What was your skating rink jam?

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DooficusIdjit@reddit

Rumors- Timex Social Club

https://youtu.be/xHpc8zsEunQ?si=YwiHBKPG3jCxV0ij

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit (OP)

Oh yeah. Some made of wood. And they all sold nachos.

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DearBurt@reddit

But ordering the overly large dill pickle in a bag was always a bad move; some kid would always yak.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

So, first off, the DJ at our skating rink went by "Mudflap" 😆

Push It - Salt & Pepper

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper

Also this one always reminds me of the skating rink but I haven't heard it in years):

https://youtu.be/Dz24kKWGlT8?si=5iynM9BvQvMeLb0N

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Filmmakernick@reddit

Oh! My first job was DJ at our local rink in the 90s, but I skated since the 80s. I have too many to list, but I'm gonna have to go with Groove Is In The Heart by Deeee-lite!

I even wrote/directed an indie coming-of-age flick set in the 90s called All Nite Skate!

It has a cool 90s soundtrack and is available to watch for free at my websites:

www.allniteskatethemovie.com and/or www.spoonpicturesproductions.com

You can cast the movie from your phone or watch on any browser! The movie is a labor of love from me and my rink rat friends.

Hope you all dig it! :)

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apolliana@reddit

Came here looking for this—heard that song at least twice at every skate night.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

My skating rink experience was like the very early '90s, before it had culturally become "The 90s™" and it was still sort of just the '80s in overtime.

I feel like it was very New Kids on the Block-heavy

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

I also sometimes call it "The Point Break era." That's a complete '80s movie, I don't care when it was released.

There's a lot of stuff that went on in 1990 and 1991 pre-Nevermind that's totally just the '80s aesthetic starting to run on fumes

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Plumeria9798@reddit

Haha, mine too! The songs I remember most from the skating rink are those and U Can’t Touch This. Maybe also Ice Ice Baby, I think. Oh, and Walk the Dinosaur.

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Daylight-Silence@reddit

Good lord, I haven't even momentarily thought about Walk the Dinosaur in decades

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Plumeria9798@reddit

Same, until I started thinking about the skating rink. Haha!

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REO_Speed_Dragon@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKoBpDM9S8c&list=RDsKoBpDM9S8c&start_radio=1

Chamise- She can't love you.

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DaveinOakland@reddit

Ice rink, lights turn low and it was Metallica - Unforgiven

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purplecrayonadventur@reddit

Enter Sandman.

You better clear a path pdq

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JCKTPM@reddit

DeLaSoul- Roller Skating Jam Saturday

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I_Did_The_Thing@reddit

Welcome to the Jungle, followed by Baby Got Back

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hiro111@reddit

Don't Stop The Rock by Freestyle: https://youtu.be/B3BQbVPL9Fo?si=-gdXzyR9QD67F7RR

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Zeke688@reddit

Memory unlocked, nice work. I would have never known the name or artist.

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Zeke688@reddit

I definitely thought of this song as soon as I saw the post.

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t-g-l-h-@reddit

Now we're talking. I'll see your My Boo and raise you a Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend

https://youtu.be/KSC-8mxfXKI?si=A1FxC_jP_t8HkTSg

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Intelligent-Salt-362@reddit

That is definitely high on my list as well. What about I Think We’re Alone Now?

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Happy_Brief_2199@reddit

This year Halloween fell on a weekend…

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tehSchultz@reddit

Me and geto boys was trick or treatin

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PicklesDillyPickles-@reddit

Ghostbusters theme song always got everyone hyped! This was also my first cassette tape. Haha

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RosesRfree@reddit

Oh man, one of my friends did this at the school talent show. He was before his time, successfully Rick Rolling us all. RIP, Josh!

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Prairie2Pacific@reddit

I did a lot of roller skating, and my jam was shoop bu salt n pepa

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RosesRfree@reddit

Poison - Bell Biv Devoe
Faith - George Michael
Blame it on the Rain - Milli Vanilli
Rico Suave - Gerardo
Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

Side note, a boy once dedicated a song to me, and that song was Sweet Home Alabama. To this day, I don’t understand.

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Emannuelle-in-space@reddit

Brandy and Monica - the boy is mine

And eminem - my name is

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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

I never could skate.

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itadapeezas@reddit

Look out weekends - Debbie Deb

I was a badass jam skater. Miss it so mich.

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dewihafta@reddit

Yes!!! One song I definitely knew at the time!

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bloviatingbloviator@reddit

This is the song that was playing when I finally figured out how to skate! For my friend, it was Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie.

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coci222@reddit

Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Beat It. It was the first song I skated to. I was nervous about getting out on the rink and then that song started which gave me the courage to do it.

