Venus Xtravaganza ( paris is burning )

RIP mama
The song in the beginning of the clip is "Another Man" by Barbara Mason.

[@popcultureclash]

That scene with the wind blowing in her hair and the New York sunset and the boom box and that song, it's all just so heartbreakingly beautiful and tragic. RIP

[@mariahsummers7840]

popcultureclash it was so devastating 😢💔

[@adonaiyah2196]

Such a captivating scene. It was what drew me here

[@ejenn6639]

does anyone know the song thats playing

[@orangecat5909]

There's nothing like a new york sunset in the summer.

[@sydposting]

@@ejenn6639 ”Another Man” by Barbara Mason, according to other comments.

[@ibreakem07]

Seeing her against the bridge with the sunset and hearing "Another Man" playing gives me such a nostalgic feeling... a feeling of emptiness and sadness for her. It's a beautiful scene. Thank you Venus for sharing your story and still inspiring our community to this very day. may you rest peacefully

[@callummurphy7170]

that moment, man. so real.

[@Angel089060]

My partner and I had he same feeling seeing her in this scene. Rip Venus.

[@deepstate3358]

Yes this scene is very nostalgic, i always comeback to watch it. it captures nyc at that time perfectly.

[@claudiooliveira1129]

I totally agree I have the same sensation and was just trying to find a coment that said the music the name of the music that are playing

[@il0ven0thing]

Could not agree more. Nice to see I'm not the only one that felt that because this scene always stuck with me , always will. I will never forget her. She did not die in vain. Oooh childe...💌

[@ItsMeRobin10]

the scene with her by the water gives me chills, it truly is incredible

[@Princess-im3wm]

It was an exclusive Larry Levan remix and it appeared only in this movie and cassette tapes he sold at the Paradise Garage.

[@chilezp]

do you have it?

[@Alex0pants]

damn i love and hate this fact but thank you for informing

[@Tefferen]

So what we’ll never get the track?!

[@Princess-im3wm]

@@chilezp I don't have it. I've been searching but.... no luck.

[@Princess-im3wm]

@@Tefferen most likely, unless someone with the tapes that features this remix digitizes it, we'll never hear the full thing. and as time passes by and those tapes degrade, it'll be a certainty that we never hear it.

[@esuleiman2000]

I watched "Paris is Burning" last night, and this scene made me cry. I mean it REALLY made me tear up. I love Venus so much. I'm so sad this happened to her. Love to Venus and all the trans women.

[@deepstate3358]

yes very sad.

[@Assassynator]

This scene is truly captivating. The sunset, the music, the entire vibe just pulls you in. It's very rare that a short scene grabs me this much. I wish the version played in this clip, was released to the public. RIP Venus!

[@deepstate3358]

omg yes i always come back to watch it.

[@sebhma]

that version is the atlantis of post disco!!!!

[@ant9893]

baraba manson - another man (baresi remix)

[@SOURMARTINI0214]

I instantly liked her when she appeared in the movie. So young and full of hopes & dreams. My heart sank when this clip played in the movie. I really wished she would've had some of those dreams come true. So tragic & sad. RIP Venus.

[@TechNoir87]

I love this documentary, shows the realness of the 80s, and I love this little scene with her there beside the boombox, Venus was beautiful, very sad, RIP.

[@mariahsummers7840]

TechNoir87 Me too and very sad that she died 💔😢

[@yansatoussaint2266]

RIP Venus Xtravaganza!

[@PungiFungi]

This movie, with the shots of the piers of the West side is so nostalgic as I went to NYU around that time. The whole area have now became a family friendly park.

[@dontcaretbh]

PungiFungi ugh i hate that 🙄

[@RawStickySweet]

Love this scene so much. Immediately transports you to a early summer evening in NYC in the late 80's. RIP Venus. Have to pop into this video a couple of times a year to see if anyone has finally managed to track down this mix of Another Man.

[@ayannanichole6037]

Its by Barbara Mason

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

What a nice 80s scene...fly freely in paradise Venus....

[@Grikedi]

the music goes with the scene so great. so dreamy. Venus looks beautiful. it's really sad how it ended.

