me. I can’t even describe that feeling, but I know it all too well.
Sadly this still happens plenty today.
welcome to being gay lol
That broke my heart!
“War is stupid. People are stupid. I’m stupid”
Serious 2020 vibes.
Dean Polizos omg old video of Katya before uhhhhhh
Lyrics to "The War Song" by Culture Club (boy george)
@@MoonLanta Which was BRAND new at the time Nelson filmed this.
time stamp?
💯🎯🎯
So katya zomolochikowa was already chilling with rupaul in the 70s in New York 😂🗽
전 인형J-Doll 80s***
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cybelle read the description bro.
@@taatham8058 it is the 80s true sorry didn't read the description
Im the blond. And she kicked me to the curb.
It’s incredible to me that no one is shocked by the homophobes... they all have this expression like “just another Friday night” truly reveals what a hard life it was being gay in the 80’s.
because it wasnt that shocking at all. hard to hear, but not shocking. Hell im only 30 and i got that regularly whilst out and about in my 20s.
oh it still is, it still is extremely hard in places outside of america / first world countries.
I have a gay friend and he told me that men will randomly yell stuff at him in his boyfriend even in these days. Calling them the f word or just laughing at them. Before he said that I didn’t realize how unfortunately common it still is
It’s still hard being gay, so much of this still exists daily
They probably fucked with everyone they saw who didn't look just like them. There's so many of that type
LGBTQ youth today don't realize how different it was back then. How much the world has changed since then. Rupaul is so brave to have done all of this back when it wasn't as widely accepted
Olive Oil It amazes me how little GLBTQ+ HERstory is known or appreciated, even by those "before" my generation.
(Think the moment on RPDR S4 where Chad and Latrice are talking about the police abuse in the clubs)
ACT UP, Harvey Milk (whom we can thank for commissioning/inspiring Baker to create a 'banner' 🏳️🌈), the bathouse raids in Canada, or even films (I swear to you there were 50+ queens who couldn't name the stars in RHPS "Vinent Price" SMH)
As SOON as I realized I was queer, I hit ever book, documentary, film ect I could get my hands on. I *wanted* to know as much about my family as possible.
I don't understand how those decades older than me don't know our freedom fighters or about the ashes on the White House lawn...
1st world country lgbtq youth** if I were to come out in my country today, I would probably get beat to death.
Kyle Ha it’s still not accepted simply the terror of the law silence the people , when the law is doom then reality back to reality Im
Still isn't and wont be
And you think that none of those brave soldiers were gay? Or transgender? The only difference is that they were forced to be quiet or they risked jail or a violent death, so yes they were brave to be themselves publicly. What have you personally done to deserve those soldiers sacrifice?
‘’youre a disgrace to the human race yknow that?’’
says the person who opened the door just to say that lmaooo
Said the person that has never become noone and mama ru now is a star
Said the person who probably _still_ works at McDonald's.
@@sunflower5379 Your mama Ru is a cold bitch off camera.
Would like to see where they ended up.
Right
Lol that "disgrace to the human race" ended up having a successful music career, a hit TV show with spin offs, winning numerous awards and inspiring millions of people around the world. We salute you Ru, thank you for ignoring narrow-minded people back then.
Those same idiots probably on the corner or lock up taking it where they thought was invincible😁
@B M-Y Miserable wives? Atleast they have a REAL VAGINA AND BREASTS.
Ru Paul he made something of himself or well I guess herself. But still it doesn’t change others opinion I dislike when guys crops dress and do all that extra stuff it’s not called for to each and his own I always say
@@yeshuaischrist9951
How your argument about real vaginas and breasts related to the gay community? Tf
Plus $60 million to go along.
can we talk about how gorgeous rupaul he is radiating youth and beauty lol
Rupaul looks like how I would imagine Cleopatra💛
she is Babealicious ...
@@nanduschka ..........what
@@nanduschka because of the damn shirt on his head? Lmao
Ru was so damn beautiful from the very beginning. Effortlessly lovely.
he always has and always will be beautiful, Hunty
Agreed, Ru forever.
