Even though the weather is lovely this day in 1986 in the East Village, Nelson's friends Albert Crudo and Eric Conrad were both afflicted with bad moods. On the other hand, Fenton Bailey was quite cheery. Video by Nelson Sullivan
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@angelam.4670 Жыл бұрын
It's 2023 and the whole world is looking at their phones. Some days it feels like the darkness is winning. But then my algorithm brings me here and I get the sense I've been led to something very, very special. I'm leaving my mark here in the comment section because I want to be a part of this.
@astoncowie297413 күн бұрын
Welcome to actually living.
@Lollipopmorgue6 жыл бұрын
Watching these videos before bed makes me sleep so peacefully. One night, I even dreamed I was hanging out with Nelson and the gang.
@markjanssens16585 жыл бұрын
Aww that's a nice dream to have
@crow332154 жыл бұрын
Lovely dream, maybe you actually were hanging out with him in some other realm
@wonderfulweather4 жыл бұрын
That’s what I’m hoping for tonight
@JB-zo7ln4 жыл бұрын
Hope to have that same dream. I had a similar experience because I also watch his videos to help me sleep. But in the dream I was somewhere Nelson was at (I think it was the yatch party video) and instead of Nelson and his friends I saw old friends of mine I havent seen in almost 15 or so years.
@beetlespacexdragon78154 жыл бұрын
Love watching these videos before drifting off as well. They remind me of the NYC I knew as a kid. The burned out buildings, stench, crack cocaine being smoked on stoops in broad daylight, the street crime, and the layer of filth that settle on one’s skin after a day in the city aside, NYC was a much more vibrant and cultural spot in the 80’s.
@PhantomLAM6 жыл бұрын
This is as close to time travel as we'll ever get and I am truly thankful for the few individuals that knew recording events in time is and was important.
@tipstricksss14534 жыл бұрын
I can imagine people will still be watching videos like these in hundreds of years time.
@chutcentral4 жыл бұрын
@@tipstricksss1453 In hundreds of years time, these videos will be flawlessly recreated in VR and you will be able to literally walk around in the past just as if it was real life.
@dannycostello19783 жыл бұрын
Truly unique. There was nobody else doing it in New York that I know of. He documented so very much, it's priceless.
@joemomma63172 жыл бұрын
Ikr it’s crazy
@joemomma63172 жыл бұрын
@@chutcentral that would be fire
@cyanide_lollipop32647 жыл бұрын
I just adore Nelson's filming style, and seeing all the little things he thought were interesting enough to capture.
@Elizabeth-no9vq4 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of his videos! A true pioneer
@EphemeralProductions2 жыл бұрын
Cute isn't it? Almost quaint. :)
@cyanide_lollipop32642 жыл бұрын
@@EphemeralProductions Absolutely. And a little bittersweet knowing he's no longer with us.
@ACIDICcitric Жыл бұрын
Dan Bell must have taken inspiration from Nelson
@CastellonZamora7 жыл бұрын
I truly want these to never end
@Skaterbun7 жыл бұрын
Castellon Zamora I am excited that there are new ones being released :) this is the one time I have seen Nelsons friends not wanting to be taped!
@TtrainInVain Жыл бұрын
He's referred to as, "the Godfather of vlogging", for good reason. He started vlogging around '82. 22 years before KZbin was even a thing. Obviously he isnt the first person to film or video one's life events, however, he did manage to record well over 1,200 hours of these. Nobody comes close to that number before '82. It is as if he knew that there would eventually be a digital genesis of uploading daily vlogs to a social platform. He was absolutely a visionary.
@FreeGerm6 жыл бұрын
The scene with the motorcycle was like a real life movie scene.
