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![Remember, You Will Be Weeping To This Man's Song Later [One Shining Moment]](http://images.dailyradar.com/media/uploads/ballhype/photos_story/2008/04/08/remember_you_will_be_weeping_to_this_man_s_song_la.jpg)
deadspin.com - 4/8/2008
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This harmless looking fellow is named David Barrett, and he's probably made you cry too many times in your life. Yes, he might look like a mime without his make up or a professional puppeteer, but, in fact, he's the songwriter who penned "One Shining Moment." On his website, this is how the song that launched a thousand goosebumps came to pass:
"In 1985, I was visiting a friend in New York ...
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... By the way....One Shining Moment: it's a classic highlight package from CBS, but the song by David Barrett is starting to wear thin on me. In fact, I never really liked it in the first place. Last night, my experiment was to put the TV on mute and play Common's 'Be (the intro)' leading into 'Go' -- and it actually worked (notwithstanding proper timing of clips to beats). NCAA blasphemy? Who cares. One Shining Moment is more cheesy and out-of-date than it is entertaining. Of course, if CBS attempted to 'hip-hop' the tournament culminating montage, ...
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