It's ALL about March Madness Baby! One Shining Moment
Yes I know it is the end of March and that March Madness goes into the first Monday in April.
"Every year, at the Final Four, CBS puts clips of the championship team's performance to the song "One Shining Moment"--and shows it to conclude their television broadcast. It's the national anthem of college basketball and every kid's dream to appear in that video"--Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils
and for obvious reasons, my favorite quote:
"I consider "One Shining Moment" to the be anthem to our coverage of the NCAA tournament. A wonderful song..."One Shining Moment" has become as much a part of the tournament as the Duke Blue Devils"--Jim Nantz, CBS Analyst
Doug Towey, may he RIP knew what he was doing by having this montage done at the end of the NCAA season. I was saddened by his passing in 2009.
I have all of the One Shining Moments from the years that my beloved Duke Blue Devils won--except last year. I did NOT like Jennifer Hudson's version of it. They should have stuck with David Barrett (the songwriter, I have 3 of his versions--he did three of the Duke Championship ones. Better yet, they should have stuck with the late Luther Vandross's version. Apparently, that was the last song he recorded before his stroke and subsequent death. Even better yet, they could have stuck with the late Teddy Pendagrass's version. I got the 1996 version from iTunes. Duke was wiped out early. The reason why I got it? I was there for the Eastern Region games in Richmond, VA. My friend had someone back out at the last minute (I was living in DC at the time). Guess who called in to work "deadly sick" on Friday morning, got to Amtrak and took the first train smoking down to Richmond, VA? I still remember sitting with Allen Iverson's mom and watching the backboard get broken during the game.
Duke is out of the running, but I think it is gonna be one hell of a Final Four. It'll be even better if UConn gets eliminated early!
THANK GOD CBS wised the fuck up and is going back to using Luther Vandross's "ONE SHINING MOMENT" this year. If the shit ain't broke, don't fix it!
"Every year, at the Final Four, CBS puts clips of the championship team's performance to the song "One Shining Moment"--and shows it to conclude their television broadcast. It's the national anthem of college basketball and every kid's dream to appear in that video"--Mike Krzyzewski, head coach of the Duke University Blue Devils
and for obvious reasons, my favorite quote:
"I consider "One Shining Moment" to the be anthem to our coverage of the NCAA tournament. A wonderful song..."One Shining Moment" has become as much a part of the tournament as the Duke Blue Devils"--Jim Nantz, CBS Analyst
Doug Towey, may he RIP knew what he was doing by having this montage done at the end of the NCAA season. I was saddened by his passing in 2009.
I have all of the One Shining Moments from the years that my beloved Duke Blue Devils won--except last year. I did NOT like Jennifer Hudson's version of it. They should have stuck with David Barrett (the songwriter, I have 3 of his versions--he did three of the Duke Championship ones. Better yet, they should have stuck with the late Luther Vandross's version. Apparently, that was the last song he recorded before his stroke and subsequent death. Even better yet, they could have stuck with the late Teddy Pendagrass's version. I got the 1996 version from iTunes. Duke was wiped out early. The reason why I got it? I was there for the Eastern Region games in Richmond, VA. My friend had someone back out at the last minute (I was living in DC at the time). Guess who called in to work "deadly sick" on Friday morning, got to Amtrak and took the first train smoking down to Richmond, VA? I still remember sitting with Allen Iverson's mom and watching the backboard get broken during the game.
Duke is out of the running, but I think it is gonna be one hell of a Final Four. It'll be even better if UConn gets eliminated early!
THANK GOD CBS wised the fuck up and is going back to using Luther Vandross's "ONE SHINING MOMENT" this year. If the shit ain't broke, don't fix it!