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