{"id":536,"date":"2011-10-24T00:56:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T04:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=536"},"modified":"2015-05-25T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T18:15:40","slug":"downey-and-gibson-music-for-mondays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/downey-and-gibson-music-for-mondays.html","title":{"rendered":"Air America, Downey Jr., Gibson &#038; Friends (Music for Mondays)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-543\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/Velocitus-Incalculus.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-543\" title=\"Velocitus Incalculus\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2011\/10\/Velocitus-Incalculus-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SR-71 Blackbird, \u201cVelocitus Incalculus\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Welcome to the first <em>MfM<\/em> post since moving here to Patheos. See that hurtling piece of machinery above? That\u2019s what the good ship YIMCatholic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/10\/robert-downey-jr-asks-hollywood-to-forgive-mel-gibson.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> looked like this week<\/a>. She\u2019s a Transformer, see? Usually a wind powered, bluff bowed vessel good for 12-15 knots, but sometimes, she goes ballistic like the bird you see above. We\u2019ll get to the reason why later, but first let\u2019s put that picture to some music,<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Petty<\/strong>, <em>Running Down the Dream.<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y1D3a5eDJIs\/youtube%5Dp\u00a0\/ppSomeone\u2019s%20personal%20trailer%20to%20\u201cAir%20America\u201d%20where%20Robert%20Downey%20Jr.%20and%20Mel%20Gibson%20first%20worked%20together.%20Music%20by%20strong2Unlimited\/strong.\/pp%5Byoutube%5Dhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M_x2in8KJgI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y1D3a5eDJIs\/youtube]\n&lt;p&gt;\u00a0&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Someone\u2019s personal trailer to \u201cAir America\u201d where Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson first worked together. Music by &lt;strong&gt;2Unlimited&lt;\/strong&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M_x2in8KJgI<\/a>\n<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the same theme, I loved that movie by the way. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Goj3RGld4mI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">See the theatrical trailer here<\/a>. I wish I could have done this just this past Friday when I hit traffic after work. *watch out for some language\/ hand signals<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bBmFtarnVq8&#038;feature=related\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bBmFtarnVq8&amp;feature=related<\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What was that song? By <strong>Seeds<\/strong>, <em>Pushin\u2019 Too Hard<\/em>. Must see TV! Lipsynched admirably on the NBC show \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mothers-in-Law\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Mothers-in-Law<\/a>.\u201d Check it out,<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Seeds - Pushin&#039; Too Hard !\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQWVHvjdfZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Best song from the soundtrack? That\u2019s easy.<strong> The Edgar Winter Group <\/strong>\u00a0version of the Dan Hartman\u2019s hit, <em> Free Ride<\/em>. Kinda, sorta live. Take it away, Dan\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nIBOG8BRcdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t on the sound track, but it\u2019s what Downey\u2019s speech was all about. <em>Forgiveness<\/em>, <strong>Don Henley<\/strong> style.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xezg3z5IE8I\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xezg3z5IE8I<\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See you here next week folks. Have a great week!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first MfM post since moving here to Patheos. See that hurtling piece of machinery above? That\u2019s what the good ship YIMCatholic looked like this week. 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