Carmela Pattillo Anuli Mokoroto she looks very sheek for the 7th century
Carmela Pattill
UglyMess chic* lol I don't wanna be an ass sorry lol
The part I love most about this is hearing 80s music in the actual 80s.
Could u tell me the songs names.. when they first started to drive
That was great! 👍
@@cherryblossombliss8742 Pretty Woman covered by Van Halen
So good
@@Dino-lu4mq and out of touch by Hall and Oates
The original vlog squad 😂
Exactly my thought 😂
EXACTLY!!
One that I would actually watch lol
@LAUNDRY DETERGENT cringe
I am so glad Nelson thought to capture life like he did. He truly was the OG when it comes to vloging. I hope he gets the recognition someday, he most definitely deserved.
Gilbert Arciniega Is another legendary vlogger that was doing It back then and still uploads to UA-cam now , he's recorded every aspect of his life from an 80's teen through the 90's/2000's all the way up to now. Both are og goats to me.
Yep. From 1982 onwards. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
His old flat, btw , in the meat packing district is now a museum memorial to him. ❤
watching old videos is kind of peaceful to me in a way, it's so mesmerizing
Fernando Garcia true!
A E S T H E T I C
Ugh same I really wish I could've been apart of those times homophobia aside
Exactly Fernando
Mesmerizing, yes!!
Only Ru could look divine with a tshirt on her head, honey!
Hunty!
+Everly Ever yo ur profile pic gives me LIIIFEEE
Lily his
*Henny*
RiFF RAFF why you commenting so much? Like get a life!
My heart breaks for Mama Ru here. She was quiet after they left the gallery. I'm so proud of how far she's come. A true Glamazon!
He looked so upset afterwards 😔
Yeah, she was quiet because of being angry and even more...hurtful. As a 37 year old man, the few times I've been called faggot as an adult really freaking hurts. It's a word that will tear you down. We all have feelings.
@@gavin3598 I'm sorry 😔
@@gavin3598 Speak for yourself I'm dead inside. But I understand the feeling. 😉
It was honestly hard to see Ru so quiet, it doesn't feel right.
The mysterious guy driving oozes silent confidence and it is SO UNBELIEVABLY ALLURING.
Probably a Scorpio 🙃😉
@@ashfrancine5901 nahhhh
@@dixienormous6969 yahhh
@@ashfrancine5901 I mean yeah that horoscope shit is entertaining but come on, it's total bullshit lmao
@@dixienormous6969 My reply was just being light hearted, not meant to be taken serious boo. I forgot this is the internet. 🤷🏻♀️😂
I like seeing Ru like this. Back when his drag was raw and he was just out there having fun. It is sad seeing how scary it was, especially during the 80s to be queer on the street. Not to say the violence hadn't stopped but at least people are more accepting these days.
Yeah, they didn't really talk back cause they genuinely could have been jumped there.
@@sittingonceilings6805 unfortunately or worse. My mom would tell me how frightening the train was or anywhere for that matter especially at night. She lived there for a bit as a teenager.
Couldn't imagine how hard it was for lgbtq+ people
@@SheWhoWalksWithLucifer nah, the 80s was a big decade for the gay movement
@@krisnite05 it was but people were still being beat up and abused for being gay +. While the culture was being more accepted there were still a shit load of bigots.
Nelson is an icon. All these videos are history. He was basically the first person to vlog. Such an inspiration
Damn, there is more socializing in this video than I’ve ever had in 2018
This waa obviously before the Cell Phone era! Now a days, people don't have personality anymore, because everybody has his or her Face buried into their Cell Phone!
@@rickmarks1456 So true.
Before Social Media people socialized.
And? That’s your own fault.....
Rick Marks You sound awful
Nelson was so ahead of his time! He seemed so sweet and genuine. RIP Nelson ❤️
i'm really tripping, this is filmed by the dude who made what is loosely considered the first "vlog" where he goes thrifting! i think abt that video and even the inside of his house all the time!! i didn't realize he was this connected, until i looked him up. i'll be binge watching his work
He had such a pure and beautiful vibe. Just discovered him and I’m so glad I did. ❤️
these were the true soldiers that paved the way for the LGBT of America
Sassy Girl soldiers? They didn’t do crap
GrubWarp you don't understand
We are still paving the way for LGBT+ in America and all over the world
Soldier means something else to me but alas
@alan oakley why are u even here lol
Back when AIDS was serious business. I don't know if the youngsters realize how scary of a time it actually was back then.
