I could just burst into tears 😭!!! If only I knew then that those would be some of my best years, I would like to think that I would have lived life more fully!!! Thank You, if only for a moment in my mind I hear the laughter and fun!!!! 🤣❤️🥰🙏🏾🕊
*You are still here* ! Don't talk as if you are dead, or on another planet. Remember all those times parents had to be patient? That's what we have to be now. While we are being patient, we need to look at what we can do as we put one foot in front of the other. We *will* get to where our goals are. *This pandemic is temporary* . It is not going to last. You don't want to look back and think those same thoughts again, about what you *could have* done. As long as you are moving forward, and not backwards. It's okay. We're all trying to get through this pandemic, but we should encourage each other along the way. That helps to keep hope alive. *You are going to be just fine* . You have to believe that though. The mind is a powerful thing. If you think negative, you're going to feel negative, and most likely, *you might* do negative. Try to think positive, even when you don't feel like it. Watch how your body will like it. *My opinion* . Sorry about the length of this. Blessings.
@@reallythankful2856--THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION!!! I NEEDED IT!!! FEELING A LITTLE TOO SORRY FOR MYSELF INSTEAD OF BEING THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY TO DO AND GET IT RIGHT!!! BE BLESSED!!!🙏🏾🕊🙌🏾❤️
MS. PATRICIA, AT LEAST YOU, ME AND A BOAT LOAD OF PEOPLE. ENJOYED THIS TIME, WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND MUSIC. OTHERS ONLY WISH THEY COULD HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. WE LIVED IT BABY GIRL ,AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT FROM YOU. WE CAN SIT BACK HEAR IT, AND REMEMBER IT. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF . SAFE, STRONG, AND HEALTHY. ❤✌😷
The best time of my Life was growing up in the 70's. It wasn't like it is now. We cleaned up on, Saturday morning did our chores watched Band Stand and Soul Train. And got ready for soul night at the skating rink...that's if our mama let us go.
Saturday was clean up day for us too. We went out if momma said it was okay.... Just like you said. I be miss those days.... Lots of clean fun....not much violence at all.
I am WHITE YUP 5 bucks was alot BUT i am from queens NY MY LIFE !!!! All i can say is if i could open up a BOUNCE RINK I WOULD!!!! THESE kids need to understand SOCIAL SKILLS YES a chick will grab your man THATS a GIVEN but you will remember at the RINK!!!! LOL NOT SEEING ON FKN SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT??? DAMN!!!!
I agree with you. 100 percent. ❤🙋. This music and dancing in unison. Is so beautiful. Just love it a lot. 🌹. Wish that I can do. But I can't. Are they professional dancers? Excellent
@@assiavolts3336 My Sisters and I Were the New England Roller Skating Champions!!! We were also Dance Champions!! We used to have skate moves Such as the " AERIAL WARS"!! which we Flipped and Flew All over!! The "CANNON" where I would FIRE my sisters and Girlfriend HIGH in the air and SPIN around while I caught Them!! And we had the "TOMCAT"!!! where I would Physically THROW them Like Flying Projectiles!!! My Girlfriend was a Top Notch Gymnast!!! I was very NERVOUS & HIGH ENERGY and that is where we Got our INTENSITY FROM!!! I Also had a Skate team of 6 of the SEXIEST Girls to ever put on Roller Skates!!! We called our team the SUPERBIRDS!!!
Look at the fun they having, just down right having a good time, no violence, no disrespect ,no fakeness around, love all round. I'm an 80's baby and wish I could have been able to see this MAGIC. I LOVE IT
I miss those days going out on a Saturday night roller skating, everybody getting along with one another ,no fighting or shooting ,just having fun and then talk about it when going back to school on Monday. The good ole days. , Priceless ❤️🤗❤️
It's not over... The human body is amazing. Skating you already know keeps you fit and fucking happy as hell. When we get older people have "old age" bullshit issues due to not being ACTIVE. IF you stay active you can stay fit as hell for a very long time, 60,70, 80 years old even. you will move, be coordinated and strong, you wont' look like a teen or a 20 years old, but you will look fit and in shape and be strong. You won't be clumsy and goofy and stumbling because you gave up on living like many have.
You can still skate if I can find somewhere.I live in Philadelphia and a lot of places have closed cause people don't know how to act and people are scared to let their kids go
@@valeriereaves4096 so understandable...sad..cause it's such a good physical indoors activity workout, much safer than riding a bike outdoors, I'd almost say, but being around other like minded people gathering having fun, feeling the breeze thru your hair, is just an awesome healthy feeling & rolling to the tunes... the kids and folks are missing out........
Back in the DAY, bro. When black people knew how to settle an argument without resorting to pulling a trigger, breaking the hearts of families and friends (on each side of the quarrel). DANG, bro. Now even chics are seemingly quick on the trigger... At least where I'm from.
Also normaly white & other ethnies pepeole bro...A black man from Paris ! This is what this world need today a go way back to enjoying pepeole without politics & commercials manipulations. Simples things only...
In the, 70's all I remembered was going to church. My big brother was allowed to go skating. I remembered when I would cry and ask my mom if I could go skating. Finally, the no's changed to yesss. I loved every bit of skate night. Please bring it back. ❤️❤️
I miss it too. Along with the great memories is the bad memory that we black folk could only go once a week. Maybe two. But the good over shadows the bad. I love it.
I LOVE THIS SONG, I would play my bass guitar on this song. I still play Vaughn Mason and Crew in my car 43 years later, This song eas my teenage years.
I'm right with ya...enjoyed watching this so much. It was actually my son oh sent me the link. He was born in the 70s and fondly remembers when I took him too the rink and showed him a few moves. This was some fun that all ages could have in one spot. Really miss this.
Im 46 and remembering the days we did this at our park one of the older people would bring his car and speakers up there and set them out and we would be skating like this for hours.Skating laughing just enjoying each other
I am 54 and man those are good memories. Washington Blvd and Arlington Ave in LA and World on Wheels. OMG The Good Old Day's. 🔥 My people are so Beautiful. I Love you all. 😘
Agree 100% But governments create hate and create wars we are tools for them to carry out that task. I hope one day we will have peace without wars . Maybe thats not in the government's best interests .
