From time to time, I remember certain minutia about the Magic or Magic history. But I cannot quite remember the details. Through exhaustive searches of Google, OrlandoMagic.com and the entire Internet, my quest for this locked away knowledge or forgotten memory hits a dead end. Forever will I be In Search Of...
Ain't no stopping the Magic.
No I am not talking about our general feelings after Orlando completed a four-game sweep out West. Although that trip partially inspired me to remember this secondary Magic theme song.
Often confused with the glorious tune of the late 1980s that led the Magic onto the court for pregame warmups at the Orlando Arena for nine years, this was a rap ballad dedicated to the 1994-95 team.
The team that said, "Why not us? Why not now?" The team that featured the youthful exuberance of Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway with the calm composure of veterans like Horace Grant, Anthony Bowie, Nick Anderson (he wasn't that old) and Donald Royal.
It was a song that glorified a team taking the NBA by storm and not caring who it left in its path.
"Whoomp, there ain't no stopping the Magic. Whoomp, there ain't no stopping us." It went as it proclaimed Orlando's greatness to the world.
Sure, that team might have been too young to win a title and yes, the 1995-96 edition that fell to the Chicago Bulls juggernaut was a much better squad. But like the song, it was a team that did not think about its future, but only thought about what it could accomplish now.
As Orlando is waltzing toward what appears to be another run toward a title (hard to say another, the first title run barely got its legs under it), I wonder what happened to this song. I long to listen to it and find a way to replace the name of Shaquille O'Neal with Dwight Howard or replace Penny Hardaway with Rashard Lewis or Nick Anderson with Jameer Nelson.
So many parallels between this team and that (even to the playing style), and yet no song to glorify either of them anywhere.
Where have you gone "Ain't No Stopping the Magic"?
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4 years ago
2 comments:
Damn, I've been looking for the song too. If you come across it anywhere on the internet, please PLEASE let us know.
That song brings back so many great memories of Orlando of yore. Great write up on it!
Well, as a consolation prize... here's that older cheesier Theme Song from the 80's:
http://www.nba.com/media/magic/25_Orlando_Magic_Theme_Song.mp3
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