Tish Gervais at Danceteria in 1986

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • Tish Gervais was quite the deal in New York in 1986. Nelson Sullivan captured this appearance at Danceteria, and you can see for yourself how much respect Tish had. Video by Nelson Sullivan

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  • @beve2864
    @beve2864 5 років тому +217

    Feels like I’m watching a movie. But these were real people in the 80’s. I used to always think that in the movies they were over exaggerating the 80’s but no they were actually like this😂😂

  • @stephclark4715
    @stephclark4715 Рік тому +16

    Ahhhh the 80s...It's funny how people seem more real back then. No filler, natural hair, no phones, interacting like regular people. I feel so nostalgic when I watch Nelson's videos ❤

    • @OrangeTabbyCat
      @OrangeTabbyCat 10 місяців тому +2

      More like drama drama drama queens. Regular people worked at farms, hairdressers, bakeries….

    • @Lolli_gone_wrong
      @Lolli_gone_wrong 6 місяців тому +1

      Those are wigs pls

    • @concatinate
      @concatinate 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Lolli_gone_wrongOr if someone had their own hair, it was waved with perm chemicals, teased and doused with hairspray or styling gel.

  • @mattrasbury7662
    @mattrasbury7662 6 років тому +148

    Beautiful :) The 80's had such a unique spirit about it and Nelson's videos prove that. God I want to be there so bad.

    • @heartstruth6875
      @heartstruth6875 6 років тому +3

      Me too

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 4 роки тому +14

      Yes, it felt like anything could happen. We weren't fully surveilled and there werent too many rules

    • @goddard976
      @goddard976 3 роки тому +2

      We can be there

    • @SusieSynth
      @SusieSynth 3 роки тому +3

      I would give anything to go back and stay forever.

    • @NYD666
      @NYD666 3 роки тому +1

      @@annother3350 it's called drugs. Lots and lots of drugs. You're also only seeing a fraction. There's actually more opportunities today, but most people are to dumb to take advantage.

  • @yorusuyasoul69420
    @yorusuyasoul69420 6 років тому +92

    My time machine works

  • @jamesr1703
    @jamesr1703 4 роки тому +66

    The 80s decade was truly remarkable from fashion to politics to music.

    • @spiderreed350
      @spiderreed350 2 роки тому +1

      It clearly was the 2nd best decade..50's

    • @skyjuiceification
      @skyjuiceification Рік тому

      What the hell are u talking about? what was so great about 80s politics?

    • @JesusGomez-ob2qt
      @JesusGomez-ob2qt Рік тому

      90s and 70s were better

    • @OrangeTabbyCat
      @OrangeTabbyCat 10 місяців тому

      BUTT UGLY fashion 😂😂😂 Didn’t wear it back than, never wore it when they tried to bring it back.

  • @dorakorolof
    @dorakorolof Рік тому +9

    what a time to be alive.I love 80s.

  • @glamnesianouveaux2039
    @glamnesianouveaux2039 3 місяці тому +1

    Any footage from Danceteria is SUCH a GEM to see!!!!!!!!!

  • @LaurenOliviArt
    @LaurenOliviArt 2 роки тому +7

    WE LOVE YOU NELSON! I think of you often like you’re an old friend ....

  • @combedpubes
    @combedpubes 6 років тому +62

    what a time to be alive, one of my favourite channels for sure :)

  • @constantine6939
    @constantine6939 5 років тому +19

    This video is so out of this world. The dialogues feel like they're part of a movie or something. They're so... ... ... Hollywood-like.

  • @Desibeatnik
    @Desibeatnik 6 років тому +20

    yay more Tish and more 1986! two of my faves

  • @nilbogllort6994
    @nilbogllort6994 4 роки тому +7

    I was born in 1986 I wished that I could see everyday life in 86 wish's have come true kindness love Nelson Sullivan

    • @PeacefulPauseProductions
      @PeacefulPauseProductions Рік тому

      Me too. I only vaguely remember 89 because of ninja turtles but that's all I remember from the last bit of 80s.

    • @AX1A
      @AX1A 6 місяців тому

      i was there at that time and wished I was in the 60's lol...

