11 Roller Skating Music Videos

For a good time watch all the roller skating music videos on my YouTube playlist.


1. Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" 1978  Watching this video (and early Beatles/Rolling Stones videos) inspired me to Google the history of music videos pre-MTV. According to The History Channel, the first music video was made in 1895 by Thomas Edison and his crew.




2. Chet Faker - "Gold" 2014 This video inspired me to buy $5 Goodwill roller skates that I'm afraid to use until I get health insurance. "Gold" is one of my favorite songs...ever.




3. Domo Genesis feat Anderson.Paak - "Dapper" 2016  Anderson.Paak has been one of my favorite artists since "Suede." Malibu was an instant timeless classic. Loved watching Dre react to hearing the music in the studio in the promo videos released to support the album.




4. De La Soul ft. Q-Tip and Vinia Mojica - "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" 1991 This video made me realize that I've been doing Saturdays all wrong. Shoutout to Prince Paul (producer of this song etc.) for helping to create so many of my favorite moments in music.

5. Ciara feat. Missy Elliott - "1, 2 Step" 2004  The roller skates don't arrive until the end of the video but Ciara and Missy are fierce the whole way through.




6. Perfume Genius - "Fool" 2014  I love that Perfume Genius is showing us the emo side of roller skating; not an easy feat because it usually promotes joy with moment of terror.




7. Le Couleur - "Femme" 2013  I've just added roller skating near the Eiffel Tower to my bucket list; I didn't have one before. I'll be wearing pants though.




8. Jungle - "Heat" 2013  Roller skate dancing at its finest.




9. Beyoncé - "Blow" 2014  The vibe in the room at a Beyonce roller skating party would be stellar.




10. Luscious Jackson - "Here" 1995  This video gets the award for Best Use Of Disco Balls.




11. Thunderpussy - "Welcome To The Disco" 2015  SEATTLE MUSIC  Thunderpussy is currently in position to take over the world...and I'll give them the award for Best Use Of Fred Wildlife Refuge.

Ten Music Videos with Special Effects Part V

1. Kool A.D. feat. Himanshu - "Gwyneth Paltrow" 2012  I don't mind discovering songs two years too late, it's like finding a buried treasure. This definitely qualifies for a Mask compilation but real people doing amazing things is a special effect in my world. Most overplayed song of the day for many days in a row.




2. Stella - "Friends" 2015  This lady is Carlos Santana's daughter, it may be a lot of pressure to be the offspring of a legend. Plus, no one could write about you without mentioning your famous parent (as shown above). Fortunately, I'm the child of a plumbing contractor and a public health administrator so I don't have this problem. Pretty great song and video though, I'll have to see what she does next to determine my stance on Stella.




3. Gabriel Teodros and Soulchef feat. Sarah MK - "Black Love" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) Gabriel Teodros on Wednesday, January 21 at The Crocodile Back Bar with Dex Amora, Shakiah, and EarDr.Umz The Metrognome.





4. Tool - "Stinkfist" 1996

5. Jehst x Strange U - "Dolph Lundgren" 2014  I would really love to see Jehst and other great UK Hip Hop artists in Seattle more often. I should probably just go there and soak it all in for a few months.




6. Perfume Genius - "Queens" 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC)  This is an epic music video. The face changing is perfect, it also reminds me of Eight Music Videos with Changing Faces.




7. Betty Ford Boys - "Henny Lean" 2014  I almost didn't even watch this because the band and song names threw me off. I'm glad I did, this Tron business is pretty rad.




8. Maze Koroma + Mat Randol - "That Ain't Fair" 2014  (Portland)  Thank you to Grape God for telling me about the Renaissance Coalition website. I foresee field trips to Portland in my future. Hopefully these two will be some of the RenCo artists that Grape God is bringing with him to The Crocodile Back Bar on February 8.




9. Turquoise Jeep - "Comin Down Ya Chimney" 2014  These dudes are whoa. Definitely looking forward to their show March 21 at The Crocodile.




10. Lauryn Hill - "Ex-Factor" 1998  The special effect is that in most of this video she looks like she's in slow motion but she still manages to make it look like she's getting the words right; skillz.




Part One feat. Massive Attack, Groove Theory, Handsome Boy Modeling School +++ from 2/7/13

Part Two feat. Danny Brown, En Vogue, Bambu, Bonobo, MC Lyte +++ from 5/22/13

Part Three feat. Oddisee, Q-Tip, L'Orange, Kool + Kass, DJ Krush +++ from 11/20/13

Part Four feat. Captain Murphy, FKA Twigs, Def Dee, Banoffee, Mndsgn +++ from 8/27/14

Ten Music Videos featuring Shirtless Males

1. 50 Cent - "In Da Club" 2003  *For me, this was 50's best song. I do like his song with Lil' Kim called "Magic Stick". I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw this video (in a living room in Agate Bay on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe) and knowing before sixty seconds had past that this song would be huge, and it was.

2. Shai - "If I Ever Fall In Love" 1993  *Junior high cassette material.

3. Smooth - "You Been Played" 1993  *This is on my VHS tape of music videos that I recorded from TV in the early nineties, along with Janet's "That's The Way Love Goes", Silk's "Freak Me", Live on BET performances, and many others.

4. Grimes - "Oblivion" 2012  *I love that Grimes is on this list twice because it just doesn't seem like there would be topless males in her videos. This is but one of the reasons she is fabulous.

5. Rufus and Chaka Khan - "Ain't Nobody" 1983  *This song always makes me think of the Breakin' learning to dance montage.

6. D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" 2000  *The prototypical topless male music video. Thanks for being you D'Angelo.

7. Perfume Genius - "Hood" 2012  *This song is not for everybody, but I think it's alright.

8. R.E.M. - "Orange Crush" 1988  *R.E.M. is not the first band that comes to mind when looking out for topless males, which is why this is cool.

9. Grimes feat. Magical Cloudz - "Nightmusic" 2012  *This is a video that Grimes did not direct. This is obvious because it is definitely weird but not as Grimey as the videos for "Genesis" or "Oblivion".

10. Amy Winehouse - "Tears Dry On Their Own" 2007  *Why does everyone keep bumping into her? Don't they know she's Amy Winehouse?

Ten Great Songs Without Music Videos

1. Dirty Sanchez feat. Capital STEEZ and Rokamouth - "Maxwell" 2013  This song never gets old.




2. Jai Paul - "Jasmine" 2012  Jai Paul pulled off the rare feat of internet stardom with a Soundcloud single.




3. Banks - "Before I Ever Met You" 2013




4. Wanderhouse - "Sugar" 2013  




5. Capital STEEZ (Produced By MF Doom) - "Chicago" 2012  I'm so glad these two made time to work together.




6. Pillowfight - "Used To Think" 2012  Pillowfight is Dan The Automator and Emily Wells.




7. Zebra Safari feat. Goofy Mane - "Never" 2013  This is a remix of a Perfume Genius song.



8. Common - "Thisisme" 1994  The definition of a banger.



9. Joey Bada$$ - "Don't Quit Your Day Job" 2013  This Lil B Diss song samples Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes." I still have the VHS I recorded the MTV World Premiere of the Janet video. It blew my 14 year old mind.



10. Erykah Badu (Produced By Madlib) - "The Healer" 2008  The live version and the Binkbeats version make up the difference.