Sylvester was THE trailblazer for out and proud entertainers. He is one of our LGBTQ+ heroes. Glad you loved it.

@Joelsellers29

3 жыл бұрын

Have you watched his Joan Rivers interview? Holy moly, so crazy to hear in a 1980s interviews.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Everything was 🔥🔥

Sylvester Slaying B4 Slaying it was cool..that really describes Sylvester

@EmpressReacts

Жыл бұрын

💯

Sylvester was so beautiful !!!

Definitely one of my Fave DISCO HITS🔥.

He really had it....................................from the time, he really had it.

Sylvester Grace Jones Divine Donna summer Patti labelle slaying late 70's

True, way ahead of his time. Sylvester and his backing singers,Two Tons of Fun aka The Weather Girls (not on this song). They had a big hit with It's Raining Men.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣now that's one 80s song I've been over exposed to. Wow, if they were backing him i know the songs were slaaaapin

@darnell49

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressReacts Ikr🤣

Los 78_80.......que felices fuimos. Sylvester, que dios lo tenga en su gloria

He is so criminally underrated. This song is amazing and also the basis for New Orders Blue Monday from 5 years later

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, making me want to check out that song

@liquidninja6654

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressReacts do it! Blue Monday also borrows pretty heavily from Donna Summers Our Love from 1979

Sylvester was a trailblazer! And don’t forget he gave us 2 tons of fun and the incomparable Martha Wash!!!!

SYLVESTER!!! LOVE HER!!!

Every one was on the dance floor he's the king of disco and Donna summer queen..can you even believe the fun we had in the clubs we dressed up hot. And sexy.. danced for hours

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 i can believe it

When I walked into my first “family🌈friendly“ provider of adult beverages at 21 (c.1982) the song playing was “Don’t Stop“ by Sylvester. My favorite is “Do Ya Wanna Funk?” VOCALS!! RIP, Sylvester! 🙏❤️

This is Disco 101!!!!!!!!!! 💃🕺☮️❤️🥂

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

😆🔥

Hey Empress! This song is serious 🔥🔥🔥! I mean when you need a pick me up you put this song on and it’ll give you an instant energy boost! The first time I heard this was when I was watching the movie, Studio 54, with Salma Hayek and Neve Campbell. It’s about the famous nightclub in New York back in the ‘70’s. That place was insane. Lol I immediately downloaded it on my phone. I love the fast upbeat tempo, and Sylvester, well, he’s just amazing! Thanks Empress! ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Agree a fun song

Sylvester is an official Gay Icon. Respect.

This song is iconic!

Oh my god Sylvester! One of the best things about the disco era. I also love "Dance (Disco Heat)" and his early 80s hit "Do You Wanna Funk"

@DanCrowleyNYC

3 жыл бұрын

Those are my holy trifecta of Sylvester songs too! (Though I also live for his cover of Summertime!)

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

I might have to check that out

Empress, Sylvester was arguably the first Drag Superstar. Without Sylvester there would be no RuPaul. He was a DIVA to the core and he would have bristled at being called the King of Disco... he was most definitely referred to as the Queen of Disco during the early 70s. Donna Summer may be disco’s most successful act, arguably because she survived the backlash and even grew her pop career by switching to a more new wave vibe with her Wanderer release. But she wasn’t the Queen of Disco until the late 70s and earned that moniker from the mainstream press. Let’s just say they share the title. Izora Rhodes and Martha Wash, Sylvester’s backup singers did have commercial success as The Weather Girls. Martha Wash also had some dance chart success in the 90s with RuPaul. Jeannie Tracy, a high NRG artist (who appeared on Star Search) also sang backup for Sylvester and was his caretaker as his health declined due to AIDS. Sylvester was a byproduct of the underground disco scene that brought gay and straight, black and white together. On the dancefloor, everyone is equal. When disco went mainstream, this mixing of marginalized groups made the white majority uncomfortable and this is what inevitably led to the backlash against “disco.” It wasn’t against the music per se, but rather the community of tolerance and acceptance of nonconformity that caused the backlash. One last thing. There is a beautiful song by Sylvester called You Are My Friend sung in concert where he introduces Izora and Martha and they get mini solos. The crowd reaction to Izora’s deep deep baritone (?) drives the crowd wild. It’s a must listen for any Sylvester fan.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🗣🗣🗣

