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Of Grooves, Vinyl and Scratches

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"Darlin' you send me"




Oh' God yes-
as the groove in my psyche
swoons, sways so slowly.
   There is something -
              so tempered about touchin vinyl.



Some may not even know, what I'm talking about
                    Ever decreasing sounds, that burn within me,
                          even when Sam sings-
             Oh' Lord, I'd believe in angels, if you brought him home.


And yes, it sends me
                      plastic karma and essential nuances
of design, covers to electrify
testify-
      Super fly- Super fly.




Will it go round in circles,
       even cliched catches of something nostalgic,
                                             the hiss, scratch
              tangible touch of that cool groove, on enlightened ears.




             I was reminded today,that I should believe in-

the word
God, Jesus and Sam Cooke-
                      sex (sometimes)
           drugs (maybe)
                             rock & roll (of course)

             Elvis and a little less
conversation.





Author notes

I have over 500 LP's several thousand singles and I still love to hear the hiss and scratch of vinyl...  

call me old fashioned.. ...  I don't care..  

Special references to Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder and Elvis Presley...
Written March 2nd, 2006

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  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 6, 2006
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    hahahhahah

    omg... hahhaha

    now I nearly pee'd my pants.. you bad girl..

    lmao.... so much older indeed.. you naughty thing



    snorts

  • Cat gold member
    March 6, 2006
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    Some may not even know, what I'm talking about
    Ever decreasing sounds, that burn within me,
    even when Sam sings-
    Oh' Lord, I'd believe in angels, if you brought him home.

    AMEN Sister! sing it!
    Good thing you and Al are so much older than me - i would hate to be able to relate to such an antiquated poem.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 6, 2006
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    yeah...

    i think a few of us around here.. have old timer's disease.. hehehhe



    thanks Al

  • AJ Morelli gold member
    March 6, 2006
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    Real nice work Gill, unfortunately I relate to everything in the piece LOL... Best of luck.


    Al

  • transcendental baby gold member
    March 3, 2006
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    I'd say Sam comes first ... then rock n roll, drugs, sex, Jesus, and then the ol' man ... Elvis always ... all the way down
    I be testifin' Hallelujah Sister ... can I get a witness?!!!!

    Love,
    Vinyl with a smile


  • Cvillelisa
    March 3, 2006
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    here too, just diggin.

    good luck.

    lisa

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    yeah... thanks hun... I changed that so line

    i kinda like the plastic thing.. reminds me of John Lennon's Instant Karma.. ...

    thanks for the great critique though...

  • Emerald13
    March 2, 2006
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    i am sorry i missed this, this morning ... the write is as mesmerising as watching the vinyl go round and around ... so nicely done Gill ... in the first stanza i am not sure you need that second 'so' - the extra long pause works just as well at 'something' ... although in re-reads perhaps its the break that is where i falter ...

    there is something -
    so tempered about touching

    the first 'so' is conducive when rolling those ssssss's around one's tongue .... love the alliteration through the lines ...

    i am also not sure about 'plastic karma' ... its the plastic that i stumble over ...

    just musing ... heh ... you sure do know how to write ! >>> GINA

  • Scott Adelmann
    March 2, 2006
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    Praise be to voodoo for vinyl things singing round and round the music of my growing up, going out, and getting buried treasures as the turntable hums along at 33 and one third revolutions per blessed minute.

    I have 300 carefully selected and often played pieces of pure heaven, each preserved in plastic sleeves and when I die (assuming I have no children) they will be passed to my nephew and he will love them as much as I do.

    Great job, Gill!

    Scott
    Edited on Mar 02, 5:10 p.m. because 'typo'.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    Damn.... I'd cry if that happened to me... sheesh, that hurts

    sorry for the loss hun..... thankyou for your lovely comment

  • rebeka
    March 2, 2006
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    oh i loved my lp's and had a broken heart when the collection was carried off by thieves from a storage unit you have certainly made this tribute to vinyl one i enjoyed! great thoughts.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    Damnit... I forgot the smell... yes-
    they do have a certain smell, that is evocative of time, place, sound and all that...