Sim Simma Omgggggg you’ve got a legit point 😅
Now it's cool to have aids.
They used to think it was so contagious.
Sim Simma well if we didn’t, we know now :(
We’re now aware and have a lot of respect for the older generation. My life dealing with my ignorant father is not easy but I have a lot of sympathy for you all because I know in general you had to go through more to get us where we are now
dont try to tell me that this isn't Katya. those old blood vampire blood rituals from high school really worked boots.
LMAO!!
As soon as I saw that I was like OMG It’s Katya The 1984 Version!!
My exact thoughts aha
It's me. Felecia. Flloyd666 on Instagram
Lol 😂 now I can't unsee it
“Boys will be boys...and girls will be girls.”
“And Puerto Ricans will be Puerto Ricans.”
I cackled
And those ricans were probably suckin each other off behind closed doors
those are boys
@@Neko.Virtual
Why are you here?
i love these videos. They are literally visual time capsules. The looks, the styles, the 80s New York City vibe. Everyone was having fun. I miss those days.
Same!
Idk about the homophobia part being fun tho
Yeaahh
Man o man wish I could breath that air again, Pure Nostalgia 💕💖❤ The world will never be the same again..
@@Ihavepinkeye i was talking about the positive not the negative. How they handled them by ignoring them was excellent. Never let the negative tarnish your good memories. I used to for a long time, but then I realized it wasn't productive or emotionally healthy.
I could watch raw videos like this all day, it's like a whole different world
It was a different world.
A better world....
@@historyhunter5215 TO YOU
It is still happening in this world you USA centralised
@@discomillennium TO ME TOO BITCH. IT WAS A BETTER WORLD NOW STFU
Gahh Ru's voice sounds so elegant and classy even at a young age I love it
_Serenity how old do you think ru was here?
He must be about my age here (23).
He sounds a bit like naomi
@@emilymaguire8510 Younger than he is now. So yeah, at a young age. Its not like this was just filmed last month.
@@andresuston7692 I think you thought I was being sarcastic when asking his age. It was a genuine question.
Ru’s wearing a god damn T-shirt on his head and still looks heavinly glam-he’s a f*** STAR.
One of the reasons Ru continues to inspire me. When I see the way he carries himself, even after being verbally assaulted, I want to cry. There is so much dignity, beauty, and class in Ru's heart. And surprise, surprise, Ru got the last laugh. A true beauty queen.
yes, great adjectives; dignity, beauty, and class (in his heart.)
Just think of all the hypersensitive trolls today 🙄 No wonder Ru‘s not having any of it. He was and is resistant and made of a reality where the world did not revolve around you - at least until you‘ve earned it.
he just shined them off onto another planet...he just saw beyond them .. like there were bigger things for him to conquer .. wtf did he care what a couple of broke ass rician mysteries have to say?!? .. he was above it on another level ..
Ru looked so broken after those comments. And he went straight too a cigarette. This shit is heartbreaking. He wasn't talking as much as he did before that, wasn't living for the camera nothing. Broken.....
This is a beautiful time capsule
Ru is everything i wanna be when i'm 214
RiFF RAFF I mean he is living a better life then you could ever, so sure why not :)
RiFF RAFF if you have an issue with gay people why are you watching their stuff you homophobes are weirdos fr FR
MYGSAYS they are usually gay just can’t accept themselves so they can’t accept others who are openly gay.
rupaul is so statuesque, it's almost hard to look...like it's such an unbelievable sight
RuPaul *literally* went from the streets to the height of fame, money and power. That in itself is to be celebrated!
asian dude you wouldn't?