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

Cane here to say this. Beat it was the absolute coolest song for a very long time

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EastCoastDizzle@reddit

Jump, Jump by Kris Kross. The really skilled kids could actually jump on their skates when it said “jump, jump” during the chorus. Once I finally could I was basically elite.

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S0bchak@reddit

Kickstart My Heart, Livin on a Prayer, Pour Some Sugar on Me, The Locomotion

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auspicious-moon@reddit

I have a vague memory of skating to Bel Bob Divoe’s “Poison”

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NBKiller69@reddit

Not my favorite jam, but one that to this day never leaves my head for more than a few weeks before it pops back in: Limbo Rock

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madiganpuppycrack@reddit

Walk like an Egyptian

We Built this City on rock and Roll

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Little_Peon@reddit

...the hokey pokey.

I went to skating rinks at different ages, from elementary to high school abdtjis was the constant. Always got played once.

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Gluten-Free-Jesus@reddit

Kokomo. I was really into the Beach Boys during my skating rink days.

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RUk1dd1nGMe@reddit

No parkin' baby, no parkin' on the dance floor

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R0botDreamz@reddit

Gimme a bottle - Clay D

3rd grade singing this at the top of my lungs.

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Chaos_Sauce@reddit

I didn't know this song until after my Skate Arena days, but it's gotta be A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays by De La Soul https://youtu.be/9S5lTgyfT2c?si=exuqsxdQXN62n39B

Back in the actual days, probably Wipe Out because I was good at falling down.

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defective_toaster@reddit

I Love Rock n' Roll by Joan Jett. Second place is also by Joan Jett, I Hate Myself for Loving You.

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brokenman82@reddit

I believe during the brief period of time I went to skating rink it was ‘ace of base’

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t-g-l-h-@reddit

I m SHOCKED to not see Debbie Deb - "Lookout Weekend" on this thread!!!

https://youtu.be/KSC-8mxfXKI?si=A1FxC_jP_t8HkTSg

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It depended on the year and mood. If it was to hold hands with the girl you liked, the hit request was "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams. If you were looking to showcase the right-over-left skate crossover you were perfecting or sticking one skate out in front while squatting over the other skate, it was “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. If you just wanted to purge some sixth grade rage, “Enter Sandman” was a hit request, although some rinks were hesitant to play metal.

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MoarFlavor@reddit

Our local rink would have “blackout” skates where they completely kill the lights and crank out the jams, which I’m almost positive would be completely banned these days. By the time Enter Sandman was crushing the airwaves, the blackout skate was a staple. I miss it so much. The pizza, the arcade machines, all of it.

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NowOneStepBeyond@reddit

Regulators by Nate Dogg and Warren G

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garnett21mn@reddit

Achy breaky heart

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Everything_Xen_@reddit

Our skating rink would play Achy Breaky Heart multiple times a night at the height of it’s popularity

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enters_and_leaves@reddit

This just unlocked a memory of line dancing in roller blades.

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ObligationSome905@reddit

Straight Up

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DearBurt@reddit

You know who I miss? MC Skat Cat.

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Sensitive-Advance-69@reddit

Love this question! I loved roller skating so much! When I moved in fourth grade the rink was too many towns over for me to go as much.

“Head to Toe” by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam “Brass Monkey” by the Beastie Boys “Cherish” by Madonna “All around the World” by Lisa Stansfield

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yungrii@reddit

Never too late too start again (well, sometimes it is). I started again after decades last year. My balance is not great but it's still very fun.

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megletivo@reddit

Da Butt. I heard it every time I was at the roller rink.

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BFS8515@reddit

Newcleus - Jam on it

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TronMuir@reddit

Shannon : Let the Music Play.

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sxandr@reddit

Jump

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JohnMcClanewithshoes@reddit

But which one???

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BraveLittleToaster8@reddit

All of them!

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JohnMcClanewithshoes@reddit

Fair enough

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viridiansoul@reddit

This right here.

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JediBeagle1@reddit

I Can’t Wait by Nu Shooz

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languagehacker@reddit

Real close by next

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grief-n-gravy@reddit

Janie’s Got a Gun by Aerosmith. Of course I had zero idea what the lyrics meant. Not like I could look it up in the encyclopedia. Ahh, simpler times.

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DanielTigerUppercut@reddit

Spin That Wheel - Technotronic

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kabbage_with_hair@reddit

Hell yeah! on the tmnt soundtrack, this was my jam

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Jimarco80@reddit

Everybody dance now - C&C music factory

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Rude_Man_Who_Shushes@reddit

Hey...Dirty...Baby I got your money don't you worry.

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Large-Inspection-487@reddit

Gin and Juice!

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SevereBodybuilder376@reddit

I was too busy playing the simpsons arcade game or getting playboy logo stickers and lucky rabbit feet out of a quarter machine to pay attention to the music.

