Back when I was a Kid

Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwmDj1yF6LA

Music isn't the same anymore.
The purity and grit are gone.
It's mechanical and cold.
I remember the days of
records and record players.
The crack and pop, the
sizzling booming bass that
rumbled in my soul.

I think of a song, let's say
something by Zeppelin.
I close my eyes and smell
the weed, see the
blacklight poster on
the brick basement walls.
I lift up the needle and
ramble on.

Author's Note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwmDj1yF6LA
Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry from my books, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, It's Just a Hop, Skip, and a Jump to the Madhouse, and Sleep Always Calls. My books are available on Amazon.
www.thomaswcase.com

Reviews

[Ayesha Faiz]

I aggre with John. This poem feels like pure nostalgia. All the childhood feelings and regrets. We don't get exited for the things we used to as kids.. now our brain is almost occupied 24/7 thinking about stuff, life. Even little kids these days are stressing over their life. But childhood, ah... childhood indeed. It can never come back so let's make the most of what we have now as present.

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks for reading.

[kronskymikhail]

This piece hums with nostalgia, that ache for when music felt alive — when every note carried dust, sweat, and soul. You can almost hear the vinyl spinning, smell the haze of youth. Today’s world feels digital and detached, though moments of thrill still exist — like the pulse of chance at https://yonibet-casino.com, where rhythm meets risk and something real still beats beneath the static.

[Soren]

I agree Thomas music has been kidnapped by autotune, pitch correction the listener blinded by corporate greed stamped out products that look one just like another, originality is out. A good point in a lovely poem.

[Thomas W Case]

So very true. Thanks.

[Soren]

You are most welcome Thomas

[red93]

You are right Thomas - all the Musical Greats are either too old now or sadly gone. Modern pop Music is a shadow of what we had growing up. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

So very true. Thanks for reading.

[John the Baptist]

Most of the poem is nostalgia. The last two lines are different, depending on what kind of needle is being referred to.

[Thomas W Case]

Good eye, John. Thanks for reading.