FOF Video #2 - Rock Your Body - 06.20.06
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John Sex was the most exciting entertainer in Downtown New York until he lost his life to AIDS in early 1989. Admired by Andy Warhol, best friends with Keith Haring, loved by Liberace, John Sex blended dance, rock and Broadway into a Las Vegas spectacle that was oh-so sassy-fying. Fortunately for us today, he was also friends with Nelson Sullivan who videotaped many of his fabulous shows.
Richard Metzger, who lived with Nelson Sullivan for a while in the 80's, directed this super music video for John and his co-stars The Bodacious Ta-Ta's. It's a genuine masterpiece and a wonderful tribute to one our most favorite entertainers and all-the-way nice guys, John Sex!
-Footage courtesy of Funtone USA and video archivist Robert Coddington.
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Very cool! I loved it!!
It's like the 1980s just threw up all over my monitor!
Said by: Patrick at June 20, 2005 08:53 PM
He was so cute, wasn't he?
Said by: Fausto at June 20, 2005 10:48 PM
John was sooo hot- and I don't normally go for that type of guy. I remember when John Sex went performed at Berlin (or as the Chicago suburbanites would say- the Berlinzes)- what a show....
Said by: Mr. Pussy Pants at June 20, 2005 11:19 PM
I'm sure Kenny Scharf and Juan Dubose would have a thing or two to say about that "Keith Haring's best friend" thing.
Said by: Mizez Slocombe at June 21, 2005 08:03 AM
Mizez, who's saying that?
Said by: Fausto at June 21, 2005 09:11 AM
What's the dirt Slowcum?
Said by: Marc Felion at June 21, 2005 02:17 PM
I wanna see the Billy Squier video for Rock Me Tonite.
http://www.davemmr.com/visual/rockme2nite.html
Scroll down and watch the clip. I want the whole thing!
Said by: John M. at June 22, 2005 04:51 AM
No dirt, really, just research I did on Haring's scene years ago in uni. Scharf was very close to Haring from his early NY days, and Dubose was the closest thing to an LTR that Haring had.
Said by: Mizez Slocombe at June 22, 2005 01:32 PM
Well, don't forget that Madonna and Haring were rommmates, though I'm sure people today can't imagine that....Back in the early 80's the scenesters had to stick together to make it. The Lower East Side wasn't the safest place on earth.
John Sex was one of the FEW individuals in the East Village scene that everyone loved....he was a one-of-a-kind.
Go ask Scharf...he'll give you th 411.
Said by: Mr. Pussy Pants at June 22, 2005 08:12 PM
He seems like a likeable guy. Sexually ambigous? Hell no. He is/was gayer than a gay day at disney.
Said by: Fausto at July 5, 2005 06:05 PM
Is there anywhere or anyone who has some of those songs on cd or mp3? There's been an empty place in me for years without being able to listen to Rock Your Body or Hustle With My Muscle..! TexLonghorn@hotmail.com
Said by: TexLonghorn at February 2, 2006 02:33 PM
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