As someone old enough to have experienced the 70's, I assure you there will never be a decade like it. Ever.

The nightclub era officially died near the end of the 00's. Wiped out by the social media age. Nightlife has not been the same.

2018: I'm still standing outside waiting to get in.

Ban smartphones at clubs and bars and you might get the club dance scene back to life again.

The nightlife in NYC in those days was fabulous. Clubs would be open to sunrise and the streets were full of people waving down taxis, walking from venue to venue, and having a great time with no fear of being attacked, shot, robbed, or any of that unless they were alone in a bad neighborhood. And all kinds and stratas of people would be mingled in together without discrimination. The City is nothing like it was.

I am 29, born in 1991 and I know I will never experience anything even close to this, the 60's through the 80's etc. I long for it, but it is sadly a bygone era. Those who lived through it were a part of something incredible. This was a golden era & although there are shades of raw talent and undiscovered gems here and there in current times, I truly mourn for the lack of culture my generation has for themselves. Everything is grey now... I long for colour. Colour in it's literal sense but also in personalities, in art, in music, in speech.

Man the 70s were lit....

It wasn't just social media that killed the clubs. The dance floor was crowded with tables and club owners demanding bottle service ($1000 plus) if you want to sit. Women stopped dancing with men and more with each other or they come to the club just to stand and look cute with their girlfriend's, popular music tempo slowed. So many factors contributed to a dead club scene

The 70’s. Now, those were the days. I was born in 1959, and I’m here to say that Not only did I survive the 70’s, but I keep the magic of the 70’s alive even today. My secret? When I go out for the nightlife, I leave my cell phone at home.

Nile Rogers being refused entry one New Years Eve spawned one of the greatest disco songs ever.

I used to walk by that place and laugh at those people trying to get in. Now it's classic!

The 1970's and 1980's were the best..

If you were young during the 70s, then you experienced the best of times. Count yourself lucky, and feel sorry for the youth of today.

If this was today they all would be sitting looking at their screens not looking or talking to each other, this was the golden age of going out and having a good time it will never be like this again

I went by Studio 54 recently and the magic is still there. The history remains.

I was there. Once you have seen it, it is impossible to unsee. Even by today's standards, it all seems so surreal ..... yet... it was ALL true !!! So grateful.

This is maybe my top 5 favorite videos on KZfaq ever. Thank you to the original filmmakers and editors who created this piece of impressionistic sociological history

The late 1970s and 1980s were the best of times. We had a blast back then. So glad that this was the time that I grew up. Growing up in today’s world must suck royally. A majority of young people are angry, depressed and bitter about life. Back then people were crazy, fun, happy and chill.

"He's never had that much hair on him in his life!" "It's a fur coat darling, you must be drunk." 😂😂😂

A time and a place that will never be again. An atmosphere an energy that was magical. I want to be there 😭

I partied there at least 50 times from opening 1977 to closing 1981 and funny I am still alive

I was a young teenager around '78 when my parents moved south to Alabama, at the height of the disco era, I can recall the natural high I would get off the music. I went into deep depression moving to the very slow south. It was like walking through a time capsule it was so bad. I missed the people always dancing, laughing, having fun, singing all the time. When the disco era died, it was like a long funeral, feeling like a dream as it came and went.

There will never,ever be an era of the studio 54 times.Those times are way long gone.They don't have club life like that anymore 🎉🎉

There will never be another studio 54, club paradise, or zanzibar😢 I haven't been in a club since the 90's. This type of energy and environment was amazing. A time when ppl went out and enjoyed themselves. These days are gone 😢

Yes, I love that era. My best friend & I actually got through the velvet ropes when the bouncer picked us to go in. It was there that I felt comfortable dancing by myself...and I'm not gay. We had the BEST time there: except for the high priced drinks...$15 for a beer and I didn't do drugs either.

