Advent 11

[mylodon]

It's that drummer boy again! (And both versions I've shared have featured somebody whose loss this year has made the world a sadder place.)

The other thing that annoyed my about that letter which suggested songs like this aren't suitable for Christmas, was that it ignored the deeply spiritual message the song contains. All the drummer boy can offer is his talent on the drum so he plays it for Jesus. How brilliant is that? We can't all be Mother Teresa or Henry Kissinger or Nelson Mandela, but we can use our own special talents to make our own small corner of the world a better place.

Comments

[vespican.livejournal.com]

Nice!
Of course Bing is a local hometown legend. Grew up here in Spokane!
Some people can be so narrow minded when it comes to faith and spirituality. Things where I believe we should be as open and all encompassing as possible.
Dave

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

*nods* The great line I heard this year was from the principal of a Christian university who said they wanted to create a place as open and questioning as the empty tomb. Spot on.

BTW Didn't know about Bing and Spokane. How cool.

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Hear Hear to vespican Dave's last comment

extraordinary that Bing /bowie recording really

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

It is. And the combination of voices works perfectly.

[abject-reptile.livejournal.com]

'The Little Drummer Boy' isn't secular so only the most literal-minded could make a case against it. In the same way that all Jews were present at Mt Sinai, we were present in Bethlehem. The song speaks to every one of us.

Kissinger is evil and I'm in doubt about Mother Teresa so I'll stick with being a drummer boy.

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

I love that notion of us all being present in Bethlehem. Amen to that.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Ah Bowie.

Is any wonder people are confused by my gender fludity when all my best male role models have been photographed wearing eyeliner, fur coats and party frocks (not necessarily all at the same time, and I'm not sure about David Coverdale and the last two)?