Meine absolute Lieblingsband Cool Hand Luke hat heute einen Song bei myspace hochgeladen der “a drummer” heißt. Hinter dem ganzen steckt ein Sinn, den ich sehr geil find.

Mit diesen Gedanken will ich all meinen lesern reich gesegnete Weihnachten wünschen!

Dear Friends,
I don’t have the ability to buy everyone a gift that I would like to. Most people make something when they can’t buy a gift. Some people paint or make cool cards or even build something useful. I’m not very handy, and I’m not gifted in the realm of visual arts unless you want me to draw a skull, an ice cream cone, or the Batman symbol. But I do like making music. So, here is a song that I wrote and recorded. I didn’t have a lot of time or a lot of resources for the recording, but my good friend Bryan Raitt gave of his time, resources, and engineering know-how so that I can give you this song for Christmas.

The song is called “A Drummer”. It’s my take on the story of “The Little Drummer Boy”. To be honest, I don’t even know the words to “The Little Drummer Boy”, but I think I know the basic idea. I meant to look up the words before I wrote this song, but I didn’t. Oh well. The idea behind my song came from thinking about the idea of the Little Drummer Boy who plays for baby Jesus and, being a drummer myself, thinking, “Why would you play drums for a baby?” Then it struck me how ridiculous it is to try to do anything for Jesus because he doesn’t need anything and he gave me everything in the first place. It made me think of Christmas when I was young. My mom would give me money–probably $3-$5, and I would go buy HER a gift with the money SHE gave me. I would buy her the dumbest junk that she would never pick out herself, but she loved it because it was from me. It’s pretty silly when you think about it. Yet as a child of God, that’s exactly the position I’m in anytime I think I have something to offer God. It seemed an appropriate theme given the fact that I don’t have much to offer God or much money to buy anyone Christmas gifts. You follow me? So, I hope that you like this song, and I hope it will help draw your mind toward Christ and how huge and beautiful he is despite how inadequate my attempts to describe him are. I send this with love to each of you and with thanksgiving in my heart for you. I pray that God be glorified and that you enjoy Him this Christmas.

In Christ,
mark
A drummer

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