A Night at Mars in 1989: RuPaul's nightclub show

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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2015
  • One gay night at Rudolf's Mars discotheque, Lahoma was hostessing a bingo game while RuPaul was getting ready for a show in Mars' downstairs. Nelson was there recording all the action on his video camcorder. In this video, RuPaul does a live costume change on stage for the first time ever.
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  • @necrochan7620
    @necrochan7620 8 років тому +122

    3:46 Cause if you can't love yourself, how the hell you gon' love somebody else?! Amen RuPaul!

  • @angellovef
    @angellovef 9 років тому +81

    and 20 years later Rupaul casts Lahoma in Starrbooty. When RuPaul says "we gotta stick together", she means it. I love her so much!!!

  • @GTO.007
    @GTO.007 7 років тому +52

    He has never changed his philosophy.... love! Queen of Realness!

  • @davidhallen7766
    @davidhallen7766 3 роки тому +8

    I spotted my partner Jaime and me in this. The two leather boys. Black jackets w German painted on the back, dancing while Cyndi Lauper played. We LOVED Mars and they put us in Project X for a Mars advertisement. We had such fun! I loved all of those marvelous club people and had the best time in my life for 10 years living in Manhattan! Woo-hoo!!!!

  • @ryanroberts8790
    @ryanroberts8790 6 років тому +29

    @3:00 she's still preaching the same amazing words of love 32 years later! I love this video

  • @yappurr
    @yappurr 9 років тому +70

    i am so grateful that nelson's work was preserved, for all of us to enjoy. i'm just fascinated, and am devouring each and every video. i'm a massive RuPaul fan, and am loving seeing him in his younger years, when he was first starting out.

  • @harrisonphotos
    @harrisonphotos 6 років тому +30

    I went to the Mars club in August 1989 , I think this may have been the night I met them both, I was with my friend Bill Meyer who I was staying with in town , I cant believe this clip is on here, wow it brings back some memories

    • @everettgarrett4858
      @everettgarrett4858 5 років тому +1

      That wouldn't be right Nelson Sullivan passed away July 3rd or 4th of 89 he'd have been dead by August

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому

      Everett Garrett July 4th 😞

    • @harrisonphotos
      @harrisonphotos 4 роки тому +1

      @@everettgarrett4858 Ok yes your right , I was there 20 August very similar show with Ru and Lahoma great memories

  • @richbones8419
    @richbones8419 7 років тому +57

    R.I.P.
    nelson
    if this was filmed in 1989 he must of died not too long after this. l can only imagine the things he would of been doing today.

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому +2

      Rich Bones he died July 4,1989 of a heat attack.

  • @rew3737
    @rew3737 7 років тому +28

    blogging before the digital age. can you imagine how heavy that camera was? lol

  • @brentbentKRFP
    @brentbentKRFP 3 роки тому +4

    I love seeing Ru's beautiful soul (and body) goes back over three decades. She's been such a wonderful Queen of Reality.

  • @samsam24242
    @samsam24242 7 років тому +88

    is it me or Clubs back then used to be more diverse ?

    • @brichwoke2355
      @brichwoke2355 5 років тому +6

      Yes. Back then the clubs were fun times were so much fun back then I miss those days

  • @lauratanner412
    @lauratanner412 7 років тому +24

    This footage needs to be in an archive. Awesome.

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому +2

      Laura Tanner it is. You’re watching the archive right now. Lol

    • @everettgarrett4858
      @everettgarrett4858 5 років тому +1

      Lincoln just made its way to the to NYU Library

  • @mikehunt4197
    @mikehunt4197 8 років тому +13

    to think in just 3 short years after this night..he set the world on fire
    ♡ him #awesomeness

  • @iAmAlexRafael
    @iAmAlexRafael 8 років тому +24

    "start the tape!"

  • @riciyjamess5688
    @riciyjamess5688 7 років тому +24

    God! No money young and just having a blast loving life😍😘

  • @daviedmond4639
    @daviedmond4639 7 років тому +7

    Priceless, I feel more connected to a moment in time I could've never experienced, RU, back to her roots

  • @natashasemrau3670
    @natashasemrau3670 5 років тому +3

    Ru was so graceful, even when he started out! Thank you Ru!!⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠⭐🌟🌠

  • @mcj2584
    @mcj2584 2 роки тому +3

    It's so cool hearing Madonna playing in clubs in the 80s. Like her or not she is a true living legend. Don't know that there will ever be another Madonna and Michael.