[@underwaterlady]

This is my favorite part of the film as well. I just love the camera slowly pushing to her, the boom box, the music, the sky, the smoking and Angie's speech.

[@gmercado]

song is barbara mason - another man (larry levan) sucha great film

[@oxfordpictionary]

venus was so beautiful. i'm sad she never got to move away and live where she wanted to live and have the life she wanted to live. but she lives on in memory.

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

I wish I can turn back the hands of times to the good ole mid 80s....good times man...the music, the parties, the clothes, the vibe and energy.. everything.❤️☀️

[@wouldntyouliketoknow8904]

Also ride with crime, drug use, and murder. Nevertheless, Interesting times indeed.

[@Ariel692769]

Welp, you said the mid 80's so I'd be right around 1 or 2 yrs. of age lol. 😫

[@inaj27]

Sometimes we are arent handed the CARDs in life we want but Beautiful people like her will always make it the best and beautiful!

[@vincenzogarcia2121]

inaj27 Well said, nice words.

[@ignazs.5816]

I wonder if they took Venus out to eat after she told the film crew members she was hungry.

[@IYeahV]

God I hope so

[@siempremarisol]

@EniesLobby poor angie she die so young too i know all of then back in the 80s when we were young and beauitful i am happy i survive but i miss the life and the colorful people we all have a ball

[@Hashwas]

They found her after 4 days under a bed!??? What kinda hotel is this where they don't check the room for 4 days!!!! So tragic x

[@jeison69]

a very cheap one

[@Dank951]

She had been living in a weekly rented accommodation at the time.

[@gname8252]

she was under the bed and in a hotel that has hourly rates those cleaning people were doing the bare minimum for sure.

[@johndieu]

This part of the movie just hit me really hard. I couldn't believe she died like that.

[@Cookiec1973]

Venus was murdered, sadly enough. I cried when I heard her friend told that.

[@doublebubblediscoqueen8531]

fly high, venus. this scene hurt me, what a gorgeous soul. she is such a beauty and means so much to this community, i wish she was able to know that.

[@Christofaaah]

she was so sweet and kind. It's so sad that she had to go the way she did. RIP

[@DawnKeysBalls]

i always get so sad when im watching the end of paris is burning

[@eurodeluxe]

Venus Exravaganza was the best. What a shame for her, taken from us too soon. She was famous all over the world and everyone who sees Paris is Burning is touched by her story. She will live on forever x

[@MB4life321]

Was such a beautiful scene

[@beefybeefbeefbeefy]

Seeing her smiling face in the sun breaks my heart.

[@louisbarbosa220]

Right now I’m remixing the song to try to sound like this version

[@GeorgianaOqueef]

this is really sad, i just finished the film and couldn't believe what had happened to Venus, she was so beautiful and stunning. i hope things like this never happen again.

[@renel2788]

RIP Venus. I hope you're wearing an original Coco Chanel Couture with high heels and real pearls

[@NiNJASMUUCH]

.. all she wanted was to be loved and live in a place where she was excepted r.i.p

[@Randonmatteo]

Love you Venus! Rip mama here in 2017

[@kuntyfacedbitch]

the sky always had less clouds back then.

[@guishtemendez5555]

Joey denardo lol

[@latinguy67]

I would LOVE to get that remix of "Another Man".

[@christopherstreet6841]

It’s on KZbin under the Baresi edit version of another man from Barbara mason

[@justjake505]

I want that MIX!!!!!

[@ignazs.5816]

Jake K doesn't sound much different than the original... just a bit sped up and a dubbed-over sample...

[@mattm3729]

It's interesting, because ... with all the reverb and echoing, it sounds waaaay better than the Mason's song.

[@deepstate3358]

it was most likely a mix from a radio show at that time in nyc

[@ahzootube]

@@deepstate3358 they say that it was an unreleased mix of lerry levan

[@ericagabriele]

Isso é tão triste... Toda vez que assisto acabo chorando... O que me deixa de coração partido, também, é que ela cresceu, amadureceu e viveu a vida toda como Vênus, mas foi enterrada como Thomas...