As a veteran skater I watch these videos & remember my time in the rink. Skatetown Wrexers was us,got to travel & compete ,I miss it so much. I am 56 a retired paramedic recently diagnosed with a muscular disease, I would give anything to skate 1 more time
If I could ‘loop’ a time in my life, that would be it!!…maybe add the 60’s to the loop…. I Loved seeing the country change for all people of color…huge steps were made…the future was so much better looking when color was included….
Never mastered the art of skating but I did enjoy watching them old school skaters do the damn thang. 2 dollar night with a small free coke and popcorn.
Who's still watching this in June 2024? I had not watched it for a couple of years. Just as I remember, it got me in a great mood! Love this video! Is this kind of skating still going on at rinks? I sure hope so!
my son is a hockey player, for a while, but when I introduced him to old school roller skating, and this video, he was instantaneously in love with it.
Classic beautiful songs! This is jams forever and stilled listening today’s! This is beautiful and exciting,everyone having a great time and happy!! I remember theses days!! No fighting or killing!! Love and respect,peace!❤❤❤😊😊😊
Dude, in the baby blue hat is straight KILLING it !! Fire 🔥 Brings back memories!! Late 70s and early 80s was the roller skating craze!!! Glad to see it coming back!!
In God's eyes,yes we are. From a cultural stand point....not so much. The whole manifest destiny thing....and annihilation of hundreds of thousands of people over centuries ...and the current state of race relations in this country just leaves me with a different opinion. But, it's just that...an opinion boarding on belief through evidence that speaks for itself.
Life doesn't have to be complicated. A simple night of skating can change your entire outlook on life. No drama, no beefin', no hate. It's all love when we skate.
Growing up in Chicago in the 70s we took this skating sh*t serious and had alot of fun. Can we PLEASE bring roller rink skating back for real in 2022? Great skaters/dancers/athletes - cool outfits - music - syncronicity - vibes! 💥
I just asked my mom did she remember our old roller skating rink back in the day becuz it's closed!!! I had a taste for the licorice ropes and music!!! CA all day babeeee!!!!🥨🍕🥤🍔🍦🍥🍭🛼🙏🥰🥰💯💯💯💯💯
Probably one of my favorite videos ever! It reminds of my childhood, but it's also just fun seeing folks showin' their skills and having a good time at the ol' roller rink.
I watch this video almost every day, taking me back to the real good ol’ days-disco, skating and dancing-weird how the guy with the black t-shirt and baseball hat dances ahead of the times! I love this video I wish I was there!!
Just stumbled on this page OMG is anybody anywhere still doing this today! I used to love roller skating. Makes me wanna jump up and dance with my cane and bedroom slippers, slide across the floor 🤣🤣🤣
I wasn’t even CLISE to this good on skates but YES!! Good times, fun, happy memorable times at the Roller Rink❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️ Now days kids and adults just don’t know what “we” old schoolers truly had! If they could possibly just grasp a tiny bit of this time maybe they could be saved! God Bless Friends!
Everyone was in shape because we all did rollerskating for hours at a time and had a blast.This is a true workout and it builds muscle at the same time because the skates were fairly heavy, so it took skill & strength to use them.No cell phones, the music took you on a journey.
Thank you for bringing back such fond memories of roller skating. 🛼🥰 When I was 15 in 1985, my friends and I would meet up at the roller skating rink. This was one of our favorite songs besides other R&B, Pop, and Rock hits of the 80s.
Let me see... That COMMENT is offends me!! I am 55 yts OLD & am a white woman. This was my era!! Our generation made freestyle skating what it is today!! White ppl knew how to jam too!! You want proof.. See link below of the SAME song & watch the white boy kill it..lol. 😝😅😝😝😅😜😜. th-cam.com/video/-PCuYhZzlNo/w-d-xo.html
What do you mean “our people”? 🤨 Every opacity of skin pigmentation is represented in this video...and in Huntsville, everyone’s got moves like that. 🤣
My mamma taught me to skate when I was 4, so by the time the 80's rolled around, I was golden at the rink Friday and Saturdau night. I'm 51 now and several years ago I went to the skating rink for a child's birthday party. 5 minutes in, it occurred to me how strong your leg muscles have to be to be able to skate like that. I never thought about that until that moment. And I've never forgotten how to skate, or how badly my legs and hips hurt after that. Lol. This video takes me back to the good Ole days!
Nilomi I can. Cause you know at the rink on skates that happens but if the Energy and Chemistry of the environment is positive then there’s nothing to worry about.
Just groovin' with the beat! There is nothing like what we had then. I am so glad for our time then. Right with Zapp too, More Bounce To The Ounce 🎵🎶 baby!
I'm not a skater but I totally was vibing with this video. I had fun watching the people enjoy themselves and getting along. NO FIGHTING. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Blessings. See how we used to roll in unity and freedom. When you're having real fun for the most part it stays fun. We had fun in school, on the field, high school dances, roller skating, riding bikes, skateboarding, members only jackets, Jerry curls, music, drawing, atari, swimming, ping pong, playing pool, and on and on-what are our youth doing now besides killing each other- help us Lord
To our Black Youth...Put down the guns and pick up the skates like we use to do back in the day... the antidote to frustration, worry, and negative thinking is having fun, joy, and laughter. Skating can bring all of this to your soul!
Yes, everyone needs to have employment! BUT before you can secure that job you have to go in with the Right Spirit. You have to be OPEN and RECEPTIVE to learn. I have see many of the younger youth walk around with a snarl on their faces with a mean attitude instead of having a smile and an attitude of gratitude. You got to wake up thanking God that you are alive. Some of our youth, have a Narcissistic, Aggressive Spirit. Remember, You are what you consume through your ears, eyes, and mouth. You become what you consume the most. If your dominate focus is on listening to Gangster rap music and violent video games...your spirit will reflect that. Go have some clean fun like skating. Skating and dancing can bring you joy and laughter. Replace the negativity emotions with positive emotions and you will feel better and then go look for that job! You will feel more energized and less defeated. You will have a smile on your face and have a pleasant spirit to meet the HR guy.
This video is so much fun. I love being a part of America, a part of the diversity of this place. I love African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans -- everybody who is here right now and adding their fantastic vibe to this incredible mix. It makes me feel like dancing in the streets.
