NY 77: The Coolest Year In Hell - Part 3

[@christinacascadilla4473]

That woman who said, “No consequences” about the behavior at Studio 54. She must have been in a coma from 1982 to 1992.

[@TheTouchOfTheVelvetHand]

😂😂😂

[@sambradley2975]

Punk & the beginnings of Rap /Hip Hop showed that if you couldn't go to the high priced concerts, clubs, discos, etc, you pretty much could have your own. You didn't have to depend on them for your entertainment, it symbolized the American spirit of creativity & ingenuity that is sorely lacking these days.

[@blainearrieta5462]

In LA it's big out here making your own broke down parties venues

[@Scooterandjinx1]

"...Most people thought it was gonna be chaos, racism, fights. But when we put the music on, music took control and became universal and everybody just partied like if we were partying on the mothership" MUSIC in one quote.

[@imagination7710]

Raul Szafranski Yes Raul I feel you bro

[@jameswall3909]

how can anyone not love that quote from the godfather of hip hop himself?

[@yukimaruzam]

That scene should be put on the jumbo screens EVERYWHERE right now!

[@caseysmith2416]

I am so happy that black man noticed how punk and rap were simular in so many ways. Good for him! True musician!

[@ManInTheBigHat]

I go to New York now and it just seems dead. Dead in the water. It's rich and dull now. It was great in the late 70's and into the 80's, too.

[@Suzismymom]

I was so damn lucky to have been there. The beginning of 77 I was spending my weekends at The Gallery with my gay friends, by the end of 77 I was going to cbgbs and Max's Kansas City a few times a week. I remember the fear from Son of Sam was so intense I dyed my brown hair red. Watching this series is like a time machine, I see so many people I knew (RIP Frankie Knuckles and so many others 😢) in both the discos and cbgbs and as usual when I'm watching a punk documentary, I see myself in the audience. I wouldn't trade those days for anything.

[@jessiefox3739]

OMG the freedom that people had to create anything that they could imagine. Now you have to have to have an insane amount of money to do something like that.

[@eunoiavision7567]

Did you maybe miss the point? You need nothing to make music. Not even talent. Nothing is stopping you to do the same, except maybe your comfort zone, which is probably too big for you to bother.

[@corytrappint.v.2841]

Not tru. Jus need the internet and an imagination.

[@funkmike]

Geraldo and his mustache look like they would have fit right in the "upstairs room" at 54.

[@tigerman445]

Funny story about the rap battle..Bravo.

[@billybergendahl3515]

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at Studio 54.

[@DClean]

Damn this New York looks fucking amazing. Its a Disneyland now.

[@bulletsalad3927]

" I pop up like toast man "

[@slobomotion]

I've never been able to stand Richard Hell not owning up to BLANK GENERATION being a steal of the song I BELONG TO THE BEAT GENERATION. Good video, uprated.

[@slobomotion]

I remember it as a very challenging place, and often pretty scary. There was decayed infrastructure, no basic services. I remember hearing the sound of constant gunfire and seeing blood on the sidewalks in the mornings, and sometimes bodies and body parts. When they dug up First Avenue, all they did was put a plank over that huge ditch! It was so dangerous. And buggy. I had a blast as an artist there. And I studied there. It was ... an education!

[@watchxfiles]

Body parts? Really? I grew up in the south bronx I never seen body parts

[@mikepre994]

I got chills when the hook for we will rock you dropped just now! Amazing documentary

[@wendybrooks6154]

That was a really fun time. I was suppose to be in boarding school in the Berkshires, and I was, during the week, but come Friday afternoon we hitchhiked to the city and ran completely wild until Sunday . Why we weren’t killed is a real mystery. God watches out for fools and children I guess. But that time in nyc was FANTASTIC!!!

[@sambradley2975]

Studio 54 was a throwback to the decadent bacchanalia of the Roman Empire as well as the outgrowth of the free love '60s.

