Survivor: how we made Eye of the Tiger

[Taffin]

Yeah I know it's a lefty rag, but this story was enjoyable so sue me...



"Survivor had released two albums, neither of which had done particularly well, and we were worried our label was going to drop us. One day I came home, pressed play on the answering machine and I heard: “Yo Jim, give me a call, it’s Sylvester Stallone.” I went: “Yeah, right.”

Stallone had said to his friend Tony Scotti [co-founder of Scotti Brothers Records] “I’m looking for a new sound for my Rocky III movie” and Tony had played him a couple of our songs. So I’m talking to Stallone on the telephone. He said: “I want something for the kids. Something street, something with a pulse. Can you help me out?” I told him: “I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this since I started my career in music.”

The next day Frankie Sullivan, our guitarist, came over and a FedEx arrived with a giant Betamax video cassette on which was a rough cut of the first three minutes of the movie. Man, the energy of it – with Mr T rising up and Rocky getting soft and doing commercials. But there was music on there already. BOMP, BOMP, BOMP – Another One Bites the Dust by Queen! Stallone couldn’t get the publishing rights. I said: “Frankie, we got our work cut out for us. Because Another One Bites the Dust is fucking perfect.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/27/how-we-made-eye-of-the-tiger-rocky-iii-survivor-sylvester-stallone




Plus how shredded is Stallone here?  GH much..?  Or too early..?

[funk51]

you should read the story about how frank stallone got to do the music for staying alive the sequel to saturday night fever. there's also a you tube clip of frank telling the story behind it.