A little way back, Tootler said:

Don't know if they count as instruments, but drum machines as used on so much pop music now - the sort you hear from about five miles away in some youth's beat up old [name your own make and model] car and are best represented as "dumb, dumb, dumb..."

I'm the wrong side of 70, and a few years ago used to go to the theatre with a guy 10 years older. Reg could always turn out a 1-liner, and one evening, waiting to cross the road in Bristol, one of these cars went past. Reg watched it up the road, turned to me and said "My grandson's got that tune in HIS car". Excellent ear for music, Reg.

Phil