@dutchgirlsavedbygrace3126 жыл бұрын
Michael Bonfante That girl rode that bike "Side~Sadle"...Lol...😄 Like a HORSE!!!..HAHA
@robertob-fm7zt4 ай бұрын
I absolutely think I lived in the 80's. I feel such a nostalgia every time I watch these type of videos. And I definitely lived in NYC, I've been there so many times but the first time I went I felt like I knew every part of the city, I actually walked to every place I wanted and got there without a map, had no phone or gps at the time.. (2007). Such a special place and Nelson shows the soul of the city, I can feel the vibe and be transported to that time and place.. Love it so much. Thank you Nelson for your life, your talent, your personality and these videos that not only showcase your daily life but NY's hidden charm and spirit. Bless your soul!
@9622paige5 жыл бұрын
My dad would have been 24 in ‘86. I’m 22 and I get so nostalgic for how things were then even though I wasn’t alive. Also, do people ever realize how we talk about “before we were alive casually but talking about “after” we are alive is uncomfortable? It really isn’t much different I don’t suppose. Life still goes on. I do however believe in Heaven so maybe the after will be better than the before.
@melmak41084 жыл бұрын
Nelson seemed like the sweetest person. I would have loved to have known him. Wish there was a time machine to take me back to New York City in the 80's
@XxFroligTVxX6 жыл бұрын
3:49: a German (probably a tourist) says: „Wir hatten jeder auch noch ein Sparkonto.“ („We each had a savings account.“). Just a random conversation, but I wonder who these guys were and if they know that they were recorded on a video tape in 1986. Imagine they could see this random moment of their lifes today.
@vel21184 жыл бұрын
Ja hast recht habs auch gehört Sehr interessant
@annapurna70584 жыл бұрын
@@vel2118 ich auch🤗
@vel21184 жыл бұрын
anna purna70 aus welchem Teil Deutschland kommst du Anna?
@annapurna70584 жыл бұрын
@@vel2118 ich komme aus Österreich!
@vel21184 жыл бұрын
anna purna70 achso 👍 ein schulfreund von mir , aus frühen tagen ist kürzlich nach Nauders gezogen
@TheRagBag7 жыл бұрын
I think we are all comforted how much things look the same 31 years ago
@nertav11586 жыл бұрын
TheRagBag English
@RaenbowBlight6 жыл бұрын
Nertav English?
@TheBohemianReport6 жыл бұрын
I see people talking to each other, not with their heads down in their cell phones. I miss that part of human interaction, and those buildings have all been demolished for luxary high rise and business complex. Great to watch another time!
@chrism44036 жыл бұрын
Sovereign Rebellion yet you're watching this on KZbin just like the rest of us... Not as special as you think, are you?
@SusieSynth6 жыл бұрын
@@chrism4403 yes but us 70s babies really miss the 80s so we are thankful for technology but yet we hate how its ruined human interaction and life in general.
@gypsyjezebel16516 жыл бұрын
Nelson & Blackout have been keeping me company for days!!!! :)
@pablom72133 жыл бұрын
I still drive an 88 chevy caprice for the love of the 80s. It rides great.
@tony--james3 жыл бұрын
hands down the best car of the 80's, ours (1988 Chevy Caprice Brougham, 305 V8) lasted till 2009, but the rust finally got it, ( In Canada here) good motors in those cars!! edit, forgot to mention, every time I see a outdoor Nelson Video like this, I see 10 cars I want lol
@TMoody4 жыл бұрын
1986 was a great year to be 16.
@FerenswayRecords3 жыл бұрын
Two Bad Moods On a Lovely Day would be a great album title
@angelanetherton82404 жыл бұрын
You outta be thanking Nelson for video taping you so much.. 30 years later people are still seeing you and you look marvelous!! You are more known now I’m sure than then and you will always look as u did then to us all.. Be grateful Albert!
@brandon-wo9qz6 жыл бұрын
I don’t know much about this guy, but I stay lost in these videos one after another.
@genericwhitemale11144 жыл бұрын
So Nelson wanted to tape his life because he wanted his own tv show. He was extremely popular in the gay club scene in New York and was a sort of celebrity in the 80s. He taped everything and ended up passing away in 1989 from an illness that his father also passed away from. Dick (his best friend) owned the rights to all of Nelsons videos qnd started this channel to convert the tapes, digitize, and upload them. Dick Richards died in 2018 which is why no videos have been uploaded since. There isn't too much info on Dick but there is a ton on Nelson. Post death, Nelson is worth $1 million.
