“One Moment In Time” is more like sport as understood by ‘the neutral’, people who care about the effort of winning, but not who the winner actually is. Every triumph comes with its own story, which is why the most effective sporting songs are often from the fan perspective – people with a powerful investment in that story. First of all, the thing about glory is that it isn’t generic. This generic glory-of-sport stuff doesn’t quite work as a song though, for two reasons: one sporting, one pop. We’re a long way from “it’s all about the taking part”, but in a sporting context I’ve no real problem with the message. Do this, and you might be rewarded with your moment when you’re “racing with destiny” – only caring about the Track And Field is a classic US Olympic-watching stereotype, of course, though I guess all your dreams are a heartbeat away in the dressage or synchro too. Written for the Seoul Olympics, “One Moment In Time” makes an age-old connection between sport and character – if you want to win, you have to suffer, be more than you thought you could be, and so on.
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