Americian Triangle

[daytripper270]

Amazing song, amazing movie, tragic story. I get chills every time I hear this song, it captures the essence so perfectly.

[pktomi]

No movie could ever be so real as this one... this is 100% reality... it's very sad to think about all this mindless ignorance out there all over the world... Somehow, Matthew's murder kinda reminds me of the murder of Jesus in the beginning of the times... they both had a mission, they both tried to teach the world for the better...!! Yet what has human kind done to them!

[rentheadangelcollins]

Matthew, you death was not in vain...Somehow, I don't think some things would have come as easily without your story...No tolerance rules might not have cone so soon without you and the sacrifices you made to be who you were...who you are in whatever the afterlife holds. I am honored to share a world with others you've inspired, and am glad to know that your story wasn't swept under the rug like so many others...Your death was one hell of a loss, but a great step forward for all of us. Thank you

[HootsytheOwl]

Such a good video....the poor young man :( . And....what a grand idea, to block out those horrid evil people with angel wings! They are coming to bother Omaha AGAIN.....maybe we should learn from Laramie's good idea.

[CutyDanye]

R.I.P. Matthew xxx I will always love you... I'm a bisexual woman and proud

to be that and I appreciate the lesbian and gays ;-)

[CutyDanye]

RIP Matthew xxx

[ousoonersou1]

Whoever created this video did a fantastic job. I have been a huge Elton John fan since i was 8, and i'm 21 now. This video really portrays the fight between ignorant hatred and those who actually care about our fellow humans, no matter their lifestyle. We are all in this together!

[4DeXxie]

Dunno why people still fight against the gays...they r just like us but with diferent ideias and tastes... Its a beautifull song.. People should be ashamed and accept the diferences.. Since people r happy thats wut it matters! The religions r BLIND.. They say "God" loves everyone.. (gays included... because they r part of human beins) SO.. just accept..!

[pktomi]

"Hate what we don't understand" This describes it all. Would be so nice to know, how many people have to die yet due to that insane hatred. This makes me cry.

Thanks Matthew, the world has to learn from your life. R.I.P!

[vdeardevil]

It's just cute <3

[LennonsCafe]

Bernie Taupin, you are such a great lyricist!!!!

[Mill235]

If I see those people holding up the signs saying: "Thank God for Aids" and "God hates Fags" I get tears in my eyes because I can´t understand how ignorant and cruel people can be.......RIP Matthew, there is no justice on this planet, RIP!

[noramch]

My heart breaks and my eyes cry as I listen to this song. Matthew is a gift. He lived and breathed and was loved. He had his hopes and dreams. WHY?? So that others may come to understand that we are all gifts to be loved and cared about. We are different, AND we are the same. God bless Matthew as he continues his journey in a new life. He has shown us a new purpose. Live in the light Matthew!! and teach us.

[recordsmanukrnet]

Who was Matthew?

[Lollipopan]

@recordsmanukrnet Matthew was a young man who got murdered by two ignorant idiots becuase he was gay

[hukserpoke]

Laramie has some of the kindest most tolerant people in the US. There are alot of foggy details in this incident, but one thing for sure is it was truly horrendous.

[soulofabeercan]

Not everyone in wyoming is a hater. Most people here are very kind. I was born In Wyoming. This state has a small population, most of the big cities in the US have more people residing in them along with a whole lot more hate crime going on. Matthew is not the only one in the world who has be murdered for being who he was. I believe what happened to Matt was an isolated incident and that wyoming is still more crime free and safe than almost any other state in our country.

[70sPopRock]

Somewhere that road forks up ahead, To ignorance and innocence

Three lives drift on different winds, Two lives ruined, One life spent

Western Skies' don't make it right, 'Home of the brave' don't make no sense

I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire, Left to die on a high ridge fence

It's a cold, cold wind, It's a cold, cold wind, It's a cold wind blowing, blowing,

Wyoooo-ming!

[70sPopRock]

I used to know this old scarecrow

He was my song, my joy and sorrow

Cast alone between the furrows

Of a field no longer sown by anyone

I held a dandelion

That said the time had come

To leave upon the wind

Not to return

When summer burned the earth again

[baire702]

@70sPopRock oh wow, this is beautiful! Thank you for sharing Taupin's magic. -caryl

[MdGuy43]

Thanks for posting this video. This is the first time I've seen it, I've seen Ms. Etheridges' and Randi Driscoll's. Both excellent. Hate, unfortunately, is a value of the US Religious right. They stand behind their Bible and promote hate. I wonder how God will judge them, as they judge us?

[recordsmanukrnet]

That is wrong christianity that teaches to hate!!!

Bible's never taught to hate anyone!

