Alan Parsons, Writer of Chicago Bulls’ Theme Song and Former Beatles Engineer, Talks ‘Sirius’ and ‘Let It Be’
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variety.comBy Jonathan Cohen It’s hard to imagine now, but once upon a time, there was no such thing as the elaborate, lights-and-lasers pre-game spectacles and music-heavy player introductions popularized by the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls of the 1980s and 1990s.
Players would simply jog off the bench and into a formation with their teammates as their names were announced, and if they were lucky, the crowd would muster a modicum of enthusiasm while a precocious young singer or C-list local saxophonist performed the National Anthem.
It wasn’t exactly a recipe for firing up the audience, much less intimidating the visiting team. All that changed in 1984, when, as legend has it, Bulls announcer Tommy Davis heard the Alan Parsons Project
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