@asian dude RuPaul became famous by doing drag shows. He and Lady Bunny used to live together in abandoned apartments in New York when they were poor and young and while both doing nightly shows at gay clubs back in the days when these shows were not popular like today and hardly payed any money. He became so famous doing them that he met some music producers who created his first hit single Supermodel..which became a number one hit worldwide. After doing music for many years..he created his production company WoW (World of Wonder) and then created his show RuPaul's Drag Race and other shows..which made him the multi-millionaire he is today. Hard work and perseverance is why he is the most famous drag queen artist today. Nobody gave him anything. He worked for it and created something out of nothing. The end.
@asian dude ?
I don't know why UA-cam recommend this is video like years later, but it's so interesting and great to see the NY of the 80's 👌🏻
Did you watch the rest of this guy's videos he dies like a couple hours after his last video I don't know it's a weird story we comments this isn't RuPaul's video though
holy shit
UNCOMMON SENCE whattt 😮 omg is there a UA-cam video covering that story
@@uncommonsence153 oh...... :(
@@PeachToadstool64 yeah this whole channel is dedicated to Nelson's tapes
Wooooowww, hearing all those songs on the radio is a total time machine!
Tell me about it!
I love it!
Michael Jackson ❤️
Solid as a rock is still the jam!
homeboy driving is so beautiful!!
omg right?
he’s my father’s cousin 🥰
@@sacredthebanomg really?
@@sacredthebanfor real? Love him! ❤❤❤
they look so free. I love it!
IKRRR
the guy driving is so hot
Yum!
LITERALLY
is it just me who thinks he looks like and sounds a bit like gotmik??
Totally YES!
@HEATHER when you find out let me know
That driver is daddy
I would have had such a crush in him.
It's the "Flock of Seagulls," hair. ❤️
@@barkerfan172 SAMEEE
stfu
who is he and how do I go back In time and marry him
Homophobe: “your a disgrace to humanity”
RuPaul in 2020: WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE EMMY for RuPaul's Drag Race.
I dont think a homophone would care that he won a drag race prize.
@@coolandgood1010 , he still became famous and is known by millions of people while absolutely no one knows who or where that homophobe is now, he probably amounted to nothing in his life
H-E-L-L-O 🎯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Ru Paul the 🐐
@@coolandgood1010 i think what they mean is he went onto become heavily successful in the TV industry, fame and wealth and a global star and where is that guy? Probably in some shabby apartment still being homophobic. (Tht doesn't negate that ppl still shouldn't be saying vile stuff to others regardless of their success before anyone says anything)
@@oDM0o ur pressed about a teenager 30 years ago😂
There's something really magical here. A style, a time, that for better or worse will never be seen as it was again.
Thank you to Nelson, who may have only been recording a night out with pals for fun and UA-cam, for being a place these moments may be archived for those who remember or would never see these days.
Joseph Dillman magical? No, just disgusting
she looked so troubled in those days. it shines a new light to me and others who just know ru from drag race. she was no doubt reciting the lines "if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love yourself?" to herself her whole life!! and that's how you get to be THE drag superstar
barbara zamolodchikova you mean... HE haha
barbara zamolodchikova he*
Diego Lopez *she
barbara zamolodchikova also you misquoted ru, darling
barbara zamolodchikova A Little correction. It's :
"If you can't love yourself,
how the hell you gonna love someone else"
Nelson was a pure genius! Even filming the trash. Never missing a detail. No other video will ever be as iconic as Nelson’s videos.
These videos are great because they're actually living the 1980s, not only talking about that decade. His vlogging is timeless.
-“Boys will be boys... girls will be girls...” -“& Puerto Ricans will be Puerto Ricans!”
😂 this is pure gold. Lol!!
Damn sure was🤣🤣🤣
Rupaul was quiet after that, looked down
I loved my Puerto Rican though, he was amazing and the devil at the same time!
@@thehoneyeffect that's so sad though right!
I died at this cuz I'm puertorican 😂😂😂😂 but I'm gay af so yeah😂😂
This is like a freaking time machine. I was blessed to be able to say I lived in that era. I was 14 in 1984. Too young to hang out with that crowd but old enough to experience living in that year. I am hooked on these vids. Literally, a time machine. Thank you for sharing.
