I love coming back and watching this video. Thank you for keeping it online. I was surprised to see a proceed with caution warning by YouTube. I don't remember seeing that warning before.
Good point John...and thanks for the words and support. Also thank you (and to those out in YouTube and ViralLand who don't know) for your wonderful work in getting glbtq voices and music out on the airwaves from the Gold Coast to every coast.
Considering what else is uncensored on YouTube I'm disappointed that they have responded to God-knows-who by slapping a "proceed with caution" page before we get to watch this affirmatively moral and virtuous video - the page says "The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as being potentially offensive or inappropriate. Viewer discretion is advised." Jon has done a great job with this video - and with the updated song (updatable now re DADT repeal etc). xx John
Happy Pride To All!!! GLBT Rock on! We have come a long way thanks to all of the people who stood for our rights and to get equality in motion. I love being gay! Its feirce! I Love this song and I can hear it over and over. Its all about P-R-I-D-E!!!!
Hey Jon, I absolutely love the song! I am a little disappointed though that there was no mention of Alan Turing. He was one of the most important figures of the 20th century and his treatment at the hands of the British government is one of the most well-known and despicable cases of homophobia that I've ever heard.
Anyway, it's a pretty minor detail. This is still one of my favourite songs. Thanks!
Hey! With the coming of the new year this song is still very important. Pride at 40 would be 2010. I think the theme for Pride this year is revolution(?) So why not. This country is long over due for a social revolution.
Great video! I am gay too! They have approved gay marriage here in Iowa and i am so proud to be living here! Let's hope the other states follow with the understanding that it is unconstitutional to prevent gays from getting married. There is still a chance it could be taken away so activism still counts, i will recommend this video to be shown from youtube at our meetings.
I remember being chased by gangs in downtown El Paso who would prey on queers. The Lesbians and Drag queens would chase them away. Those bitches had more fuckin balls than the rest of us.
I find this music video does a good job marking points in our history. If this doesn't get picked up, I'll make it my mission to pass it around to the community. IDK, change the label, it's still the same content and message.
this gives me goosebumps.....its not always easy bein gay even today.......but i think about my older brothers n sisters and how hard it must have been for them.....gives me the strength to fight even harder......salut to U for postin this.....ur bro Pauly.....))
Yeah, even after all these months I still keep listening to it over and over and over. It's fantastic. Being only eighteen and living in the bastion of liberalness that is New York City, I sometimes feel like life's too easy for me as a queerperson... videos like this remind me WHY life is so good to me--all the people who came and suffered before me would be THRILLED to know that I think life is relatively easy.
Just remember, we may live in coast states, a lot of boys and girls in the middle of the country still need help. Good example is Fort Worth, Texas. Police think it's still a pass time to go attack the gay bar.
Thank you so much for this GREAT video. What a wonderful tribute to all the people who fought and survived to see history being made. Lets never forget!
...in fact, LOGO also said they'd at least post it on their website for Pride. Of course, typical b.s. LOGO, they didn't. I never thought of them as a good and professional network anyway, but when they were the only trick in town...and a lot of their videos they air ad nauseum are very amateurish and horrible, I figured they'd at least be somewhat community minded...at least for one month.
Actually, this is all healthy dialogue in our community. Not to be a sore badmouth, LOGO TV (US) said this video didn't speak to its viewers, and they would actually find it too boring as a music video. LOGO also said people aren't interested in footage and history like that.
So to some "GLBT" companies and services, the gay community only cares about club music, bikini underwear, RuPaul and lesbian nighttime dramas. Too bad since much of the adverts are straight oriented (male enhancement!).
Hi MSMillerNYC my comment was a reply to Esterandcdlm whosays he/she kissed 3 people on the video. By being in tune I meant in tune with our history. Jglsongs has elaborated on that in his/her reply to you. Of course you are entatle to your opinion!Friends?
I come from the old guard respecting others rights to their opinions freedom of speech beliefs. Doing so may bond and empower us bringing all to a better understanding and acceptance of others. While we may not always agree with each other we should agree that it's OK to disagree. Two Nazis holding hands eroticizing fascism? It was SS propaganda. Done to determine who was gay in the ranks. See the film THE DAMNED. Some leathermen still do Nazi drag. Insensitive and offensive.
