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.
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….
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!!!
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
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. ❤️❤️
My black brothers and sisters are so beautiful! My white brothers and sisters are the bomb! I’m Latino and my peeps are awesome. We would have all kinds of fun together!! Nowadays you got these Dang Fools working so hard to divide us, calling everything racist?? C’mon somebody don’t let them divide us like that! I love you all. God bless you!!
@@cb142 Happy Thanksgiving CB! I'm with you, I grew up in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood by the Lake. At that time it was a melting pot of races. Vietnamese, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Blacks, Mexicans of which I'm one, White's and I'm so glad I rubbed elbows with everyone, that's how I grew up. Nowadays I'm a young 60 I live with my son who is 24 his girlfriend is white and we're in Kansas in an all black apartment complex. We're very comfortable here, our neighbors look out for each other, and we have never had a problem! I'm so glad that I brought up my son without the prejudice and hatred. We disagre e with either side trying to use race to sow hatred and division. We live our Lord Jesus Christ creator of us all! And it seems the Lord loves variety and we see His handywork as wonderful. God bless you CB with good health and peace. Thank you for communicating!
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.
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 seen some out there up in age who.can still work it. Hahaha LMAO, me and my sister and brother stayed on the skate floor. Seems like the kids today are missing out on bonding events like skating, block against block football. I told a young girl we need to have a new school vs. old school extravaganza. Haha 😂,she said bring it on. Lol
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........
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 😘
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!❤❤❤😊😊😊
I agree. I would go to the neighborhood skating rink on Friday nights and Saturday nights and skate, skate dance for six hours. 8 PM to 2 AM. I had black friends, white friends, Puerto Rican friends Italian friends. None of us had guns, nobody thought anybody, nobody got mad, six hours everybody did nothing but sweat and have fun skating. I would have a different girl every couples skate. Black girl, Italian girl, white girl, Puerto Ricans. Man, I don’t know what happened to those days, but I miss them
Yeah I get cha Billy Bob, It was hard not to have fun, just look at our wild and funky fashions back then... Where even Vogue had to proclaim "There are No Rules in The Fashion Game now!" Some of my fav's were Satin Shirts, Pirate Sleeves w/ Bright Paisley, Safari Jackets, Kurtas, Sash Belts, Pants in Bold Wide Plaids, Wide Welted Corduroy, and anything in Velvet, Crushed or otherwise. Blessed with memories of Good Times! Peace...
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
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!!!!🥨🍕🥤🍔🍦🍥🍭🛼🙏🥰🥰💯💯💯💯💯
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.
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. 😝😅😝😝😅😜😜. ruclips.net/video/-PCuYhZzlNo/видео.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. 🤣
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.
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!!
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!
This makes me cry every time! Everyone is so fit - all shapes & sizes & ages. Most of all they are all enjoying themselves . Miss those days. I think the women in pink working in sync are absolutely amazing. I wonder where they are now. Hopefully at the same assisted living I'll end up with in 20 years- we will have fun!
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 .
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.🛼⛸️
@@poiisonivy8937 me and some family members were talking about "getting back out there" too, over the 4th. The plan is to take it slow, even if we have to use elbow & knee pads lol... just go for it Ms. Raven!
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.
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.
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!!
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.
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..
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.↗😘
This really was so much fun. Every Thursday my schoolmates my sister and I hit the rink. Classic memories. I really wish I could go back in time. Some of these skaters were so talented! No one can match them.
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 💋 🇨🇵
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!
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 🤣🤣🤣
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
Growing up in the early 60s, the roller rink owner use to drive around in a old bus and picked up kids in the neighborhood and off we go to the rink for the afternoon , it was a blast!!!
I used to skate 18 hours on Saturdays, I was floor manager and taught 3 and 4 year old's lessons in the early morning, then the next 3 sessions of the day ending at 2 A.M.
