If the Little Drummer Boy was such hot stuff, how come the only riff he could muster was “parump pum pum pum” over and over?
If he had the cojones to offer up drum action in lieu of gold and incense to honor the Baby Jesus, he should at least have had some facility with the instrument.
And I’m sure everyone was very happy when he started playing for the baby. But then they realized he was playing the same damn bit over and over again. “Paraump pum pum pum” times infinity. The song ends with Baby Jesus smiling, but the story probably continues a few minutes after that--up until someone snaps “Okay, thanks, that’s just fine, thank you. Bye. See you when the next Messiah drops in.” And the drummer boy shuffles out of the manger and people whisper to themselves: “It’s a good thing it’s the thought that counts, because he was no Ringo Starr.”
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when i was little, my mother taught me this song (to the tune of we three kings):
we four beatles of liverpool are
one on drums and three on guitar.
john and paul and gear george harrison,
following ringo starr.
i sang it to my friends and they thought i was decidedly uncool.
oh see. now you’ve done it. it’s so on buddy. little drummer boy is my absolute favorite christmas song EVER. i will not stand by while you malign it! no sirree. next time i’m in CA you’d better hide cuz i’m gonna-- uhm, hmm-- i don’t know what i’m gonna do, but i have plenty of time to figure it out and it’s gonna be bad. you’ll cry. yes.
well at least he didn’t bring him a hippopotamus--btw, that is THE worst christmas song ever!
hey, no one EVER said that god has taste in music.
have you ever actually listened to christian radio?
(shudder)
“gear” George Harrison??
dude, but at the end of the song, he goes “pa-rum-pa-pum-pum, rum-pa-pa-pum, rum-pa-pa-pum.” that’s at least as good as anything ringo ever did.
i LIKE the hippopotamus song, it’s a three-minute dance of wacky cheery fun!!
ok, i need sleep. but i DO like the hippopotamus song (which, damn it, i now have stuck in my head).
also, heyHEYhey careful about the christian radio. there is some fine quality material on those heavenly airwaves. >:(
btw i am also lost about “gear george harrison.”
“gear” is a 60s british slang term that, more or less, just means “cool.”
they say it a few times in the hard day’s night movie.
*nerd*
You’re still boppin to the groove, so it can’t be that bad…
Forget Ringo. He should have had Keith Moon aspirations if he was playing for Jesus.
keith moon makes the baby Jesus cry.
“Keith Moon makes the baby Jesus cry.”
Man, is that brilliantly sublime. Mad props to Sandy.
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