Jim Peterik is such a down to earth guy. These interviews have made me ever MORE of a fan of SURVIVOR. And the Weird Al take on "Eye of the Tiger" is still one of my favorites
I was 7 or 8 when this song came out and it was MY FAVOURITE! I asked my mom to call the radio station and request that they play it so that I could wait by the radio and press RECORD on the cassette player. I then listened to it over and over with the opening talked over by the DJ and the end cut off with some dumb commercial. Love it forever.
Peterik would be the greatest uncle ever. This interview and the Don Barnes (.38 Special) interview are probably my two favorites so far, which is saying something because this channel has consistently had great interviews. To bring out and showcase the humble relatability of some of these music greats is such a refined skill.
He does look like the best uncle ever. I 100% agree. Pterik would be the perfect-lets check out this story book or, is this burger better than that one-uncle/father of my BFF-and, probably IS. I can totally relate to Rocky and how the movie made my decade of the 80's the best.
About thirty years ago I was playing in a reggae band and we got a lot of support gigs opening for well known reggae stars. At one of these gigs we were doing our soundcheck and then the headliners arrived at the venue. They all looked like reggae musicians from Central Casting --- Caribbeans, dreadlocks, smelling of grass, etc. The band set up their gear in next to no time while we all sat at the back of the venue to watch and learn. To our amazement, they delivered a faultless rendition of "Eye Of The Tiger" before they played any reggae rhythms. Whenever I hear "Eye Of The Tiger," I think about those guys. Man, they could play!
When I got married in 2010, we played The Search Is Over, another great Survivor song. Man Against The World is a greatly overlooked wonderful song. But Eye Of The Tiger is still a favorite.
Great story !! I have seen them once back in the 90's at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom..it was great! It was the best sounding .. and distortion free concert, that i have ever been to. They put on a really great show!
Stallone is not most movie stars. he was a guy with a typewriter in Hell's Kitchen that nobody gave a chance. It's fitting that he's the one that gave this dude a chance to shine. Having trust in a person can result in great things.
I always kind of liked Stallone, but then I heard him narrate the commentary on the director’s cut of _First Blood._ If you haven’t heard it, give yourself that gift sooner rather than later.
They hadn’t had a hit with them singing but Jim wrote Rocking Into The Night and after they recorded it and left it off the album they gave it to 38 Special. Jim also wrote and sang lead on Vehicle by Ides Of March. More recently Jim was the one who told Dennis DeYoung that he was an icon that needed new music and produced his two comeback albums. Incredibly talented, prolific and underrated musician!
Excellent interview, Ive always loved this song having grown up in the 80's And Jim Peterik seems like a really great guy, very down to earth and relatable.
In Navy boot camp in 1988 this song and God Bless the USA were played to our company around the 6th week and I can tell you both of them lifted our spirits and helped all complete basic training. They both hit a bit different ever since.
Jim seems so rad, a total dude. Even though I probably listened to it yesterday, I had to stop the interview halfway through for "Eye Of The Tiger," one more time.
In 85 I was in the army stationed at Ft. Hood Texas in the 2nd armored battalion. We were known as the tiger battalion so every morning when we're out doing P.T. Eye of the Tiger was blaring through the loud speakers. Running 2 miles and hearing that song we could run forever it felt like
And to think, '85 was before the PT belt. If you heard the song AND had on a PT belt you could have run all the way to Austin and rucked back to Killeen.
Never thought about it until Mr Peterik said that the music during the lyrics was very little so the focus was on the words, great move! You feel like you can go 12 rounds with Clubber Lang after you play this song, great in-depth interview professor!!
I got to work/set up a private Survior concert in 96-96 at a hanger in Regan National Airport. Briefly said “hi” to band, but the roadies were cool! Heh I was sent to a few guitar stores in Arlington Va to look for a spare part(pickup switch for a Les Paul?) , that sucked but the rest of it was fun!