Every time I see this video I get so pumped. To all the skaters out there and to the ones on this video keep doing your thing... I love it and if you can't skate you can two steps to the beat 🤣🤣👍🏾
I’m a 65 yr old grandma and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this video. I spent a lot of time at the roller rink as a teen, but we skated in circles. These kids are so awesome.
I’m with you. I would just watch in awe! We had fun at the rinks and in the clubs. I pulled this up because I had just listened to Rapper’s Delight and it reminded me of this classic. My brother was the guitarist on the studio recorded version. And when he told me that this song was getting a lot of play, I didn’t believe it was him😂 He did not join the band but went into a technical field. 😅
We had it goin in Chicago for more then 7 yrs our local SKATEING RINK was jammed packed every weds night Friday sat ..it was a Great TIME to be alive..
OMG! Back in da day, the late 70's and early 80's. Skating was still king! In da Bronx it was Skate Key, Roller Dam, Skating Palace and Stars! I hit them all. And loved them all!! I wish we had some easy cameras back then to record our moves at that time. We looked good too! I miss this so much!!
As a senior citizen, I am amazed at the creativity and smoothness of these skaters!!! I could barely stand on skates as a kid! You make it look sooo easy. Keep on skating!!!
Well, Sissy I was like you until they played my skating song. Now, one of my brothers could flip, dance, and turn. I would get so tickled seeing him. We had fun though didn't we. We started out skating on the streets. Have a great weekend. This takes me back as well.
Peace; and respect to Vaughan Mason and Crew for sharing such awesomeness of theirs that plays importance in my life while in my youngster body form.↗😘
Rollertown was the name of the place we went to in my teens and twenties. My little sister was a little whip at the rink. Memories. These folks are killing it. Yes!! 👍🏽
to everyone that commented on this. everyone is on point. love peace and soul. I hope one day our younger generation will be able to get the chance to have what we old school generation did.
100%..but we gonna have to figure out how to get their phonez from em, or they gonna kill eachother. Its our fault tho. We the ones that caved , and robbed them of real life. At least on some level. Everyone i.n such a hurry today. When we were young, summer lasted, friday nights long enough who knows what we'd do. Now they wishing their lives away.
I come back to this Treasure Often.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 It brings back The really good times, despite of the times. LOVED roller skating. As an adult, I kept my skates in the trunk of my car so I could go skating (at Audubon Park in New Orleans) whenever I wanted. But, ice skating was really my favorite of the two. It's smoother. Turns and spins are a lot easier, too.🛼⛸️
I'm so glad this video popped up. I hadn't seen it in a while. It's always a pleasure to watch and remember the days of skating. We didn't need any drugs, social media, cells. We had each other and our cars. NEVER fighting. Just having fun🤸♀️
@Supreme 12860 ya didn't see many fatso back then for sure at young age, I lost my virginity outside the skating ring in the bed of a pick-up truck that was parked there dunno who's truck it was I was gettin down
Un morceaux d'antologie de ma musique soûl. Merci à tous ces musiciens qui nous ont fait découvrir la musique que j'adore des année 70 et 80. French kiss 💋 🇨🇵
Here I am 68 years old and enjoying this video. I stop skating at 65 years old after my femur bones broke due to bones strengthening medication. Those was the days growing up. At 55 years old my best friend gave me a surprise old school 70 dress up skating party. Oh what fun I had, first and last person on the floor!
When I hear this song it brings me back. Me and my cousin Shirley Ann would come up with some steps to this song. Even though she's gone from me now it still brings me back
This was a time when my knees were agile. I used them. I skated. We had a skating rink in the Bronx and everyone came and skated, and had fun. I skated in the streets, rode the bike and was so into moving. This was a great time. Used my youth well. Love this music. Children enjoy your youth by moving your body in fun like these folks are.
United Skates of America was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. As an ignorant white girl in the suburbs I never knew how important roller rinks were to the Black community. I was so very sad to see how thousands of rinks have been systematically shut down all over the country to serve the interests of our common enemy: the corportocracy. We need a movement to bring roller rinks back!
What a great compilation of creativity in roller skating and dance! The moves that the skaters make in this video is mind boggling and they make it look so easy! Great video
This (grown) white boy agrees! Used to love skating, but could never do any of this stuff. So damned SMOOTH! Are people still skating like this at rinks? If so, I'm goin'. To watch!
Im about to go buy me some skates and get down...I don't know if I'll be able to get back up..but I'm gonna have me some fun before EMS come get me LOL
Florida skate jams were always the biggest high a kid could ever have. I didn't need drugs or alcohol, just cute girls watching us guys jam to the old school jams in the 70s and 80s. Those days are gone but this music video brought it all back for just a brief glimpse back into Camelot. Thanks.
I love the great jam, the blasts from the past and the magnificent dancers on skates who always gave you the greatest entertainment of all time. Amazing talent, fashion, and NO CELL PHONES! 👏👏
Always imitated but never duplicated, i love my sisters and brothers, we can take something as simple as skating and upgrade it a thousand times...!!!!
I could just burst into tears 😭!!! If only I knew then that those would be some of my best years, I would like to think that I would have lived life more fully!!! Thank You, if only for a moment in my mind I hear the laughter and fun!!!! 🤣❤️🥰🙏🏾🕊
*You are still here* ! Don't talk as if you are dead, or on another planet. Remember all those times parents had to be patient? That's what we have to be now. While we are being patient, we need to look at what we can do as we put one foot in front of the other. We *will* get to where our goals are. *This pandemic is temporary* . It is not going to last. You don't want to look back and think those same thoughts again, about what you *could have* done. As long as you are moving forward, and not backwards. It's okay. We're all trying to get through this pandemic, but we should encourage each other along the way. That helps to keep hope alive. *You are going to be just fine* . You have to believe that though. The mind is a powerful thing. If you think negative, you're going to feel negative, and most likely, *you might* do negative. Try to think positive, even when you don't feel like it. Watch how your body will like it. *My opinion* . Sorry about the length of this. Blessings.
@@reallythankful2856--THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION!!! I NEEDED IT!!! FEELING A LITTLE TOO SORRY FOR MYSELF INSTEAD OF BEING THANKFUL FOR ANOTHER DAY TO DO AND GET IT RIGHT!!! BE BLESSED!!!🙏🏾🕊🙌🏾❤️
@@patriciaking62
You are welcomed😊.
