Children of the 70s/80s...fave roller rink anthems

[dolo amber]

Post 'em here! :D

Wanna see you with it
Sho' could treat you right
Give me just a minute
Of your time tonight

We both are here to have the fun
So let it whip

We'll get into groovin'
Love your body language
Baby, let me know
You've got me sort of anxious

We both are here to have the fun
So let it whip

So let it whip
(let's whip it baby)
Child
(let's whip it right)
Get a grip
(let's whip it baby, work it all night)
Well, what's your trip
(oh no)
Child
C'mon let it whip
Oww-hoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q718Z_8Bye0

[AlCzervik]

1. Doo wah Ditty by Zapp and Roger

no video, sorry
Ditty
Dum dum dum dum dum
Bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp
Bomp-bomp-bomp-de-oop
Bomp-bomp-bomp-de-oop

Girl, I wanna, wanna blow my thing
Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Oh, oh, oh, wanna blow my thing
Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Oh, oh, oh, wanna blow my thing
Ooh...ooh...ooh...

Do your thing
Just do your thing
Do your thing
Just do your thing
Just do your thing
Do your thing

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

Just do your thing
Do your thing
Just do your thing
Just do your thing
Just do your thing
Just do your thing
Just do your thing

Ooh...
Let me blow my thing
Ooh...
Wanna blow my thing, baby
Shoo...
Now dig my funky thing

Boom
Bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp
Bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp
Bomp-bomp-bomp-de-oop
Dip-dip-dip-dip-doo
Bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp
Bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp
Bomp-bomp-bomp-de-oop
Dip-dip-dip-dip-doo

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

Said I wanna blow (Doo wa)
Just let me blow (Doo wa ditty)
Blow my thing, baby
Blow my thing (Doo wa ditty)

[Shine]

2. Brick House by the Commodores

Yeah, baby!! We would TOTALLY jam out to that song. Loved it!!! :loveya: :thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C719cRXZ9t0

Ow she's a Brick-house,
She's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick-house, that lady's stacked, and that's a fact,
Ain't holdin' nothin' back, ow she's a brick-house,
Well we're together everybody knows,
This is how the story goes.

She knows she's got everything, that a woman needs, to get a man.
How can she lose, with such a youth,
Thirty six, twenty four, thirty six, what a winning hand!

She's a Brick-house, she's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out.
Yea she's a brick-house, that lady's stacked,
And that's a fact,
Ain't holdin' nothin back, oh she's a brick-house,
Yeah she's the one, the only one,
Built like an Amazon.

The clothes she wears, her sexy ways,
Makes her, ole man wish, for younger days yeah yeah
She knows she's built, and knows how to please.
Sho' nuff can knock a strong man to his knees.

Cause she's a brick-house,
She's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out.
Oh she's a brick-house,
That lady's stacked, and that's a fact,
Ain't holdin' nothin' back, yeah

Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it down now
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it ooo ga ga
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it down now
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it shake it

Brick-House - Yeah, she's mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out
Ah what a brick-house, yeah she's the one, the only one, built like an Amazon.

Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it down now
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it shake it
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it down now
Shake it down, shake it down now, shake it down shake it shake it

BREAK

Oh what a Brick-house, she's mighty mighty, just lettin' it all hang out.
Yea she's a brick-house, that lady's stacked, that's the fact,
Ain't holdin' nothin' back, Owww she's a brick-house,
Yea she's the one, the only one, built like a Amazon

[dolo amber]

15. Oh YES

:bounce:

You're mighty-mighty, Shine. ;)

[PassingFair]

3. Love Rollercoaster

You give me that funny feeling in my tummy.

Ahhh shit, yeah, that's right, huh
Rollercoaster of Love
Say what?
Rollercoaster, yeah (ooh ooh, ooh ooh)
Oh, baby, you know what I'm talkin' about
Rollercoaster of Love (love rollercoaster, child)
Oh, yeah, it's Rollercoaster time
Lovin' you is really wild
Oh, it′s just a love rollercoaster
Step right up and get your tickets!

Chorus:
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, yeah (awawawawawaw)
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, yeah

Move it over dad 'cause I'm a double-dipper!
Upside down on the zip-zip-zipper
1,2,1,2,3, I′ve got a ticket so ride with me
Mary go down on the merry-go-round
All is fair 'n' a big fair ground
Love go slow, love go fast
Licorice whip gonna whip your ass.

Rollercoaster of love
Say what?
Rollercoaster,
yeah (ooh ooh, ooh ooh)
Rollercoaster of love
Can you get off our love rollercoaster?

Chorus:
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, yeah
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride

I will be there for you, I will be your man.

Move over, dad, 'cause I'm a double dipper!
Upside down on the zip-zip-zipper
1,2,1,2,3, I′ve got a ticket so ride with me
Mary go down on the merry-go-round
All is fair 'n' a big fair ground
Love go slow, love go fast
Licorice whip gonna whip your ass.

Rollercoaster of love
Say what?
Rollercoaster,
yeah (ooh ooh, ooh ooh)
Rollercoaster
Love rollercoaster, child
Lovin' you is really wild
Love love love love love love love love love love
Rollercoaster,
uhuh (ooh ooh, ooh ooh)


Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, yeah (yeah, this here joker's the ride)
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, (yes you do, yes you do, yes you do)
Your love is like (it’s like what?) a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride,
Your love is like a Rollercoaster baby, baby I wanna ride, (x10)

[swag]

4. I was 10, it was 1971, I was in Havre, Montana.

Black and White by Three Dog Night.

[dolo amber]

8. I hope to god you had the good sense to have an ironic hay toothpick

Otherwise...Whitest. Roller rink. EVER.

[swag]

10. You got that right, sister sledge.

And you should have heard what we had to endure for the Limbo Skate.