@genericwhitemale11144 жыл бұрын
Yes, Nelson was also gay.
@genericwhitemale11144 жыл бұрын
@Steve G not sure. I'd assume his ramining family but he didn't have any. His parents died before him and same with his brother I think.
@_Miss_Mary6 жыл бұрын
No caller ID's.... people answered their phone without knowing who was calling... no cell phones for most people and they had to carry quarters with them and look for pay phones.... no GPS or smart phone to tell you where you are....no social media...no youtube... jeezzz... I remember these times and I still find it interesting and wild how much things have changed in such a short time.
@ajom21845 жыл бұрын
I know right. Imagine 30 years from now. Scary thought actually
@satinblackcat7 жыл бұрын
These videos are so comforting. Thank you. 💜
@shanny43064 жыл бұрын
satinblackcat666 ❤️
@cocochanelll97106 жыл бұрын
I love how he's covering his face already from way across the street 😆
@CharlesDowiot-qv7pp Жыл бұрын
Love watching the old video New York
@pagethreemodel7 жыл бұрын
Aww this a new one, I've been watching ones posted from years ago lol. Beautiful footage. I can't stop thinking about this guy and this crazy, colourful era he documented.
@cptmuska6 жыл бұрын
lots of aids...
@pagethreemodel6 жыл бұрын
Tomis Muska Girl, I'm aware...
@TheRadboy846 жыл бұрын
Tomis Muska today we are afflicted with a different and much more wide spread disease of the mind. Calles internet trolling , way worse than aids, destroyed the western world in about 27 years .
@gaykid80 Жыл бұрын
I was a shy 6-year-old boy living in Italy in the summer of 1986. The really crazy part is that Nelson’s video take me back to an era which I remember quite vividly (as a child), but even though I was living in a completely different country the similarities are just so striking… It was a much simpler world that seems much more reassuring than today. I’m well aware that NYC in the 1980s was not the safest place and as a gay person AIDS was decimating people like me but these videos are so haunting.
@screamingtima13183 жыл бұрын
Erik seemed so pompous! Should be glad Nelson filmed so much. They should ALL be glad that Nelson captured an era that we will never see again. The 80’s were absolutely extraordinary as were the people and the fashions.
@EphemeralProductions2 жыл бұрын
yeah but they didn't see all that back then. Back then it was just a guy obsesses with filming and considered obnoxious as a result; there was no internet or any of that stuff. They of course had no foresight to see how different it would be nowadays to what it was back then
@screamingtima1318 Жыл бұрын
@@EphemeralProductions I could understand that. Nelson was very ‘in your face’, but I’ll bet everyone that was in his videos are happy now that he filmed so much.
@Heramitep7 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha! Not one fuck was given by Nelson when Eric said he didn’t want to be filmed.....
@samifo6 жыл бұрын
Erich NEVER wanted to be filmed, or photographed, even to this day
@memeland15285 жыл бұрын
YOU CANNOT GET BACK THE TIME
@myheartisinjapan31844 жыл бұрын
Those phone booth signs in these videos ...Beefeater, They Might Be Giants...this is my whole youth.
@pdotsmith577 жыл бұрын
Wow 2 days before i was born what a classic
@Nate-gj7pb6 жыл бұрын
Pdot Smith those 2 days before you were born were the best
@user-hh9cu2px9g15 күн бұрын
The nyc of my 20’s.
@robertnycguyraisedonrecord75877 жыл бұрын
I remember this Greenwich Village. How I miss those days. Would spent weekends in cafes, Tower Records, Bleeker and Christopher with friends and my cousin. These videos take me back .
@blahblah14384 жыл бұрын
That is so nicr
@blahblah14384 жыл бұрын
Nice
@slb6932 Жыл бұрын
I lived on Christopher St. for a couple years. 2002-2004
@WilliamByronIs7 жыл бұрын
That does look like a lovely day. And a perfect video to begin Fall with!