MS. PATRICIA, AT LEAST YOU, ME AND A BOAT LOAD OF PEOPLE. ENJOYED THIS TIME, WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AND MUSIC. OTHERS ONLY WISH THEY COULD HAVE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. WE LIVED IT BABY GIRL ,AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT FROM YOU. WE CAN SIT BACK HEAR IT, AND REMEMBER IT. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF . SAFE, STRONG, AND HEALTHY. ❤✌😷
@@arturodelagarza3213--Yesssss!!!!!❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😁😁😁
The best time of my Life was growing up in the 70's. It wasn't like it is now. We cleaned up on, Saturday morning did our chores watched Band Stand and Soul Train. And got ready for soul night at the skating rink...that's if our mama let us go.
Those were the TIMES!!!
@@androsaryan did you film this in person?
The Golden Era
Saturday was clean up day for us too. We went out if momma said it was okay....
Just like you said.
I be miss those days....
Lots of clean fun....not much violence at all.
You r so right. Bring back good memories
This is what the world needs. Roller skates and good music.
Amen I loved roller skating the good old days with true friends
Amen!!!!!
Have you heard Bruno mars and Anderson parks song called skate?
@@luzlopez776 haven't as if yet. I'll need to check it out......
@@kimberluna2226 the whole cd is amazing..all their songs are a hit
This video will never get old. I still remember in 80's hitting up the Rink on the weekend and the Battles were CRAZY. ALL GOOD TIMES NO SHOOT OUTS.
I am WHITE YUP 5 bucks was alot BUT i am from queens NY MY LIFE !!!! All i can say is if i could open up a BOUNCE RINK I WOULD!!!! THESE kids need to understand SOCIAL SKILLS YES a chick will grab your man THATS a GIVEN but you will remember at the RINK!!!! LOL NOT SEEING ON FKN SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT??? DAMN!!!!
Can’t nobody do it like we do it. Bring back the good old days. Love it🥰
I agree with you. 100 percent. ❤🙋. This music and dancing in unison. Is so beautiful. Just love it a lot. 🌹. Wish that I can do. But I can't. Are they professional dancers? Excellent
@@assiavolts3336 My Sisters and I Were the New England Roller Skating Champions!!! We were also Dance Champions!! We used to
have skate moves Such as the " AERIAL WARS"!! which we Flipped and Flew All over!! The "CANNON" where I would FIRE my sisters
and Girlfriend HIGH in the air and SPIN around while I caught Them!! And we had the "TOMCAT"!!! where I would Physically THROW them
Like Flying Projectiles!!! My Girlfriend was a Top Notch Gymnast!!! I was very NERVOUS & HIGH ENERGY and that is where we Got our
INTENSITY FROM!!! I Also had a Skate team of 6 of the SEXIEST Girls to ever put on Roller Skates!!! We called our team the SUPERBIRDS!!!
Exactly, no guns and gangbangin
Exactly 💯 what about to happen watch THIS
Those was the good old days
Back when people had good times together, and liked, and respected each other. Please let us return to this.
Amen !!
so true
Preach!
@@victoriousone9447 x
@@ricoellington-english1265 hi
Before Social media destroyed our understanding of a "Good Time"!
🎯
Well said!
Amen 🙏
Believe that!
Gangsta rap did it.
Look at the fun they having, just down right having a good time, no violence, no disrespect ,no fakeness around, love all round. I'm an 80's baby and wish I could have been able to see this MAGIC. I LOVE IT
We did this every friday and saturday night in moblie Alabama. Dreamland.....long ago.
I'm 65 years old now and I still enjoy the 70$& 80s music
When was love and happiness
Everyone was fam
😇😇😇😇😇😇😇❤️❤️❤️
You can, be a part of bringing it back I was in those days and let me tell you there was no better time.
I miss those days going out on a Saturday night roller skating, everybody getting along with one another ,no fighting or shooting ,just having fun and then talk about it when going back to school on Monday. The good ole days. , Priceless ❤️🤗❤️
Very treasurable moments & memories...Keep skating alive....so agreed about those great times......Roll on!
It's not over... The human body is amazing. Skating you already know keeps you fit and fucking happy as hell. When we get older people have "old age" bullshit issues due to not being ACTIVE. IF you stay active you can stay fit as hell for a very long time, 60,70, 80 years old even. you will move, be coordinated and strong, you wont' look like a teen or a 20 years old, but you will look fit and in shape and be strong. You won't be clumsy and goofy and stumbling because you gave up on living like many have.
I know those were the best days!
You can still skate if I can find somewhere.I live in Philadelphia and a lot of places have closed cause people don't know how to act and people are scared to let their kids go
@@valeriereaves4096 so understandable...sad..cause it's such a good physical indoors activity workout, much safer than riding a bike outdoors, I'd almost say, but being around other like minded people gathering having fun, feeling the breeze thru your hair, is just an awesome healthy feeling & rolling to the tunes... the kids and folks are missing out........
Everybody take a good look...this is when everyone could have a good time together!! I miss these days.
Fr
Me too.
Ikr
So sad but true. I just told my husband " it's sad that our grandchildren will never know this enjoyment... hell just
Having fun together....
So right you are I miss this so much😥
black people showing brotherly love and tender affection. always a 100% thumbs up
Yes🤗
black people are the greatest dancers ! Yeah! they have the groove ;-)
Rook roll skate
Back in the DAY, bro.
When black people knew how to settle an argument without resorting to pulling a trigger, breaking the hearts of families and friends (on each side of the quarrel).
DANG, bro. Now even chics are seemingly quick on the trigger... At least where I'm from.
Also normaly white & other ethnies pepeole bro...A black man from Paris !
This is what this world need today a go way back to enjoying pepeole without politics & commercials manipulations.
Simples things only...
In the, 70's all I remembered was going to church. My big brother was allowed to go skating. I remembered when I would cry and ask my mom if I could go skating. Finally, the no's changed to yesss. I loved every bit of skate night. Please bring it back. ❤️❤️
Music always brings people together. No color. No ideology. No religion. No nothing but the beats!
