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[Ringer] “BA-BA DA-DA-DA BAAA!”: An Oral History of “Roundball Rock”

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  1. Patience

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    “BA-BA DA-DA-DA BAAA!”: An Oral History of “Roundball Rock”
    How John Tesh created the theme song to the glory years of the NBA.
    By Jake Malooley

    https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/7/27/21337795/oral-history-roundball-rock-john-tesh

    The article is too long to post here, but definitely worth reading for comedic value alone.

    This song brings a tear to the eye of anyone who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s. I can't describe the excitement of hearing this song on a Sunday morning for a kid who didn't have cable.

    This song, of course, took on entirely new meaning for a young Rockets fan in 1994 and 1995:

     
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    Bring it back! Bring it back! Bring it back!

    This is cool (you can hear the very first version of the song on Tesh's answering machine):

     
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    Saturday Night Live skit on the song:
     
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    Too bad Costas got Canceled by Godell.

    Maybe I was a stupid kid then but his long winded monologues were special for some reason.
     
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    Y'all are getting sluggish in posting...
     
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    I never liked Costas as a play-by-play guy, but he was great at the opening monologues. They just don’t do the dramatic intros like they used to.
     
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