@Desibeatnik7 жыл бұрын
Oh wow this was right after I graduated from high school.
@9622paige4 жыл бұрын
Desibeatnik my dad graduated in 80
@winterlynn90124 жыл бұрын
I was barely 3 years old when this was filmed and lived in New York city but obviously would have been too young to remember much of this era much less know the people filming. But my brothers were 7 and 10 so they remember this New York. It was still awesome in the mid 90s. As preteens my friends and I would walk around drinking stolen beer and there was these awesome shops with rows and rows of posters and all kinds of cool rare stuff stuff that you wouldn't find in a big chain store. I left in the late 90s and went back in 2010 to visit and was disappointed to see that all the cool little mom and pop shops were gone replaced by cafe's, expensive designer boutiques and the colorful people replaced by soccer moms. I haven't been back since. I won't even get started on how sanitized and dull times square had become by the 2010s...
@myheartisinjapan31844 жыл бұрын
Desibeatnik me too
@gamingwizard7257 ай бұрын
I have fallen in love with that girl who got on the motorcycle at 4:16, wow!!!
@rustysealey29634 жыл бұрын
80's .....good times growing up..i was 17...
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
Eric always asks like a jerk on his videos, like he is so special. He should be glad Nelson made these videos
@niklasn.77786 жыл бұрын
Hes the casey neistat of 1986
@spartan8766 жыл бұрын
Nuna exactly what I thought lol
@metrosb25936 жыл бұрын
Nuna correction *Casey Neistat is the 2018 Nelson Sullivan
@brianmayishot92605 жыл бұрын
Ew, keep that annoying bugger out of here!
@allyherrmann23554 жыл бұрын
With a lot less ego maybe
@mitchdaniels34554 жыл бұрын
One Hell of a coke nail.
@brkitdwn3 жыл бұрын
If any of Nelson's friends are still living, they've got to be pushing 70 or more
@thegayproject29986 жыл бұрын
Omg this video filmed 2 months before I was born on this earth!. Thnx Nelson. ❤
@TheRadboy846 жыл бұрын
THE GAY PROJECT what earth were you born on previously? Jk muah.
@thegayproject29986 жыл бұрын
Casper_Skitzo hahaha sorry forgive my English because it's not my 1St language. 😂
@towerofresonance48772 жыл бұрын
Those city busses reminded me of when I went to middle school and took the bus, they still had busses from 1986 on the road and they used to have that glass top
@tanjuyiyitalp65806 жыл бұрын
Sunny Day,East Village and Nelson Sullivan,Beautiful Video...
@annielemon80677 жыл бұрын
The OG vlogger 🙂
@WilliamByronIs7 жыл бұрын
and dig those gig flyers
@mprevis7 жыл бұрын
William Byron Beefeater
@julietrask7497 Жыл бұрын
See the long pinkie nail on the pony tailed man?
@drewkatchen8057 жыл бұрын
I love thinking that while Nelson was hanging out at the restaurant, there was probably some great hardcore matinee show across the street at A7 (now Niagara).
@COBYKOEHL24 жыл бұрын
these videos are phenomenal
@yaaaboy34917 жыл бұрын
These are gems these old videos
@Hendrick93-SR6 жыл бұрын
The roads were so much louder back then...
@asherteddington16946 жыл бұрын
I was born 4 days before this was filmed. Very interesting and almost eerie to watch, so different yet similar.
@joemomma63172 жыл бұрын
Bro really was ahead of his time
@crazymeee4 жыл бұрын
Such Memories the sound of token and change in the bus
@WiscoNow892 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the coke nail
@vikingsong20682 ай бұрын
I wondered if anyone else noticed that. Though, he had long nails on a couple of fingers.
@TheRadboy846 жыл бұрын
I was 4yo when this came out, 33yo now...annd I still haven't ..lol😁.