  • @joshi5507
    @joshi5507 6 років тому +8

    I love seeing this. It makes me happy for some reason

  • @user-xc1rk4iz8e
    @user-xc1rk4iz8e Рік тому +8

    Why do I want to cry? It's so bizzare my God

    • @PeacefulPauseProductions
      @PeacefulPauseProductions Рік тому +2

      I'm with you. It's because the 80s made you feel happy. It still does.

    • @AX1A
      @AX1A 6 місяців тому +1

      bc of a yearning to belong.. to make meaning from the meaningless. Nothing's changed in that way.. go find your tribe

  • @SaintMartins
    @SaintMartins 5 років тому +32

    6:44 this is the New York City i know from my dreams (or fantasies)
    Facts about 1986.....
    * The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after take off on January 28, 1986.
    * The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts on television in September of 1986.
    * The film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was released in theaters on June 11, 1986.
    * The film "Blue Velvet" was released in theaters on September 19, 1986.
    * R.E.M. "Life's Rich Pageant" album was released on July 26, 1986.
    * Beastie Boys' "Licensed To Ill" album was released on November 15, 1986.

    • @bretalleman9352
      @bretalleman9352 4 роки тому

      madonna true blue album

    • @farishope6540
      @farishope6540 4 роки тому

      Then me and Oprah's show were born in the same month and year.

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b 4 роки тому +1

      * April 26, 1986 Tchernobyl blows up and one of the worst ever ultimate MCAs happened and contaminated half of Europe

  • @llorenstorrespr4409
    @llorenstorrespr4409 3 роки тому +8

    1980s for ever!!!💪🏼💪🏼

  • @mariaager1924
    @mariaager1924 3 роки тому +7

    I’ve watched so many of these videos, I recognize everyone voice lol

  • @canunac
    @canunac 6 років тому +13

    Wow this a time capsule

  • @Shutupb1tch420
    @Shutupb1tch420 4 роки тому +28

    If we ever built a time machine, I would go back and relive every moment of the 80s

  • @RachelleLove81
    @RachelleLove81 Рік тому +1

    How fabulous! I was 5 when this was recorded but went on to own the same fringed dress. Sultry! ❤

  • @DWINC
    @DWINC 6 років тому +24

    Never heard of her but what a great band. Thanks for uploading!

    • @tpuckettjr
      @tpuckettjr 6 років тому +4

      Tish Gervais actually wasn't a band. If I'm not mistaken I think Tish's real name is Brian Bellovich and left Tish in the past. What a shame, right? 😉

    • @SofiaisSunshine
      @SofiaisSunshine Рік тому +1

      Thats because thats a dude.

    • @queenqueen977
      @queenqueen977 5 місяців тому

      @@SofiaisSunshine shut up? tish was authentically herself back then and Brian is authentically himself now. Don't be a transphobic hoe

  • @AK-jw7rx
    @AK-jw7rx 3 місяці тому

    OMG 3 days before my 13th birthday!!!!! I was born in NYC and grew up in Queens and Long Island. Madonna got her start at this club

  • @HelloNewMoon
    @HelloNewMoon 3 роки тому +7

    “My Boyfriend’s Back is after the Sonny & Cher medley.” My fave line of the whole thing b/c thats still a classic line up of acts 😂

  • @BlondeRockChick
    @BlondeRockChick 7 місяців тому +1

    I could have lived not seeing Michael M… Besides that great video Nelson!!

  • @rosarosa8805
    @rosarosa8805 3 роки тому +10

    The best time of my life was the 80s

  • @District-ie7md
    @District-ie7md 3 роки тому +1

    Its good seeing all the random tidbits and historic anchors in the comments. I was born in 95 and footage like this is priceless to our knowledge of human history. To think that for every 10 years for the last 100,000 years theres been unique people and cultural pockets. No movie will ever capture the beauty of human life in motion.

  • @bigtex9836
    @bigtex9836 Рік тому +3

    The 80s were absolutely the best!!

