8/8/08, in honor of the Roland 808 beat machine
- August 8th, 2008
- 4 Comments
Today being 8/8/08, we’ll be subjected to all sorts of cute date-and-time gags. For example, John “Parachute Pants” Biggs tells that the Roland TR-808 was a pioneering drum machine back in the day. Music Thing also notes this, and uses the opportunity to remind us of several “808” things. The Beastie Boys once said, “nothing quite sounds like an 808.” Afrika Bambaata even used the little guy, too. I’ve never heard of them!
Um… way ahead of my time. Glad I never had to listen to that noise while growing up. Parachute Pants, on the other hand, loved it.
tim (Who am I?)
2 months ago
How sad you’ve never heard Afrika Bambaata.
evan (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Maybe he never heard of the 808?
geoff (Who am I?)
2 months ago
FAIL at a) not knowing afrika bambaata, and b) thinking it’s noise
bb king (Who am I?)
2 months ago
You fool, you hear 808 sounds in many of the songs you hear today…they’re sampled…but you wouldn’t know that.
cause you shouldn’t be writing about these things.