Lance Loud Compilation 1971
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Filmed in 1971, Lance Loud as he appeared in the 12-part PBS documentary "An American Family."
He's seen first on a New York rooftop expressing self-doubt that he possessed the sort of creativity necessary to propel a career.
Up next is father Bill Loud discussing with a friend his puzzlement about Lance. His outlook for his son's future wasn't positive, but on the plus side his grim prediction that Lance wouldn't make it to age 25 missed the mark by a quarter-century. As an aside, close your eyes and listen to Bill from 2:35 to the end of this segment and it's uncanny how similar his voice sounds to Dick Van Dyke's!
This is followed by Lance and his mother walking and chatting together in Central Park, with his conflicted youth being the primary focus of the discussion.
Finally, Lance reads his poem "Nothing Can Be Bigger Than a Promise" to a friend.
I've also posted a video about Lance's brother Grant at • Grant Loud Music Compi...
This guy would fit in just perfect in modern times! He has no clue how far he could take things.
Bill Loud really had no idea how Lance made his way around the world, huh?
I'd love to see a documentary on Lance's life away from the American Family cameras. What a life. And it was rare, if not unheard of, to hear people speak bad about Lance. From saving Nancy Spungen from an OD to painting friend's houses in Echo Park, Lance was an all around dependable cat.
ha ha ...only just saw this and was laughing at the dad'd naivety
I watched this as a kid and I loved him...he was real and down to earth and himself...no apologies. It was amazing to see. He opened doors!
An old friend once described someone as “A good time, but that’s all he is.”
Or a mess.
he was born before his time.. he'd be in his element in 2015
He might have fit in with Warhol's world.
That was his intention, and indeed he landed on the periphery of that world.
Listening to the dad talk about Lance in the beginning of the video it sounds like Lance had Bi polar
lol HAD bi polar?
Audra, yes, HAD, since he died almost 20 years ago.
Yes. And so very desperate to be nonconforming each time the mania kicked in. You can see this with the mother's discussion also, wanting to be different and special.... and then holing up in his room for a month.
Too bad they didn't know more about mental health then. It seems like they enabled when they were trying to help.
@@audrahollis5364 you're bipolar oddra 😶
I dont think so but I am sure he had ADHD or something like that.
Mrs. Loud was such a hottie - OMG.
He was one-of-a-kind.
Naww, not one of a kind... mebbe one in a million-> which means there are 8 million like him. *Meh*
DashRipr0ck ...lol
No he wasn't. Speed freaks are a dime a dozen. Too bad he chose that life but that is what he wanted. I do not admire or respect people who choose to be addicts. He knew the whole drug scene in NYC and that is what he wanted. 15 minutes of fame with Warhol and 30 years a speed freak. Nice.
I used to watch this show as a kid to look at Pat she was so fine.
Yes she was...
When Lance was talking about his younger years while walking in New York with his mother, I was struck by the similarity to how John Waters described his childhood, also in the '60s. Both gay, both artistic, both nuts and raging to get out of the suburban world so they could go out-of-control and crazy. Meanwhile, their parents were struggling to cope with them, not wanting them to hurt or destroy themselves but unable to keep them under any level of control. John found a way to be creative and also be successful. Lance never really did.
In "An American Death," it's revealed that Lance had a career as a journalist (free-lancing for magazines; mostly interviews) that lasted almost 30 years.
wow look at all the traffic in Central Park....not today.
He was a great reader
Loved Lance
This goes out to every single Baby Boomer complaining about Millennials and younger generations and about how thing were different in their day. Nope.
Things were different in their day though. How does this prove otherwise? You realize that the existence of people like lance in that era is well known? Welcome to the party 🎈🎉🥳🎁🍾👯♀️
It makes you wonder how much of an impact his open visibility had on other families.
Hard to tell who was more addle-brained, Lance or his parents?
Bill and Pat never really understood that they created something unique and exotic in Lance.
I'd like to see this complete series, but can't find it anywhere. The only version available on DVD is two hours long.
I once watched it online, but now I can't find it anywhere.
Spectacle:True Crime podcast ep1 talks about this
I watched it on p.b.s. I think. Really good watch
Many Lance's and Deliah's out there. The Parents whether they realized it or not, had one element they nutured with Freedom of Thought only to recoil in fear of growth beyond expectations
was he high all the time or he was actually like this?
The" Meet The Kardashians" of the 70's! LOL!
Am I the only one who thinks that Lance never heard the word No? I feel like his parents dropped the ball, offering very little in the way of limits or guidance.
He lived fast and died young, "flaming" out at age 50.
Wow, no wonder he didn't have any life and educational skills. He spent two years of his teenage years in his bedroom all day, sneaking out his window at night. Pat and Bill just hoped it would resolve itself? Were they too involved with their own selves to care about getting their son some help? I can see why the public and media skewered this family.
I seem to recall an interview Lance did where he mentioned his parents taking him to therapy sessions during his formative years, so it's not like they turned a blind eye to what he was going through and made no effort to get him help.
+gail parkson
If i were going out into a world where I knew there would be people who would hate me, without even bothering to get to know me, enough to murder me I'd probably be a bit down, too.
It was the seventies maybe that's why? It seems like I'm often using that line as an excuse, a mea culpa. In the air there was a feeling of freedom. Later came a lot of worrying.
He was addicted to crystal meth for over 20 years. He was a druggy and he chose this life style. He moved to NYC and the Warhol group because he LOVED this life style. He craved it. He loved Edie, another waste case, meth addict. Big deal. Nothing special about that. Millions do it every year and will continue to so. Some things never change.
Ahh I love the gays may they all find gorgeous boyfriends.
Lance Loud was a brat. That's probably all he ever was. That's certainly what he was here at age 20. He's talking non-stop gibberish and his mother is sympathetic and encouraging the whole time. Does that give some clue as to why his life turned out the way it did?
1stDrakePassage a rich brat....
He was who he was and his parents allowed him to be that for good or ill
@@mikemike8623 they didn’t parent. Period.
@@lizadivine3785 , horrible parenting.
sweet lance, such a bright star in the dark wet night of lust
wish ide had a momma llike her