You could say that the song Your Theme to My Module ("I can be your module, you can be my theme") has a deeper message in it.
It is not that writing code late at night is lonely. It is not that hard-core coders can't theme a crap. It could be – but is not – a song to not only create peace, but also love between coders and themers. (Heck, the message isn't even that anyone can write a power ballade if you just use enough clichés, though this appears to be true.)
The message is that there is something strange about Drupal.
Why on earth does someone write something like The Drupal Song, and why do people spend hours on doing remixes of the same song? Why do people care to knit Drupal hats or create Drupal card games? And why do some people obviously spend effort and inspiration on creating a Drupal power ballade?
These things do not happen because people get paid to do them, or because they are told to (though it may act as a facilitator). Things like these happen because someone wants to. Someone has ideas, creativity, inspiration – and for some reason chooses to channel it on a web publishing framework symbolised by a blue drop.
A Youtube video I saw a few months ago made me understand some of the things behind this strange phenomenon. The video (above) explains, in a much better way than I can, that we seek things in life that gives us (1) freedom, (2) a chance of learning and (3) a feeling of purpose.
The message in Your Theme to My Module is that there is something in Drupal that engages people to invest themselves in it. This explains why rather silly Drupal songs are written – and also why people really seem to like such songs.
After the gig someone told me that the Kitten Killers performance will be one of the great events at DrupalCon Copenhagen. I'm not sure that it is true, but it made me very glad. It feels great that I might have contributed to something that people will remember and appreciate.
Some people are good at coding, and can work on reducing the number of critical bugs. Quite many do this late at night – and have a great time doing so. Others can't code, but can write silly power ballades.