I miss this environment. The vibe at the skating rink was unbelievable! Need to bring back some of the traditionl things.
@Jawan T LMAO
And no not anymore everyone has a gun and no playin around attitude. Stay safe modern day USA is not goin away.
Yes! I’m 12 and my friends and I do this kind of stuff at our skating rink and it’s so much fun!
shay foster vamos casar
I miss it too. Along with the great memories is the bad memory that we black folk could only go once a week. Maybe two. But the good over shadows the bad. I love it.
This was our going to the club back in the day. The nostalgia brings me to tears.
I LOVE THIS SONG, I would play my bass guitar on this song. I still play Vaughn Mason and Crew in my car 43 years later, This song eas my teenage years.
Black folks really know how to show up and show out , LOVE IT
AND MY WHITE ASS TOO LOL !!! WE all BOUNCED
IM 65YRS I HAD SO MUCH FUN WATCHING AND REMEMBERING DAYS LIKE THAT. THANKS SO MUCH!! IM LAUGHING WITH JOY
Wow and I'm 30!!! 💖💜⭐💜💖
I'm right with ya...enjoyed watching this so much. It was actually my son oh sent me the link. He was born in the 70s and fondly remembers when I took him too the rink and showed him a few moves. This was some fun that all ages could have in one spot. Really miss this.
Im 46 and remembering the days we did this at our park one of the older people would bring his car and speakers up there and set them out and we would be skating like this for hours.Skating laughing just enjoying each other
I am 54 and man those are good memories. Washington Blvd and Arlington Ave in LA and World on Wheels. OMG The Good Old Day's. 🔥 My people are so Beautiful. I Love you all. 😘
damarion price amen sister.
People
I beg of you, lets bring back this enjoyment of life again.
Still going on every week. You left we didn’t. We have a Soul Roll every week in Orlando and Tampa.
@@Jrev900 awesome
At the skating rink now Baltimore.MD my kids loved this video
No kidding, I'm in. I can't skate but I'd still go just to have a good time.
I'm in
Skating rings, music, lights, pizza and arcades. Those were the days 👍
Yeah Baby!!!
I'm a Mexican/American born in San Diego now living in Tijuana, I bump this music video on my speaker! Makes me dance and feel happy. One love
IF EVERYONE WOULD HAVE FUN LIKE THIS,WITH NO VIOLENCE THE WORLD BE A BETTER PLACE.
Agree
I agree
They do it right!
Better blood pressure
Agree 100%
But governments create hate and create wars we are tools for them to carry out that task.
I hope one day we will have peace without wars .
Maybe thats not in the government's best interests .
As a veteran skater I watch these videos & remember my time in the rink.
Skatetown Wrexers was us,got to travel & compete ,I miss it so much.
I am 56 a retired paramedic recently diagnosed with a muscular disease, I would give anything to skate 1 more time
Bless your heart!
Love you brother
Love and prayers heading to you.
This life is temporary
Heaven is eternal
No matter what
here on earth
or in Heaven one day you will skate again
GOD Bless
This will always be an old school classic forever.
the 70's & 80's Were the Best Years Of My Life....
And I agree 1000 %. Those were some awesome days with good memories. And I just started back roller skating...at least I'm tryin lol
If I could ‘loop’ a time in my life, that would be it!!…maybe add the 60’s to the loop…. I Loved seeing the country change for all people of color…huge steps were made…the future was so much better looking when color was included….
Never mastered the art of skating but I did enjoy watching them old school skaters do the damn thang.
2 dollar night with a small free coke and popcorn.
Awesome! Makes me happy, yet very sad. I wish I could go back in time...
@angela church...I know the feeling...and I must hit the floor and vibe
Who's still watching this in June 2024? I had not watched it for a couple of years. Just as I remember, it got me in a great mood! Love this video! Is this kind of skating still going on at rinks? I sure hope so!
Watch it at least once a day, great mood changer😂
Me,for the thousand times I felt sad. No skating place where I live
Sane
Medicine 2 Unite
In the 70s and 80s, we had dancing and skating battles. No one lost their lives or one drop of blood.
56 and still have my skates in the garage waitin to get back out there again.
Good morning 😎. Milton 1-347-339-1260
Skate case!!
This right here, these were the greatest of Times,. Always remember"!
Hence the word...waitin
Break em out and dust them wheels off!
These were some of the best times in my life. Loved roller skating...
rrrooooooock, ...Skate!
my son is a hockey player, for a while, but when I introduced him to old school roller skating, and this video, he was instantaneously in love with it.
The best, wish I could go back to that time. So much more I'd would've have done.
Get back to it
J Jones girl I know that's right ‼️💞👍
OK, as a lifelong hockey player, SUPER jealous of the footwork for some of these skaters!!! Way to make it look easy!! Love the moves and the vibes!
Classic beautiful songs! This is jams forever and stilled listening today’s! This is beautiful and exciting,everyone having a great time and happy!! I remember theses days!! No fighting or killing!! Love and respect,peace!❤❤❤😊😊😊
This brings back memories when I used to go to the roller rink EVERY weekend in the 70s... Good memories! I appreciate this video... Made me smile!
Yes, same here, during the 70s
So true, 73-75 big skate years, here at 56
what's so funny is that these people act like this is something new , baby you know we originated these dances .
Hell yeah in Houston where l grew up from 78'-82 we were at Skateland every Friday night having fun
It's never too late. Get back out on that floor!! I just turned 50, and I take my boyz every weekend. It's the fountain of youth!!
Please NEVER take this video down, I always come back to watch this❤❤❤👍🏻
I can make u a one hour long video dvd
Me2..it is my inspiration for buying a pair of skates
Ikr
Can't get enough of this video. Just people, just skating, just fun. Thank you
Dude, in the baby blue hat is straight KILLING it !! Fire 🔥 Brings back memories!! Late 70s and early 80s was the roller skating craze!!! Glad to see it coming back!!
Black people are the most beautiful and amazing folks hands down! This brings me all the way back to my childhood.
Tiffany Landry Happens
@Randall Denison Uuuuhhhhmmmmm! That's definitely up for debate. Lol
In God's eyes,yes we are. From a cultural stand point....not so much. The whole manifest destiny thing....and annihilation of hundreds of thousands of people over centuries ...and the current state of race relations in this country just leaves me with a different opinion. But, it's just that...an opinion boarding on belief through evidence that speaks for itself.