🎶Good times🎶 require "clams on the 1/2 shell and rollerskates, rollerskates"🎶😉✨ So, we all gonna "get together....about a quarter to 10?" "Leave our cares behind!" "Rumour has it that, it's getting late...." ✨⏳✨ ✨🎶✨🎶✨✌🌐✌✨🎶✨🎶✨
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 🤣🤣👍🏾
God I literally could cry watching this! I absolutely loved growing up in the 70’s. Saturday night was THE night to strut your stuff! I remember getting up early on Saturday then doing my chores and making sure my favorite outfit was clean (and pressed of course) and then staying out of the firing line of my parents until 5-6:00pm when it was time to get ready. Depp haïr gel for my little spiked hair I used to rock - check. Brut cologne - check. Listerine in case I met that cheerleader I liked - check. Bubblicious - oh hell yeah. Boy these were good times. I wish the Philadelphia-South Jersey area still had rinks because they were such an integral part of who we were.
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. 😊
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. 😅
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 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
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😥
Skating rings, music, lights, pizza and arcades. Those were the days 👍
Yeah Baby!!!
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….
Before Social media destroyed our understanding of a "Good Time"!
🎯
Well said!
Amen 🙏
Believe that!
Gangsta rap did it.
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!
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
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
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
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. ❤️❤️
Black folks really know how to show up and show out , LOVE IT
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
My black brothers and sisters are so beautiful! My white brothers and sisters are the bomb! I’m Latino and my peeps are awesome. We would have all kinds of fun together!! Nowadays you got these Dang Fools working so hard to divide us, calling everything racist?? C’mon somebody don’t let them divide us like that! I love you all. God bless you!!
How do you feel about Afro-Americans receiving Reparations? 🤔
God bless you! I'm a young at heart 62yrs and you're right. Miss the 70s when we at least my friends loved everyone!!
@@cb142 Happy Thanksgiving CB! I'm with you, I grew up in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood by the Lake. At that time it was a melting pot of races. Vietnamese, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Blacks, Mexicans of which I'm one, White's and I'm so glad I rubbed elbows with everyone, that's how I grew up. Nowadays I'm a young 60 I live with my son who is 24 his girlfriend is white and we're in Kansas in an all black apartment complex. We're very comfortable here, our neighbors look out for each other, and we have never had a problem! I'm so glad that I brought up my son without the prejudice and hatred. We disagre e with either side trying to use race to sow hatred and division. We live our Lord Jesus Christ creator of us all! And it seems the Lord loves variety and we see His handywork as wonderful. God bless you CB with good health and peace. Thank you for communicating!
So true.... xoxoxo Come on people, smile on your brother, everybody get together and love one another right now..... xoxo God bless you.
@@androsaryan- Let’s not put monetary value on people getting along with one another and eliminate hatred
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.
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
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.ruclips.net/video/-PCuYhZzlNo/видео.html
@Randall Denison Time for you to grow as a person. Grow outa that sillyness. You can do it.🙂
Music always brings people together. No color. No ideology. No religion. No nothing but the beats!
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.
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 !
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
😄😄I seen some out there up in age who.can still work it. Hahaha LMAO, me and my sister and brother stayed on the skate floor. Seems like the kids today are missing out on bonding events like skating, block against block football. I told a young girl we need to have a new school vs. old school extravaganza. Haha 😂,she said bring it on. Lol
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
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........
People jus havin a good time....ain’t nobody mad
Indeed
Vibin
That part!!
@@ninab2020 c jki !!!!????@ ou /#👹👿🤜👍
Yes ,Indeed. Good Times!
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...
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.
In the 70s and 80s, we had dancing and skating battles. No one lost their lives or one drop of blood.
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
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 will always be an old school classic forever.
Black people have so much rhythm... so fun to watch!
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 ‼️💞👍
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.
Those people are so Smooooth! I just wanna visit therefore weekend & take it all in live! They having all the fun!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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 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😅
People ask me why I miss the 70’s so much. My answer: it’s the last decade people didn’t take themselves so seriously. It was ok to have fun
I agree no worries none so ever just music just fun and danced to the best music ever!!
