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Jennifer Hudson is a great singer but its not the same as how Luther did it.

+1

I second that.

I saw Ted Valentine screwing up the game, and thought "Damn, there is STL's buddy, screwing up the game."

And why are we having to have clips of her singing rather than more great plays.

They ruined the perfect ending to the perfect sporting event....which they are ruining next year by expansion.

+1 Quick, someone post a YouTube in here of a past year with Luther doing it.

I wonder if this is the last One Shining Moment. If ESPN gets the tournament contract, I would guess that One Shining Moment belongs to CBS as intellectual property and would not transfer.

And if they continue to screw it up, it's just as well.

Here is your One Shining Moment history.

from wikipedia:

David Barrett wrote the song in 1979 after watching Larry Bird play for Michigan State. In 1986, he passed the song along to high school friend Armen Keteyian, an investigative journalist for CBS Sports and also at the time Sports Illustrated, who in turn passed it to CBS Sports Creative Director Doug Towey. However, Towey originally planned to debut the song not after a basketball game, but after a football game, Super Bowl XXI. It was to have been the postgame montage from that contest, but CBS ran past the expected airtime and had a primetime show to debut in the next time slot, so the montage was canceled. CBS then asked Barrett for use of the song after the 1987 NCAA championship game, in which Indiana beat Syracuse. Towey decided to use "One Shining Moment" to close CBS' coverage of the Tournament.

Here is the 1987 version song by Barrett. The song starts at about the 1:45 mark. Another thing CBS has moved away from is the classical music playing while cutting down the nets, and seguing into One Shining Moment.

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(by the way, freeze frame at the 2:07 mark as the words "The ball is tipped", you get a shot of the back of Larry Rembert).


Teddy pendergrass did the song from 1994-1999. This is the 1995 version.

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And this is Luther Vandross from last year, 2009
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And here is the monstrosity they played tonight.

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(04-05-2010 11:57 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Here is your One Shining Moment history.

from wikipedia:

David Barrett wrote the song in 1979 after watching Larry Bird play for Michigan State.

Wikipedia should correct that to "Indiana State" N'est pas?

(04-06-2010 01:32 PM)DragonClaw Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-05-2010 11:57 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]Here is your One Shining Moment history.

from wikipedia:

David Barrett wrote the song in 1979 after watching Larry Bird play for Michigan State.

Wikipedia should correct that to "Indiana State" N'est pas?

That's probably my mistake.

At least you didn't decide to get rid of a perfectly fine version of OSM and replace it with a psuedo music video with a singer who sounded like she was yelling.