BETTE MIDLER - Fat Stuff (Live Continental Bath)

[forestkaat]

Only the Devine Miss M would have the you know what to sing this live. There has only been one word to describe her & it has always been DEVINE

[MsJCBurke]

I only ever heard Ed Holstein sing this. Totally different!

[soulplumber]

was there

[dandbear]

Wow - I remember seeing her in 70 - 71 -72 @ the Baths - dang, I'm old! -- BUT STILL HERE

[MegaGum1]

Madonna. Lady Gaga. Christina. All them children was studying.

[bearcub410]

magnificent wonderful the divine miss m

[ScottJayMillerNY]

What a pisher....... Miss M gettin` her hair downstairs at the 34th St. Station by Mister Gerard as the A Train goes by............Funny stuff.

[flight62]

The shame is that so many 20 somethings actually think Lady Gaga is the first and only performer to be gay friendly. They know nothing about their people's history. Hell, most don't even know where the pink triangle originated.

[OhLookItsMapheu]

@flight62 I'm 16, and I'm trying to learn as much as I possibly can about our history, And I have my gay heroes like Magnus Hirschfeld, Harvey Milk, Marsha P Johnson, Oscar Wilde. I know about Stonewall, Castro...

I know my gay icons, Marlene Dietrich, Faye Dunnaway, Joan Rivers and of course, Bette. To name just a few.

It's just a shame that so many others of my generation don't take as much interest....

And the pink triangle, that was put on the sleeves of gay inmates in concentration camps.

[flight62]

@OhLookItsMapheu ..well I am very proud of you...at 16...learning about gay history. You give me hope! Thanks!

[stevensondavid096]

@OhLookItsMapheu I did put a thumbs up for you.....you are very knowledgeable--Faye Dunaway was wow--I loved her not as much as Jane Fonda and Julie Christie--check her out--she is sublime in sooo many ways but the point is watch Darling--first gay guy who was just incidental in the movie yet her (char) friend.

[stevensondavid096]

@flight62 might be getting the younger generation mixed up with Jack from Wall Street Journal--Im even impressed by all the nice straight non paranoid straight men and women -- of course -- they are making a difference:)

[stevensondavid096]

@stevensondavid096 i meant jack from Will and Grace ...lol sheesh....no drugs here

[shoemia]

What chipmunktubetop said :)

[supermandisco]

That performance at a bathouse? They should have paid four times as much just to get inside.

[thetopper1]

Those were the days.  These were the some of the best shows I've ever been too. Bette, you are awesome, even in a dive like this...........it's the ambiance, baby!

[CHERADICTO]

D I V A

[chipmunktubetop]

Wow. That was when you had to br talented to have a career.

Eat my ass, Miley Cryrus.

[VealParmigiana]

Bette looked good in the 70s. Good music to masturbate to.

[StoneyEnd444]

the music? she's good to masterbate to.

[ScottJayMillerNY]

@StoneyEnd444 She might get a kick out of that. About 30 yrs ago. Her Husband most likely wouldn`t.

[queenybeth]

I love all about her!!!

[mzmiller52]

whatever happened to marilyn sokol?

[feelingit845]

This is so cool. The guy who videoed her shows was named Jimmy Vito. He filmed all her shows there. I know cause my name is Lou Gagliano and worked there. I was privlaged to be Betts Escort the last show she did there. Yes thats Barry on piano Joey Mitchell on drums. It was magic at the baths back then. I hope Jimmy Vito got some credit for all the taping he did bless him to see it on here is amazing. Lets not forget Don Scotty,Ted Hooks, Steve Astrow who made this happen

[blakpach]

@feelingit845 it's Steve Ostrow - but yes lets not foget him!

[lelandpmorrill]

@feelingit845 I hope also if Jimmy Vito videotaped this he gets credit as well. These are amazing to watch.

[tatiana216]

watch Barry Manilow at the piano. soo good

[FebMomma]

i found this concert on a site called gottaseedvds...I love Bette! she just keeps getting better ever time i see it

[jewelbettejewel]

Thank you for contributing to the Bette archive. She is my favorite person on the PLANET!!!

[marinusvh]

Brilliant!!

[earthmother]

Bette is a fabulous now as she was back then.

i've been a fan since '71, and will be a fan for as long as she is out there.

[karena321]

LOVE Bette!!!!!!!!!!1

[grai]

It's very hard to grasp nearly 40 years on just how radical Bette Midler was being *just by being in the building* surrounded by gay men

The gay communtiy was just a hated secretive fearful underworld in 1971

To see how comfortable and accepting and 'tuned in' with gay sensibilities she is as a straight wowman - considering what a stigmatised group they were at the time - just shows what an exceptional and extraordinary and generous Bette Midler is as and always has been

[tinavies]

OMG where did u get this?!?! amazing!! i would kill to see more stuff from this era! pre-her first album! just fabulous!