I lived in NYC during 1985, and yes, the video seems to evoke the same magic I remember...the raw, tapped energy running through the streets on foot and in car...I miss it.
Antonio Caban I read that Nelson Sullivan, the fellow who made these videos, died fairly young and quite unexpectedly (Heart attack, if I recall.) which makes me wonder: Did he have a will, or at least directives, in place as to who inherited these videos? They obviously ended up in the hands of someone he could trust to know what best to do with them? Were these videos part of one of Nelson's larger community art projects or were they just a personal record?
Whatever the answers may be, it's wonderful that this record of NYC prior to Giuliani's reign of terror, that murdered the cultural life blood and nightlife of the city, exists.
Thank you Nelson.
i was only 2 yrs old :( Oh how i wish i could have been a part of that time!! In my highschool days i was obsessed with anything 80's! (I even brought a boombox to school on my shoulder with depeche mode enjoy the silence playing super loud) . The kids looked at me suspiciously. I had a blast! At every school dance i ALWAYS requested 80's songs. hahha oh memories.
***** I love your words "It's wonderful that this record of NYC prior to Giuliani's reign of terror, that murdered the cultural life blood and nightlife of the city, exists.". Ditto - this is great stuff.
I did not know that Nelson Sullivan died. I just assumed that he was the one who uploaded these gems.
nagsheady
I'll do the work I have to in the city, now, but I haven't looked for a reason to spend a weekend in the city in over 15 years.
Metro Detroit has a more authentic nightlife than NYC, these days, and it makes me sad to say that.
Sometimes when people see art it evokes strange emotions they don't even understand.
Sometimes people are just ignorant asshole bigots
Beautifully said my dear
Don’t change the cards y’all are the confused ones I know exactly how I feel about this
@@jesusramos3426 why do you care lol
@@Spazlites they are projecting their own feelings. They are bothered because they see themselves in Ru and the others one way or an other and they haven't came to terms with it yet. If someone is truly unbothered they won't have feelings about something. No positive nor negative
The hurt in rupaul’s face after those guys, geez im so glad she became the absolute beauty queen of society. 🤍
That’s a man. Not a woman
its a he lol
@@Neko.VirtualIt's a common thing to use female pronouns when talking about a man's "drag persona". It's nothing political, it's just part of the world of drag.
RuPaul let no one and nothing stop her. So inspiring.
That driver has a whole mysterious vibe going on, and it's turning me on.
Vincent van T ikr hes amazing😛 same with u tbh😅
Vincent van T new wave style sexiness..my hubby reminds me of him.
Vincent van T he's daddy
whos the guy? i still wanna know lol
I agree// back off y'all I'm going to get my time machine and go meet him!!
The first part of this video was so amazing, I could feel a real sense of the environment. Friends meeting up, the gritty city on a warm day, smoking cigarettes with the top down and feeling like the evening is yours with wind in your hair and you are in the middle of your own movie.
Bless you Nelson for filming unabashedly, no re-enactment could ever capture feelings like your work.
if you smoke, the evening may be yours, but not the future
@@moamoaoz Good Lord STFU. You're ruining the mood.
This kind of thing breaks my heart. Even if it was just a random person, no one should be treated like that!
These videos are just fucking PRICELESS! 💕 i graduated HS in ‘87 and this is how it WAS, how it FELT. It’s like a dream / time capsule. Thank you so much.
Same, grad ‘87. It’s like a time capsule indeed. Love it.
0:21 Katya is that you girl.
I'm crying
Guurrlll! I was just about to comment the same thing!! ahaha
Lolol! I was about to say the same thing! it's her doppelganger!
Kenzo Suzuki lmaooo
with a dash of Pandora
Ive never seen Rupaul so reserved and quiet. This was so sad, i cant imagine how that made them feel. Great Tunes though 80s music was awesome!!
They didn't really caRe 4long . . Those little boys didn't mean a thing 👍
WOW This seems like a totally different world...
It was It was the 80s
New York now is much better, much cleaner, and better. People were closed minded back then.
June giovani Yay for gentrification!