[@ItinerantIntrovert]

I've lived in Manhattan since my birth in 1996. I was born into a city in the process of emerging from this time period. Now I reminisce about a time I never lived, watching videos about the streets that I know, when the real character of their soul has completely transformed. It's like looking at old photos of myself, I recognize the familiar and remember that time but at the same time I feel I'm looking a different person.

[@neilgibbons2532]

One good thing that came out of those abandoned buildings in the bronx is that after the buildings fell down mother nature will take over and beautiful foliage of green will grow where ugly buildings of concrete once stood. All of a sudden due to every one moving out the once busy drug infected neighborhood is now an oasis of nature and quiet , and i remember as a kid playing in the green foliage i loved it.

[@futurequagmire6199]

Willie Nelson handed Lilian Carter that joint for anyone who was wondering

[@thomaskisovec5969]

Yes, they explained this in detail...

[@larryfloyd5111]

"no consequence" for you guys but not for the kids raised without a father bc of your selfish choices.

[@slobomotion]

Thanks, I don't do Netflix. I live in Europe, very unplugged, and only recently got online at home. I don't own gadgets or TV and prefer to live on a tiny budget. I knew Lloyd and Thunders, not well, but I sure have some funny stories. I only met RH once that I recall, on East Tenth street. I gave him a copy of my zine and he smiled. He smelled as though he hadn't bathed recently but he certainly didn't mind the greeting. Nice memories.

[@thepolodon21]

yo Cas you a funny storyteller man I know I would be involved in almost everything out there if I was coming up during that time

[@___David___Savian]

At 8:47 is one of the most successful Remixers and song producers in the history of the world. Jelly Bean Benitez was Madonna's boyfriend and he is the one that produced Madonna's Holliday song. He also remixed other Madonna songs like Boderline and Lucky Star. He has also worked with Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney and is in the Dance Music Hall of Fame. He has also worked with Sting, Billy Joel, Shalamar, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, James Ingram, Debbie Harry, Whitney Houston, Hall and Oates, A-Ha, and George Benson to name a few.

[@loiba]

I love NY but despite working on the UES in culture I was always drawn to the grit that was left, I lived on the LES next to the projects-loved it! Would party in Bushwick and Greenpoint about 10 years ago...the grit has always been it.. I would have loved late 70s NY..

[@bradnobl]

The whole "I❤NY"slogan began in 77.

[@kneadsensual7366]

Imagine a Ramone calling Studio 54 "decadent." LOL

[@JVL171]

My uncle used to go to studio 54. And he told me stories how fun and crazy it was going there.

[@Lion85]

1970's to 1990's best time to be alive in NYC

[@slobomotion]

Yup, I am witness. Some people "had to leave town." Either they had moved to the City & got caught up in "temptations" (shall we say?) & had to move out to save their lives, (not just from lifestyle choices, some got mixed up in crime elements) or they were natives who just had to "expatriate" to get away from things which had a nefarious effect on them -- family, friends, friction, and yes, sex, drugs, etc.

[@LisaMarie51968]

Wow I wish I was a teen in the 70s looked like so much fun! ✌🏽✊🏽❤️

[@slobomotion]

That is true, yet if they did a little sell-out stuff and were able to stick to their core values, that was considered very good (but nearly impossible to do once "packaged as a product").

[@kasteman1]

To those that remember: Was there any significant population that liked both disco and punk? Or are we olny seeing the extremes, a "pick a side and stay on it" kind of thing?

[@BiancaBrookes]

The fact that I got to be in a remake of this scene on The Get Down is an honor. Please support The Get Down on Netflix

[@BloodBath707]

This isn't your ad space

[@supravista]

BOOM BOOM CHA! BOOM BOOM CHA!