This white guy workin on race relations
m.th-cam.com/video/-PCuYhZzlNo/w-d-xo.html
@Randall Denison Time for you to grow as a person. Grow outa that sillyness. You can do it.🙂
Life doesn't have to be complicated. A simple night of skating can change your entire outlook on life. No drama, no beefin', no hate. It's all love when we skate.
Haha I said the same thing.
This is so right about just having an absolute great time out!! 2 or 3 times a week....could not get enough! Good times!!
💯🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
dolphinbuc No Yes Good Good Good Hi Byes
Yes!!!
Those people are so Smooooth! I just wanna visit therefore weekend & take it all in live! They having all the fun!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Black people have been truly gifted. I am so glad that the Sun kissed me. Thank you God.
That kinda statement really is crazy! How do you know? Stop being racist! With your racist slurs!
Hallelujah Lord Jesus Christ Amen
This took me way back!! The things that black people can do on skates with a funky beat! Why aren’t we traveling to Venus already???
I'm tryna build a space ship if y'all wanna go
I love this it my cousin sister could skate their ass off
i hear you si-star
Because it’s expensive, dangerous, unpredictable, and not realistic in our times
Funny😅
Growing up in Chicago in the 70s we took this skating sh*t serious and had alot of fun. Can we PLEASE bring roller rink skating back for real in 2022? Great skaters/dancers/athletes - cool outfits - music - syncronicity - vibes! 💥
It's already coming back
It hasn't even gone anywhere, I see generations both old and young coming out dressed up and bumping on the rink in atl all the time :)
It never left. The same crews you skated with in the 70’s I skated with 2yrs ago. Too bad I moved.
Just go to The Rink Tuesday mornings 10-2…I bet you’ll see all of your old skate buddies.
I just asked my mom did she remember our old roller skating rink back in the day becuz it's closed!!! I had a taste for the licorice ropes and music!!! CA all day babeeee!!!!🥨🍕🥤🍔🍦🍥🍭🛼🙏🥰🥰💯💯💯💯💯
Probably one of my favorite videos ever! It reminds of my childhood, but it's also just fun seeing folks showin' their skills and having a good time at the ol' roller rink.
I watch this video almost every day, taking me back to the real good ol’ days-disco, skating and dancing-weird how the guy with the black t-shirt and baseball hat dances ahead of the times! I love this video I wish I was there!!
Black folks know how to season everything we touch!!
Krystal N No. Thanks. Hi
Krystal N I was thinking the same thing
Yes! Indeed I was just thinking that, if We put our minds too, We can do it!
#BlackPower👈🏾💯💖
@@stevenhosea4849 shaaaaaaadup with that pessimistic crap!🤐
Why did whites come up with KFC 11 herbs and spices !
No Twerking, No bullets, No fighting, No demonic symbolism, etc .... just EPIC COOLNESS!!!! Gosh I miss that!!
I AGREE 💯 GOOD CLEAN FUN DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT! LOVING THIS
We need to bring back this kind fun. Love this.
Good clean fun!
Bring back peace
And love us who live
This era still happy
And forever young
👀😇✌️👍👌
This was my sh.t! Back in the mid 80s where it all started and began. The best days of my life. I thank god I live it. ❤🙏
PLEASE TAKE ME BACK 1980s; I miss you damn it!
2020 sucks
The Delorean awaits my friend
Skating was better than these clubs nobody dances just profile
U aint lie..
That was the late 90s early 2000
This want the 80's this was recent...
Just stumbled on this page OMG is anybody anywhere still doing this today! I used to love roller skating. Makes me wanna jump up and dance with my cane and bedroom slippers, slide across the floor 🤣🤣🤣
Such fun! I'm smiling ear to ear the whole time just watching this.
I wasn’t even CLISE to this good on skates but YES!! Good times, fun, happy memorable times at the Roller Rink❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾❤️ Now days kids and adults just don’t know what “we” old schoolers truly had! If they could possibly just grasp a tiny bit of this time maybe they could be saved! God Bless Friends!
This is how we should be having a good time instead of killing each other and acting like fools.
Matthew Alpha G Martin some of these youngins today might consider this lame...such a shame!!!
You are right Ronald Jones, because they look to foolish rappers and music videos as their role model .
Matthew Alpha G Martin yes sir it's very disturbing how some of our youth are easily misguided!!!
Yes Ronald Jones, it's very disturbing especially seeing them in my ER with GSW to the head or body And in some cases both. Every parent's nightmare !
Hell yeah man ! You got that right! I love this ! I can’t skate but that don’t stop from having fun!
Everyone was in shape because we all did rollerskating for hours at a time and had a blast.This is a true workout and it builds muscle at the same time because the skates were fairly heavy, so it took skill & strength to use them.No cell phones, the music took you on a journey.
Yes, I should have keep up with skating, I bet I would be a lot thinner. I miss my friends, we would have all night skating.
Thank you for bringing back such fond memories of roller skating. 🛼🥰
When I was 15 in 1985, my friends and I would meet up at the roller skating rink. This was one of our favorite songs besides other R&B, Pop, and Rock hits of the 80s.
Thank you so much for this - brings me back to my 70’s teenage disco rolling days. So perfect.
This just makes me so happy. Love seeing our people having a great time.
IRIE!!!!! All races should be dancing like this ,instead of fussing and fighting ...like bob Marley said !!
We could get those back if we as black people came together
Let me see... That COMMENT is offends me!! I am 55 yts OLD & am a white woman. This was my era!! Our generation made freestyle skating what it is today!! White ppl knew how to jam too!! You want proof.. See link below of the SAME song & watch the white boy kill it..lol. 😝😅😝😝😅😜😜.
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What do you mean “our people”? 🤨 Every opacity of skin pigmentation is represented in this video...and in Huntsville, everyone’s got moves like that. 🤣
Seeing ALL people coming together having a good time makes me happy
I miss skating so bad that I started crying 😭 watching this video. These were some great days man. This even bought my family together 💙
This song is timeless ❤❤🎉🎉🎉for roller skating enthusiasts! I still love ❤️ it today, and I'm not a skater!
My mamma taught me to skate when I was 4, so by the time the 80's rolled around, I was golden at the rink Friday and Saturdau night. I'm 51 now and several years ago I went to the skating rink for a child's birthday party. 5 minutes in, it occurred to me how strong your leg muscles have to be to be able to skate like that. I never thought about that until that moment. And I've never forgotten how to skate, or how badly my legs and hips hurt after that. Lol. This video takes me back to the good Ole days!
LMAO could you imagine having fun, bumping into people! Being around people you don't know and at the end of the night you made it home alive.
Nilomi I can. Cause you know at the rink on skates that happens but if the Energy and Chemistry of the environment is positive then there’s nothing to worry about.
I'm about to cry, this is when I was young, gifted, and black.
Whoa!Whoa!Whoa!..Are you saying you're not black anymore? 😂🤣😂🤣 Just messing with'cha! ✌
You will forever be young, gifted and black.
Much love!
Katie Evans did you turn into a martian alien. 👽
Katie Evans I know what you mean😊..
You still are 😊❤️🌟❤️😊
Just groovin' with the beat! There is nothing like what we had then. I am so glad for our time then. Right with Zapp too, More Bounce To The Ounce 🎵🎶 baby!
Woohoo! That's what I'm talkin bout, I'm 36, and remember skating every Friday and some Saturdays at ages 13-15. Some of the best days of my youth
I'm not a skater but I totally was vibing with this video. I had fun watching the people enjoy themselves and getting along. NO FIGHTING. Thanks for sharing. 😊
That was an absolute joy to watch, I love to see people having a great time with no fear or nonsense on there mind.
Amen
I miss those days so much😪😪😪😪😓😓🙏
Dope. Asf. I. Use. To. Skate. Classic. Song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yeah I wish we can bring them old days back yo I missed that s*** that's what I'm talking about that's real love right there yo
Blessings. See how we used to roll in unity and freedom. When you're having real fun for the most part it stays fun. We had fun in school, on the field, high school dances, roller skating, riding bikes, skateboarding, members only jackets, Jerry curls, music, drawing, atari, swimming, ping pong, playing pool, and on and on-what are our youth doing now besides killing each other- help us Lord
I've watched alot of skatelyfe videos but this music track always brings me back to this one! Love ❤️ it!!!
To our Black Youth...Put down the guns and pick up the skates like we use to do back in the day... the antidote to frustration, worry, and negative thinking is having fun, joy, and laughter. Skating can bring all of this to your soul!
Yes, everyone needs to have employment! BUT before you can secure that job you have to go in with the Right Spirit. You have to be OPEN and RECEPTIVE to learn. I have see many of the younger youth walk around with a snarl on their faces with a mean attitude instead of having a smile and an attitude of gratitude. You got to wake up thanking God that you are alive.
Some of our youth, have a Narcissistic, Aggressive Spirit. Remember, You are what you consume through your ears, eyes, and mouth. You become what you consume the most. If your dominate focus is on listening to Gangster rap music and violent video games...your spirit will reflect that.
Go have some clean fun like skating. Skating and dancing can bring you joy and laughter. Replace the negativity emotions with positive emotions and you will feel better and then go look for that job! You will feel more energized and less defeated. You will have a smile on your face and have a pleasant spirit to meet the HR guy.
valvacious you have some awesome carma going on !! :)
valvacious amen
Amen to that.
True words spoken
This video is so much fun. I love being a part of America, a part of the diversity of this place. I love African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans -- everybody who is here right now and adding their fantastic vibe to this incredible mix. It makes me feel like dancing in the streets.
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Greetings from out the Netherlands.. in the 80/90 was also the time that i was skating.. miss it.. the sweet years...🇳🇱🙋🏽♀️♥️🆒👍
I love América sensacionalis
Them were the days. No fighting fussing cussing, just skate. Good music and good beats
Every time I see this video I get so pumped. To all the skaters out there and to the ones on this video keep doing your thing... I love it and if you can't skate you can two steps to the beat 🤣🤣👍🏾
I’m a 65 yr old grandma and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this video. I spent a lot of time at the roller rink as a teen, but we skated in circles. These kids are so awesome.
Thanks milton Tennessee 🎵🎼👌📖✝ 👋
That used to be a big time going to the skating rink. Somebody always fall and get right back up, keep skating.
I’m
I’m with you. I would just watch in awe! We had fun at the rinks and in the clubs. I pulled this up because I had just listened to Rapper’s Delight and it reminded me of this classic. My brother was the guitarist on the studio recorded version. And when he told me that this song was getting a lot of play, I didn’t believe it was him😂 He did not join the band but went into a technical field. 😅
Please bring this back to today’s world! PLEASE!!!!! IM BEGGING ANYONE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THIS AND PROVIDE FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD! We need this!
Yeesss!!!!
We had it goin in Chicago for more then 7 yrs our local SKATEING RINK was jammed packed every weds night Friday sat ..it was a Great TIME to be alive..
@@dreammerchant4442 god is good to bless to be stress
In the Midwest and east coast there are skate clubs all around. You just gotta ask.
Real rap
I enjoyed those years. We had so much fun disco roller skating! We are the BabyBoomers
OMG! Back in da day, the late 70's and early 80's. Skating was still king! In da Bronx it was Skate Key, Roller Dam, Skating Palace and Stars! I hit them all. And loved them all!! I wish we had some easy cameras back then to record our moves at that time. We looked good too! I miss this so much!!
Nobody can deny that black people have a deep spiritual connection when it comes to rhythm. That third eye is very powerful.
Yep. Melanin is a deep and powerful thing.
People paid to skate and not have to dodge jackasses dancing in the middle of the rink
@ben yosep Because that’s who we’re here when the ships landed on the Americas. People need to know this to regain their identity again.
@@richardlacey4923 that is what the middle of the rink is for 🙄
@@richardlacey4923 u hate black people just say that don’t beat around the bush jackass
As a senior citizen, I am amazed at the creativity and smoothness of these skaters!!! I could barely stand on skates as a kid! You make it look sooo easy. Keep on skating!!!
Yeah, aren't they Boss?! 😃😄🪩🛼🤝🫶🥳❤💯🙏
I second that emotion!
