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[oakenguy]

Note the first: I'm not allowed to look at baaaaabyanimals anymore while sitting next to D because of the noises I make as I bounce up and down in my chair. Oh my.


Note the second, originally a comment to mythfish's post, but I decided it was a worthy rant on it's own:

What really gets me about "Little Drummer Boy" is the irony of it having a really, really boring rhythm. This kid is a drummer, he's playing his very best, and he comes up with "pa-rum-pa-pum-pum"?!?!? What is he, playing with the stick held in his teeth?!

And as someone who's been to more than my share of Christmas Eve services, can I say what a breath of fresh air it would be to hear "I played my drum for him, pa rumpdida-rumpdida-chikachikachika-bizzow"? It'd be the perfect antidote to "O Holy Night", which is a fine song, don't get me wrong, but at 10:58pm after a big meal in a room full of people wearing thick, comfy sweaters, it can knock you out like a boxing glove soaked in valium.

And let's not even mention the fact that right after childbirth, the last thing anyone wants is a drum being played next to their ear. "The finest gift you bring"? Dude, get Mary a pillow. Get some fresh hay.

What really REALLY gets me is when the carol is performed with the drumming part obviously done on a drum machine. (I'm looking at you, Bob Seger.)

Comments

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

"I played my drum for him, pa rumpdida-rumpdida-chikachikachika-bizzow"

Okay, I need someone to record this version *at once*. :)

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

Oh my lord. Did you see the baby otters? And the baby Tasmanian devil? (That first picture is hardly credible as real.) I am now going to waste far too much time on the baby animals. Thanks!

[rantarn.livejournal.com]

They must have had really good cameras to catch the baby Tasmanian devils mid-spin like that. :-)

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Aren't they great?? The pug yesterday knocked me silly.

[pamlin.livejournal.com]

*still giggling*

Thank you for the rants. I truly needed that!

If you think that listening to O Holy Night is tough at midnight church service, try staying awake long enough to sing the damned thing... ;-)

Pamela

[maxineofarc.livejournal.com]

"The Little Drummer Boy" sucks. No two ways about it.

[themikado.livejournal.com]

Away, away to metaquotes with ye!

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

YAY! Someone metaquoted Oaken!

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

I'm highly flattered!

[lixie.livejournal.com]

The fact that people can think up baaaaabyanimals is one of the few reasons why I heart LJ. Awwwwwww! Thanks!

[conuly]

*laughs*

From metaquotes, thanks for the laugh.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[wanderingrogue.livejournal.com]

I'd pay good money for a version of "Little Drummer Boy" that tears it up on the drums. After you work in retail over the holidays, you learn to loathe that song with every fiber of your being.