OK but consider me for next year. I do this 24 hours a day and am ignored by ggay mainstream for being a drag queen who actually writes, edits, and produces television. Perhaps it screws with the LGBTQ status quo. I hope we add another ten letters to that...
Absolutely fantastic!Thank you for giving me back my pride!I know you are on our side and any negative comments about who you have included on the video, are not in tune...And if they are not gay, what are they doing watching It!!!!
I'm as gay as anyone on this page. And I've been gay longer than most of you. Does that mean that I can't make "any negative comments about" the contents of this video? What does "not in tune" mean? Does it mean less gay? Or less proud? What kind of ideological fascism is that?
Gays have always been fascistic when it comes to beauty. Interesting that Log Cabiners won't include drag queens. ALL LGBTQICDO - lesbian gay bi trans queer intersexed crossdressers dragqueen older and how many more letters?
EQUALITY FOR ALL LAVENDER PEOPLE, NOT JUST WASP LOG CABINERS.
I'm not sure what Leopold and Loeb have to do with the history of gay and lesbian civil rights. They kidnapped and murdered a 14 year old child. Why not include a clip of Jeffrey Dahmer while your at it? And a propaganda poster of two Nazis holding hands? Your emphasis in that period of history should be on the thousands of gay and lesbian lives lost in concentration camps, not on eroticizing fascism. This is an "official" pride video? Who's side are you all on?
I'm on the good side...there is a reference to Hitler and the Nazis. Leopold and Loeb were despicable but their crime did reflect on gay history and the way it was looked at by society at the time. The video is a history lesson...there's (hopefully mostly) good but there is also bad (Roy Cohn, Ahmadinejad, Anita Bryant, Reagan...) If we only talk about the good, we'll never learn from the bad and evil.
Just wanted to make clear that not everyone or everything in our history is something to be proud of - but it's still part of it. Hitler, Leopold&Loeb, Roy Cohn, Anita Bryant, Ahmadinejad...not proud of them but they did effect GLBTQ history
Currently waiting for this video to air on LOGO (USA)- Click List, NewNowNext or any other video show. Let them know you want to see Pride 2009! Visit LogoOnline - dot - com - and click on contact.
There was this whole thing a couple of years ago (also made a cover of Newsweek or Time?) about Superheroes being gay...either about hints in the recent comic books or people theorizing. In any case, Superman and Catwoman were two characters thought to be gay - guess it made it easier for Dumbeldore to come out. :)
Excellent video. I only have one complaint. Why did we get to see a still from The L Word at 3:51 but only heard Queer as Folk mentioned @3:41 without any image? Im sure between Millennium March and the Time magazine cover (re Dr. Laura's evil ways), you could slip in a still from QAF for just a second or 0.5 sec, considering QAF had more cultural impact and was a better show than The L Word.
Today, I have decided to retire from gay activism and I pass on the torch to those hands that seem to be very capable of carrying forth from my generation. I'll always be proud of our people.
I love my gay brothers and sisters, we are the magic within humanity, we bring true meaning to the words come celebrate life!!! Bravo and hats off to all those who have worked on this project. thank you. :)
Thank you aefranch! Thank you stogieman2! RaymondHng...good eyes :) Hope these headlines come true. The NY state marriage will probably take a little longer...now that our Governor has started the process, it'll probably happen more like 2012 or 2013.
5:31 "Gay federal holiday passes...Former president [Gavin] Newsom who himself is credited with the passing of the federal gay marriage act nine years ago" 06/30/29
5:35 "Inau-GAY-ration day...rainbow flags along National Mall...followed the oath of office with a kiss for his husband of 19 years...first same-sex couple to reside in the Executive Mansion" 01/20/35
Beautiful video, beautiful music. Only missed the presence of Cyndi Lauper who is more than a great singer. It is a fighter for equal rights and an example of human being.
I just loved...i think is very reasonable remember of so many heroes, such as Boy George, one of the most important and brilliant poets of our times, but i think is missing one very important name, I'm talking about Cyndi Lauper, this great Diva is a fighter and is always there for the community...I think that a dance-remix would be very welcome and this time the name of our Diva must be there!!!
Thanks Maggy! I like being optimistic, but you might have a point about the Vatican! Still, it's better to send out the good energy and let the universe spread it around.