[@jerryrodriguez264]

What's crazy the early 90s were the most dangerous time in NY when it comes to crime

[@drinkingpoolwater]

Jerry Rodriguez that was the crack era. the last days of wild wild west new york. 9/11 was the nail in the coffin for new york being a place for everyone

[@hereisayana8207]

When people visit NY now, they expect to see a little bit of the Koolness left there from before.. It's gone because the majority populations of African Americans and Puerto Ricans are not dominant like before and are replaced by brand new immigrants... When I say that NY now is completely different than the 80's - mid 90's, I wish I could put it in 20 feet letters !!!! The generations of Italian people in NY also contributed to the Koolness of NY back then too, along with the other whites there and it created a very interesting city with multiple layers and types of neighborhoods back then

[@edkollin]

I would not think Punks would be let into Studio 54 unless they were androgynous or knew somebody.

[@DDios-ih9de]

Edward Kollin they went for the goof of it and ALL THE FREE DRUGS!

[@trichometrist1]

gotta check that book , They called me 1eyedjohnny back then. I lived at 360 e 10 the rent was $360 2 bedrooms. they sold "loredo" little yellow packs of smack right across the street. Luckily I got sober shortly after but most of my friends died. good times either way! The beginning of the "sexual revolution" wich would be a great movie if written Taboo !

[@DDios-ih9de]

trichometrist1 East 10th & 1st AVE 2 bedrooms $250. A month!

[@borderlord]

Skateboarding is about all you can afford now! When's the collapse coming again...so we can go out and Dilly Dally!

[@miel1074]

I imagine Bella Abzug saying... "Loik, ve take alook, see de proiblems....end decide what to do!!"

[@Mickeystyles1]

that era was heavy on drugs so i kind of understand what u mean.i was a kid and i remember everything from the burned out bronx,blackout,son of sam etc...i remember people saying how this and that person now has aids or died of aids so i personally saw peoples lives (who partied in those days) destroyed and some are still alive now but its like a domino affect because most of their generations are the same as them in some way

[@trichometrist1]

I lived on 10 between B + C . Johnny had a girlfriend named Cindy. she had a kid with him as well, Rh got his act together ,sober most of the others not so lucky!

[@arebecause0]

Blank Generation Is still relevant to this day!!!

[@MikeSmith-ve2qu]

Dam I was born on the last day of 77 lol

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Son of sam, even my Reserve Intelligence Co.became involved in hunting him. We had determined that some place on Long Island was next, we were right.Day they caught him he was heading to Suffolk County, South Shore, one of the O.B.I's was on a list. Had huge parking lot dark like 4 highways out of there, another Plce in Bell Port,of Sayville.

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

I pop up like toast man.... hahaha

[@laurap1151]

Wish I could time travel 😢

[@elementcreator1]

Joe Rogan would be scared to walk on the street back then...

[@slobomotion]

It was actually horrible & scary but ya just had to accept that & pitch in to help fix it! From Union Square to the LES, then the UES, after 2 years of Manhattan I went to Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn for 15 years & way preferred that. F train, Prospect Park, was just better for me as "home" though less convenient, as my nabe was quiet & residential. The gritty, grungy aspects of NYC seldom bothered me -- the more "polished" areas were often lovely but "not my thing."

[@trichometrist1]

I wasnt being funny the village voice referred to the crowds as "BIZZARE MISFITS" Thats what was so intriguing about the place. No rules man , Drugs/Sex/Rock n roll Americas music revolution happened at CBGB THE BEST FUCKEN SOUNDS IN PUNK HISTORY !

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Bernie Goetz knew how to get....

[@ariel340]

HAHAHAHAHA! 07:25 I looked into her eyes and I realized that I'm looking to the eyes of... LILLIAN CARTER, the Mother of the President of the United States of America.

[@slobomotion]

We did have some really bad years there in that interval, but after I left for Europe in '94 it was good to visit again for 8 days in '98 and see such an upbeat city! Of course, it had changed dramatically in only 4 years -- it's said "NY changes every five years." When I visited briefly in '10, I was often giggling -- I did/did not know it. It was trippy! There were my old friends, a few things were about the same -- but it wasn't the same! Subways had different names ...

[@Maximillion666]

Funny thing is when i was young i hated Disco and yet now at 36yo i don't mind Disco especially the early stuff .

