I love college basketball and I love March Madness. This year's tournament was the best I've ever seen (even though Cuse went out early and Duke ended up winning). My favorite part of the tournament every year is the One Shining Moment highlight video they play after all the victory coverage on the final night. No matter who wins, whether it was my team Syracuse, or a team I hated, I would enjoy the footage and music to the point where my arm hairs would stand up as I got goosebumps and chills down my spine.
The original version by David Barrett was good, but the pace of the song did need to pick up as the pace of the game evolved. It was ALWAYS fantastic when they had the Teddy Pendergrass (R.I.P. T.P.!) version of the song playing over the highlights. It became less fantastic, but still ok when they switched in Luther Vandross' version of the song last decade. In both cases it was all about the tournament. I think they showed Luther a couple times in one of his versions... but it wasn't nearly as bad as Ms. Hudson's version. As many teams, players, and memorable moments from the tourney as humanly possible should be featured throughout the reel with no time for the artist to be seen.
This year, I am calling for CBS and Jennifer Hudson to be arrested.... for MURDERING my favorite part of the tourney!!! Not only did the video COMPLETELY pass over schools like Ohio University, who had a huge 14 vs 3 upset win vs. Georgetown, and Syracuse, a #1 seed, who had two wins and a close loss to Butler, but I think Jennifer Hudson's uvula (the thing that hangs down at the back of your throat) received more footage than a lot of teams... AND the version of the song was absolutely horrible! If you want to throw that crap at the women's tournament highlight reel, fine, but don't kill what really should have been One Shining Moment for arguably the best year in arguably the best post season tournament with irrelevant attempts at unneeded updates!
The Original Version - David Barrett Example
The Best Version - Teddy Pendergrass Version Example 1996 - http://tinyurl.com/y9mpk46
Luther Vandross Version Example - 2003 http://tinyurl.com/bl8b5a
will have Ms. Hudson's version up when available...
I 100% agree Mark!!!
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