Great!! Loved the ending with the newspaper articles. But I'm afraid you are too optimistic: AIDS vaccine in 2015 - maybe, but Vatican Apologizes to Homosexuals?? Never! ... Unfortunately
I agree Gerry. The early years' vintage photos and film are pretty white...it's hard to find diversity - even up through the 70's. Thanks too dfwruffplay.
Still a GREAT piece. Kudos. I do feel like the audio of the final version lacks much of the haunting quality of some of the earlier versions that are still floating around out there. For some.. that may be a good thing.. for me.. not so much.
It's difficult but sometimes we must take the time to make sure there is representation. iHow about if we see a picture of James Baldwin instead of a still from the play. True, many african american's were fighting in the civil rights movement but many were part of the gay rights movement as well. Since the video is spanning our history and not just about 1959, it would be nice to see more faces of colour in the later years.
This is nice but....... as the lyrics say "it's time to celebrate ALL the colours of the rainbow", so where are they? I only see a few faces at the end of the video.
Where are the non-white faces of our history?- Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and what about our trans sisters and brothers?? The movement is about much more that our white brothers contributions to the struggle, as much as those contributions are important and need to be celebrated.
It's difficult to get every one in a 5 minute song, but James Baldwin is in there ("..Giovanni's Room") as is the reference "..Harlem nights" (Gladys Bentley) and John Amaechi. Audre Lord is missing from the song, but not from our history...Gertrude Stein is missing too (not of color, but importance). The other issue is that African-Americans had to deal with the struggle of racism, which made it even more difficult to fight anything else. 2009 is a lot different than 1959...wait until 2029.
Thanks Dabudsta, funguy and dannazion! Yes, it's like BJ's song...when you rattle off history in a song, it's all going to sound like "We Didn't Start the Fire." :)
Kind of amusing when i was in school i had to do a report on "we didnt start the fire"-Billy Joel this is obviously taken from his song i like the way they tied it together tho
Wow. Lots of great gay history you riffed in those verses! I like the extended chorus too-- catchy! Thanks for asking to incorporate my Rainbow Flag Above Me photo near the end. I'm blogging this.
I am a radical faery, and I used to live at the Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Harry Hay and John Burnside would hold their sex magic seminars there. Even in his advanced age, he was still beyond most people. He is a gay icon, but more than that, he was a gay thinker. The stuff he would come up with, was just mind blowing and mesmerizing...lol I miss him.
I love coming back and watching this video. Thank you for keeping it online. I was surprised to see a proceed with caution warning by YouTube. I don't remember seeing that warning before.
PozVille 2 weeks ago
Good point John...and thanks for the words and support. Also thank you (and to those out in YouTube and ViralLand who don't know) for your wonderful work in getting glbtq voices and music out on the airwaves from the Gold Coast to every coast.
jglsongs 1 month ago
Considering what else is uncensored on YouTube I'm disappointed that they have responded to God-knows-who by slapping a "proceed with caution" page before we get to watch this affirmatively moral and virtuous video - the page says "The following content has been identified by the YouTube community as being potentially offensive or inappropriate. Viewer discretion is advised." Jon has done a great job with this video - and with the updated song (updatable now re DADT repeal etc). xx John
BrisbaneQueer 1 month ago
Although off by 15 months in the video (as a then prediction as March 2010), NY State legalizes same-sex marriage. Happy Pride 2011.
jglsongs 8 months ago
Happy 42nd Pride folks! I love this video and it still is the best at capturing some of our history.
PozVille 8 months ago
Pride is BEEN AROUND forever so lets STOP the PREJUDICE man
JUANCHOMAN47 11 months ago
Happy Pride To All!!! GLBT Rock on! We have come a long way thanks to all of the people who stood for our rights and to get equality in motion. I love being gay! Its feirce! I Love this song and I can hear it over and over. Its all about P-R-I-D-E!!!!
babyninja09 1 year ago
@babyninja09 You said it Babyninja09!! Thanks for the love and pride.
jglsongs 1 year ago
Not to say there won't be other songs that represent other LGBT heros
JpoidMikeru 1 year ago
Hey Jon, I absolutely love the song! I am a little disappointed though that there was no mention of Alan Turing. He was one of the most important figures of the 20th century and his treatment at the hands of the British government is one of the most well-known and despicable cases of homophobia that I've ever heard.
