ROCKY THEME SONG TAB MOVIE
ROCKY THEME SONG TAB PRO

You didnвЂ™t write me a third verse.вЂќ Busted. But he said, вЂњYou got a little lazy on me. We were very inspired by this story, and Burgess Meredith, (who plays) the trainer, going вЂњRocky, youвЂ™re losing the eye of the tiger.вЂќ I go, вЂњBingo. The next day he sent us the whole movie, and thatвЂ™s when we really got the story. It was like electricity in that room, but we couldnвЂ™t get any further because we didnвЂ™t know the story. And then the punches were being thrown, and I just went (plays power chords). I just started going (plays chugging guitar intro). I had my Les Paul around my neck, and I just caught that vibe. T rising up, and Stallone getting kind of soft, doing commercials. Frankie came over, and we see this montage that weвЂ™re supposed to write to.

ROCKY THEME SONG TAB PRO

The pressure was on, and the next day I rented a big Betamax Pro (an early video cassette player) and the FedEx came. He said to Tony Scotti, the label manager, вЂњThatвЂ™s the sound I want for my theme song.вЂќ He heard a song called вЂњPoor ManвЂ™s SonвЂќ from our вЂњPremonitionвЂќ album, which is very street, very raw, (singer) Dave Bickler just giving it up. Can you help me out?вЂќ I go, вЂњUh, is the Pope Catholic?вЂќ ItвЂ™s a good song, but I want something for the kids.

ROCKY THEME SONG TAB MOVIE

He says, вЂњIвЂ™ve got this new movie called вЂRocky III,вЂ™ and I donвЂ™t want to use that вЂGonna Fly NowвЂ™ song. So I call him up, and he answers, вЂњYo.вЂќ I go, вЂњIs this Sylvester Stallone? This is Jim Peterik.вЂќ He says, вЂњYeah, call me Sly.вЂќ Suddenly, IвЂ™m calling him вЂњSlyвЂќ - a kid from Berwyn, Ill.! I was already this huge fan of Stallone anyway, me and my wife. ItвЂ™s Sylvester Stallone.вЂќ I go, вЂњYeah, right.вЂќ I play it back again (and say), вЂњKaren, does this sound like Stallone, or is that just Sal, my roadie?вЂќ вЂњNo, thatвЂ™s him.вЂќ I hit вЂњPlayвЂќ and I hear, вЂњHey, yo, Jim thatвЂ™s a nice answering machine you got there. I got home one day, and thereвЂ™s my big, old answering machine. We knew it was something special because we saw that movie in its rough form.

Was that day like any other day? When you started this, did you kind of know that you were on to something special? You and Frankie (Sullivan) from Survivor wrote it. Peterik talked to Bart Herbison, executive director of Nashville Songwriters Association International. The songвЂ™s co-writer, Jim Peterik, remembers the day Stallone asked him to write a song for his movie - and how the star reacted when he first heard the demo recording.

Few вЂњpower chordsвЂќ are more instantly recognizable than the guitar blasts that open SurvivorвЂ™s вЂњEye of the Tiger.вЂќ The rock hit served as the theme song for the 1982 film вЂњRocky III,вЂќ starring Sylvester Stallone as boxing champion Rocky Balboa.

Rocky theme song tab