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Little Drummer Boy
Dec. 3rd, 2012 08:13 amSaturday morning I was at the dentist for the semi-annual cleaning (and I have two cavities that I have to go back today and have filled *sigh*). It's December; they had the All Christmas Music All The Time station on.
So the hygienist has her sharp pointy things in my mouth, and Little Drummer Boy comes on. Whenever I've heard this song before, I imagined a drummer boy like this: ( Little Drummer Boy album cover )
And who could possibly sleep to *that*?
But this time, I remembered the drum that Tammie got this fall, which looks like this: ( Frame drum )
And one night, I actually *did* fall asleep to her playing it. Drumming for trance and meditation, not for organizing an army. For extra credit, I also came to the realization that the cymbals played by women dancing in the bible were more likely zills than Zildjians.
Images that stick in the imagination from childhood take some effort to eradicate.
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The version of "Winter Wonderland" I heard that morning also surprised me. It had a verse I'd never heard before about "we'll pretend that he's a circus clown" and other games with the snowman. That totally undermined the song for me.
So the hygienist has her sharp pointy things in my mouth, and Little Drummer Boy comes on. Whenever I've heard this song before, I imagined a drummer boy like this: ( Little Drummer Boy album cover )
And who could possibly sleep to *that*?
But this time, I remembered the drum that Tammie got this fall, which looks like this: ( Frame drum )
And one night, I actually *did* fall asleep to her playing it. Drumming for trance and meditation, not for organizing an army. For extra credit, I also came to the realization that the cymbals played by women dancing in the bible were more likely zills than Zildjians.
Images that stick in the imagination from childhood take some effort to eradicate.
***
The version of "Winter Wonderland" I heard that morning also surprised me. It had a verse I'd never heard before about "we'll pretend that he's a circus clown" and other games with the snowman. That totally undermined the song for me.