  • @LucasEY
    @LucasEY 9 років тому +22

    I wonder if RuPaul ever still sees Lahoma. It would be amazing for them to have an interview together after all this time.

  • @Reticuli
    @Reticuli 2 роки тому +2

    extraordinary footage

  • @sittinpretty6153
    @sittinpretty6153 8 років тому +11

    man this looks fun

  • @willmcmillan1430
    @willmcmillan1430 7 років тому +1

    What a great snap shot of this moment in time. Thank you for making it and thank you for sharing it.

  • @diane9247
    @diane9247 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you, Nelson, for your documentation of this fascinating time and place!

  • @isamarques5206
    @isamarques5206 5 років тому +3

    This is so unreal. I'm living for these videos haha

  • @aatsista
    @aatsista 3 роки тому +2

    The gay clubs in the mid/late 90s. we used to sneak into them, underage here in Calgary. They had this type of industrial district vibe to them too. I was a baby gay totally drinking & partying in bars like this. We were so young. It was so much more safer back then.

  • @Dimi374
    @Dimi374 9 місяців тому

    Music was fun and sooooooo good!

  • @pudddingpie
    @pudddingpie 8 років тому +7

    Lol he loved his challenges from early go on ru u rule

  • @tonymolatto1904
    @tonymolatto1904 5 років тому +5

    Ru's a real chick. All about unity. He hasn't changed other than being a lil more glam.

  • @hssrz7564
    @hssrz7564 3 роки тому +1

    How cool is this! And I love the very very end. “It’s really nice out; really pretty.”

  • @skid-dl5xc
    @skid-dl5xc 8 років тому +3

    This is awesome!

  • @brooklynbutterfly3240
    @brooklynbutterfly3240 3 роки тому +3

    Yasss RuPaul my iPhone is 🔥🔥🔥😩😂

  • @larabiatch
    @larabiatch 8 років тому +21

    legs for days

  • @Rosesyoutube
    @Rosesyoutube 8 років тому +3

    I love the ending. Reminds me of me last night coming home

  • @tabbycat6458
    @tabbycat6458 3 роки тому

    I had ru Paul's shoes in red and black. I wish I still had them

  • @pudddingpie
    @pudddingpie 8 років тому +5

    I hope that nelson got to see rupaul start to blow he is such a lovely friend

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому

      pudddingpie he died of a heart attack just a few months after this night. 😞

  • @SpecialAu
    @SpecialAu 9 років тому +33

    "for you people watching tv right now..."
    nah ru im on youtube get with the times

    • @norafestegetos-almodozos9568
      @norafestegetos-almodozos9568 8 років тому

      This vid was made at the end of the 1980s, the way people could watch it at that time was by tv...

    • @CamilaPradaTV
      @CamilaPradaTV 8 років тому +1

      This was before the internet, genius.

    • @kikkitemple3804
      @kikkitemple3804 7 років тому +2

      lol, smart ass needs to get with the times them selves, its the 80s in this vid dumbass

    • @JDsayslol
      @JDsayslol 7 років тому +8

      this is obviously a joke um

    • @ShannynCampbell
      @ShannynCampbell 7 років тому +1

      lol calling someone a smartass n dumbass is contradicting

  • @maliksmom808
    @maliksmom808 5 років тому +4

    What a stunnah...lol. Do you see those legs? All legs. Lol. Just gorgeous. Some dont realize. Drag and gay clubs were always the start of what was up and coming in fashion, music, and dance. It would always start there. Innovators and creators bcuz they never lack imagination.

  • @rubinpowelliii216
    @rubinpowelliii216 6 років тому +8

    The Brother in the Leather Jacket Was Fine..🤼

  • @lokisfriend
    @lokisfriend 5 років тому +4

    Check out those kitten heels, love it

  • @sashaabartosh
    @sashaabartosh 6 років тому +1

    Perfect time of fun and amazing life

  • @emmyarellano3704
    @emmyarellano3704 3 роки тому +1

    The Hairspray song! Love that John Waters flick!

  • @sweetsuzie9346
    @sweetsuzie9346 7 років тому +2

    that was cool!

  • @TheIvyLens
    @TheIvyLens 3 роки тому +1

    “The Catholics confiscated your bingo license”

  • @ronaldobravo5604
    @ronaldobravo5604 3 роки тому +1

    If covid wasn’t a thing at all I would love to believe this would be me starting my drag, living and loving gay life at a club. I wish there was a scene like this in Dallas :/

  • @Musistics
    @Musistics 3 роки тому

    Yes!