@eg9turbo5 жыл бұрын
This isn't even 33 years old yet until June you should be 37 now if you were 4 when this was filmed
@joemomma63172 жыл бұрын
Idk what it is but I love these videos
@chriscollins3434 жыл бұрын
Seems like nature was built around the city rather than vice versa. I can appreciate it in a way though. Rip Nelson.
@nednl7886 жыл бұрын
very interesting video I have to say :)
@williampittman31614 жыл бұрын
He has that Mr. Rodgers way about him! Jesus saves
@shanny43064 жыл бұрын
William Pittman ❤️
@allsoladarity7 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I was born a year after this video!!! But so much nostalgia
@mouselover7294 жыл бұрын
This is when NYC had culture.its own identity, distinguished from every other city.Now it's like Seattle's duplicate.The accents have changed,the architecture,the fashion,the mom and pop restaurants 75% gone .Replaced by corporations and franchises.
@mariannejohannessen97513 жыл бұрын
I was 8 years old in 1986 and started in school 🥰❤️ I miss calmer times and my family so much ❤️
@Frugal_fitchic3 жыл бұрын
I would give anything to go back in time to see the New York City of that era.
@ASMRlove4 жыл бұрын
I can’t get over how surreal it is to watch these videos now. Many have said this, but it truly does feel like time travel. I was born on May 30, 1986 so i was a whopping 27 days old when this was filmed. Such a trip. Nelson is a legend.
@teeniebeenie87744 жыл бұрын
theyr grumpy cause its the day after the night of mucho highness.
@teamgitusome5 жыл бұрын
final clip at 11:12 is so odd. he didnt want to be filmed, then walks away into what looks and feels like just a gigantic city. as he walks away you feel the disconnection. nowadays somebody walks away it means nothing, you just text them or call.
@winterlynn90124 жыл бұрын
Funny i use to always feel that way growing up in NYC. As a child when I'd be walking around New York with my family or friends and I always hated when people we were walking with had to go and they would either turn a corner or just disappear into the crowds of people and it would leave me with this odd, lonely feeling that I couldn't describe. I grew up in the 80s and 90s so pre smartphone era. I haven't thought about that feeling in years until I read this comment and rewatched the end of the video.
@ronancardoso52177 жыл бұрын
Good video
@limjahey92444 жыл бұрын
2:25 That’s such typical bird behavior even the birds nowadays act that way.
@hopedunkel22983 жыл бұрын
I was in 5th grade in 86.
@MXLover274 жыл бұрын
Just past the 3 minute mark when Nelson walks by a group of men talking by the fence, it sounds like one of them asks "is he videotaping us with that"? If that does happen to be what he said, I wonder what his reaction then would be if he knew someday this video would have 26 thousand views. Crazy to think about
@TheRadboy846 жыл бұрын
I love how at 8:00 in they are in CONVERSATION and the guy just says " I had to go to work today to work " . Today all people talk about when not looking at their phones is their fucking work in every detail to appear more busy then they really are, like it defines them . Maybe IM just a bad mood myself but damn I long for a time when people communicated and interacted without the internet , sooo much ...but I gusse many of us do knowadays especially the people watching this video , people in their 30s plus like me . I was 4 when this was filmed .
@frank68424 жыл бұрын
I keep seeing comments like this, if you want to interact with people then put your phone down and start. I never look at my phone when I'm with friends.
@ha88anzulu794 жыл бұрын
Actually truth be told - people just don’t want to be bothered . Sure put your phone down - but everyone else has their phone on , so you’re wasting your time .
