# Little Willy, Willy Won't go home **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996 "2004-10-13T13:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/1 "2004-10-13T13:42:28Z")
I heard this song the other day in a film. It had totally slipped out of my conscious memory, but when I heard it the immediate thing I thought of was the skating rink in Georgia that was the “cool” hang out when I was about 10-14 years old. (This was a long time ago for you young punks) The songs I remember as being the very popular skate songs were: _Little Willy_ by Sweet _Saturday Night_ by the Bay City Rollers _The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia_ by Vicki Lawrence (we were in Georgia) I don’t recall hearing these songs nearly as much outside of this venue. So what were the skating songs you grew up with? Conversely, do these cheesy 70s songs evoke any sort of memories for you? ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/2 "2004-10-13T14:11:09Z")
Oh my, the first thing I though of when I saw the thread title was SKATING! They still play these at the local skating rink, my kids sing S A T U R Day, Saturday. ( my goodness, I do feel old! ) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/3 "2004-10-13T14:15:56Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > Oh my, the first thing I though of when I saw the thread title was SKATING! You are on my wave length, dear. Nothing can save you from my evil clutches now… Mwahahahaha! > [@](#): > > They still play these at the local skating rink, my kids sing S A T U R Day, Saturday. They _still_ play these? Nothing has supplanted them? I would have thought at least _Funkytown_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/4 "2004-10-13T14:17:17Z")
Born in 1963, so I was in 8th and 9th grade in the late 70’s, when roller rinks were **the** hangout. I remember a LOT of Hall and Oates. “Sarah Smile” was big for the “couples skate” and “Rich Girl” was probably the definitive skate tune for my era. I, too, find that certain songs can take me back to a specific time and feeling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/5 "2004-10-13T14:17:28Z")
I’m seriously considering pitting you for getting your little willy stuck in my head. You _)(\*&%))####%)_!! ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/6 "2004-10-13T14:22:58Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You are on my wave length, dear. Nothing can save you from my evil clutches now… Mwahahahaha! The last guy that had me in his evil cluthes now has to sleep with me every night! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/7 "2004-10-13T14:23:25Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m seriously considering pitting you for getting your little willy stuck in my head. > > You _)(\*&%))####%)_!! Hey, it’s not that small. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/8 "2004-10-13T14:24:34Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > The last guy that had me in his evil clutches now has to sleep with me every night! Your threats don’t scare me! ---
**Author:** ![ThatDuckIsEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@ThatDuckIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatDuckIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/9 "2004-10-13T17:22:11Z")
yay!! roller skating. big combs in the back pockets of our CHIC jeans, rainbow suspenders or belts, glow lights, and… BILLY SQUIER. I always associate any Billy Squier tune with roller skating. “Stroke me, Stroke meeee SROKE!! STROKE!!!” Not a very clean song to hear when you’re 7 but I wasnt payin much attention to the words anyway. I was all about leg-cross-over turns and squatting down to squeeze between the slow pokes. I’m still pretty mean on quads, but I can’t do roller blades to save my life. Anyway, there was always a lot of Hall and Oates and ELO. And by the time I was in high school they had started with “Boom boom boom, let’s go back to my room.” oy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/10 "2004-10-13T18:09:54Z")
See, when I think of the skating rink I hear _Supersonic_ in my head. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-willy-willy-wont-go-home/268996/11 "2004-10-13T18:18:48Z")
Waltzes. Played on an organ. This was in the 60s. They’d never put rock 'n roll in roller skating rinks back then. These were wholesome family places. :dubious: