As the NBA Playoffs roll around, it’s about damn time someone renewed the request to get Roundball Rock back into the public consciousness. If you don’t know, Roundball Rock is the name of the John Tesh-written NBA theme that used to be on NBC. It was awesome, and it has been gone for too fucking long.
True story: A couple of years ago, we had a Christmas gift exchange at work that consisted of all gag gifts… one of those hilarious things. And someone put a John Tesh CD in there, and I had to angle and scheme to get it, because I thought Roundball Rock might be on there. As it turns out, John Tesh has a lot of other songs. Who knew?
Anyway… imagine the street cred that ABC could gain for the NBA broadcasts if they both dumped Al Michaels and bought the Tesh theme in the same season. If you have Hubie Brown and Teshie, your coverage absolutely cannot suck. You are then immune to criticism.
adam Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 12:49 am
Wait, is John Tesh wearing a Strong Bad t-shirt there? Whoa, now *that* just fucking blew my mind. I’m speechless. Can someone else please pick up the torch on this one?
Adam Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 12:51 am
Seriously, that song needs to come back as soon as possible. It represents everything that was awesome about 90s basketball. I have it set as my cell phone ringtone and just hearing it makes me smile.
DookieStyle Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 7:46 am
I’m glad the NBA playoffs are back, and we’ll be getting NBA articles daily on themightymjd.com.
See you in 19 months when the playoffs actually reach the finals.
non tnt nba kinda sucks Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Where did you get that as a ringtone? that theme should really be handcuffed to any and all nba broadcasts. In my opinion the best theme music for a sport ever. How it came from John Tesh is beyond me, but then it does explain how it has a name as crappy as roundball rock.
K-Dawg Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
Just google it …
It’s a buck ninety-nine at
http://www.ringtonejukebox.com/ringtonelist.asp?lt=5&CategoryID=13
but I’m sure you could dig it out for free somewhere else.
Andy Says:
April 20th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
You know, I spent most of my senior year of college playing NES Tennis on an emulator on my computer with my old roommate, and we’d always mute the sound and put on Roundball Rock to get ourselves thoroughly pumped. It’s an instant adrenaline rush.
Adam Says:
April 21st, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Does anybody know where to get the old TNT Inside the NBA theme song?
Rhondda Nunes Says:
April 25th, 2006 at 12:06 am
Ironic that the best of Teshie is a b-ball song,yes?
I like this better than that new anthem for the Mets. That was,uhmm….underwhelming.
BigGuy Says:
June 16th, 2006 at 12:52 am
What about the theme song CBS used for its NBA games in the 80s? Is it available?
Kyle Says:
August 24th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
I Just got Roundball Rock as a True Tone Ringtone, not the lame Polyphonic thing. I got it on John Tesh’s Website. I didn’t even know they had this out.
http://tesh.monsoonmobile.com/Purchase/FirstStep.mm?id=f4cc118f-c0b9-4f17-85ee-1e437469749a
the mighty mjd Says:
August 24th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
Now that… is a worthwhile post.
Rhondda Nunes Says:
August 25th, 2006 at 1:05 am
Agreed!Thanx for the tip, Kyle:)