Well, Sissy I was like you until they played my skating song. Now, one of my brothers could flip, dance, and turn. I would get so tickled seeing him. We had fun though didn't we. We started out skating on the streets. Have a great weekend. This takes me back as well.
Peace; and respect to Vaughan Mason and Crew for sharing such awesomeness of theirs that plays importance in my life while in my youngster body form.↗😘
Nothing but good memories right here, specifically w/ this song...the anthem of roller skating back in the day!!!
man I miss these days when I used to cut grass just to go to the skating rink. I wish I could relive this
Same for me... If I wanted to go to rink, had to get that housework done or wasn’t happening and grass was mandatory...
Hurt so bad, Brooklyn back in the days all it was about was just having fun.
@Thomas K EXACTLY.💖
Rollertown was the name of the place we went to in my teens and twenties. My little sister was a little whip at the rink. Memories. These folks are killing it. Yes!! 👍🏽
to everyone that commented on this. everyone is on point. love peace and soul. I hope one day our younger generation will be able to get the chance to have what we old school generation did.
Okay
Well said Katherine.👍🏽😉
100%..but we gonna have to figure out how to get their phonez from em, or they gonna kill eachother. Its our fault tho. We the ones that caved , and robbed them of real life. At least on some level. Everyone i.n such a hurry today. When we were young, summer lasted, friday nights long enough who knows what we'd do. Now they wishing their lives away.
I come back to
this Treasure
Often.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
It brings back The really good times, despite of the times.
LOVED roller skating.
As an adult, I kept my skates in the trunk of my car so I could go skating (at Audubon Park in New Orleans) whenever I wanted. But, ice skating was really my favorite of the two. It's smoother. Turns and spins are a lot easier, too.🛼⛸️
I'm so glad this video popped up. I hadn't seen it in a while. It's always a pleasure to watch and remember the days of skating. We didn't need any drugs, social media, cells. We had each other and our cars. NEVER fighting. Just having fun🤸♀️
Black people have so much rhythm... so fun to watch!
Verses who?
Had to get up and dance to this. I may be mature and older but these were the best of times.
Old enough to know better
Young enough not to care
Keep dancing
Youre not kidding
Yes they were! ♥️. Annnd, not one cell phone in sight!
I have such good memories of the skating rink growing up. My how times have changed!
@Supreme 12860 ya didn't see many fatso back then for sure at young age, I lost my virginity outside the skating ring in the bed of a pick-up truck that was parked there dunno who's truck it was I was gettin down
This jam will never die in the world of skating. If the dj doesn't play this, y'all need to dismiss him.
Seriously! I was a 90's jam skating rink rat. I'm glad to see they're still playing the same music lol
Aaallllllll Skaaaaaaate
Un morceaux d'antologie de ma musique soûl.
Merci à tous ces musiciens qui nous ont fait découvrir la musique que j'adore des année 70 et 80.
French kiss 💋 🇨🇵
Take his DJ card away if he don’t play that during a skating party!😎
This is the jam in the skate scene yet the all time movement never dying played everywhere LOVE IS THE MESSAGE......NYC Empire Roller Rink/ Brooklyn
Here I am 68 years old and enjoying this video. I stop skating at 65 years old after my femur bones broke due to bones strengthening medication. Those was the days growing up. At 55 years old my best friend gave me a surprise old school 70 dress up skating party. Oh what fun I had, first and last person on the floor!
When I hear this song it brings me back. Me and my cousin Shirley Ann would come up with some steps to this song. Even though she's gone from me now it still brings me back
This was a time when my knees were agile. I used them. I skated. We had a skating rink in the Bronx and everyone came and skated, and had fun. I skated in the streets, rode the bike and was so into moving. This was a great time. Used my youth well. Love this music. Children enjoy your youth by moving your body in fun like these folks are.
United Skates of America was one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. As an ignorant white girl in the suburbs I never knew how important roller rinks were to the Black community. I was so very sad to see how thousands of rinks have been systematically shut down all over the country to serve the interests of our common enemy: the corportocracy. We need a movement to bring roller rinks back!
There were white people at the skating rink I went to back in the day. Some of them could throw down, too
Let me hip you white people was at the skating rink to we had fun. Sometimes we have a chain reaction somebody grab the other person and so on.
For many many years it ran in 8 year cycles, after Disco it really never recovered.
Back in the 70's there were roller rinks in every small town. My home town was absolutely pure white yet we skated to tunes like this.
Aly kat maryn 100 peace
What a great compilation of creativity in roller skating and dance! The moves that the skaters make in this video is mind boggling and they make it look so easy! Great video
Put a smile on my face!!!🤩Might could still do the skate bit but would be sore as hell the next morning!🤣🤣
Black folks are so Beautiful and slick wit it!😎
Yes we are slick wit it
Yasss!!!
Riiiiiiight!!!
This (grown) white boy agrees! Used to love skating, but could never do any of this stuff. So damned SMOOTH! Are people still skating like this at rinks? If so, I'm goin'. To watch!
Agreed
Im about to go buy me some skates and get down...I don't know if I'll be able to get back up..but I'm gonna have me some fun before EMS come get me LOL
Same lol
LOL! :)
Where we meeting up at?
@Infinit 0 LOL thanks! I'll pray for you too..We might wind up needing canes for a week or so but it'll be worth it lol
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Florida skate jams were always the biggest high a kid could ever have. I didn't need drugs or alcohol, just cute girls watching us guys jam to the old school jams in the 70s and 80s. Those days are gone but this music video brought it all back for just a brief glimpse back into Camelot. Thanks.
I love the great jam, the blasts from the past and the magnificent dancers on skates who always gave you the greatest entertainment of all time. Amazing talent, fashion, and NO CELL PHONES! 👏👏
Always imitated but never duplicated, i love my sisters and brothers, we can take something as simple as skating and upgrade it a thousand times...!!!!
Agreed...
There is no culture without OUR culture. Judah!
I'm telling you
ITS IN OUR DNA
Ummmm....this in an old thing...60’s and we ALL did it....no one claimed it as their own...just say’n
I've watched this video so many times. It brings back fond 80's skating memories for me.
Same here! ✌
Such fun and simple times. I’m 57 now and wish time could have stood still in the 70’s.😔
I know how you feel the 70 was the good time, party with your friends