[@ryanbobkuntz5815]

6:17 watch dudes head he totally falls

[@slobomotion]

I was at 256 East Tenth Street. Before that, 111 East 14th Street, then 428 East Ninth Street. My next move was to 980 Fifth Avenue! What a crazy city. I sure didn't like the Upper East Side. I also lived at 178 East 80th Street. I kept riding the bus back down the East Village when I wasn't at work or school. It was more alive.

[@trichometrist1]

studio 54 was the disco scene , that is were punks met up with the disco crowd. I thinks drugs were the only thing in common. "the pyramid", "save the robots" ,"the world ,area,nursery-all clubs at that time were starting to spin disco,we hated it! not CBGB !

[@Satchel334]

HA! Yeah, those eyebrows are a trip!

[@1ResearchLady]

Where can I find this hip hop comic book? Love the graphics.

[@666makasin]

thanks a lot to thenycmusicman cause you gave us ability to watch such intresting mix of stories of all genres of such great time.

[@edkollin]

Rock musicians know that rock music came from black people so many rock musicians especially British musicians are heavily influenced by that. They were influenced by blues in the 60's and 70's disco and hip-hop, house, techno in the 80's and beyond. In this era most music has a punk or disco influence somewhere and with you tube everything in every era is immediately available and easily mixed so I can understand why this generation would have trouble understanding the angry divide back then

[@RobertoGinsburg]

In the last 70's Emerging Hip Hop scene and Punk Rockers was live toghteher in harmony

[@kaleahcollins4567]

I object you cannot forget about Kool Herc he's the true Gd father of hip-hop/ rap he brought the Mc. Element to the Dj and Dance

[@JVL171]

Look how music was back in days how fun and entertaining it was compared to today's music. This shows clearly how dead music is now.😪

[@stevep4574]

Such a cool documentary!

[@stephenbirks6458]

This is so Interesting - God I love music - Live bands - It's my drug ! - Music is my drug - Not this new shit - The 1970's ! One Xmas my Dads brother : Uncle John got me my very own AM FM transister radio ! -That radio went every where with me I had trouble keeping up with batteries but following Birthday I got rechargable batteries & a charger ! I would listen to my radio under the bed clothes ( I was around 14 ) and I would listen to the American services on RADIO LUXEMBURG 208 - And listen to all the American music before it cam across the pound ! - I would be tired at the breakfast table & My ol Mom bless her would always threaten to take that radio of me ? Fortunetly she never did ! - Steve B • British Isle

[@stephenbirks6458]

1977 was the year I left school - & back then in thd U.K there was 2 tesnage tribes - Soul & Punk - I loved Soul music - Motown • Philly • Funk • Disco • I went that route ~ I met A guy in the local youth club who shared the same love for music - He Loved Punk • Rock • New Wave • Glam Rock & the Classic Two Guitars & a Drum type of group • Prog Rock and Between us we had all the recordings needed to form a Mobile Disco ! & thats what we did !

[@trichometrist1]

check out that movie blank generation good flick-netflx captured the art side of R.H. and no mention of Richard Loyd , johnny thunders All the good songs have been taken!

[@trichometrist1]

blame game, another 70"s "ignorant misfacts" everything might have been "falling apart" but to quote L. Cohen: "I know we are ugly but we have the music"

[@madamewoselle]

That lady's eyebrows!

[@slobomotion]

I liked both & most everyone I knew had no problem with a mixing of the two. Hardcore punk friends could definitely enjoy disco'ing -- they might not have listened to one or the other at home, but enjoyed the variety. Some "ethnic" & other-type friends also enjoyed punk -- for the mixing up of things. Variety.

[@slobomotion]

Don't get me wrong, at first I was darn tickled w the UES. I lived, worked & went to school there for a time & that was fine! It just wasn"t "alive" the way so many other parts of the city were. As much as I appreciated obvious "quality of life" advantages (and the rough edges around the UES were kinda scary, remember?) I quickly felt boxed up there, in need of space, trees, or at least "things on the edge." You know, I never loved Central Park. Liked a LOT, yes!