Anyway, it's a pretty minor detail. This is still one of my favourite songs. Thanks!
Woofsie 2 years ago
Thanks Woofsie. True, Alan Turing was a major figure in our history, but sometimes you just can't have it all in a song.
jglsongs 2 years ago
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laimutisu 1 year ago
Hey! With the coming of the new year this song is still very important. Pride at 40 would be 2010. I think the theme for Pride this year is revolution(?) So why not. This country is long over due for a social revolution.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
Sounds good to me!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Great video! I am gay too! They have approved gay marriage here in Iowa and i am so proud to be living here! Let's hope the other states follow with the understanding that it is unconstitutional to prevent gays from getting married. There is still a chance it could be taken away so activism still counts, i will recommend this video to be shown from youtube at our meetings.
retroiowagirl86 2 years ago
@retroiowagirl86 It's a shame we lost Maine though....We're gonna be fighting tooth and nail to take back California!
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
We (the USA) have a long way to go. Portugal just approved same-sex marriage...and Nepal will this coming year.
jglsongs 2 years ago
And thanks retroiowagirl86 for the support!!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I love everything about this video. It fills me with pride. Love the lyrics. 5 stars from me!
onemantwodogs 2 years ago 2
Thank you onemantwodogs! That means a lot!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I remember being chased by gangs in downtown El Paso who would prey on queers. The Lesbians and Drag queens would chase them away. Those bitches had more fuckin balls than the rest of us.
Pollonegro21 2 years ago 6
and they still do!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Wonderful video, thanks!!!
jefgain 2 years ago
Thanks jefgain!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I find this music video does a good job marking points in our history. If this doesn't get picked up, I'll make it my mission to pass it around to the community. IDK, change the label, it's still the same content and message.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
Thanks Jpoid!
jglsongs 2 years ago
what a great choose of images .
queerart 2 years ago 2
This has nothing to do with Toronto Pride 2009. The video was never approved nor released to media folks (like me) and would never have been carried.
The Official video was shown at the Toronto Pride Gala Awards show at the Carlu, downtown Toronto.
It's MUCH better....
Don't fall for the hype...
MarkinToronto 2 years ago
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MarkinToronto 2 years ago
This was amazing!
AestusL4 2 years ago
Thanks Aestus!
jglsongs 2 years ago
this gives me goosebumps.....its not always easy bein gay even today.......but i think about my older brothers n sisters and how hard it must have been for them.....gives me the strength to fight even harder......salut to U for postin this.....ur bro Pauly.....))
paulyvi 2 years ago
Pauly, thanks! That means a lot to hear.
jglsongs 2 years ago
I need to get an I pod and blare this in my car while I drive. It is that f-ing awsome.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
Thanks Jpoid....blare it out for the world!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I like seeing all the military stuff in here. I wanna get that pic of the guys putting up the pride flag.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
This video made me all teary. Will definitely listen to the song again and again.
TheLeakyPen 2 years ago
Thanks. I still do too.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Yeah, even after all these months I still keep listening to it over and over and over. It's fantastic. Being only eighteen and living in the bastion of liberalness that is New York City, I sometimes feel like life's too easy for me as a queerperson... videos like this remind me WHY life is so good to me--all the people who came and suffered before me would be THRILLED to know that I think life is relatively easy.
TheLeakyPen 2 years ago
Just remember, we may live in coast states, a lot of boys and girls in the middle of the country still need help. Good example is Fort Worth, Texas. Police think it's still a pass time to go attack the gay bar.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
Excellent lyrics! Well done to all who worked on this. It's truly great.
djstonedog 2 years ago
Thanks djstonedog! That was me :)
jglsongs 2 years ago
Oh! Maybe a remix with Melissa Ethridge singing during the Stonewall part of the song. IDK I thought it might sound cool.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
Thank you so much for this GREAT video. What a wonderful tribute to all the people who fought and survived to see history being made. Lets never forget!
richie59 2 years ago
Thanks so much Richie! Happy Pride.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Little troubling to hear that. Knowing our history is very important. I'm gonna smack the next twink teen that doesn't know what Stonewall is.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
...and give him another smack for me too
jglsongs 2 years ago
This video is so incredibly amazing and it pains me to think that LOGO did not accept this. Sorry LOGO...this DOES speak to me.