Gutted for all the ppl that died cause the aids virus, if only it was 10-20yrs later these guys would still be here , such a tragedy, RIP to all the lost souls of studio 54 and everywhere else that suffered this horrendous disease 💔

My mom was regular there, she dance with this tall handsome whit guy with mopy blonde hair one night, and it was actually the blonde guy from the dukes of hazzard show

" cocaine is a hell of a drug"

Greets from Hamburg in Germany. The founder of the Studio54 was the father of one of my old friends. I grew up with disco and still dance like that time-not more so energetic BUT still in the rieght grove and rythem! I was build in the year 1963

I was born in 1999 and the only time I’ve ever actually had fun like this was at... my high school graduation dance. It was so fun and so new to see everyone actually letting loose, having fun and being happy together... really, it was so much fun! EVERYBODY danced, even the quiet kids! Obviously the music and environment wasn’t anything near what they had at the discos in the 70’s, but it was the closest thing I think I’ll ever experience to it, sadly. I don’t think people really understand how fun it actually is, how enriching it is for the body and soul to really just DANCE, and to be around other people who are also just dancing. There’s literally scientific studies that prove that dancing freely like no one is watching is good for you. It takes a minute for you to be comfortable because you feel self conscious, but once you see that everyone around you isn’t paying any attention and that everyone is there to just dance and have fun, you never want to stop! I could have danced all night... The world would be a better place if we could all just get out once a week and dance our troubles and stresses away. And yet, I went out to club once it was terrible. Just terrible!!! No one dances, everyone just sits or stands in little closed off groups on their phones with drinks... and that’s it! Holy fuck is it dry! And don’t get me started on the clothes they wear. Girls in straight up lingerie and leggings, long flat hair that’s fried on the ends, caterpillar eyelash extensions with the cheapest LV or Gucci bag slung over their shoulders. Guys in baseball caps turned backwards or not, jeans, hoodies/sweatshirts, Canada Goose vests, Air Force 1’s, hair that’s buzzed way too short on the sides... why!!! Why!?! Why is this generation so terrible!?!? We all know the answer... but somehow I think the world will never see such fun as it did during the 1970’s. It was a one time thing that could never be replicated... and for that I am ever bitter!!!!

I love the 1998 film ''54'' with Ryan Phillippe and Salma Hayak. It's a good ''insider'' story about being pimped off by club owner Steve Rubbell. I used to drive by Studio 54 in 1977 . The lines to get in were so long that I preferred to go to a salsa music night club with the best of the live bands for dancing.

Agree , nightlife is not the same as it used to be, although I never got to go to Studio 54 because I was less then 10 years of age at the time, this is one club that I would have loved to have visited, to this day it's talked about. Notice a lot of comments regarding how clubs are not the same , and speaking of social media , this I also agree with , recently was out in Las Vegas, multi million clubs and operations and amazing music etc.. but the issue is just that , no one speaks to anyone , most are on cell phones, facebook, snap chat, Grindr, and more. No interest in going out unless someone comes up with a rule of cell phones must be left in a locked area with your coat check / in a small locker, the real fun needs to come back!

Spent jr. high at the peak of the disco era. For our school dances, we tried to make the gymnasium into Studio 54. Lol, we fell a little short--but had fun trying. 😜

Love the disco mixed with early fusion house music. The atmosphere was great.

Amazing video!!! I love disco and studio 54!!!

Born in 1973, came alive during the 90s but the club scene was already dwindling yet we still had techno, dance music etc. The Internet and social media killed it. I think Gen X was the last to experience this...

I like Disco music it has a universal appeal that unites people from all walks of life. And a nightclub like studio 54 gives people a chance to mingle with people from all walks of life. The common man could dance with the queen of a country or the common woman could dance with the prime Minister of his nation.

The beautiful 70s ❤️☀️

I’ve always said I was born in the wrong decade. I was born in 85 and I’ve always had a very strong connection of sorts to studio. My dad was majorly into dancing before I came along and he got to spend a few nights dancing with everyone.. I would give anything to go back in time and try my luck to be enough to get in. I’ll never be ashamed either to let people know I love disco as much as I love rock. Everytime I go to manhattan (if I drive myself) I park on 57th between 9th & 10th….then I get to pass by 54 before I leave the city.

You have to admit that the 70s had the best *fashion* and *dances*

Been there done that in the 80’s and it was a blast. Great memories of our nights clubb’n 😁😁😁😁😁

I was there and I am still alive.

