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