Stashbib 2 years ago
thanks Stashbib! I think so too.
jglsongs 2 years ago
...in fact, LOGO also said they'd at least post it on their website for Pride. Of course, typical b.s. LOGO, they didn't. I never thought of them as a good and professional network anyway, but when they were the only trick in town...and a lot of their videos they air ad nauseum are very amateurish and horrible, I figured they'd at least be somewhat community minded...at least for one month.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Actually, this is all healthy dialogue in our community. Not to be a sore badmouth, LOGO TV (US) said this video didn't speak to its viewers, and they would actually find it too boring as a music video. LOGO also said people aren't interested in footage and history like that.
So to some "GLBT" companies and services, the gay community only cares about club music, bikini underwear, RuPaul and lesbian nighttime dramas. Too bad since much of the adverts are straight oriented (male enhancement!).
jglsongs 2 years ago
WTF? A video like this doesn't speak to the GAY community? Really? Do they realize what they are saying? Are they even gay? LOL
This is a work of paramount significance for gays and straights alike and should get a lot of airplay on LOGO and other venues.
Thanks for making this important media presentation. It's inspiring and fills me with Pride!
myp410up 2 years ago
interesting
bobrupp9 2 years ago
Hi MSMillerNYC my comment was a reply to Esterandcdlm whosays he/she kissed 3 people on the video. By being in tune I meant in tune with our history. Jglsongs has elaborated on that in his/her reply to you. Of course you are entatle to your opinion!Friends?
soleemare1 2 years ago
his...(as in Jon)...thanks!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I come from the old guard respecting others rights to their opinions freedom of speech beliefs. Doing so may bond and empower us bringing all to a better understanding and acceptance of others. While we may not always agree with each other we should agree that it's OK to disagree. Two Nazis holding hands eroticizing fascism? It was SS propaganda. Done to determine who was gay in the ranks. See the film THE DAMNED. Some leathermen still do Nazi drag. Insensitive and offensive.
thedingoman 2 years ago
Great song, but you forgot LaReina DelBarrio!
LaReinaDelBarrio 2 years ago
Maybe...but I did mention another "Reina," ... Silvia Rivera!
jglsongs 2 years ago
OK but consider me for next year. I do this 24 hours a day and am ignored by ggay mainstream for being a drag queen who actually writes, edits, and produces television. Perhaps it screws with the LGBTQ status quo. I hope we add another ten letters to that...
LaReinaDelBarrio 2 years ago
Absolutely fantastic!Thank you for giving me back my pride!I know you are on our side and any negative comments about who you have included on the video, are not in tune...And if they are not gay, what are they doing watching It!!!!
soleemare1 2 years ago
Thank you soleemare1!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I'm as gay as anyone on this page. And I've been gay longer than most of you. Does that mean that I can't make "any negative comments about" the contents of this video? What does "not in tune" mean? Does it mean less gay? Or less proud? What kind of ideological fascism is that?
MSMillerNYC 2 years ago
Gays have always been fascistic when it comes to beauty. Interesting that Log Cabiners won't include drag queens. ALL LGBTQICDO - lesbian gay bi trans queer intersexed crossdressers dragqueen older and how many more letters?
EQUALITY FOR ALL LAVENDER PEOPLE, NOT JUST WASP LOG CABINERS.
LaReinaDelBarrio 2 years ago
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pawzbears 2 years ago
Thank you.
thomasmpatterson 2 years ago
and thank you too
jglsongs 2 years ago
and thank you too!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I'm not sure what Leopold and Loeb have to do with the history of gay and lesbian civil rights. They kidnapped and murdered a 14 year old child. Why not include a clip of Jeffrey Dahmer while your at it? And a propaganda poster of two Nazis holding hands? Your emphasis in that period of history should be on the thousands of gay and lesbian lives lost in concentration camps, not on eroticizing fascism. This is an "official" pride video? Who's side are you all on?
MSMillerNYC 2 years ago
I'm on the good side...there is a reference to Hitler and the Nazis. Leopold and Loeb were despicable but their crime did reflect on gay history and the way it was looked at by society at the time. The video is a history lesson...there's (hopefully mostly) good but there is also bad (Roy Cohn, Ahmadinejad, Anita Bryant, Reagan...) If we only talk about the good, we'll never learn from the bad and evil.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Very well said! Thank you!
queercat 2 years ago
Edison's lab assistants dancing together in the first movie! Priceless!