  • @CT7845
    @CT7845 3 роки тому +3

    Nelson constantly zooming in on the guy in his underwear is making me laugh! 💀

  • @Eveoriginalsinner
    @Eveoriginalsinner 3 роки тому +2

    I wish I could go to a club... I've been in quarantine longer than I've been 21 😭😭

  • @NarcFreedom
    @NarcFreedom 3 місяці тому

    I do wish that I could have seen the more innocent of these scenes.

  • @intrepidtomato
    @intrepidtomato 2 роки тому +3

    Wow. RuPaul lipsynching for her life.

  • @Itbmurr1
    @Itbmurr1 3 роки тому +1

    Shangela seems to have RuPaul’s personality. No wonder I like her so much!

  • @melmak4108
    @melmak4108 3 роки тому +1

    Bless😢

  • @Musistics
    @Musistics 3 роки тому +3

    Plot Twist: Ru Paul IS Donna Summer.

  • @Derekkylehealing
    @Derekkylehealing 6 років тому +6

    i wish ru paul was my friend lol

  • @ryanroberts8790
    @ryanroberts8790 6 років тому +5

    @6:40 when she did Whitney Houston I wish I could of seen the whole performance OMG. I lost my mind when I heard the song start

    • @sexymodelboy
      @sexymodelboy 6 років тому +1

      Headshot Ville87 Right! Sasha Velour’s now signature song

    • @eyextacy8412
      @eyextacy8412 6 років тому +2

      Headshot Ville87 Rupaul did Hot stuff by the queen of disco Donna Summer

    • @eyextacy8412
      @eyextacy8412 6 років тому

      I couldn't make out the 2nd song

  • @sammavacaist
    @sammavacaist 3 роки тому

    Oh damn. Erik B and Rakim "Paid In Full."
    Mars was hip!

  • @brittanylonsdale5807
    @brittanylonsdale5807 3 роки тому +2

    White linesssss

  • @rayramirez9404
    @rayramirez9404 7 років тому

    ❤️FLORENT!!!

  • @dixienormous6969
    @dixienormous6969 6 років тому +1

    TRADE AT THE END HOLY FUCK

  • @jasmineharvey9929
    @jasmineharvey9929 3 роки тому +4

    She reminds me so much of Shangela, it makes sense why she has such a soft spot for her:’))))

  • @mademoiselle3000
    @mademoiselle3000 8 років тому +6

    I read the videographer, Nelson died in 1989. He looks fine in this clip, does anyone know what he died off?

    • @officiallie27
      @officiallie27 8 років тому +5

      He died of a heart attack. No one knows why. He was in great health as far as all records show and he didn't use drugs or drink.

    • @honeybunny388
      @honeybunny388 6 років тому +1

      Heart attack

    • @DAQ34
      @DAQ34 6 років тому

      KatyDelMar I wish I could thank him in person for capturing this. I was born in 1989 so this is so unreal to think about for me

  • @valeriamarron
    @valeriamarron 9 років тому +2

    Eu sou transexaul e vivi os anos 80 e posso dizer que foram os anos magico .

  • @huerfanapensionada
    @huerfanapensionada 3 роки тому +1

    omg cristina 😭

  • @sirev1
    @sirev1 7 років тому +2

    I REALLY want to know, what was in Larry's boot??? :-) 10:31

  • @dtrn254
    @dtrn254 3 роки тому +1

    Diana Ross....so inspired Rupaul....And me too 😊❤️👍😊

    • @kristimcleod1987
      @kristimcleod1987 3 роки тому

      That’s a Donna Summer song

    • @dtrn254
      @dtrn254 3 роки тому

      @@kristimcleod1987 I'm talking bout Rupaul always shouting out the fab Diana Boss Ross. I truly digged Donna too

  • @pudddingpie
    @pudddingpie 8 років тому +8

    Omg that looks siiiiiiiiiiiiiic in there want to jump in and get down

  • @CatharticCreation
    @CatharticCreation Місяць тому

    noticing a few deaths mentioned in these videos. sad state of affairs

  • @eg-g
    @eg-g 5 років тому +5

    Im here just for Trade 12:14

    • @pobstrel
      @pobstrel 5 років тому +1

      I hear ya! Trade was hot. He always looked like a Versace model when they used hunks instead of sickly skinny boys. I'm glad he's still alive and well.