@9284vr

2 жыл бұрын

@Tom Robinson...I am part of the "white majority" and a straight male but as well as liking 50's rock and rockabilly and doo wop and R&B and soul and blues music and Motown and British invasion groups, I also always liked disco-the music and the dance clubs and went to those clubs in the 70's. I always thought it was mostly the lovers of good old rock and roll but especially hard rock who thought disco was just too silly and the music sometimes too robotic and that the fashions were too shiny. The platform shoes were certainly stupid but maybe I should not blame disco for those ugly shoes. I never associated disco with any non-straights or hatred of them even if they may have had a part in the rise of disco although I am sure some did not like any association of the genre with gays but I think that was only a minority of the anti-disco crowd. I think a bigger part of the anti-disco crowd were racists who did not like the large involvement of blacks and Latinos or simply could not dance. My search of Google found these items: "Why did people hate disco? Some felt disco was too mechanical; Time magazine deemed it a "diabolical thump-and-shriek". Others hated it for the associated scene, with its emphasis on personal appearance and style of dress. The media emphasized its roots in gay culture." "Is disco black music? Disco evolved from black and latin sounds; funk and soul with driving rhythm and layered instrumentation and production. James Brown's bandleader Fred Wesley once called disco “funk with a bow-tie.” It was smoother and more polished than funk, but more complex than straight soul. Jul 15, 2019." "Who invented disco? Seventies Disco was born on Valentine's Day 1970, when David Manusco opened The Loft in New York City, and it rapidly faded in 1980. When the Disco movement peaked in 1978-79, the demographic was predominantly white, heterosexual, urban and suburban middle class." What caused the backlash against disco music at the end of the 1970s? Insecurities of dance-inept But one observation: The backlash against disco was not primarily “racist” or “homophobic.” It was fueled by one simple demographic: white men who, unfortunately, didn't - or couldn't - dance.Dec 26, 2020."

@jodykessly8696

Жыл бұрын

This is spot on!!!!

This song has a nice groove and uplifting beat that makes your spirit rise up. Every time I am in a mood for some groovy old fashioned disco I put on the Sylvester greatest hits album and let the beat take me on a journey.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense💯

Wow, never heard this one before. Adding this to my aerobics class playlist!

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

So 🔥🔥

@vegasbaby3669

2 жыл бұрын

A must

I was so nervous for your reaction, glad you liked it. He was a way ahead of his time. Sylvester had no fucks to give. You might have heard of his backup singers. They became The Weather Girls later on. They did It's Raining Men. He had called them Two Tons of Fun. He was really into his church music, until they kicked him out for being gay.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Wow‼️ C'mon church 🤔

@Joelsellers29

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressReacts His story and mine mesh at that church thing, I know that feeling, thankfully it wasn't the 70s or 80s though. The courage it took to be his authentic self had to have been on the level of Hercules for him to do that during that time period.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joelsellers29 glad you made it through 🥰

@Joelsellers29

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressReacts me too! Otherwise, I wouldn't be here to celebrate the awesome sauce that is Miss Empress!

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joelsellers29 🥰😇

I was 5 years old when I first heard this song and it still slays🔥🔥

@EmpressReacts

2 жыл бұрын

Yaaas‼💯

Sylvester on fire... no wonder! Snap that fan! love it! 💕

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 right the fan

Sylvester was unapologetic. What you saw was what you got!

Wow wow wow!!!!! 💃🕺🪩

Sylvester was an Iconic voice and Entertainer from The Disco era. You should check out his album from 1985. You would enjoy the song Someone Like you. You'll get a kick out of the Video.

this is why I love disco.

His voice--that beautiful falsetto! You should definitely check out his version of "I Who Have Nothing."

@EmpressReacts

2 жыл бұрын

✅

Sei troppo carina Empress 🤍

Empress you must react Grace Jones she will leave you speechless

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

✅ noted

a real dance scorcher with amazing vocals and confident charisma matched with a look that was fearless and trailblazing

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

💯‼️

Sylvester was incredible!! So glad I was a teen when this song came out. Hope you will react to his other very popular song "Do you wanna funk" 😍

Good song

Empress u are timeless u have the style for each song , decade.