  • @rhymeandreasoning
    @rhymeandreasoning 6 років тому +80

    Surprised he has no footage of Madonna during her early years. These videos are such gems

    • @twinkiestumor1555
      @twinkiestumor1555 6 років тому +3

      rhymeandreasoning it would be worth sooo much money..

    • @twinkiestumor1555
      @twinkiestumor1555 6 років тому +32

      Madonna was already huge by over 3 years at this point though.

    • @rhymeandreasoning
      @rhymeandreasoning 6 років тому +16

      I was wondering if he had ever seen her / knew of her during her Danceteria days - before she got her record deal, or even during her first album era.

    • @BadBoyBobby85
      @BadBoyBobby85 6 років тому +18

      rhymeandreasoning Madonna's a total bitch now she'd probably file an injunction to stop their release

    • @Insectoid_
      @Insectoid_ 6 років тому

      Black Coat shame if she was bitchy. I loved listening to madonna in the 80s at the roller discos.

  • @coldwavesf
    @coldwavesf 6 років тому +6

    Must have been so much fun!

  • @pumpnix7243
    @pumpnix7243 3 роки тому +5

    I love watching stuff like this from the year I was born and seeing what was going on that year! 💚💚💚

  • @InGodshands7
    @InGodshands7 6 років тому +6

    2 yrs , 5 months, 3 days before I was born

  • @vikingsht4688
    @vikingsht4688 3 роки тому +2

    God this is beautiful

  • @spiderreed350
    @spiderreed350 2 роки тому +2

    Freaking wild!!!,So damn Cool..

  • @celadonjade5622
    @celadonjade5622 5 років тому +4

    this is so amazing

  • @joshuas725
    @joshuas725 Рік тому +2

    Bro was really living a real life movie

  • @JB-it5ho
    @JB-it5ho 6 років тому +26

    They were pretty courageous going such a dangerous club like the Danceteria. That place was closed down in the early 90s because of so many assaults and fights that always broke out there.

    • @thecapricorn11
      @thecapricorn11 2 роки тому +5

      that was the fun part of nyc in that era. the possibility of a little danger around the corner made it exciting.its so sanitary and boring now

    • @thecapricorn11
      @thecapricorn11 2 роки тому +6

      danceteria was not dangerous

    • @friendlier
      @friendlier 2 роки тому +4

      Danceteria wasn't dangerous at all in the 80s.

    • @SunnyCarnivore
      @SunnyCarnivore Рік тому +3

      I use to go all the time, it wasn't dangerous at all.

    • @JB-it5ho
      @JB-it5ho Рік тому +1

      @@SunnyCarnivore Some people will say the city wasn't so dangerous so its a matter of perspective but that club had a lot of fights and someone died.

  • @angztekindustries
    @angztekindustries 9 місяців тому

    It's like youre there! After a bonghit or two❤.
    Very few leave their mark on this world.🎉

  • @ladyofbutterflies9759
    @ladyofbutterflies9759 Рік тому +1

    Amazing! Brian rocked it!

  • @RosesOfSaturn
    @RosesOfSaturn 6 років тому +14

    Musto was everywhere!

    • @BadBoyBobby85
      @BadBoyBobby85 6 років тому +4

      Baeldona IO Michael mustos still all over the village

    • @alvinwhitley8020
      @alvinwhitley8020 5 років тому

      " Musto is everywhere "
      I literally thought that, looked down and saw your comment. Lol. And I think he had a 9 / 5 too.

    • @CatchafireforGod
      @CatchafireforGod 5 років тому +1

      As an entertainment writer he kind of had to be where the story was.

  • @aviratica6370
    @aviratica6370 6 років тому +16

    Brian Belovitch, who was Tish Gervais has a book coming out on Amazon and I'm looking forward to reading it. It's called "Trans Figured."

    • @mrmikeyd2
      @mrmikeyd2 4 роки тому +2

      And IS Brian Belovitch now.....you do know he trans'd BACK, don't you? He is the darling of the Christian right and pray the gay away crowd

    • @marjnussby1516
      @marjnussby1516 3 роки тому +1

      Oh wow, I only read that he detransitioned in the 90s, and has been happily married since 2013.

  • @Charlesbjtown
    @Charlesbjtown 6 років тому +8

    Not a single dislike, as it should be.