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TuckerCarlsonsOhface@reddit

Ghostbusters theme, because they’d turn the lights low with the disco ball. Also “Bustin' makes me feel good!”

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MisRandomness@reddit

Rockell - In a Dream

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Mcdiglingdunker@reddit

Walk like an Egyptian

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michellefrost1982@reddit

Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

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NoviceCaprica@reddit

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth.

But the chicken bum dance song was always the last song played!

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CWMiner82@reddit

Sweet Child O Mine.

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archliberal@reddit

Da Dip by Freak Nasty and whoever wrote Tootsie Roll

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greenberg17493@reddit

Beat it - Michael Jackson

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Milkweedhugger@reddit

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

Hysteria - Def Leppard

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CinnabarToast@reddit

I have a cherished childhood memory of making an at-home skating rink with 2 of my cousins in their unfinished basement, and we skated to IWDWS !

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johnvalley86@reddit

Our rink was cool and let us bring in our own music as long as there was no cussing. I always brought in a tape with one track recorded on it, Chemical Brothers - Block rockin' Beats

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HillBillyMadman@reddit

Never had one.

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arrakiswitch@reddit

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myrdraal2001@reddit

Walk Like an Egyptian. It is probably considered "problematic" these days.

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marcella_coco@reddit

Yesssss agree, anything Technotronic!

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chiefflare@reddit

Into the groove - Madonna

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Don_Shetland@reddit

Ghostbusters theme!

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SpiralOutski@reddit

Rock of Ages - Def Leppard. Long live rock n roll! 🤘🏻

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FethB@reddit

“2 Legit 2 Quit” by MC Hammer

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Sensitive-Advance-69@reddit

We’d do the hand gestures for this one!! I felt SO cool 😎

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yodellingllama_@reddit

I tried to get the skating rink to play Ginuwine's Pony recently, but they refused because children were present.

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shyguy1953@reddit

I Think We're Alone Now- Tiffany

COUPLE'S SKATE

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SpiralOutski@reddit

Lucky

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shady-p1nes-ma@reddit

November Rain for extra long hand holding during the couples skate.

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JohnMcClanewithshoes@reddit

Offspring - Come Out And Play University Bowl in SA

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Happy_Brief_2199@reddit

Planet Rock or Jam on it

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archliberal@reddit

I didn’t discover Planet Rock til my 40s and only then by chance wondering what a song was in Trailer Park Boys.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Shannon - Let the Music Play

Pretty Poison - Catch Me I'm Falling

ANY Jody Watley or Pebbles whatsoever

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BraveLittleToaster8@reddit

We may be the last generation to appreciate freestyle, it seems like it kind of disappeared after the early 90s. I still have a bunch of these songs on my workout playlist!

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Happy_Brief_2199@reddit

Let’s throw in some Sweet Sensation, Stevie B, and Lisette Melendez while we’re here! I’m from Jersey and I still love freestyle.

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Ok-Name1312@reddit

Great choices. Also, Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music or Expose - Come Go With Me or Point of No Return.

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epidemicsaints@reddit

"Fascinated" by Company B too!

Expose is so good.

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anitabelle@reddit

Such a great song!!!

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trustme1maDR@reddit

And Nu Shooz 😭

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epidemicsaints@reddit

That was on our Pizza Hut jukebox!

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pantalonesdesmartee@reddit

The Escape Club “Wild Wild West”

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Mission-Ocelot-4511@reddit

Fantasy - Mariah Carey

https://youtu.be/qq09UkPRdFY?si=FOsQt8mGlLoQ3qi-

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Positive-Pressure953@reddit

Thriller -they'd shut off the lights for Vincent Price's laugh at the ebd and it scared the hell out of me every time. I really miss it. ❤️🖤

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Piercegirl23@reddit

Outstanding! The Gap Band.

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yet_another_uniq_usr@reddit

Debbie Deb - Hello Weekend and also When I hear music.

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Metzger4Sheriff@reddit

Mony Mony

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SteveEcks@reddit

Whip It - Devo

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manfromfuture@reddit

https://youtu.be/w1QzBQKYbag

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Lost-in-library-land@reddit

Don’t Worry, Be Happy. That first doot doot just made me instantly relax and feel like I could totally nail the crossover to go around the curve. And I did nail it every time.

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DeadpoolAndFriends@reddit

I went to the same skating rink that was in Stranger Things. They played a lot of New Kids on the Block when I was a kid.

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_ficklelilpickle@reddit

Mental As Anything - Mr Natural

No idea why, I heard it at the rink a few times and now any time I hear the chorus all I can think of is rental ice skates and that slightly soggy thick sock feeling.

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