I grew up as a young child listening to my parents late night disco music parties in the 70's (which I still love). Then electro, then I started clubbing in 1989/90 with house and techno. I'm so glad I grew up in an age where the music was the reason we were in the in the club. DJ worship, pretty selfies, paying hundreds for entry and drinks would have been nightmare back then. Fuck the overground dance scene.

As a 21 year old dj im bringing all this back in our new generation. This generation needs to be reminded where real music comes from.

Damn ! At least let people in that know how to dance! A lot of square people in “54” stiff as hell. All the good dancers were over at the Paradise Garage , without a doubt!

The seventies were wild!! Loved disco! It was a way of life.

mid 70s to early 80s we went to the BBC disco in Chicago, fun times great memories

"Welcome to the hotel california" song springs to mind.

I miss this era, women were so much sexier back then, today nothing but tats, silicon, and piercings. I want to go back !

Thank you for sharing 🤠 I love watching this ❤️

God I miss the 70s and the 80s for that matter

The band Chic wrote a song in 1978, "Le Freak", after being refused entry to the club on New Year's Eve 1977, despite having been invited by Grace Jones.

I was too young during this time. However, teen discos existed during that era. I remembered dancing with a girl with We Are Family. Great memories.

It was such a fun place to go to. I am still in my 50s and loved going there. I recognized many faces from this clip...

Agree with many of the comments here, especially Victor Atomic's about the decline of nightlife/clubbing in recent years due to social media and technology. I was wondering if it was just here in Louisville or elsewhere too. We used to have packed clubs & bars over 20 years ago (including one called Sparks which was a minor league version of Studio 54). If you wanted to socialize back then, you had to get out of your house. Now when you go out, many places are dead on a Saturday night even. The ones that are crowded, very rookie league and ghetto. Nobody dresses up either. That or everyone has their heads buried in their phones. In Chicago it's somewhat better but not that great either, especially compared to 15-20 years ago. Pretty sad to be in your mid-40s and act like an 80 year old on weekends watching TV with nowhere to go!?

The only NYC nightclub I didnt go to back in the day. Refused to stand on line and wait to get picked.

What fun it was ! I remember the night Truman Capote tried to get Elizabeth Taylor to leave with him to go the Dakota Apartments to see Salvatore Dahli who was visiting someone there.. She was not interested, but being very sweet with Truman, and then he suddenly just passed out. Everyone had a grand laugh about it later.

I wish they would have a one night only of Studio 54 just so we can experience what it was like back in the day. I would just love that

AWWWWW FREAK OUT!!!! when dude said they wouldn't let him in😂😂😂😂 reminds me of the story of how the record FREAK OUT came to be.

Those two queens are hilarious!

At 2:56 Steve says to a guy that's trying to get in "You're wearing bell bottoms" I didn't realize bell bottoms had gone out of style in 1979, I thought they lasted into the early 80's. (I wasn't born until 1984)

I was 13 but we were allowed to get into the “Rock Island Disco” at Six Flags over Texas. I felt like I was part of something big.

random guy in 79: "Am I late for the free coke giveaway?" Rick James, rest in peace, told stories about Studio 54, in which people with bum cocaine off of him, celebrities too. He would act as if though he didn't have any on him even though he did have cocaine.

I remember being about 14 in 1977 and seeing my Grandmother's STAR magazine with a pic of Bianca Jagger being spun around by Sterling St. Jacques....she had her legs wrapped around his torso. That made a pretty big impression on me in all my innocence and naivety. For some reason that image always stuck in my head about Studio 54.

This music will forever touch my heart and soul deeply from ALL the Great Memories :)

This was the greatest time to really party & dance, every night if you wanted to. There were clubs everywhere in NYC and the boroughs. AIDS slowed things down quite a bit. It was like they say it was in the roaring 20’s. For almost two decades it was the worlds greatest party and you were lucky to have been invited. I feel blessed that I got to live the madness that was the club days.

Wonderful enjoyable times. Lived in DC and went to New York on self treat times. Memories. 💜🌈🌉🌃🎼🎵🎧🎤🎶🙂🙃😉

I had some very very good times at discos, loved the music, the vibe and dancing was fabulous!