I agree. I would go to the neighborhood skating rink on Friday nights and Saturday nights and skate, skate dance for six hours. 8 PM to 2 AM. I had black friends, white friends, Puerto Rican friends Italian friends. None of us had guns, nobody thought anybody, nobody got mad, six hours everybody did nothing but sweat and have fun skating.
I would have a different girl every couples skate. Black girl, Italian girl, white girl, Puerto Ricans. Man, I don’t know what happened to those days, but I miss them
Yeah I get cha Billy Bob, It was hard not to have fun, just look at our wild and funky fashions back then... Where even Vogue had to proclaim "There are No Rules in The Fashion Game now!" Some of my fav's were Satin Shirts, Pirate Sleeves w/ Bright Paisley, Safari Jackets, Kurtas, Sash Belts, Pants in Bold Wide Plaids, Wide Welted Corduroy, and anything in Velvet, Crushed or otherwise. Blessed with memories of Good Times! Peace...
This is definitely not the 70's. I would say at least the 90's. Look at the fashion.
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
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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!
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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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!!!!🥨🍕🥤🍔🍦🍥🍭🛼🙏🥰🥰💯💯💯💯💯
THEY ARE KILLIN IT!!!!….LOVE LOVE THIS!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜
Such fun! I'm smiling ear to ear the whole time just watching this.
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.
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
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
Can't get enough of this video. Just people, just skating, just fun. Thank you
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. 😝😅😝😝😅😜😜.
ruclips.net/video/-PCuYhZzlNo/видео.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. 🤣
Seeing ALL people coming together having a good time makes me happy
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!!!
Them were the days. No fighting fussing cussing, just skate. Good music and good beats
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!!
No phones, no selfies just having a great time enjoying one another gd times
Thanks
That's right miss them times
Smiley A too busy for taking pics
Fucking brilliant and good times
EXACTLY!!!!!!💜
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
Black people have been truly gifted. I am so glad that the Sun kissed me. Thank you God.
This makes me cry every time! Everyone is so fit - all shapes & sizes & ages. Most of all they are all enjoying themselves . Miss those days. I think the women in pink working in sync are absolutely amazing. I wonder where they are now. Hopefully at the same assisted living I'll end up with in 20 years- we will have fun!
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 .
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.🛼⛸️
This was our going to the club back in the day. The nostalgia brings me to tears.
LOVE this video and song. Gives you a reason to hope for tomorrow🥰the world needs that now
Thank you so much for this - brings me back to my 70’s teenage disco rolling days. So perfect.
We put sauce in everything we touch. Everything. No fighting. No hate.
Exactly!!! I wanna go skating so bad. I forgot how to. And I'm scared I don't wanna fall
@@poiisonivy8937 me and some family members were talking about "getting back out there" too, over the 4th. The plan is to take it slow, even if we have to use elbow & knee pads lol... just go for it Ms. Raven!
@@benreevers2811 I sure as shoot said I need some athletic knee pads 💜
Yes, we do, put the sauce in Everything!!!! That's what im talking about. We Bad as a people. (In a good way) 😂
Skatin was the bomb back in the day at Milwaukee Skateland 1981
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
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 loved watching this. Roller rinks need to come back. Those were my best memories in the 80/90s as well. It was so much fun 😭
Who's watching during Covid-19 lock down wishing they was out there?
Hahaha you all ready know 😂😂
That gives me enough time to practice.
Goin tonight
Rona recreation phase 3
I am jealous. I love ❤️🤩 you all.
No Twerking, No bullets, No fighting, No demonic symbolism, etc .... just EPIC COOLNESS!!!! Gosh I miss that!!
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.
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!!
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
Black folks always grace us with their finesse...we do everything in rhythm💪✊
therealmccoy2004 ... A mouth full my man!
A 100% true statement right there!!!
