One Shining Moment, the greatest song associated with a sporting event ever (The Champions League anthem is a close 2nd), was written by David Barrett after he watched Larry Bird play for Indiana State in the 1979 NCAA tournament.
Since 1987, CBS has closed its coverage of the tournament with a video montage recapping the tourney, using One Shining Moment as the song. Since the 2003, the song has traditionally been sung by Luther Vandross. This year, CBS decided to have Jennifer Hudson sing it.
2009 One Shining Moment by Luther Vandross.
2010 One Shining Moment sung by Jennifer Hudson.
Call me a traditionalist or whatever, but Im not a fan of Hudson’s version of this song. I also dont like shots of her singing the song interspersed throughout the montage…that’s never happened in the past 15+ years or so.
What are your thoughts?
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Jennifer Hudson’s voice gets too poppy/flashy at points, which makes her version (and video clips) a tad distracting from the montage. Oh ceebrity.
Comment by Stephanie — April 6, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
celebrity*
Comment by Stephanie — April 6, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
In the spirit of blogging:
My two thoughts in watching this year’s One Shining Moment –
“I’m seeing her face! That’s unexpected.”
“Her voice is digitized on the high parts. That’s disappointing.”
Comment by MLin — April 6, 2010 @ 5:54 pm
I definitely don’t like her shots sprinkled throughout the video. In the first video the song almost fades away and becomes one with the sports clips. The second one keeos reminding you that it’s a recording and not so much about the sports itself.
Comment by jonchang — April 6, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
Hello JONPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE =]
Comment by michaelwlin — April 6, 2010 @ 7:43 pm