The Record Player

With the needle on the record
The music starts to play
The popping
The scratching
Adds to the sound.
Makes it sound whole,
Like the Symphony Orchestra playing Stravinsky.

Pink Floyd
Chicago
Van Halen
Don’t sound right with out it.
People think they’re obsolete
They’re old fashioned
I think they’re as cool as the 70’s themselves.

I come home
From a stressful day
Turn on a record
And relax to the sounds of Chicago
Jamming out to ‘25 or 6 to 4’

You can’t help but dance
When you listen to them
They make you ecstatic
What Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious music.

You can’t get that feeling
With a CD
Or an MP3.

Records may not be perfect,
But they’re good enough for me.