# Skating Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441 "2016-11-11T02:07:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/1 "2016-11-11T02:07:16Z")
My partial supervisor (“for 37 seconds a day”) has taken to playing music in what Lem called, “my wheelhouse,” Fifties to seventies R&B and Soul. Maybe he’s trying to impress his new girlfriend, who doesn’t realize he’s twice her age, and these are the sounds of her mother and grandmother. Don’t care, since it’s what I choose to listen to. Anyway, “Flashlight” by Parliament came on, and Cheryl called it Skating Music. Unlike everything else, it was new to me, and I’m only barely exposed to the roller rink scene, but damn! It flows like a bunch of skaters, and magnificently relaxing, but with a beat. I need more. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/2 "2016-11-11T02:35:35Z")
Prince “1999” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/3 "2016-11-11T02:38:07Z")
Little Willy ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/4 "2016-11-11T02:39:03Z")
I seem to recall that the evil penguin in “The Wrong Trousers” enjoyed skating music. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jrmZIgVoQw4/maxresdefault.jpg "Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (Train Chase Scene)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmZIgVoQw4) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/5 "2016-11-11T02:41:13Z")
[Skateaway](https://youtu.be/xQBKUPwG_Gk) by Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/6 "2016-11-11T02:43:19Z")
I’ll see your Little Willie (baw, baw) and raise you a Ballroom Blitz. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/7 "2016-11-11T04:09:17Z")
No, none of those have the skating flow. They are too abrupt. Imagine yourself in a large group of friends, becoming part of the group, and flowing, lap after lap, with the group. Perhaps someone tries something special, and it’s alright, 'cuz he fits right back into the flow. It’s meditative. Little Willy isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/8 "2016-11-11T05:20:45Z")
“Fifties to seventies” spans two completely different genres. Here’s what skating music sounded like in the 50s: https://www.youtube.com/embed/woqBMCb61OA?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLqEIpsEqNOJyCLwO16oTKEche3kLtV_-m ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/9 "2016-11-11T18:46:44Z")
[Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed To Skate](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhFJtz7hflQ) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/10 "2016-11-11T19:04:50Z")
How about [Cruisin’ (Lucy & Ramona & Sunset Sam)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MGtgbe917M) ? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/11 "2016-11-11T19:12:23Z")
I thought really cool skating music was supposed to sound like this. Anyone olde enough to remember when ‘skating music’ was played on a Wurlitzer organ? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/12 "2016-11-11T19:35:41Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I seem to recall that the evil penguin in “The Wrong Trousers” enjoyed skating music. Feathers McGraw appears to favor [Bach and Lee Morgan](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/wallaceandgromit/images/8/8d/Feathers_McGraw.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071225075243). ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/13 "2016-11-11T19:51:23Z")
Anything by Kool and the Gang ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/14 "2016-11-11T20:49:38Z")
[Slave - Watching You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSZjR9_8TWE) [Brick - Dazz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr9qvuodVA) [Brothers Johnson - Stomp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBDMihPRJA) [Chic - Good Times](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSV74NsIPg8) [Cameo - Candy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0) [George Clinton - Atomic Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyS9M8T03A) [D Train - You’re the One for Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXl7f757gqI) [One Way - Push](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5n_WnCKO1A) [Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK6wOG_aDl8) [Yarbrough & Peoples - Don’t Stop the Music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tbS73I1N-I) [Commodores - Brick House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48) [Newcleus - Jam On It](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmg5GaAHbk) [Donna Summer - I Feel Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qI6UDD2uQ) [War - Low Rider](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTGrfs5TXM) If any of these are what you’re looking for, let me know, as I can do this all night (I began my DJ career back in that time frame). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/15 "2016-11-11T20:53:11Z")
[Xanadu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWeJ9p42ufg). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/16 "2016-11-11T20:57:39Z")
I guess it all depends on when you were doing your skating. I remember Rapper’s Delight, Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Celebration, and various Abba garbage. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/17 "2016-11-11T21:07:26Z")
Oh yes, and this one, by a supposed Punk band: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WGU_4-5RaxU/maxresdefault.jpg "Blondie - Heart Of Glass") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/18 "2016-11-11T21:30:47Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I guess it all depends on when you were doing your skating. I remember Rapper’s Delight, Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Celebration, and various Abba garbage. Yeah and then when _I_ was skating, after that, it was a lot of hair metal. No way my mom would have let me listen to whatever radio station played “Cherry Pie” but I still know all the words! From dozens of Girl Scout skate nights! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/19 "2016-11-12T16:28:47Z")
My roller rink days were also during the height of hair metal, but I think Eddy Grant’s [“Electric Avenue”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0) is the ultimate skating song. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441/20 "2016-11-12T17:32:23Z")
Oh, yes, ‘Good Times’ by Chic. I picture skating along a path like at Venice Beach in California in booty shorts, and we get ‘clams on the half shell’ at a little stand…one of my favorite fantasies in the past. “The Politics of Dancing” by Re-Flex. AWESOME skating song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skating-music/771441.md?page=2)