I'm mexican, and í love the way you my friends dance!!!😍😍😍😍í wish í can dance like you guys😍
therealmccoy2004 Yes we do😊
Facts
Always come back to this video and it always puts a smile on my face !!! What a vibe wish I could’ve experienced this !
Such a GREAT video & the music is SOOOO COOOL. Such talent & JUST PLAIN AWESOME!! Thank you for sharing.
The sisters in white are killing it.
Urban class
Too cold
Looked pink to me but probably the lights. Yes, I wanna be friends with them!!
love the woman with the short hair for some reason
Yes they are Bad "mama Jammers" !!!! Too cool 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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
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.↗😘
I enjoyed those years. We had so much fun disco roller skating! We are the BabyBoomers
This is what life is really about, happiness 😁
Had no idea in 1980 that the roller rink would be some of the best times of my entire life.
For real on so many levels!!!?
Not only did we have roller rinks we had ice skating rinks too! Fun all year!! 😁😄
You are absolutely right the good old days I use to love to skate the best times no drama just having soooo much fun
This song is timeless ❤❤🎉🎉🎉for roller skating enthusiasts! I still love ❤️ it today, and I'm not a skater!
This really was so much fun. Every Thursday my schoolmates my sister and I hit the rink. Classic memories. I really wish I could go back in time. Some of these skaters were so talented! No one can match them.
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
Best video I've seen all day.....goodvibes
Excellent and most impressive Ladies and Gentlemen.👍👍👍👍👍👍
Only my people can turn Roller skating into an EVENT ❤❤❤ GOTTA LOVE EM..
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
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 🤣🤣🤣
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
Growing up in the early 60s, the roller rink owner use to drive around in a old bus and picked up kids in the neighborhood and off we go to the rink for the afternoon , it was a blast!!!
I miss Roller skating every Saturday afternoon in the 70s....
United we stand and #ivided we fall
& 80's. My uncle use to take me every Saturday morning 😊 Goos times and memories!
Chores first, of course.
YOU KNOW THAT'S RIGHT
I MISS SKING ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON ALSO
I used to skate 18 hours on Saturdays, I was floor manager and taught 3 and 4 year old's lessons in the early morning, then the next 3 sessions of the day ending at 2 A.M.
why can't we have good times like this anymore?
It's a changed world
Too many damn guns.
@@sandybeaches3950 so true, so very true.....
It's a sad sad sad world we live in now
🎶Good times🎶 require "clams on the 1/2 shell and rollerskates, rollerskates"🎶😉✨
So, we all gonna "get together....about a quarter to 10?" "Leave our cares behind!" "Rumour has it that, it's getting late...."
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✨🎶✨🎶✨✌🌐✌✨🎶✨🎶✨
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 🤣🤣👍🏾
God I literally could cry watching this! I absolutely loved growing up in the 70’s. Saturday night was THE night to strut your stuff! I remember getting up early on Saturday then doing my chores and making sure my favorite outfit was clean (and pressed of course) and then staying out of the firing line of my parents until 5-6:00pm when it was time to get ready. Depp haïr gel for my little spiked hair I used to rock - check. Brut cologne - check. Listerine in case I met that cheerleader I liked - check. Bubblicious - oh hell yeah.
Boy these were good times. I wish the Philadelphia-South Jersey area still had rinks because they were such an integral part of who we were.
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. 😊
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. 😅
I've watched alot of skatelyfe videos but this music track always brings me back to this one! Love ❤️ it!!!
The "BADDEST" Skating video ever produced!!🏆⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Made me happy watching this. These kids these days don't know about this.
I want to get out on the Floor NOW! But I'm 56 can still skate but I don't want to fall and break My Knee replacement! HAHA!
No they don't and it's a real shame!
I'm a kid and this is awesome wow dancing now is crap now
Me and my kids still go skating!! It's a lot of old school folks and young folks still out here getting it in. Where the rest of y'all at??
Meeee toooo..
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!!
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!