Refugee by Tom Petty

 

So, this memory goes way back to grade school. It was roughly 5^th or 6^th grade (my memory is going, I guess) when I was attending Cooper school. Every couple of months we had roller skating parties sponsored by the school which were so much fun. So this would have been around 1983 – 1984. I remember going to Rollero and skating with my friends. Whenever this song came on, we went nuts. We would go as fast as we could around the rink, weaving in and out of people. There were a few times when Refugee was played for the corner game which was similar to musical chairs. The song would play and when it stopped you had to skate to the nearest corner. The corner with the most people stayed in the game; everyone else had to leave the rink. Then the process was repeated. Back then, this game was a big deal and we tried everything we could to win. Those were fun times indeed. Does this song remind you of anything? Let me know.