Now that I think of it, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves," "Knock Three Times," and "Proud Mary," played more frequently than "Black and White." But I guess that just confirms your horrific conclusion. And I guess you have never been to the high plains, otherwise you would be completely unsurprised.

[dolo amber]

12. Sweet Jesus

I spent the majority of my skatin' time in Owensgoddamnboro Ky, and we at least had Sly, P-Funk, Rufus, Dazz Band, Isleys, etc.

But, then again, you were apparently forged in the smelter of white mediocrity, and thus you are clearly much stronger than I. :patriot:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

32. "forged in the smelter of white mediocrity"

I want this on my headstone.

[Redbear]

5. Would it kill you to play a little Foghat?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qLngiP_K1nw


Im in the mood yeah
The rhythm is right
Move to the music
We can roll all night yeah

[dolo amber]

9. LOVE IT

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[InternalDialogue]

6. Petula Clark

"Downtown"

Yes it dates me, but it also signals final skate.

Grab a partner and get out there! Mom's going to be out front with the wagon in a couple minutes! Dare you to kiss her!

[dolo amber]

11. That's awesome

That, as much as the funk, is what the roller rink was all about. :woohoo: :thumbsup:

[johnnie]

7. I think I remember

Was it called the fleahop?

Walk This Way

[TheBaldyMan]

13. Sylvester - "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real"

A real classic, still a banging track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kphP-YDwE8Y

WARNING: 12" version

[dolo amber]

16. That song made me love the gays

:patriot:

[carly denise pt deux]

14. Night Fever-Bee Gees and Boogie Shoes-KC and the Sunshine band.

Carly

[Left Is Write]

17. Our local skate DJ used to play Green Onions a lot - I had a friend

who was a fantastic skater, and he used to get a crowd around him watching him skate to Green Onions.

I also remember when Open Arms was a popular couples skate, and we heard a lot of disco (let's put it this way - I used to watch Dance Fever while getting ready to go skating on Saturday nights).

[Vidar]

18. Walk like an Egyptian

[MonkeyFunk]

19. S-A-T-U-R... D-A-Y NIGHT!

[momophile]

20. FunkyTown!

[KitchenWitch]

22. Yes!

[Arugula Latte]

38. Won't you take me to

Funky Town?! :toast:

[Frank Cannon]

21. Xanadu by Olivia and ELO

That song sounded really great in the roller rink.

[terrya]

36. Yep.

It IS, after all, a tune that was sung in a roller disco (on film)

[suzbaby]

23. Birthday by The Beatles

Always great when you have your birthday party at the rink and the announcer says, "Annnnnnnnnnd a Happy 10th Birthday to Suzbaby!" Then the Beatles start singing, you and your friends (all wearing glow necklaces and bracelets) pile out on the rink and skate around.

[Susang]

24. Oh, do I have a good list! (It's kinda long, but it's worth it)

I put an asterisk next to singles I had. ;-)

Some more:

Fox On The Run - Sweet*

Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye*

Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs*

Xanadu - Olivia Newton John

Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman - Joe Tex*

Rubberband Man - The Spinners*

How Deep is Your Love - Andy Gibb

Boogie Nights - Heatwave*

Get Away- Earth Wind and Fire*

Slow Ride - Foghat

Saturday Night- Bay City Rollers

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder*

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Emotion - Samantha Sang

Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder*

Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson*

Flashlight - Funkadelic*

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group

Car Wash- Rose Royce*

Boogie Fever - The Sylvers

Evil Woman - ELO*

Black Betty - Ram Jam*

You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Music for Airports; Ambient IV: On Land; Thick As a Brick; Gotterdammerung

You know, the usual.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

26. Don't flame

Not my favorites, these are the ones I remember hearing a whole lot.

New Edition
New Kids on the Block
Bobby Brown
Motley Crue
Run-D-MC
Aerosmith
Fresh Prince
LL Cool J
Milli Villi (Spelling)
Poison
Guns N Roses
Tom Petty
Public Enemy

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

27. "On Broadway" by George Benson

[Scarlett17]

28. You Dropped A Bomb On Me

Anytime I hear The Gap Band I have an overwhelming urge to Shoot The Duck.

[AllegroRondo]

29. YMCA !!!

with all the appropriate arm movements, of course!

[AllegroRondo]

30. and anything by ABBA

especially Dancing Queen

[Patiod]

31. The ice rink used to play Spin Doctors

for some reason, it was great to skate to.

Oddly enough, so was Manheim Steamroller Christmas music....

"Whip It" is still a fave!

[sundog]

33. my angel is the centerfold

[ThatsMyBarack]

34. Anything by the late, great Sylvester!

Like, "Take Me to Heaven." I used to do aerobics to that stuff! :woohoo:

[Taverner]

35. We will rock you

By Queeeeeeeeeen

[El Fuego]

37. "Mandolay" - my all time favorite skating song. "Say hey!"

There's a Spanish disco in a town not far from France
Known throughout the continent where people love to dance
There's a dark-skinned lady there
Whose legs have brought her fame
She dances in the center ring, and the people call her name

Mandolay, say hey
Say Mandolay
Say hey
Say Mandolay

All the men they know her
Or at least they think they do
She knows she can have them all
She thinks all men are fools
So she winks and smiles at them and brings them to their knees
Leaves them with their fantasies, but the people never see

Mandolay, say hey
Say Mandolay
Say hey
Say Mandolay

She can make men happy
But she'll never let them know
Mandolay, she's much too cool to let her feelings show
So she'll tease them with her moves,
Confuse them with her mind
Make love to everyone of them,
But only with her eyes

Mandolay, say hey
Say Mandolay
Say hey
Say Mandolay

[billyskank]

39. I was deprived

I never learned to roller skate when I was a kid. :cry: