Macgyver Theme Song

Ditched on the toll road

It couldn't have been later than nine o'clock at night when it all happened. A dramatic episode it was, one I'm not likely to forget anytime soon.

Here's what happened.

There I was, minding my own business, cruising contentedly along a section of Highway 2000. It had been raining all day and in fact, there was still a slight drizzle, enough to warrant me activating the intermittent setting on my windshield wipers. There wasn't much traffic. I was driving slower than normal because of the wet roads but ever so often, some imbecile would come speeding by, causing a huge splash. The wave of water would land with a thud on the side of my car. The curses I yelled were futile, since my windows were all up and the splasher was always well out of sight by the time I realised what had happened.

Anyway, on I went. A flash of lightning provided a few seconds of brightness on an otherwise dark roadway. I noticed, some distance away, a huge truck. A long, white trailer was attached to it. Across the road, two motorbikes sped by. I wondered if the riders weren't getting soaked in the rain.

It was at that very moment that it happened. The lights of the truck seemed to jump, spin, swerve and flicker. Then, nothing. The truck just seemed to disappear. It was still some distance ahead of me so I couldn't tell what had happened, but I knew it was nothing good. I slowed down but continued along the road until I got to the spot where the lights of the truck had gone out. It was near the exit to the Spanish Town toll plaza. A black van was parked by the side of the road and a chubby woman was standing next to it, holding her head. I realised then, that the truck and it's long, white trailer had gone off the road and was now on its side in something of a ditch. It was really more of a grassy area but it was lower than the roadway.

Screech! The shock of seeing the truck in that position caused me to stomp heavily on my brakes. The woman who was holding her head ran across the road, closer to the truck.

Now, let me just mention here, that I believe in a nation where people help each other out of tough situations. A nation where we do all we can to assist our fellow man when the situation warrants. This kind of noble behaviour should be encouraged, I think. Do-gooders should he praised, not ridiculed even if, say, their well-intentioned deeds turn out to have been a bit miscalculated.

Anyway, when my car came to that sudden halt, I flung the door open and jumped out.

"MacGyver" theme song, solo acoustic guitar | Holovaty.com

Posted by Gregory on January 27, 2007 at 12:52 a.m.:

Wow. When I added the RSS feed to keep up-to-date on some of the best cutting-edge thinking on newspaper web sites, little did I know I would be treated to this gem. Patty and Selma would be so proud.

Honestly, it's hard not to improve on that synthesizer salad of a theme song. Still, I'll add it to my list of covers that are even better than the original:

* Joe Cocker, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"

* Cake, "I Will Survive"

* Creedence, "I Heard It Trough the Grapevine"

* Social D, "Ring of Fire"

* Jayhawks, "Bad Time"

* Lemonheads, "Mrs. Robinson"

* Beatles, "Act Naturally"

* Johnny Cash, "Hurt"

* Fountains of Wayne, "Baby One More Time"

* Adrian Holovaty, "MacGyver Theme Song"

Strange twists of fate. I've been playing with Django, which led me here, which led me to music.metafilter.com. For some strange reason I had never seen music.metafilter.com even though I've been a metafilter visitor/member since way back when. That then led me to another interesting site, www.jamendo.com/en/ . In any case since you seem to enjoy jazz and live in Chicago check out Matthew Skoller (blues harmonica player). He use to play at Shaws, but .... In any case, check his schedule at www.matthewskoller.

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