[barbiebandituk]

10 years... you sparkled matty xx

[stuartangelsx4]

i subscribe to the mathew shepard foundation, this whole thing with hate crime moves me, to think a human can do such awful things to another human being, mathew was a beautiful man. rest in peace mathew.

dawn xxxxxxxxxxx

[kramgrisen]

I cry everytime I hear this song...

Nice vid... This Matthew Shepard thing really moves me alot.... If we are created different why do "society" demands that we are suppose to be exactley the same?? It`s just stupid!

(sorry if my english isn`t that good I doesn`t really speak english!)

[MexicanDarkAngel]

Descansa en paz Mattew, pues tu historia a llegado a mas de un corazón, así como a inspirado a muchas personas.

A Friend Said me one day:

Love knows no gender, age or color.........................­........ And I'm totally agree with her.

Sorry if i do not write all in English but is because i don't "speek" it very well. Again Sorry.

[BuddyNovinski]

I never took Spanish, and I understood it. Besides, Matt knew German and Italian, and a little Arabic. He'd understand you!

Matt's story remains in our hearts, and he is an inspiration to many people. He lived his life as he saw fit, not what some bigots thought he should. In the United States, the freedom to succeed and fail that makes us so unique. Matt rests in peace, and the little blond guy is probably the moving force behind our own Congress to pass the Local Law Enforcement Act.

[MexicanDarkAngel]

Descansa en paz Matthew

pues tu historia a llegado al corazón de más de una persona, nos ha inspirado a decirle No a la

homofóbia.

Gracias por subir este vídeo.

Sorry if i don't write it in English, but is because i do not speek it very well. Sorry

A friend said me one day:

Love knows no gender, age or color.........................­.And I was totally agree with her.

[shannonfredericks]

GOOD VIDEO REST IN PEACE MATTHEW

[hominisbohemian]

Thank You

[cubbiefan23]

Rest in peace Matthew.

[weirdguy75]

was that christina ricci?

[thuggie1]

hate of any kind is wrong even if we can all be guilty of some hateful things at one point in ower lives. but thowes who take it as a life i pity them. as they think that they are the only people who matter.

the only way to stop it is to stop by understanding. which the human race has very little of it is like gold and preshus stones. which people covet more its sad if you think about it.

[erasehate08]

great video keep up the fight

[LWelber]

I had posted this message on the page with the live version...it bears repeating..

I don't understand what makes some people think they have the right to judge anyone. The ability to love another person was given to us by God. He is the only judge. And I will never believe that God would condemn anyone for loving someone, even if they are the same sex.

[scritchfieldmets1223]

i hate gays

[louisplague]

hahaha i think you are gay...

[Potterfan18]

No one likes u either

[LostxKage]

Typical homophobe on a video dedicated to a gay guy.

[LWelber]

wow

[76thurs]

OK "elektra1984" and "boroznoffjames89" this isn't a soap box, this is a comment forum. "elektra1984", you need to stop spouting hatred, and I don't care what your beliefs are, and "boroznoffjames89", you need to stop trying to show off with your knowledge. If you're telling the truth and someone don't believe you, that's their problem. You guys need to shut up, and cool your testosterone poisoning! If you guys come on here, ignore each other! JESUS CHRIST, 2 LITTLE KIDS!!!

[elektra1984]

iam older than u kid little respect

[boroznoffjames89]

You want a little respect? Oh I'm very sorry, I thought that you wanted me to treat you like shit. I mean, you treat people the way you wanna be treated. SUCK MY DICK BITCH.

[louisplague]

shut up before i pork your ugly face!

[louisplague]

shut up before i pork your ugly face too!

[everjenn]

Elektra, if you were really a doctor, you would then know how to use proper English and also know how to make an argument with more than just insults. I'm a Catholic, but I truly believe God loves everyone, even homosexuals. If he didn't they wouldn't be here. There are good homosexuals in the world, just as much as there are bad heterosexuals. I pity people like you. People who think they are always right, but some day you will be wrong and have to admit it.

[elektra1984]

wow another wikipedian dumb ass

its not a disease , as well as paranoia can be considered , it happens for several reasons , but it is controlable 90 % are not born fags its their choice which depends on way of their living, and yes u know nothing wikipedia fag

[boroznoffjames89]

I don't think that you as a straight person is eligible to make the arguement that being gay is a choice. If you think being gay is a choice, then turn gay for a week, and really have romantic, physical, and sexual feelings and attraction to the same sex for that week, then go back to being straight and report back to me to tell me how it went. Then MAYBE you'll have a standing arguement, but no straight person has accepted that challenge, so I guess they're wasting their breath, and so are you.

[boroznoffjames89]

When I said that homosexuality has been removed from the list of mental disorders, I didn't go to wikipedia. I got it from the following websites: The American Psychological Association, The American Academy of Psychiatics Association, The American Association of Pediatrics, The American Medical Association, The American Counseling Association, The American Psychoanalytic Association, The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Bar Association. THOSE are MY sources!

