Everybody All Aboard

When I was 14 years old, one of the few fun things to do in and around my home town on a Friday night was going to Silver City Skateland...roller skating around and around in a big circle on a shiny wooden floor. This was a time before rollerblades. A time before I had my license. What made me think of this in 2006? I was listening to my Sirius radio the other day (something else that didn't exist yet) and I heard that all too familiar sound of a train whistle..."Chooo Choooo...All aboard" and then the music started. I recognized it immediately as Party Train by The Gap Band*. When that song would play, you would skate harder and faster than anytime during the night...occasionally crashing into the wall at top speed...and you didn't even have a helmet on. Wasn't necessary. Not like now. Party Train was the coolest song to skate to...second ONLY to Erotic City by Prince*. That's right...I was 14...and that was THE coolest song on or off skates. Listen...consider how old I was and YOU tell ME why I thought it was cool.

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