    I once burnt my brother's Slade LP's in the back garden... and made, what I said were ashtrays... he then set fire to my Donny Osmond posters... we were rather nazzy and nasty to each other in those days... lololololol

    thankyou hun... lovely words as usual

  • ca ne fait rien
    March 2, 2006
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    You forgot the smell they have a particular smell don't they. I have a wind up gramophone I use for 1940s events with some 78s of swing and Glenn Miller and stuff. Boy it is loud! And when I was about 2 I sat on a record and broke it. It was my favourite tune and my dad put the broken pieces on the fire. I watched them curl and melt and I cried. You know, he didn't shout at me or anything that time, we just watched it make fantastic shapes together. Phew. Anyway, excellent poem as usual, and particularly excellent ending.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    I have a few of my Dad's 78's in my collection... but mainly I play LP's ... when I wanna dance around the living room rug.. hehehhe


  • queenie
    March 2, 2006
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    remember the 78's.probably not,that may be a bit before your time,but i still hold onto my vinyl too.it's kind of hard to part with.i've learned that they are quite valuable though because many of them are out of stock.i recently had someone offer me $125 for my gladys knight album.where it's my favorite and although i have it on a cassette tape and cd,i still can't part with it.this piece has a great nostalgic flavor.it shows your passion for the music.sam sooke's "you send me" a classic that reminds me of my first crush.this was another great write from you.as they used to say and the hits just keep on coming!

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    My daughter, who is 13.... brings her friends round just to show them my collection... I've become a bit of a Goddess to them... cause some are quite HIP again.. lolololololol

  • Puppydog gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    VERY ENJOYABLE!

    A truly wonderful trip back to when music really was the best. And yes, the scratches and the mixed grooves are what makes it so very special. A very enjoyable poem.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    I still do listen to them.. people get banned from the room if I'm on one of my nostalgic haunts into my vinyl collection.. lololololol

    thanks for the comment
  • exoticbeaches
    March 2, 2006
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    Ya know vinyl hasnt gone out into extinction just yet. I read an article in my local sunday paper that there are places that still order and sale 33's, 45's and if you are lucky the thick 78's. I am in PA and those places that were featured in the article were in Pittsburgh. I even gave my children, ages 11 and 10, a lesson about records last weekend. They were intrigued very much to find out how CD's have evolved into our society from their vinyl ansestors. Great poem. Well done.

  • shimmer
    March 2, 2006
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    this does take me back to the days of listening to the record player in my room and singing along. i don't mind the CD's that are out now, but why do they have to be so dang hard to open? you did a good job here.

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    ahh thankyou so much... to me, its not dead... it's alive and kicking in my lounge in a very biggg cupboard.. lololol

    thankyou again

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    hehheh... see even your Mum can be sexy... lolololol

    heheheh

  • NurseChilly gold member
    March 2, 2006
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    ahhh yes... a fine track... one of my fave beatles one.. along with This Boy... aahhh I'm so slushy..

    lolololol


  • Robin Candor
    March 2, 2006
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    This sure did bring back alot of memories. I just don't know what to do with all that vinyl anymore. I miss the album covers and inserts that I didn't need a magnifying glass to understand. Oh well, it's a dead discussion, time marches on. Good Luck! RC

  • nick -
    March 2, 2006
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    this may be wierd, but this was pretty sexy...I mean, how many different things can this mean;
    "Oh' God yes-
    as the groove in my psyche
    swoons,
    sways so slowly.
    There is something so-
    tempered about touching
    vinyl."
    Like vinyl could mean a car seat or something..

    :-P

    "Elvis and a little less
    conversation."
    nice.



    weeeeeeee yesyes I like it.

    Nick


  • vaseline
    March 2, 2006
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    I remember the first day we bought a record player. the first song we ever listened to it was Hey Jude by the beatles. after that, my brother and i always put on vinyls of the good ole 60s and 70s
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