Sophia Mae
No! To that whitewash bullshit.
In some ways, yes, in some ways no. If you're a drag queen stuck in a lower income black or Latino today you'd pretty still have much of the same experience. The main difference now is that New York is much more cleaned up so these populations themselves have been pushed further and further to the fringes of the city.
Why does this feel like a horror movie in a way
I don't know why either but yes, it does 😂
It feels that way because you know this group is always in danger for being themselves.
I was 19 in 84 and just hearing the music on the radio takes me back, times have changed so much as it does fly by so quickly.l have to say living to be 55 and looking back on the 80’s , best decade of my life.
I’m so jealous I swear if I didn’t grow up in this period in time I’d wanna grow up in the 80s hands down it just fascinates me so much o can’t even explain it 😭
I was 18 in '84. Such an amazing era to have grown up in...no cell phones or social media, just pure, raw living in the moment. But grateful for social media today to be able to reflect back on these memories. I would NEVER want to switch places with a millennial, not even to be younger. I cherish my memories of a bygone era. The absolute best! R.I.P 80's....and Nelson.
I'm so jealous. Rn I feel like I'm living in a hell hole
@@TMlSenya that's because we are. 2020 is particularly hellish :|
Yasss, the Jackson music!
That made me sick to my stomach how those losers walked in a business and started saying nasty shit to Rupaul and the others! Rupaul looked deeply hurt, but look at him now. Love ya
@tmauiwuddaworkedallmilife a famous drag queen
They had the very typical issue....they are gay too but hate themselves for their feelings.
@@noongourfain it's not the insults that bother me. For me it's when I realise when someone is actively and obviously trying to make me feel bad.
@@GullibleTarget
I understand
My neighbors are classic with everything they say to me being designed to bother.
My husband reminds me all the time, it's ALWAYS about the person's insecurities when they do that, try to make other people feel bad.
It's never about you or me.
People are always projecting their insecurities and what they don't like about themselves onto others.
They feel bad and that's why whey want other people to feel bad.
Just feel sorry for them and realize it's ALLLLLL about them and NOTHING to do with you.
Classic was, when my neighbor and I both got hit by cars in the same week....and he was yelling at me from across the street some ridiculous stuff that made absolutely no sense.....no questions, care or concern just weird nutty static.
I could go on and on.
@@noongourfain your reply reminded me of something a youtuber once said. It was a bit morbid but rang very true; 'If someone has bad things to say about you; that is their opinion. Lots of people have opinions but remember this: one day, those people will all be dead. And so will their opinions."
I love this video but I find it bittersweet. HIV/AIDS was about to destroy so many in this world.
Erich Grace i thought the same. I can’t imagine how horrible it must be. I have my boyfriend who is HIV undetectable, I couldn’t imagine the struggle. Thanks to medicine I am HIV negative and I am able to work with my relatioship with my boyfriend, its already 6 years since we are toguether.
@@DiegoNS17 that's amazing
When you live that lifestyle what else do you expect? ✌
SAD. I lost my friend Eddie in 1989.
@@DiegoNS17
💕
Being in a convertible, blasting to the fucking Van Halen and great music. This is ICONIC!!
Katya? whatchu doin goin back in time to hang wit Ru?!
She's been telling us the whole time! "Time travel is real."
Right?! That's definitely katya
AaaaAAAAAAA
Cause she’s a mountain bike riding vampire from the future
i mean i saw it for a second but katya’s prettier imo lol. not to insult the queens who paved the way for us
Ru Paul looked like the most fabulous runway model ever
RiFF RAFF ya, and WHAT about??!!
RiFF RAFF news flash! The word Faggot doesn’t hurt, if you have a fucking problem, it was your choice to watch this. So just do t watch it
@@riffraff1880 wait... RuPaul is... GAY!!!!! OMG
@@riffraff1880 stfu
And coolest of all, when we all look back on this 1984 clip..given the perspective of time and distance: Ru is 2017... full tilt boogie... doing beautifully, has turned into a brand, a life, a fine, groovy and amazing role model. And the homophobes? They are, I suppose, still around..out there... 'homo-phobin'.." Such a waste. Go, Ru...