[boroznoffjames89]

For those on here who is against homosexuality, YOU ARE NOT MY ENEMY! Misinformation is the enemy! I pray that you put down that book that (aside from justifying homophobia) has been used for centuries to justify slavery, condone wars, oppress women and blacks, and says that ill people are demon possessed and realize the spiritual violence you are causing. I pray you learn the truth, and I pray that you have the courage to free yourself, and heal from misinformation.

[elektra1984]

wat book are you talking about and what phobia , if u talk about god sodomy , slavery , racism is hated by god its ur ignorance and ur obsession by gayness that makes u think what u want to think

[boroznoffjames89]

You know Elektra, I think that you are a woos. You're too much of a sissy to gay bash people face to face, so you come on the internet to do it! You know what is really interesting is that mostly all of the gay people that get bashed (face to face) are smaller and weaker than their attacker. Those gay bashers can never go after a masculine gay man (which don't argue with me, they do exist), they always go after someone weaker. DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD TO HURT PEOPLE?

[elektra1984]

i dont care u r catholic or wat , and just cause u believe something doesnt mean its right u r plain naive , why should god love pple like u who make lies about god and challenge him and fake his deeds and says

if u were half brain idiot u would know better

[fleetwoodmath]

Great tune from "Songs from the West Coast." Beautifully arranged, poignant, emotion-filled, a life lesson for us all. Simply brilliant.

[elektra1984]

lol this like a gay village comments all over here , iam not for kiling but its true pple god really hate fags its in all gods religions u like it or not , u cant twist truth to a way that suits you or else lut village wouldnt be turned up down

[boroznoffjames89]

In my religion we believe God created people to be homosexual, just like he created people to be heterosexual.

Also in my religion, God does not hate anyone, he severely disaproves of hatred.

So, for the pride of MY religion (which does not condemn nor hate homosexuality, despite your unwillingness to do research to learn for yourself), GO TO HELL!!!

Before you go to hell though, you might want to learn to do research and learn for yourself!

[elektra1984]

YOUR religion is sure made up by a cock lover who was taking it in his asshole , just coz u love cocks doesnt mean u lie to yourself like an idiot and i am a doctor i know more than u

if u have reason u can abandon ur sexuality by therapy but u r addicted to cocks and convinced ur self that its cool and ok

[boroznoffjames89]

Elektra. You're not a doctor. ALL medical and mental health organizations (except for one) have removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders in 1973, saying it is not a disorder, it is unchosen, unchangeable, and is simply a way a minority expresses human love and sexuality. Besides, what kind of doctor are you? It doesn't mean you know more than me, you moron!

[elektra1984]

wow another wikipedian dumb ass

its not a disease , as well as paranoia can be considered , it happens for several reasons , but it is controlable 90 % are not born fags its their choice which depends on way of their living, and yes u know nothing wikipedia fag

[elektra1984]

wow what a piece of info. any half idiot who google it can know it in 10 sec we know its not a disease

[boroznoffjames89]

Elektra, CUT THE SHIT!

GROW UP, PUT UP, AND SHUT UP!

[boroznoffjames89]

If you don't like this video, then why do you keep coming back on here, Elektra? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING! I am usully not a rude person, but when someone gives me the -S- and the -H-, then I will give them the -I- and the -T- to go with it! STOP COMING TO THIS VIDEO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT! YOU MAKE ME SICK!

[elektra1984]

quitter fag

[boroznoffjames89]

Oh no I'm a fag, whatever shall I do??

I don't know if it's because I've been called that so many times, or I just realize how weak you are, but that insult doesn't bother me! Seriously, go gay bash someone face to face!

[elektra1984]

oh get real u were pissed off and felt insult because a small comment and u commented all this , so fuck off and dont try to play that, and wat will a cock lover do to me face to face i already bash pple like u anywhere anytime everybody does

[boroznoffjames89]

I bet you only bash the sissy girly gay guys. I played football for 3 years high school as an offensive lineman and I can bench press almost twice my body weight. I'm also a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do. I'm very masculine for a gay man. So you wanna fight ya woos? Do ya? I prefer not to fight, only because I don't wanna get my hands all bloody, but if you insist, just lemme know ok??

[boroznoffjames89]

Don't start something that you are not going to finish.

[boroznoffjames89]

And incase you haven't noticed, I'll have something to say to everything you post. My guess is that you haven't had enough, it's ok, because I'm ready for anything you can dish out.

[elektra1984]

get ready for my cock

[boroznoffjames89]

OK. That's the nicest thing you said all day.

[elektra1984]

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ool (iam very strong i play karate i am strong gay ) looooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooool

get a life bitch that all prove u r such a pussy i bet u r 12 years old fag hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa

[boroznoffjames89]

Nope I'm 28.