Doesn’t anybody remember the way to sneak in from the roof ,than work your way down from inside,once you were in no one questioned you why you were there and we were 17!!!

Seeing all these emotions and stories, wonderful and of course the tragedy, its like reading a theatrical performance 🙏

I was a DJ in the '80s. Too young to experience the night life of the '70's though. In my book, you guys' commentary all make sense.

Those were the best of times. After I would dance at the Copa I would saunter over to Studio 54 hoping I would be let in. I was never picked though. Even though I was decked out! I loved that era though.

They waited in line so they could do some lines

I worked in a disco. It was wild. Loved it!!

Love this wish it was 24 hours long! :D Long LIVE DISCO and GROOVIN and BOOGIN' TO ThA BEATS

Omg the blow in the early 80s was sooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!

My mom's friend Tony got in back in the day. R.I.P kind soul ❤

That's remarkable--some authentic footage of trying to get into Studio 54, and once you are in!!

My first Disco club was Magic Music in Waco Texas in 1976! I was hooked 😊

The dance that came out of Studio 54 was hustle and it's very much alive today, or was pre-COVID, so if you want to lock into some of the flowing groove style of dancing you see in the best clips from the old days, search out Street Hustle, New York Hustle, and Latin Hustle.

I was lucky to get by the back door with the help of the bouncer for free me and my sister were going home from Rozland night club. That vas beginning of the 80.It was heaven.

I would’ve given anything to be there! We had the best times in the late 80’s/early to mid 90’s going to clubs and dancing till daybreak! The dance floor would be so crowded and loud and FUN! No Studio 54 but more than good enough! I miss it! Nothing like that anymore.

70s New York night life, wish I was there. The consolation prize was growing up in the 80s, the other best decade ever

People knew how to have fun back then

The boys were just as pretty as the girls back then.

I was in the 80’s era but man 70’s seemed just as awesome!

Discovering New York/ Studio54/ Ice Palace back in '79. What a time. thank you Alvin Ailey

Rudolf Nureyev in Studio 54, what a legend x

Looks like great fun! Unfortunately, I was born in the early 90s. By the time I was old enough to go clubbing, the scene was beginning to die out 😞 Wish I had a time machine.

I love it , those were good times, too bad I was not born in that era, I just love it !! 😘😘

Amazing footage,take me back to the 70's 🙂

Well, okay, but to really get the experience of 70s disco you’d have to play “I Feel love” by Donna Summer or “Magnifique” by Charisma or “Hit n’Run” by Loleatta Holloway. Or even “Give Me a Break” by Vivian Vee with its exotic instrumental part. “We Are Family” was a good song but a lackluster dance song - the best disco exploited the fantastic sound tech in these clubs.

I’m 30 and I wished this was the same now. I’m literally the only gay I know that wants to go out and “dance” (Castro/San Francisco). Everyone else says they don’t go out to just dance but to hook up. It’s annoying to see the dance floor full of people not even dancing, especially when in the middle of it all . . . I feel like millennial gays are taking for granted the magic that we were as the gay community. An unapologetic fraternity/sorority of brothers and sisters exploring this existence through expression. I would love to own a bar/club here in the city and have it be like Babylon from QAF with different nights of different themes and encourage people to dress up, like studio 54 meets Ball Room meets Trannyshack/Mother.

i was there about a year before it closed...Great Time i'll never forget.!!!

I'm working on an accessories story right now and that last Tommy Hilfiger collection shown in Paris has me in a mood for all things 70s today. Bring on the disco, Halston, and nights at Studio 54 and Regine's...!

I feel like I will turn into a pillar of salt just looking at this

These kind of partys are still going on but not in the spotlight anny more, you just have to know the write people ;)

I was a senior in high school ‘79 - ’80. In my speech class someone gave a report on Studio 54 and how a lot of people were doing a really expensive drug called ‘cocaine’ at that club. That was the first I had ever heard of Studio 54 or of cocaine.

Totally amazing 🕺🏻🎼🕺🏻🎼🎼🕺🏻🏆👍

Aids killed the disco