I don’t think I’ve fully internalized how frankly bizarre the world of suburban mega churches are. And I’m saying that as somebody who attended one as a kid.

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If it weren't for the fact that this is a religious tax dodging scheme, the idea of drum corps suspended from wires is cool as fuck.

I played my drum for Him, pa-rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him, pa-rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me, pa-rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum

  • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    I played my drum for Him, pa-rum pum pum pum I played my best for Him, pa-rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum Then He smiled at me, pa-rum pum pum pum Me and my drum

    The spanish version of the Little Drummer Boy is all about the kid feeling bad because he has no gold or riches to offer to baby Jesus, and how all he has is an old drum, but it being more than enough to worship. Dunno if that's how the English version goes, but i don't think they ever intended a stadium with drummers suspended from cables.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It was written in the late 1950s. The English version is the same...

      Little Drummer Boy

      In the lyrics, the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi to the Nativity of Jesus. Without a gift for the Infant, the little drummer boy played his drum with approval from Jesus's mother, Mary, recalling, "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me".

      If a Christian band were to do a cover now - I bet they'd focus more on the drums and far less on the poverty and the actual message.

    • old_goat [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Sorry Jesus, after paying for the the rigging, the harnesses, the safety inspections, and insurance I'm broke as fuck and have no alms for the poor. But listen to this sick drum solo!

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      The English version is the same.

      :geordi-no: humble gift

      :geordi-yes: spectacle