Their kids are probably admiring RuPaul, binge watching RuPaul all stars and sissy-ing that walk!! 😂😂😂😂
Well said 😆
@@tonysantos8803 Not the sissying of walks....Lol your comment made me laugh so much.
lovely!
@@tonysantos8803
I am!
These films are so comforting yet in a way, very painful because it's a spent era. I really hope one day we will be able to see more of Nelson's footage, if not all.
crazy thing is you know that camera person is walking around NYC with that huge bulky video recorder sitting on their shoulder.
They had small ones dumb ass
I'm curious now. I assumed it would be some form of handheld camera but you make a fair point. I shall look in to this!
It’s not as big as you think.
World was so magical and mysterious before the internet and cell phones. I miss it so much
I completely totally miss the days before cell phones and the internet. When you walked out the front door, you were Freeeeee
It was also dangerous and deadly, with homophobes and AIDS.
u have a device in your pocket with all the worlds information in it. stop complaining
Nostalgia can be dangerous
D Harlo but this is the greatest time to be alive, We have so much information at our finger tips.
And look at RuPaul now. Supermodel of the World.
Cade Del Rey I dont think so
@@facu6572 LMFAO
@Wessel Westdorp no she meant world. Other places would be throw rocks at them. It's worse there then here.
SHANTE YOU STAY!!!!
LiiTe you’re ignorant asf... I’ll be a tranny all day... they make $100,000 if they win there season.... how much is in ur bank account? Oh ok. I didn’t think that much either :) Carry On u Homophobic piece of trash.
This vid is gritty, authentic and a poignant reflection of society at the time. What also struck me was it was a group of friends hanging out, often as a result of their biological families rejecting them and choosing to be their own family of love and mutual support.
Guarantee that if anyone of those kids were alone, they wouldn't dare say a word..... The gang/peer pressure mentality.....
That's have u ever felt that when u are around your friends u feel fearless I guess. Yea that must be how they felt. Must be eating their words now lmao
evil little cowards ......
Yeah. I know they were just kids but I hope they grew up and learned a lesson or two
Even with no money, they had style and they where so fashion every single minute!
“Disgrace to the human race”
*Becomes an emmy winning icon that everyone knows and loves*
That makes sense 😍
@Red Sox then dont watch a video about him, but you're here anyway which speaks volumes...
Time?
@@haileyd134 6.20
Be careful what you tell someone
ew they remind me of those annoying ass boys in highschool who harass girls and call basically everything ‘gay’ as an insult.
7:37 This car ride moment at night with an RnB 80s song hits different especially after they were harassed not too long ago. Their expressions especially Miss Ru tells everything but they don’t talk about the situation any further. It feels very melancholic but also oddly nostalgic, its really a scene you would expect from a movie.
Rupaul was so ahead of his time. Love how he was the only color person in his friend group yet he didn’t conform or felt like he was different
This comment confuses me
I also love how when he was being called a faggot not one of his friends stood up for him smh...
Daisy why
discolimonade92 becuase then theyd be attacked too. I understand your perspective but it’s not that simple
@@discolimonade92 at that time if they stood up for RuPaul, I guarantee that they will end up beat up once they left the building. The best way to fight homophobia back then was to ignore them
What a great time and video! Such freedom! Too bad those 10 seconds of hate in the middle defined the whole video and its title!
True, should’ve been “Vibing with Mother Ru”
😐
Yes, they caught a lot of history here! Beautiful night out. (Except for a couple assholes)
Wow, this was 1984 - RuPaul was only 24 years old in this video. Just think of how the coming years changed for him..... he achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single, "Supermodel (You Better Work)", which was included on his debut studio album Supermodel of the World in 1993. In 1994, he became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics, raising money for the Mac AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetics campaign. Also that year, he received his own talk show on VH1, The RuPaul Show, which he hosted for over 100 episodes, while co-hosting the morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage. The rest is history you already know. Good for him. 🤩💞
Justin Wilson - 👍I know what you mean. We were children. It just goes to show a lot can change in a lifetime. It was apparent to me that he was destined for something bigger / better than the place where he was in life back then. It can happen the same for any of us. 💞
Damn.. ru looked like that at 24? Im 24 now and this morning my brother started peeling my arms thinking it was a potato.
aL.h 23B - 😂
drosh413 david OP didn’t comment to sound smart... they commented to admire Ru’s amazing achievements. So what if they may have googled this info?