[boroznoffjames89]

But the amazing thing is, you're still here, still responding to my messages, you must not hate me as much as you say you do. If you wanted me suck your dick, all you had to do was ask, lol.

[louisplague]

if you really think about it. the christians always say god doesn't make mistakes yet science says ppl are born gay or striaght. so if you we are born that way how can there be a god? brainwashing is their god!

[will1265]

I saw a funny t-shirt a gay guy was wearing in response to the "God hates fags" signs. He had on a shirt that read " God hates figs" in reference to the bible story of Jesus cursing the fig tree.

[louisplague]

i feel this song so much..it's so hard being queer.

[LeonardoLestat]

Nobody noticed???

It's Christina Ricci there! My all time favorite actress :))

The video is just beautiful... I love this.

'In the town of Gay' also, as stated on the Peachtree album...

[laughmaker44]

This song proves Elton John still has it in him!!!!

[roan180]

I can't watch this video without almost crying.

[Auchnureinmann]

Brilliantly.... simply Elton John. Over and over again a pleasure.His works will come into the history.

[Tammerajean]

Beautiful, thank you. Every school should be required to show this video to students, as well as American History X. God Blesses you, Matthew and all who understand that true love for eachother means the absence of judgement.

[wrathtakethmeover]

I completely agree. American History X is frightening but so rawly truthful. Definitely a necessity.

[prettypuny]

this video is awesome!! Nice job

[kinkyboots86]

R.I.P. Matthew.You are an angel in heaven sweetheart,those homophobic people are the ones that deserve to be in hell.Makes me sick that people are so cruel, they will get their comeuppance.You were too beautiful for this earth.XXX

[duke123eltom123]

this makes me so sad why is there so much hate in this word god loves all people thos stupid Church must be kick to hell they think they no what god thinks but they dont god made us they way we are peach elton keep fichting for gay you got my bless

[broncoboi711]

I so agree, i went most my life afraid of being who i am. It took many years to come out. I was raised to believe gays will go to hell.Now i believe we are who we are.God loves all of us no matter what.I so respect Elton John and have always loved his music!! RIP Matt!!

[jeronimot]

is this just a music video or there's a movie behind it. i'm asking because of the actors in it. maybe you could give me the name of it? thank!

peace, love and hugs to everyone... even to people who do not understand and fight diversity... fight hate with love

[thegayhare]

The movie is called "The Laramie Project"

[jeronimot]

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

[BackAtOne1300]

@thegayhare Also, the matthew shepard story. a story about a boy who was murdered for being gay

[Jockguy2008]

@jeronimot

Also this was a real event it really happened

[Jockguy2008]

@jeronimot

Also it was a real event

Matthew was killed by two redneck homophobes and are currently serving prison sentences.

[kali555b]

Oh My God ! I am crying while writing this post : this is really moving, Sir Elton is the best !

May Matthew rest in peace.

[poetdemas]

this was a beautiful video and a beautiful song.

[Gboyke]

God loves gay people!

[xramsssr]

I'm from Italy (Vatikanistan), in my country the Church started to discriminate gay people in many ways. The government try to approve some lays, but catholic members of the Parliament stopped it.

God (if really exist) is Love, he don't discriminate anybody. R.I.P. Matthew

[will1265]

It always amazes me when someone doesnt like gays, they search out videos with gay themes just to bash.

HUGS, Peace, love and happiness to all who the angels :)

[Yannfrench]

I'm from France, it's far from a perfect land but at least gay people have some rights, and gay couples are recognized, and a law fight against homophobia and discrimination...Thanks God for that.

[Yannfrench]

RRR7689, again and again you're not God. I'm sure Matt is in heaven now and God was with him handing his hand even the day he died so young because of people like you spreading violence and hate...RIP Matthew, your story so touch me. Thanks "thegayhare" for your job on this.

[xPosionGirlx]

rrr7689 there is no room on earth for hateful people like you. God created man in his image and gods image is a peaceful one that does not deny love in any form. Matt is in heaven, which isn't where haters like you are going.

[thegayhare]

I hope you don't mind but...

*hug*

thanks

[thegayhare]

wow Thanks

Glad you liked it

[hgbye1addict]

God Bless Matthew Shepard. May you live forever in our hearts.

[dysprod1975]

Excellent. I think those of us that did videos for The Laramie Project share a common bond that homophobia is not a human trait. Good job my friend.

[celac]

Wow... that was amazing

i read the play, and our drama troupe is gonna put it on... when i read it i thought it was amazing, this video just reaffirms that.

[thisisgoodeatschef]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. A lot of emotion went into this 5:35 and I loved it. I can tell that you were touched by the movie, as was I.

[SnakeyZedd]

Great job you did