This was the theme song to Rocky III, which was the biggest movie of 1982. Tony Scotti was the president of Survivors record label, and he played Sylvester Stallone some tracks from the previous Survivor album, Premonition. Stallone thought the sound, writing style and street appeal could fit in his new movie, so he called called Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, who were Survivors primary songwriters, and left messages on their answering machines. When we spoke with Peterik, he said, Answering machines were still something of a novelty back then and to see that blinking light was a thrill. When I pressed the playback button I heard, Hey, yo, Jim, thats a nice message you got there. This is Sylvester Stallone. It was too thick to be really him, but it was him. Thats really the way he talks. - Eric
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:27:04 +0000
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