@EmpressReacts

2 жыл бұрын

thank u!

Ohhh heyell yeah! Such a classic!!!! Love me some disco!!! 💃

Such a good Patreon suggestion. Sylvester was legendary in the gay underground scene in the 1970s San Francisco and this track went mainstream, and it's pretty epic he was cross dressing along with Bowie way way back in the day. I seem to recall reading or hearing that he performed at Harvey Milk's birthday party one year.

@Joelsellers29

3 жыл бұрын

He did perform for Harvey's birthday. They were pretty good friends.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥

Great request and top reaction........the joy Sylvester brings. *insert disco ball here*

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

💯

Legend!

I'm so glad this music happened in my time. It really was a mighty real good time. I wish I could go back if only for one night.

Where my wig and mumu at so I can prance around like I ain’t got no care in the world! 😂😂. This song you need a line of that snow to get the real feelings 🤣🤣

@michaeldebree4870

3 жыл бұрын

Wernda,....... you bad bad BAD boy. I was laughing out so hard when I read your message. Ha ha ha ha adding on fire to this song. 💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 you stoopid

I'm old baby but I don't remember dancing to this, not in the club anyway. Jimmy Somerville has a great remake of this with the Communards.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Wow ‼️So this wasn't played at the clubs back then?

@jackvornberg8076

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmpressReacts Yes it was undoubtedly played, Empress but in the 70's. I didn't start going to the club until '83 or so (underage, of course) HAHA

This so reminds me of Patrick Hernandez “Born To Be Alive.” Someone should make a movie about Sylvester because of what I’ve read he led a very colorful life. Incidentally I just watched a trailer for the new Tina Turner documentary. Empress you should to really react to her version of the Al Green song “Lets Stay Together!”

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, i can def see the similarities between the two songs 💯 Def would like to see a Sylvester movie and I can't wait to 👀 the Tina Turner doc

The production of this song gives a heartfelt energy similar to early 1990s ecstasy

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting ‼️🤣

Glad you were able to get acquainted with the incredible Sylvester!! You are so right. He was def a pioneer for so many in the gay community and so many of his biggest hits were anthems in the gay clubs. It’s very sad that he was taken from us so early by AIDS, as he was becoming more popular and even having mainstream breakthrough. I was fortunate to have met Sylvester and even hang out with him when a friend brought him to the local club we used to go to. Even though he was near the end of his life and rather frail he still had an incredible spirit, wild sense of humor and was also a very gentle soul. You should check out his Greatest Hits if you want to hear some more of that unique and glorious voice of his.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Wow cool you got to meet him

Ok you got vocals

🔥

I swear, I thought the last line during the fade out was 'when you bone me' which, in the context of the song, might have been entirely appropriate!! 🙄😂

@Joelsellers29

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to his"Do ya wanna funk with me?

@TheSgarpia

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes... I know that one. It proves that I'm right... my alternative lyrics would have been entirely appropriate!! 😁

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

Used to dance to all this great disco music back in the day! Have to react to France Joli (Come To Me). Same era and great music!

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation

Disco was originally Black and Gay. Sylvester stayed true to that tradition. He passed away from HIV/AIDS in 1988 at the age of 41, which was way too young.

@evadarevolney1302

3 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_(singer)

I was def feeling your reaction energy with this song and moving along with you! The vocals, the beat, the lewks....I agree...10s across the board! I remember coming across a Sylvester album "Rock the Box" in the 80's and I bought it based on the glam cover only....after that I was hooked! Of course I had to hunt down his earlier albums, including this classic. Sylvester was def waaaayyyy ahead of his time, a disco legend, a gay icon, a fashion trailblazer and non-binary before it was a word.

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

That's what im getting 💯🔥

Cee Lo Green vibes... this style is absolutely amazing

@EmpressReacts

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣wow, totally hear that now

nuevo sub

@EmpressReacts

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u❤🔥

try his remix of " dont leave me this way" by Jeanie tracy he was also a disco remixer and producer

girl - i love u already! and thx for the cheryl lynn reference ! nice ! sylvester was the oriignal ! u might love this too ! sammulous on AGT! singin our sylvester song ! enjoy on the flipside - love ya - stay safe and healthy and love to u and ur family ! - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqd109qepZWuXag.html - muah

@EmpressReacts

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u‼️