[@AleDe001]

The song playing in the boom box is "Another Man" Barbara Manson instrumental West End Records you can find it in Spotify or on iTunes

[@tdirtyatl]

Is it just me who interprets her saying "I'm hungry" as a cry for dignity, respect and love?

[@gname8252]

she was trying to get the documentary maker to pay for her meal. She wasn't stupid.

[@newwavepop]

i remember watching it in the very early 90s, and of all the people in it Venus just really connected with me somehow. i felt something for her, i felt like she was someone i wanted to protect. and at the end when they break the news of her murder i was just sort of stunned and speechless. it was like one of those awful things that happens in some exploitation movie, and thinking that something so awful and brutal and real took her and she was so young. it was sobering.

[@SaulGoodmanLV]

The versio of this song is "Another Man Baresi Edit" its on youtube

[@sebhma]

***** do you know how to get hold of it? ughhhh i need it

[@chilezp]

we need it!

[@cullycucc]

I love her so much

[@inaj27]

STILL IN 2013!

[@vincenzogarcia2121]

inaj27 Nice words!

[@tto1799]

Where can i find this ghost mix. Me and paris are still burning!!!!

[@underwaterlady]

yep. that scene is pretty much this movie

[@inaj27]

love her!

[@brendonmarianoalves9051]

Essa cena é uma triste obra de arte

[@mundosurreal9688]

Isso

[@wvanderwahl]

I thought Venus came across as very intelligent and sophisticated, her life wasn't sad at all, she lived her life on her own terms. She had interesting things to say and her observations & commentary on sex between a man and a woman are dead on, she also said that many of the ball walkers, 95% of them were hustlers. I think she was right. What is sad and tragic was the way her life ended.

[@somepoet1786]

What is the song six seconds in? I want it so badly

[@weirdowaldo]

I need to believe that it happened that night when she went to meet a "very young and handsome of friend" of hers. I can't believe they stuffed her under a bed. Does anyone know who did it?

[@LuxeLaFemme]

RIP Sweetie

[@imonlyjustahole]

Whoever did that to her, probably watches this video all the time.

[@bobubo326]

the song seems to be an edit or remix of barbara's another man. killing myself trying to track it down, god. it's not the 12" or the instrumental versions...

[@Lenner34]

yup Barbara Mason- Another man (Baresi edit) :)

[@bobubo326]

@@Lenner34 oh my god. you're my freaking hero. i've been looking for this for over a decade since i saw that movie. THANK YOU SO MUCH. (actually, unfortunately, it seems that particular edit is a little different. this one has the nice phaser-soaked synths coming in at 0:10 and it's slightly more up-tempo...damn.)

[@Lenner34]

@@bobubo326 haha was jamming it last night. Saw ur comment. Either the baresi edit or long version will do. Both have the sequence where Venus was by the water. Enjoy fam :)

[@isaacparry6926]

One day I’ll find this track !!

[@imonlyjustahole]

I know it

[@isaacparry6926]

@@imonlyjustahole could you please help me find this specific mix ?

[@hoe9710]

@@isaacparry6926 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoSQe2lopt6Ngtk

[@fallensurvivor21]

@@isaacparry6926 I've heard rumours that it was a local dj's remix of the actual song that was only released back in the day. I've never found this specific track on youtube.

[@MansaBC]

R.I.P

[@milesmack2798]

The Times were fabulous...it is sad what happens to Venus. But we had the Times of our lives. I wouldn't change that era for the world.

[@fetterkater7484]

I remember the 80's as a little kid (I was born in the early 80's) and I do remember a very special feeling about that era. My older cousins all say it was a special time and nothing ever compares to it. I still feel nostalgic about that era sometimes, even though I don't remember much, but what I do remember is enough to make me dream about those times. Oh and I didn't grow up in NYC but in Europe, but I reckon it was great anywhere

[@s4kl-42]

Can someone please sample this beat, its so nostalgic and beautiful

[@aeram87]

So sad! :(

[@gname8252]

Late 80's / Early 90's - hearing Angie X explain that having a friend who was murdered (just because she was trans) was just part of LGBTQ life in NYC ---- just makes you want to weep! Decades later and still trans women are murdered with very few voices screaming about it! When will society consider ALL human ife sacred>?

