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