[@sf.9731]

Sooo cool see how we all got along

[@EdwardHester3615]

And all this nostalgia for the old times square is bullshit too..times square was only fun for late night drunkenness..that's it.

[@gleng7976]

Boom Boom Chaaa.... awesome story.

[@TheChoreia]

That niggaz were like a Godfathers for us, no shit. Greeetings from the cold russian cities. Thank you, guys.

[@pjnoways]

5:00 - Ronald Mcdonald´s mom!

[@elizabethhcarson]

glory days the realz for realz

[@dannypalacio396]

Welcome back Carter

[@sf.9731]

I am from that age yeahhhhh😂😂😂 l don't regret a minutes of it

[@peggypenny1]

AND THAT BOTHERED ME

[@jumboshrimp5193]

And then AIDS

[@lucasdesalvo2426]

what the song in the background that start at 5:40?

[@667DOOM]

sounds like giorgio moroder

[@slobomotion]

I liked both and mingled in NY just fine.

[@edkollin]

Disco people usually liked rock but usually animosity the other way not just punk rock fans but fans of most rock genres. We thought of disco fans as stuck up and the music itself boring and repetitive. Rock musicians were more split and when a rock act made a disco or disco influenced song we thought of them as sell outs or traitors.

[@eraunmuchacho]

Anyone knows the name of the song at 5:35???

[@joshmeans4809]

I need love by Donna Summer.

[@davidschwab5279]

@@joshmeans4809 I feel Love

[@BeverageGuzzler]

@ 2:37 I don't get it, what does he mean that they couldn't hear the music ? Surely the crowd heard the music clear enough as they're shown reacting to it by enjoying it and dancing to it, so the music didn't need to be turned up any louder as they heard it fine to begin with. If I were him I wouldn't have complied, I would've kept that song at the appropriate volume level. If music is turned up too loud it ruins the mood and atmosphere, music should always be kept at a reasonable and appropriate volume in any event.

[@Greencloud8]

Right but in this case your wrong.

[@BeverageGuzzler]

Greencloud8 You say right and then you say I'm wrong here at the same time ? So, what is it that you're saying I'm wrong about ? If you're saying I'm wrong about my statement in regards to how a music's volume should be at any event then I would have to differ with you on that and say it is You the one who is wrong here. I still stand by what I said in regards to a music's volume and staunchly uphold my argument that music should Never be turned up too loud in any event at any social gathering because it ruins the sound and the whole atmosphere and vibe of that event there. Music should Always be played at an appropriate volume in any event and not too loud.

[@Greencloud8]

You should know that this is something people do in crowds for entertainment.

[@BeverageGuzzler]

Greencloud8 To be honest, I really didn't know that gimmick was thought of as a form of entertainment that some people did at parties and any other social event. If that is so, then I would have to say that it's inappropriate and in poor taste.

[@XxowendanxX]

i agree, that entire two minutes about who can blast we will rock you the loudest was a waste of time and that chuckling dj is a moron

[@jimp4170]

4:55 eyebrows

[@rayn.F.E.]

Where is part 2?

[@tnaoro]

3:47-3:51: The 70's, again!

[@quasicroissant]

Where's part 2?

[@ditmaseagle1296]

Afrika was a Sreap Tucker in 1977

[@kdselectric]

With all the money these people have, can you not afford dental hygiene?

[@glengamble526]

Maybe you should take YOUR money and buy yourself some manners...and class.

[@DirectedbySky]

Is it me or the guy at 06:20 just fell on the ground?

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Our history.

[@zaccarroll72]

us aussies know!!!!!

[@trichometrist1]

THATS why we lked it!

[@KSUBIKAYY]

2:25😂

[@loiba]

Same..I strongly dislike the UES..only Central Park redeems it

[@Lu-pt2bf]

studio 54, free cocaine for everyone, great, courtesy of the cia and their capos