  • @shuiniuniu
    @shuiniuniu 6 років тому +4

    This was beautiful. ^_^

  • @marthaleyva9585
    @marthaleyva9585 5 років тому +15

    Not sure why everyone has to comment on how young they were or that they weren't even born yet. Who cares?

    • @paultremblay4836
      @paultremblay4836 5 років тому

      Generations are perpetual clones who ignore each others.
      I have a hard time imagine Julius Ceasar but I could see him today, dressing stylish as a northern Italian guy.
      We tend to make people from the past bigger than what they should but we are just a copy carbon from the past.

    • @vikingsong2068
      @vikingsong2068 Рік тому +3

      If you don't care then why did you comment instead of ignoring it like someone who actually didn't care would have done?

  • @nikid3690
    @nikid3690 8 місяців тому

    It seems like life and people were better without smartphones. Of course i wouldnt be watching this without a phone.
    But maybe id be out there living more life.

  • @kristinnoelle
    @kristinnoelle 4 роки тому +1

    I love this channel and Nelson ❤️🙏

  • @selyndahernandez9141
    @selyndahernandez9141 4 роки тому +1

    So beautiful

  • @watarusuzuki6679
    @watarusuzuki6679 Рік тому +1

    Incredible

  • @jaylew8408
    @jaylew8408 2 роки тому +1

    That song always reminds me of sister act

  • @jasonpeters9716
    @jasonpeters9716 Рік тому +1

    "This town, is coming like a ghost town
    All the clubs have been closed down
    This town, is coming like a ghost town
    Bands won't play no more
    Too much fighting on the dance floor
    Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
    We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown
    This town, is coming like a ghost town
    Why must the youth fight against themselves?
    This town, is coming like a ghost town
    Government leaving the youth on the shelf
    This town, is coming like a ghost town
    No job to be found in this country
    Can't go on no more
    The people getting angry
    This town's becoming like a ghost town
    This town's becoming like a ghost town
    This town's becoming like a ghost town
    This town's becoming like a ghost town..."

  • @lukasparo194
    @lukasparo194 Рік тому +1

    This is refreshing and it’s such a nice thing to see is surviving online for me so show very soon to a very gay man named neal I know 😂 such a wonderful life you’ve lived Nelson. Thanks for sharing

  • @gleniffensoares3816
    @gleniffensoares3816 Рік тому +1

    22 fevereiro 2023. From 🇧🇷 Brasil

  • @epipd5712
    @epipd5712 5 років тому +2

    Tish is very pretty and awesome.

    • @SusieSynth
      @SusieSynth 4 роки тому +2

      Tish is Brian again.

  • @zacharyeason8761
    @zacharyeason8761 10 місяців тому

    What I love about this- not a person im sight on their cell phone in site

  • @guitarstorms
    @guitarstorms 6 років тому +2

    very cool....

  • @deniseherud
    @deniseherud 5 років тому +1

    "I'm a Harley-Queen.." --😂 I luv that💗

  • @guyeshel9316
    @guyeshel9316 10 місяців тому

    Life is such a weird thing... I started questioning realy heavily lately

  • @spiderreed350
    @spiderreed350 2 роки тому +1

    Omg,Phil was wearing that same outfit that the Clown Musto was wearing at McDonald's the week before, wow...lending and borrowing clothes was very common back than between friends and Lovers.

  • @selyndahernandez9141
    @selyndahernandez9141 4 роки тому

    I love this time in LIFE

  • @starmoon1590
    @starmoon1590 5 років тому +2

    Bing watching= Joy

  • @jasonpeters9716
    @jasonpeters9716 Рік тому

    They wanted their rock back to its basics.
    Just 5yrs away...It would be.
    Alternative Music Revolution !
    (1991-95]

    • @QuelquefoisFois
      @QuelquefoisFois 11 місяців тому +1

      Then after that those horrid boy bands and Britney took over. 😑

    • @jasonpeters9716
      @jasonpeters9716 11 місяців тому +1

      @@QuelquefoisFois Yeah and Corny/TERRIBLE "Hip-Hop & Rap...
      Like Eminem, Ja Rule, Nelly, Drake..ect

