06.21.06

The ‘Amen’ Break — Six Seconds That Changed Music

Posted in Music at 8:27 pm by Spencer

Video explains the world’s (maybe) most important 6-sec drum loop. [Via YouTube]

With echoes, as ’twere, of an old Replacements video.

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06.21.06

The ‘Amen’ Break — Six Seconds That Changed Music

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