I love that song! I listened to it everyday on my drive to school
wow it took a lot of courage for rupaul to be so true to himself back then. icon.
1:54 the fact gays sounded exactly the same decades ago 😊 lol i love it
Gays don’t sound like anything?
@@morphiousm Yeah well thank u for sharing your politically correct SJW view on the matter, but since I’m gay and have been around gay men for a long time, I can attest there *are* certain speech features that connect us all. Sure, you’ll always encounter exceptions - guys that sound completely neutral (or “straight”) but imo every gay has something extra in their linguistic profile and I love it
@@morphiousm a lot gay men use certain dialects and have speech mannerisms
@@morphiousm i think all men sound like this guy but the straights ones are faking a deeper voice to seem manly lmao
@@lucianacaserta9563 pFff
3:33 HOW COOL IS THAT CAR RIDE? 😂👍🏼
RuPaul rapping Chaka Khan Chaka Khan is a piece of history. That song 'I Feel For You' was a MAJOR hit back in the day. Great video of a by gone era of NYC.
I have very much respect for Ru. He has helped change the way many people look at drag queens, period.
Stfu with that period
drag queens are goung to hall
Every little femme gay boy can relate to having a t-shirt on they heads as wigs 🤪
Truth! I would wear a yellow sweater on my head and pretend to be Sailor Moon :')
And black little girls who were mocked for their kinky coil hair..
Me toooooooooo
@@diamondlawson9508 thank you,,exactly what I was thinking...honey that shirt was my hair. .
Foooorrrr suuuurrreee
i want to give Ru a hug in this ;(
I WANT TO PUNCH THOSE FUCKERS IN THEIR STUPID FACES!
I know me to.
Yes. This video isn't what I expected. You can see by Ru's face that he was uncomfortable. This is obviously before Mama Ru developed the thick skin she's known for today.
"Sometimes I do want to break down, but I can't. Because these girls see me as 'Mama Ru'..." - RuPaul
This guy seems like the first Vlogger. Kinda trippy.
I mean, the idea of it has been around for a very long time. The fact that it has only been so prevalent in the past 5 years or so is kind of strange.
ADT2695 I know right it wasn’t called “trending” back then it’s just like recording moments or video logs recorded in tapes but now because of the presence of social media it’s become different
Sometimes, people would submit films like this to public access so other people in the local general public could see it. But yeah, it was more like a video journal, and a lot of people did it
Also , the other queen says (not Ru) at one point, about a song, when somenone asks who it is, she says, "a computer", so she called AI reality on that. A lot of ppl saw some inclinations of what was to come. There were a lot of subculture references to what is reality now.
Only a 'digital native' would see the world this way
“Out of touch” playing in the car radio. This video is awesome!!!
6:13 if anyone wants to skip ahead when it happens
Thanks
@Oasis of Isis YDR MVP
Dylan Burley damn thank you!!
Jesus thanx! At first I was thinking it was just click bait.😂
I watched the whole vid and still managed to miss that omfg
Comparing Manhattan in the 80's and Manhattan now is like comparing apples to oranges. It's unbelievable.
I remember meeting RuPaul in 1984 and he had the most amazing skin, an angelic type of beauty and no woman ever had more beautiful skin and allure.
I'm so jealous! What was she like?
He/she
Katya Zamolodchikova except that no one can look at you since you're using Katya's name and likeness as your own.
I get that you're a fan and doing it out of admiration - but posting comments like this is suggesting that you truly are Katy's - which isn't really cool.
Katya Zamolodchikova this is cringy lmao stop
Katya Zamolodchikova fan girl if you wanted to be believable you could've taken the word "fan" out of your name
Ru bopping along thinking of all the songs he’s going to make in the future after becoming a world icon.