Artwit69 2 years ago
Thanks Artwit69...I've always loved that myself.
jglsongs 2 years ago
OMG, I kissed two of the people shown in this video. Does that mean I am Gay too? NOOOOOOO.....tee hee, twiddle dee dee.
estebancdlm 2 years ago
:) you never know
jglsongs 2 years ago
What a wonderful, wonderful video. The historical footage is simply heart warming!
AAOOSEAN 2 years ago
Thank you!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Prop 8 supporters said "a storm is coming"...They failed to mention there's a rainbow after the storm clears.
JpoidMikeru 2 years ago
And I can't wait for that rainbow...it'll be the most beautiful and brightest rainbow we'll ever see.
jglsongs 2 years ago
THANK YOU This is really a great video and I am including it into my blogs to spread OUR PRIDE......
pawzbears 2 years ago
Thank you too Pawzbears!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Breath-takingly beautiful and so professionally put together.
An honour to be gay!
Happy Pride.
Jonathan.
DERVT 2 years ago
Thank you Jonathan! All the best, Jon (technically Jonathan).
jglsongs 2 years ago
Just wanted to make clear that not everyone or everything in our history is something to be proud of - but it's still part of it. Hitler, Leopold&Loeb, Roy Cohn, Anita Bryant, Ahmadinejad...not proud of them but they did effect GLBTQ history
jglsongs 2 years ago
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wrestlemusclefan 2 years ago
Currently waiting for this video to air on LOGO (USA)- Click List, NewNowNext or any other video show. Let them know you want to see Pride 2009! Visit LogoOnline - dot - com - and click on contact.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Thanks hope the world see this
orlando
Amsterdamzo1000 2 years ago
Thank you too...and I hope so too Amsterdamzo
jglsongs 2 years ago
xlnt...images, music, lyrics top notch...congrats
carlmatthes 2 years ago
thanks carl!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I wonder if I can squeeze my 1965 Undesirable Discharge in somewhere? Maybe if I shorten the Nazi clip. Just kidding! Fantastic job.
2motomike2 2 years ago
LOL! Thanks 2motomike2
jglsongs 2 years ago
This is Super !! Great work !
from a **PROUD** PFLAG Mom
pflagjune 2 years ago
Thank you and thanks for being a proud PFLAG mom!
jglsongs 2 years ago
ich kann auch deutsch ^^
ich finde die schwulen/lesben-rechte sind genau so wichtig wie die wahre durchsuchung von 9/11 aber das ist ein anderes thema...
die schwulen/lesben machen ja gut musik und kunst haben einen guten geschmack, wo ist das problem ? (:
angst oder traumatisches mobbing aus der jugend ? ^^
may the force be with you... always !
5N0K3 2 years ago
ich stimme mit dir voll zu!! You too.
jglsongs 2 years ago
i am not gay, but a bit gay is always cool...
Eugenics suckz !
5N0K3 2 years ago
Thanks 5N...ein grosses Dankeschön
jglsongs 2 years ago
PRIDE
f3xpgm 2 years ago
you got it!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Brilliant. What a great job with both the song and the video. Very inspiring.
cjarvis 2 years ago
Thank you cjarvis! Sending lots of pride to Central CA! Go Fresno!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
The video and single are coming soon to iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon mp3, etc...and should be out and searchable by mid/end of May.
jglsongs 2 years ago
I want to know where to buy the cd or download the song..... any help??
obpadre 2 years ago
Basically from 4:30 on is win.
mattz1010 2 years ago
Thanks mattz1010!
jglsongs 2 years ago
True...and thanks edmacdaddy
jglsongs 2 years ago
This hate all boils down to religion. great video btw.
edmacdaddy 2 years ago
Wonderful video.
devedsmith 2 years ago
Thanks devedsmith!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Okay, I gotta ask, what was the still about Superman about? I miss something? He looked half-naked.
