This is the New York I loved. I’m heartbroken over losing that city. There will never be another so vital, free, raw, fresh, wild, gritty, creative, or achingly beautiful. If I could time travel to anywhere, as unimaginative as it sounds, I’d go back there.

If Nelson Sullivan was alive he would be so proud of his videos that are here on KZfaq

It’s like a gay time machine

"It's so pretty here, I need a record of everything- I may never see it again. There may be snipers out tonight!"

I really wish more people would watch Nelson's videos. I have watched them over and over again for a few years and each time I see something different in each clip. I think more people would accept LGBTQ folks if they could see them just living their regular day-to-day lives like everyone else. It's so hard to believe that Michael Musto is still around today doing the same thing he was doing back in these days. He really hasn't changed much at all. I really do wish Nelson was around today to help raise the standards of social media. He was a magnificent storyteller and I don't know why I have felt so close to him after watching all of his videos. He was an amazing gentleman.

Amazing to see how uncrowded the Village was.

No gentrification, no sterilization! And no Starbucks and no banks at every corner. These we were just neighborhoods that were affordable and a lot of personality.

knowing how successful Michael Musto is in his career...to see him struggling locking up his bike is awesome vintage video lol

I am obsessed with watching these. I wish I could jump into this timeline and hang out with everyone! 🎉

Why am I so addicted to these videos? I have watched a bunch of them and love these people! So free and proud. I was 11 when they made this video and pretty well knew I was gay but it took until almost my 30th birthday to acknowledge it. Where I was from you could never have been so free and fun. Just amazing for me to watch. Thank you for posting these.

Nelson vids are historical documents. Another great character who didn't get his dues in his lifetime.

It's crazy how quiet everything is compared to now.

It's cool that they had they're own inside humor. Rich friendship I bet.

Video is so real versus film. I feel like I spent all that time with them, and now I'm going to go home, take a nap, and meet them again later at Danceteria.

Wow Nelson knew so many up and coming famous people. No doubt he’d be just as famous today.

Nelson Sullivan RIP sweet angel, I was only 10 when this video was made but you are and will forever be a inspiration to us all!! Fly High Beautiful Soul!! Blackout was such a cutie as Well, reminds me of my dog Bandit!!

Nelson's videos are precious goldmines

That Bike, Hat and Shirt? Michael's the original Hipster.

"He needs some fries with that shake" 😂😂😭

11:23 LOL, Michael’s little dance and Albert’s “take this sodurr!” had me cracking up

We used to live. Now we watch people live.

i love when Albert & Michael team up, they are hilarious. I wonder where Albert is now..

lol over 30 years later and we (gay guys) are still singing the same songs!

I love how shady he’s being recording the back of his shorts😅

We are incredibly lucky to have all this footage.....🌈❤nelson🙏

"That's all that's left after everybody's dead!" aids. rip everybody who died of this terrible illness.

Michael reading The Village Voice, probably not but he wrote for the newspaper. Everything's so different now, no more Village Voice in newsstands. I miss the less congested city of 1987. Such a fun time to be young then and boy did I have fun there.

Back in the day when the village didn't have a dime ! But the greed and the Yuppie ism and the foreign investors was salivating ! And we now have the village of today

I'm here for Blackout the pupper.

Oh imagine walking down the street and the gay disco float coming out of the horizon like Moses out of the wilderness! What a great town NYC used to be! A bygone era! Rip!

0:53 'Just don't steal anything' LOL

FRESH HOT CAWFFEEEE Albret is goddamn hilarious

It's good to know locking a bicycle is the same struggle today as it was 34 years ago.

Him try to hook his bike up to the bus stop lol. I wanted to help him.

wow gay pride in NYC is nothing like that anymore, its pure chaos nowadaze. beautiful times. and Michael looks like Howard Stern, kinda

The people that Nelson films are trying so hard to get attention. He is by far the most interesting and fascinating one of all!

And here comes the BEST PART 💕BLACKOUT 😘 Nelson was so original... That blackout in New York was not fun, though.

Thank you so much, for sharing these videos! amazing material!

8:22 That sausage pizza looks disgusting.🍕

I love these videos so much. They are a vital time capsule of queer history that people try to erase. Also, if I had Albert's legs, I'd always wear those shorts.