    • @ICUinthedark
      @ICUinthedark 4 роки тому +3

      He was my roommate in a railroad apt we had in Hells Kitchen, he was such a whore, he was always dragin' and bangin' someone all the time. I let him stay at my place in PTown one summer, he brought a boyfriend who brought a pet pig and snakes! Never a dull moment with him. One time he was house sitting some rich friend of his, who had a massive gorgeous apt. facing the Hudson, we threw a huge dinner party and RuRu came over (we call RuPaul that). Final story, one night many many years later I was at a bathhouse in Fort Lauderdale, I ran into one of Frederick's (TRADE) regular fuck boy when we lived in NY. He was so hot and still was, I drove him back to his hotel he was staying at, we kissed and he asked me to fuck I him...I thought it to weird....damn I wish I did now....

  • @Julesuk1964
    @Julesuk1964 3 роки тому +1

    Pity the footage of rupauls lip syncs were cut, would’ve loved to see his stage acts

  • @thatsbussssin
    @thatsbussssin 4 роки тому

    I wasn’t even born yet holy

  • @JonBoyy234
    @JonBoyy234 5 років тому +1

    When rupaul was legs back in the days

  • @michaelmottlau2072
    @michaelmottlau2072 9 років тому +1

    Great video! Does anybody know if RuPaul ever met Whitney Houston in person?

  • @Rosesyoutube
    @Rosesyoutube 8 років тому +3

    12:00-12:30 such a funny mishmash

  • @domonurdime
    @domonurdime 2 роки тому +1

    Paris Hilton who this man is the originator of Selfies

  • @dtrn254
    @dtrn254 5 років тому +1

    Yes for Diana Ross shout out Right!!! 😚
    Btw, Wendy Williams must be vibng off Ru.. 💋

  • @dimplesaustin4550
    @dimplesaustin4550 2 роки тому +2

    Yooo the underwear why?!!

    • @Antny.25
      @Antny.25 Рік тому

      I saw that too 😦
      Maybe it was a symbol or meaning to it that night??

  • @peterpandaaa
    @peterpandaaa 3 роки тому

    12:07 DAMN

  • @athenavan2242
    @athenavan2242 2 місяці тому

    White lines going thru my mind

  • @thetacoguyy
    @thetacoguyy 5 років тому +5

    Sup with the man in his stained undies

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому

      Eduardo Perez just another one of the performers of the night.

    • @thetacoguyy
      @thetacoguyy 5 років тому

      @@Bootbitch he cuute thoo

    • @tyndall1006
      @tyndall1006 5 років тому +1

      Eduardo Perez Thank god somebody else notice!!! Lol

  • @smelly4373
    @smelly4373 6 років тому +1

    7:20

  • @maisienewman3765
    @maisienewman3765 6 років тому

    can someone verify if that's Lady Bunny holding the curtain in front of Ru?

    • @DAQ34
      @DAQ34 6 років тому +1

      Maisie Newman no it's not bunny but they were already friends at this point. That was Lahoma.

    • @sloburnjo
      @sloburnjo 8 місяців тому

      LAHOMA

  • @mademoiselle3000
    @mademoiselle3000 8 років тому +6

    Love Rue, but if she came out performing this in a lip sync for your like battle she would be sashaying away lol

  • @Bootbitch
    @Bootbitch 5 років тому +4

    Naomi Smalls got nothing on Ru Paul’s long legs!!!

  • @karenfromfinasse8430
    @karenfromfinasse8430 5 років тому +3

    DRUGS lol

  • @spookshow6999
    @spookshow6999 6 років тому +1

    How has no one commented on that??? Fucking disgusting.

  • @spookshow6999
    @spookshow6999 6 років тому +1

    It don’t look fake either. If it is it’s still absolutely disgusting.

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому +1

      spook show what do you mean?

  • @LifeOfTheParty323
    @LifeOfTheParty323 9 років тому

    You're from CA not GA. Liar lol

    • @Bootbitch
      @Bootbitch 5 років тому +1

      LosAngeles.323 yep Ru was born in San Diego. But after his parents divorced when he was 7yrs he moved to Atlanta and lives there throughout his teens.

    • @edeneverly2573
      @edeneverly2573 5 років тому +3

      When you move somewhere at 7 and come of age in a place that you from then on called home with your family then you ARE from that city. Wtf? I moved to my hometown at 5 and spent my entire childhood through college in my home town. I damned well am from that place! When you’re seven you don’t have attachments and memories fade as you grow into who you are over the years in your new home city. He didn’t lie. Jeez.

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 10 місяців тому

    Touch your television set - touch it - cause it's hot in here.