TR OH EIGHT             
                                          
                         
                                          
              THE SMOOTH BOY!             
 ROLAND   BOTIQUE  REMAKE  OF  THE  GREAT 
           EIGHT OH EIGHT           
             FROM THE EIGHTIES            
                                          
 "IT  CAME TO ME IN A DREAM"  AS THEY SAY 
 AND  I  THOUGHT  ABOUT  HOW  DREAMS  ARE 
 MADE,  AND THE  RIGHT ANSWER IS THAT YOU 
 HAVE WHATEVER YOU  HAVE, SOMETHING  AKIN 
 TO   DRIED   HERBS   (THOSE   ARE   YOUR 
    THOUGHTS) ADDING HOT WATER (THAT'S    
 SLEEP BABY)  MAKING AT  LAST THE  TEA... 
                                          
 BUT THE REAL  DIAMONDS ARE RECLUSIVE AND 
 WILL  NOT  APPEAR  UNTIL  YOU  GIVE THEM 
 WHAT THEY WANT  - A REALLY  REALLY CRISP 
  AND SMOOTH EIGHT OH EIGHT TRANSMISSION, 
 HIHATS OR NO  HIHATS, KICK WITH THE LONG 
 DECAY  AND THE  TOMS, THE  BEP BEP  BOP, 
 BAP,   A  QUIESCENT   SNARE...  A  CRISP 
           BITE... COWBELL....?           
                                          
 AND  THATS  WHY  YOU  NEED   THE  REMAKE 
 BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL ONE IS IN  A MUSEUM 
 GUARDED BY ARMED MEN SWORN TO THE CAUSE. 
 PLUS, BEING A BOTIQUE,  THE NEW ONE RUNS 
              ON AA BATTERIES