Omfg at 11:35 "that's all that's left after everybody is dead" it was funny asf but not at the same time

I believe this was before the real estate market exploded and made all these buildings into multi-million dollar condos and apartments.

I love seeing Blackout, he's the only normal one!

Nice to watch a vlogger and not hear them begging you to like and subscribe..

It's crazy how the streets aren't clogged up with people who are going to see the gay pride parade because it's the trendy thing to do!

The amount of Ford Econoline creeper vans in these videos is astonishing lol.

The man making the pizza just handles that dirty money, and then puts his hands right back in the pizza dough without washing his hands! 🤢

Love that painting of nelson love his apt

One of the best videos ever taken amirite??

lol @ "that was the whole gay pride parade"

What a great apartment.

Looks like 99 Bank Street where I lived ‘73-‘74, backdrop to bicycle chaining scene. Memories!

It's too bad Nelson passed away. It'd be cool to have him talk about his older videos like this one

It's interesting how much the Village has stayed the same. I recognize the part of 8th Avenue they are walking up. 😊 The power of landmarking.

8:27 That is the shittiest piece of pizza. Hahaha

Thanks for these videos, they're magical

The streets were so empty back then

Ahhh summer 1987 in New York City :) Miss that

thank you Nelson

Maaaan ppl were kinda more relaxed and easy going, now they got all up tight n self righteous

Love that... 'I don't knooow... *laughs 'just don't steel anything!' ☺

I don't know why I love these vids but I do!

3:14 White Horse Tavern. Probably my favorite drinking spot in NYC. Still looks exactly the same too.

8:27 strangest looking slice of pizza I've ever seen

Blackout was so precious

These people weren’t just gay, they were super gay.

Are any of these guys still around? I was 4 in 87. Lol been binging these videos. What a fascinating time. That guy with the bike is dressed so awesome

8:21 guy making pizzas gives back money change then continues to carry on making pizzas :0 loving the level of hygiene there!

where'd y'all find idubbbz in 1987

Ive never seen anyone take their bike for a walk before.

That's a really nice looking float!

about as New York as you can get. Two Italians eating pizza in New York in the 1980s. :-D Love it. Cool little video.

11.35 "thats all thats left after everybodys dead" pretty grim insight

What a great film it feels like I’m back this is the downtown I grew up in. It may be gritty compared to today with all the yups and transplant money that came in. Was in my 20s back than a typical Saturday night was going to Great Gilder sleeves and than walking down the block to CBGGs Max’s Kansas City was also one of our spots Miss those days.

I just came here to say that I’m drinking some FREEESSSSHH HOTTTTT COFFFFEEE

lmao!!! "Look at that wiggle! he needs a fry to go with that shake"! hahahaha!

I love these videos. Hugs from Seville!

I love Nelson's videos but am I the only one that feels like Albert would get annoying very quickly.

Time before everyone staring at their phones

as if there’s so much gay hate in the comments when it’s literally the life of a gay man lmao get a grip

Love you Nelson 🌹❤️💋💋💋

"Girlene stop that slurppin"😁

I have only seen a handful of these tapes so far but it seems that he only started to turn the camera around on himself later like in 89. Either way, genius 👨🏻‍🎓

I can see that the soda cans were a little more bigger back then 1987 I was 6 years old.Where are these guys anyway today?

I would love to listen to Michael Musto's stories about those days!

I wonder is Nelson’s dumpy home is still there and that it looks like today. Back then it was a slum, now it’s shabby chic and a steel at 2.9 million dollars.

1987 hipsters

When New York was fun!❤

Take this SODER!!

Look how far we’ve come! 🎉🌈

6:00 what a wonderfull Mercedes!!!

And in a way it's magical to watch that for me, it must have been amazing living in New York in the eighties.

Does anyone know why he filmed in fisheye view a lot?

love to see a young michael musto

Can someone do a update video on all the regulars that were on Nelson's videos

His Albert still with us , and is he still perpetually full of joy in all things under the sun ? If so I hope everyone he encounters has the luck to have some rub off on them. So many people like him get jaded in the end.take lesson from him and enjoy LIFE

17:14 "There may be snipers tonight" LMAO

that guy watching his friends store or whatever was on another world

Musto was born looking 40 yrs old. Was he every young?

I half expected them to pull out their phones on the couch but then I remember it's was the 80s ahaha