  • @naty_327
    @naty_327 4 роки тому

    I was born 5 days later 🙌🏽

  • @IanV10
    @IanV10 Рік тому +1

    That was one month exactly after I was born 😂

  • @KORIGAN1
    @KORIGAN1 6 років тому +2

    New video wow

  • @hutlazzz
    @hutlazzz 3 роки тому +3

    I hear the guy still trying to open that beer bottle

  • @natalkakot
    @natalkakot 3 роки тому +1

    I wish to be born in 70s not in 89 😢😢

  • @ruddyguzzman
    @ruddyguzzman 5 років тому +1

    Amazing shit

  • @BadBoyBobby85
    @BadBoyBobby85 6 років тому +10

    Who's putting out all these old classic vids now? Is it Nelson's lover? Love the flashbacks. Club kids still remember

    • @alvinwhitley8020
      @alvinwhitley8020 5 років тому +3

      Robert Montoya now that Dick has passed ( 10/2018 ). They collection of videos was donated to a library. That's all I know. I dont know the name of the library.

    • @alvinwhitley8020
      @alvinwhitley8020 5 років тому +3

      M Perkins. RIP Dick. He guarded and worked on the project his whole life and how he must have loved Nelson.

  • @TheBornnaked
    @TheBornnaked 6 років тому +6

    So how many hours of his footage do you have? Also, are all these UA-cam videos just uploads of videos that Nelson had already edited?

  • @kelebeck5905
    @kelebeck5905 4 роки тому +7

    Tish detransitioned and now lives as a man

  • @BillBondsHasAPosse
    @BillBondsHasAPosse 3 роки тому +3

    When mdma was MDMA !

  • @spiderreed350
    @spiderreed350 2 роки тому

    I thought this was the video that Musto took the stage and sang "Rubber Band Man?"

  • @eily_b
    @eily_b 4 роки тому +3

    That Michael Musto guy is really a wimp. He failed at locking his bike up and can not open a f....g beer bottle with a door. 😄

  • @theorangefactory
    @theorangefactory Рік тому

    At 7:27 is that vincent d'onofrio??

  • @dire12343
    @dire12343 3 роки тому

    Hahah the cool jerk

  • @bruhlickd
    @bruhlickd 2 роки тому

    they looked so much better behaved than their English brothers, from blitz club

  • @mwatson5447
    @mwatson5447 4 роки тому +1

    5:12 Boy George the one and only LOL!

  • @briarrose29
    @briarrose29 5 років тому +11

    I can't stand Michael Musto.

  • @marcelomar3143
    @marcelomar3143 6 років тому +3

    are you a live nelson?

    • @maximus6638
      @maximus6638 6 років тому

      marcelo menoni He died in 1989 from a heart attack

    • @marcelomar3143
      @marcelomar3143 6 років тому +4

      thank, i know now! last night I watched a few videos among them the last one he recorded incredible channel. it's like a time machine, sometimes they wonder why the aliens or travelers in time would bother to see a civilization less technologically developed, I think this channel is the answer to that

    • @starmoon1590
      @starmoon1590 5 років тому +1

      Don Juan Mattus - he lives thru these and all of us that love him.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 4 роки тому +1

      Dick Richardson was putting them up. Check out the mrrichardson channel for countless hours more fun

  • @viewer1338
    @viewer1338 3 роки тому +1

    Its so weird seeing like a real full on vlog in like a gay club. Who evens think of vlogging at the time

  • @LowMedow
    @LowMedow 3 роки тому

    3/22 Date Numerology
    Abrahamic Skull N' Bones 💀

  • @jewwhovotedfornaziparty
    @jewwhovotedfornaziparty 3 роки тому

    Metallica Master of Puppets gonna release 10 days later

  • @johnfritz4096
    @johnfritz4096 6 років тому +2

    For myself, I think it's awful that RuPaul takes credit for being the A#1 drag queen. She/he has only one thing on his mind...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Sad. But true. Love these videos Nelson!!! ❤️❌❌❌⭕️❤️