@raycortez65312 жыл бұрын
I was 12 when these videos were made and I miss everything thing that came with this time…my grandma,my papa,my youth,and my friends!May we all Rest In Peace because I’m still alive but miss everyone all the time grandma!!Your granddaughter Rach 🤗🤗🤗🤗😊
@rye.breads7 жыл бұрын
My brother was born in this year! It's awesome to see this and go back in time
@laurenoneil7 жыл бұрын
Amazing, as always
@Krillin19935 жыл бұрын
Thank God its a time without smartphone
@IsaacCline-ru7ls29 күн бұрын
I think they're sitting at 109 Avenue A which is now a restaurant called Miss Lilly's
@jameslaumand36864 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Nelson see New York now he will cry very sad
@Montana-Skies4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching Albert I love his personality & his walk. Btw I liked that pocketbook myself. Nelson pissing ppl off that day 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@dadgonewild3816 жыл бұрын
Perfect for me. I feelin' kinda low, very bored and thought "Hey, I haven't checked on the 5ninth ch. for a while. Hopefully, there will be new vid to cheer me up." And this one did it. I am not being nostalgic either. I think Nelson's style is so real that it reminds that NYC of eighties actually, really and truly existed.
@EphemeralProductions2 жыл бұрын
i can maybe see why Eric and Albert were slightly annoyed. They wanted a break from Nelson's constant camera pointed at them, but (true to Nelson fashion) he basically said "I ain't doin it." LOL
@SusieSynth7 жыл бұрын
I never clicked so fast in my life lol
@SusieSynth6 жыл бұрын
@RunRunRabbit Runovich yes they are a treasure ❣
@brucewebb1114 Жыл бұрын
I was 23 in 1986. I wonder what I was doing the day Nelson is filming. I adore these time travel videos.
@paulj.thaddaios Жыл бұрын
Long hair dude is cute
@RafaelFyen5 жыл бұрын
Coke nail at 06:40
@CatchafireforGod5 жыл бұрын
Was wondering if anyone else noticed.
@longlivela6595 жыл бұрын
Imagine what all these people do today, They just living life in their Young Days like we do.... and this is now 33 Years Ago.... smh do what you want and living your life because time run like we see.....
@alleycat71153 жыл бұрын
Pioneer of vlog territory
@joebobjones22384 жыл бұрын
My favorite part was watching Sally ride off, side saddle no less.
@MrJeffreysChannel6 жыл бұрын
I wonder what Eric was upset about ?
@lefebvrer32897 жыл бұрын
What kind of camcorder did you lug around all day?! This is awesome that you did this! Its like you envisioned the future. You are the first volger
@noongourfain Жыл бұрын
I remember when they tried to sell protective socks like shower caps you could put on a payphone to keep from getting a cold or bugs in your ears.
@RandomX8567 жыл бұрын
Where is Albert Crudo these days?
@crow332154 жыл бұрын
Not much, last time I checked he was crying in front of a crowd during some town meeting
@simonderycke75456 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised if Roland and Jake are somewhere in the vicinity, looking for the scarlet rose in that vacant lot at the beginning. This is how I imagined it, anyway.
@kieron85056 жыл бұрын
Anyone know what happened to Nelson's friends? Would be interesting to know whether they have actually watched many/any of these. If not a reaction video would be great
@markjanssens16584 жыл бұрын
Uh, hello, RU PAUL?!
@Sunmoonstars9764 жыл бұрын
@@markjanssens1658 Lisa E, Lisa Edelstein.
@riggaxmorris3 жыл бұрын
And unfortunately Alot of people from these videos have passed away
@parabellum10024 жыл бұрын
Alberts finger nails though.
@sumgirl90775 жыл бұрын
the girl at 4:15 is badass
@sammavacaist3 жыл бұрын
This video was so lovely and contemplative until Albert and Eric came into it. Fenton has a laid back energy though.
@ezradickey5057 жыл бұрын
Great Beefeater flier on the pay telephone!!
@kd_gray4 жыл бұрын
Today is June 26th. Swear I came here on accident
@85elcamino7145 жыл бұрын
@ 10:11 I want that in a shirt ASAP the native and the word “Beefeater” genius
@eily_b4 жыл бұрын
3:49 Germans talking in the background
@EphemeralProductions2 жыл бұрын
very cool and interesting video, at least the part before Eric and Albert. LOL it was cute how he made sure to video each pigeon; the one he caught jumping off the curb, he caught her just doing her thing, and somehow that seems like a "Nelson thing". :)