HiyruuAzuretiem 2 years ago
There was this whole thing a couple of years ago (also made a cover of Newsweek or Time?) about Superheroes being gay...either about hints in the recent comic books or people theorizing. In any case, Superman and Catwoman were two characters thought to be gay - guess it made it easier for Dumbeldore to come out. :)
jglsongs 2 years ago
Ah! okay, thanks for the answer.
HiyruuAzuretiem 2 years ago
Excellent video. I only have one complaint. Why did we get to see a still from The L Word at 3:51 but only heard Queer as Folk mentioned @3:41 without any image? Im sure between Millennium March and the Time magazine cover (re Dr. Laura's evil ways), you could slip in a still from QAF for just a second or 0.5 sec, considering QAF had more cultural impact and was a better show than The L Word.
spspww 2 years ago 2
Thanks spspww! True, QAF broke new ground way bfore the L Word, but it joined a group of a lot of images that were hard to fit in.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Today, I have decided to retire from gay activism and I pass on the torch to those hands that seem to be very capable of carrying forth from my generation. I'll always be proud of our people.
osjb 2 years ago
Thank you GingaSoulja!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I love my gay brothers and sisters, we are the magic within humanity, we bring true meaning to the words come celebrate life!!! Bravo and hats off to all those who have worked on this project. thank you. :)
GingaSoulja 2 years ago
Thank you aefranch! Thank you stogieman2! RaymondHng...good eyes :) Hope these headlines come true. The NY state marriage will probably take a little longer...now that our Governor has started the process, it'll probably happen more like 2012 or 2013.
jglsongs 2 years ago
wonderful....thanks so very much for this!
stogieman2 2 years ago
what an awesome beautiful video...very well done and great song....you will BE writing the 50 Anniversary song as well....LOL
aefranch 2 years ago
RaymondHng 2 years ago
5:24 "Dems nominate first gay... and the first woman president in 2016" 07/26/24
5:28 "Gay issues split muslim cle..." 10/07/26
5:29 "Egypt decrimiinalizes homosexuality" 12/07/26
5:31 "Gay federal holiday passes...Former president [Gavin] Newsom who himself is credited with the passing of the federal gay marriage act nine years ago" 06/30/29
5:33 "First gay president" 11/08/34
RaymondHng 2 years ago
5:35 "Inau-GAY-ration day...rainbow flags along National Mall...followed the oath of office with a kiss for his husband of 19 years...first same-sex couple to reside in the Executive Mansion" 01/20/35
RaymondHng 2 years ago
thanks jesus666r! That means a lot.
jglsongs 2 years ago
amazing can even make a cynic like me choke up a bit.
jesus666r 2 years ago
Thank you justbtube!! Thank you sfpecs!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
made me proud!
sfpecs 2 years ago
5 stars, Amazing.
justbtube 2 years ago
Thanks RogerioLauper and Desisto2007! You're both right...Cyndi Lauper is amazing and a major friend to the community!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Beautiful video, beautiful music. Only missed the presence of Cyndi Lauper who is more than a great singer. It is a fighter for equal rights and an example of human being.
desisto2007 2 years ago
I just loved...i think is very reasonable remember of so many heroes, such as Boy George, one of the most important and brilliant poets of our times, but i think is missing one very important name, I'm talking about Cyndi Lauper, this great Diva is a fighter and is always there for the community...I think that a dance-remix would be very welcome and this time the name of our Diva must be there!!!
rogeriolauper 2 years ago
Same premise VeggieChick...but the music is different and the history is way different!
jglsongs 2 years ago
This sounds A LOT like We Didn't Start The Fire.
VeggieChick77 2 years ago
Good eyes Raymond! That was one of my predictions...that Gavin Newsom would someday be President, and help legalize the federal gay marriage act.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Thanks Maggy! I like being optimistic, but you might have a point about the Vatican! Still, it's better to send out the good energy and let the universe spread it around.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Great!! Loved the ending with the newspaper articles. But I'm afraid you are too optimistic: AIDS vaccine in 2015 - maybe, but Vatican Apologizes to Homosexuals?? Never! ... Unfortunately
maggy97 2 years ago
thanks itsdman77
jglsongs 2 years ago
Look closely at the newspaper article dated 2029 at 5:30. The text mentions "Former president Newsom".
