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.
How sad you’ve never heard Afrika Bambaata.
Maybe he never heard of the 808?
FAIL at a) not knowing afrika bambaata, and b) thinking it’s noise
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.
the best thing that ever happen 2 me was recieving the 808 in my possesion….
one day im gone make a hitt on that bad boi and make …….it