[@Kiro6666]

Sad sad story

[@mundosurreal9688]

Essa parte icônica

[@zarialavey2230]

smh so sad :(

[@laminage]

Venus was such a brilliant but tragic figure in this Documentary next to Dorian Corey. Since Angie was in the life much longer, don't you think that Venus would have listened to her and taken her words of caution.

[@gname8252]

It's hard when you need coin. Trans women often have very few employment opportunities - especially back then. Venus described another incident when she was in a car and had to jump out because a "date" freaked out on her and threatened to kill her -- Like Angie said - it was part of life as a trans women in NYC back then and unfortunately many trans women are being murdered today

[@laminage]

Yes, you are so right on. i'm sure they would have been proud seeing how far we've come in terms of acceptance. In The UK A Wedding is going to take place on The UK Soap Opera where Matty a FTM is going to marry his Girlfriend.

[@mvtt_mora]

Does anyone have a link to that song? Its honestly one of the most magical things I’ve ever heard.

[@gname8252]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6DHf5Wri711erM

[@cj221983]

@popcultureclash thats so funny i always thought thaT..thought i was the only onbe..seem like it was sooo long ago

[@nabuma6795]

@Hashwas I was actually agreeing with you :)

[@jayrock30]

damn i wonder how far into production did she get killed? and wats tha t. with the lack of emotion in angie's voice is she still living?

[@lloydj74]

Angie passed away from AIDS induced liver cancer in 1993.

[@yansatoussaint2266]

@@lloydj74 RIP Angie Xtravaganza!!!

[@chadpratch]

@naturalhigh714 Yeah I would love to know as well.

[@nabuma6795]

@Hashwas okay? thank you!

[@rogger223]

Where is this place at? is it still around?

[@christopherstreet6841]

The west side highway ioff Christopher street in New York City. It has changed since the 80’s but still there.

[@PungiFungi]

I wonder how the police traced Venus back to Angie...were they known to the cops because of prior arrests?

[@gname8252]

All the trans girls knew each other and the cops knew that "Sally's" was one of the very few places where trans girls worked to make their money

[@DamianHardy865]

whats the location of this exact scene??? i know it's the pier but what part

[@PungiFungi]

No longer exists....all gone and turned into a homophobic straight park.

[@triciaesposito5790]

Is it the same pier where Marsha was killed? For real though I’m going to put a plaque there for her

[@alie5173]

Mavericks

[@AlliTheSuperStarTv]

@Pella5000 did they find the people who did that to your uncle she was very beautiful

[@serxiodoblebb5858]

Candy pose

[@KennediDiy]

OMG... YOU’RE RIGHT!

[@dymeqt]

@redredq BABARA MASON - ANOTHER

[@bxox]

@TheProductofsociety I hope u change that then.This kind of shit will happen to a beautiful person before it happens to an ugly broad. People target attractive people.Be careful.You love livin life dont you? Well keep yourself safe so you can keep livin it.I lost someone who thought it wou;d never happen to her.It did and everyone saw it coming.

[@infantiltinferno]

@swiftbirdman torrent. Always.

[@lustyoungboy]

Is that the peir

[@joegreen4333]

Jelani Stewart yes

[@TOPOTWO]

0:10 in what's the song

[@mikeborel8658]

I want to know too

[@Tefferen]

Barbara Mason - Another Man but apparently it’s a special mix according to the comments above.

[@yansatoussaint2266]

@@Tefferen It's supposedly a Larry Levan remix that was never released to the public.

[@siempremarisol]

@TheProductofsociety MAYBE IT WAS HER NASTY BOYFRIEIND THE ONE WHO KILL HER I KNOW BOTH OF THEN AND HE ABUSE HER VERY BAD

[@joegreen4333]

Frigide Barjot did you really

[@nabuma6795]

@Hashwas Not at all :)

[@rsswd]

@somepoet1786 Barbara Mason - Another Man. Look it up on youtube.

[@joegreen4333]

I'm a straight man. All I can say is. Live fast. die Young.