RaymondHng 2 years ago
beautiful. thanks.
alexywalexy 2 years ago
I'm so proud to know you Jon!! GREAT VIDEO!!! We played it at the new NY BEAR DEN today and it was a hit!!
bearchub4u 2 years ago
I'm really glad it was a hit!! You're the best!!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Wow! Great John! And I just noticed Freddy had a hand in this too! This is GREAT! _ Brian
bjkpma 2 years ago
Thanks Brian!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
I agree Gerry. The early years' vintage photos and film are pretty white...it's hard to find diversity - even up through the 70's. Thanks too dfwruffplay.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Still a GREAT piece. Kudos. I do feel like the audio of the final version lacks much of the haunting quality of some of the earlier versions that are still floating around out there. For some.. that may be a good thing.. for me.. not so much.
dfwruffplay 2 years ago
It's difficult but sometimes we must take the time to make sure there is representation. iHow about if we see a picture of James Baldwin instead of a still from the play. True, many african american's were fighting in the civil rights movement but many were part of the gay rights movement as well. Since the video is spanning our history and not just about 1959, it would be nice to see more faces of colour in the later years.
GerryCosmo 2 years ago
This is nice but....... as the lyrics say "it's time to celebrate ALL the colours of the rainbow", so where are they? I only see a few faces at the end of the video.
Where are the non-white faces of our history?- Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and what about our trans sisters and brothers?? The movement is about much more that our white brothers contributions to the struggle, as much as those contributions are important and need to be celebrated.
GerryCosmo 2 years ago
It's difficult to get every one in a 5 minute song, but James Baldwin is in there ("..Giovanni's Room") as is the reference "..Harlem nights" (Gladys Bentley) and John Amaechi. Audre Lord is missing from the song, but not from our history...Gertrude Stein is missing too (not of color, but importance). The other issue is that African-Americans had to deal with the struggle of racism, which made it even more difficult to fight anything else. 2009 is a lot different than 1959...wait until 2029.
jglsongs 2 years ago
LOVE IT!!
weirdowaldo 2 years ago
Thanks Dabudsta, funguy and dannazion! Yes, it's like BJ's song...when you rattle off history in a song, it's all going to sound like "We Didn't Start the Fire." :)
jglsongs 2 years ago
wonderful
dannazion 2 years ago
Kind of amusing when i was in school i had to do a report on "we didnt start the fire"-Billy Joel this is obviously taken from his song i like the way they tied it together tho
funguy062002 2 years ago
Bravo!
Dabudsta 2 years ago
thanks myp410up and tvsbbs!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Awesome and yes pride instilling!
tvsbbs 2 years ago
ROCKIN'!
myp410up 2 years ago
Thanks Mike!
jglsongs 2 years ago
It's great revisiting the struggle in this video. The lyrics are also moving.
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cwealth8 2 years ago
Thank you Sue!!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Fabulous. I watch it over and over and still see something new.
sueharris59 2 years ago
Thanks to my friend Shahar, there is now closed caption on the video with the lyrics.
jglsongs 2 years ago
does anybody have a fuul text of this song? It's sometimes difficult to understand for foreigners ;)
abiekt 2 years ago
The lyrics appear when you click the CC (closed caption) button.
jglsongs 2 years ago
Thanks ElmwoodChi!
jglsongs 2 years ago
Fantastic!
ElmwoodChi 2 years ago
Thank you everyone!
jglsongs 2 years ago
well done! informative, inspiring, and moving.
itsdman77 2 years ago
Wow. Lots of great gay history you riffed in those verses! I like the extended chorus too-- catchy! Thanks for asking to incorporate my Rainbow Flag Above Me photo near the end. I'm blogging this.
azsingersigner 2 years ago 2
Thanks UWSDaddy!
jglsongs 2 years ago
This is great!
UWSDaddy 2 years ago
We love Harry Hay!
jglsongs 2 years ago
HARRY HAY!!! YAY!!
JANXDPDX 2 years ago
I am a radical faery, and I used to live at the Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Harry Hay and John Burnside would hold their sex magic seminars there. Even in his advanced age, he was still beyond most people. He is a gay icon, but more than that, he was a gay thinker. The stuff he would come up with, was just mind blowing and mesmerizing...lol I miss him.
AAOOSEAN 2 years ago
The final and official release of the video...and song "Pride 2009." Hope it creates a lot of good and (more importantly) change.
jglsongs 2 years ago