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 4 роки тому +2

      Rupaul was one of nelsons best friends. He's a good guy and has worked hard to get to the top

    • @mrmikeyd2
      @mrmikeyd2 4 роки тому +2

      @@annother3350 WRONG.....Dick Richards was Nelson's best friend, or A friend anyway who for some reason took up the cause of RuPaul and talked Nelson into giving him a place to stay....and like he did EVERYONE he knew, he took advantage of the situation.....even staying in Nelson's house after he died and Nelson's brother Mark had to have him and LaHoma evicted to get Nelson's belongings out.....there would be no videos if Mark and Dick Richards had not preserved them and after Ru Paul got in good with Fenton Bailey he dropped Dick Richards like a bad habit.......Don't be fooled....the story that you have been fed is total bullshit made up for the drag race show.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 4 роки тому +3

      @@mrmikeyd2 I dont really watch drag race -- my main experience of rupaul is from these old videos and he seems like an OK guy that gets on with Nelson and the others. Ive always liked him in interviews too

    • @queencerseilannister3519
      @queencerseilannister3519 4 роки тому +2

      Are you kidding? Rupaul IS the GOAT of drag.

    • @1953childstar
      @1953childstar Рік тому +1

      @@mrmikeyd2 Those "characters" stole all of Nelsons belongings and did not properly care for "Blackout"- Nelsons dog.. He died only months after Nelson..

  • @angelanetherton8240
    @angelanetherton8240 4 роки тому +1

    That woman’s shoulders are so broad you could play football on her back!!

    • @sayNotoBrooklyn83
      @sayNotoBrooklyn83 4 роки тому +4

      It’s a man, baby

    • @angelanetherton8240
      @angelanetherton8240 4 роки тому +1

      @@sayNotoBrooklyn83 Ohh hmm lol!! Are you really serious? or trying to get one in on me?? Omg, I'm so embarrassed ...Thinking that was a woman if its really not..I watch a lot of Nelson's videos ..My first one seeing her/him so I didn't know..Oops..I did always think Albert was a very hairy woman as well..Lord, please tell me he is really a man I'm going to shiz my pants you say that's a woman hahahahaha.

  • @beanondaddy3397
    @beanondaddy3397 4 роки тому

    Oh yeah, most of just moved from caveman cave wall painting to spray painting walls in 80's, it's called evolution people... people back then were still in touch with their inner neanderthal...lol...,,😄😄😄😄😄

  • @NarcFreedom
    @NarcFreedom Рік тому

    Michael Musto, ugh. Insufferable.

  • @mrmikeyd2
    @mrmikeyd2 4 роки тому

    It is funny, reading through these comments, most have no idea who Tish Gervais really is....the first male to female transgender who switched back (however the hell that was done, just sew one back on?) anyway, then claimed he was never gay and hated all things gay related.......a darling of Christian conservatives

    • @Lisa-ps2rv
      @Lisa-ps2rv 4 роки тому +4

      He is gay, and he only had top surgery, so he had his implants removed.

    • @kelseakelsea5131
      @kelseakelsea5131 3 роки тому +2

      It’s called self hate.

    • @kelseakelsea5131
      @kelseakelsea5131 3 роки тому +1

      @@Lisa-ps2rv probably still actually trans. Again, it’s self hate.

    • @queenqueen977
      @queenqueen977 5 місяців тому

      @@kelseakelsea5131 why are you talking about someone like you know them you weirdo

  • @vivavoice7211
    @vivavoice7211 3 роки тому

    Tish detransition back to being a boy. he is brian and living his best life ever. Said he was never truly happy as Tish.

  • @Diego-my9gc
    @Diego-my9gc 5 років тому +4

    I see aids everywhere

  • @kimberlylay1005
    @kimberlylay1005 Рік тому +2

    Ahh . depravity

    • @Antny.25
      @Antny.25 Рік тому +2

      This is alll *creativity* hun 💯✨😁

    • @queenqueen977
      @queenqueen977 5 місяців тому +1

      I genuinely feel sorry for people like you. like you live your life so SMALL minded, you're meant to be on this earth to expand your mind but look at you, ignorant, homophbic, and mentally ill