@@ProfessorofRocktry bein 19ish,& driving your friends big ass manual transmission pickem up truck, through Northin Va traffic, lookin for guitar stores traffic before GPS, Map Quest or Guitar Centers for that matter! THAT PART SUCKED!!!
My drill Sgts played this song at breakfast the day we had to qaulify with our M-16. Mind you, we had not heard ANYTHING but cadence for 2 months. What a morning, what a song.
This is a great interview with Jim Peterik (Survivor and the Ides of March) about the creation of the song Eye of the Tiger for the Rocky movie was really awesome in fact i just got finished listening to Vehicle by his old band the Ides of March here on UA-cam along with Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears three of the best bands with horn sections another great video about classic rock and roll Thank You again Professor.🎶AM📻FM🎶
I love Vital Signs! I had the cassette with me when I was on vacation and visiting my brother in Pensacola. The rental car had a cassette deck. I played it *all* week! 😊 As a tandem comment, Toto gave a free concert on the beach on my first day. My brother told me about it but suggested I get there early, before the bridge got closed. First day of vacation... up at 6:00 AM. Worth it!
POR, I'm going to let you in on a secret here. At 67, I'm often told people think they can't keep up with me on a hike. When alone on the trails, the Rocky themes are playing in my head. Motivation to keep on going and do the best I can. Great interview. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶
Good morning, Professor! I love your interviews with Jim. He's such a great storyteller. His Stallone imitation is fantastic and hilarious! How fortunate for them and for us that Queen wouldn't give Stallone the rights to their music. I love that he uses his own song to lift himself up when he needs an emotional boost just like the rest of us. The little girl story from the pizza place is just adorable. Thanks for bringing us this interview, Adam. Have a happy hump day!
I've always loved this song! When I first started my UA-cam channel, I did all Chipmunk versions of songs, and I did a Chipmunk version of this. The Chipmunk thing was something that I did to entertain my wife, but my daughter hated the Chipmunks and suggested that I sing with my regular voice, so I kind of slowly phased out the Chipmunk stuff. Now I don't even have that app anymore, so I haven't done a song like that in several years, but I still have all of them in a playlist called Kraziness, hence the name Karaoke & Kraziness. I did this song right after I recovered from a bad illness because I felt like a fighter after a comeback! It's a great motivational song!
I was 2 years old when Rocky III was made and Survivor hit with "Eye of the Tiger". That made it one of those songs that have practically always been there for me. Afterwards, I would hear other songs that Survivor issued as singles ("I Can'tHold Back", "High on You", "The Search is Over", "Burning Heart" et al), and acknowledged e when I saw them play 20 years after this song was new during one of the reunion tours with Dave's successor, Jimi Jamison, how important they were to me in my youth. There are men who are often either overlooked, taken for granted or inappropriately targeted for all the wrong reasons. Regarding the syncopation in the intro, I knew that was going to be a total sideswipe when one of the bands I played in during the 2010s covered this song. A couple of us were trying to show the bass guitarist where to place all the appropriate hits, and it was not syncing in with him. I actually think the drummer was one of the people who got it.
(21:35) They didn't need another hit. This was THE HIT of all hits. It's still going strong. Eye of the tiger was one of, if not THE song that defined the 80's. No matter what style & genre of music you were into, everyone loved that song. I enjoyed the interview and hearing the back story. Oh. And SHAKEY'S Pizza was awesome! They had the balloon man with huge cardboard feet that theyd give to the kids and you could watch them twirl the dough through the big window inside the restaurant. It was the birthday destination for so many.
i was playing in bands, for 52 years, this song was a bar band song,..... part of the setlist along with she works hard for the money and what I like about you. and the stones honky tonk woman
What a perfect cornerstone to wedge under your feet when having to find some strength to pull your will out of some wreckage. The tenacity of the human spirit is as perpetual as our nonstop heartbeat.
If I could sit down and talk with anybody in the music business I would choose Jim Peterik. I love his work and the impact of his work. Even better, the guy can sit down in a local restaurant and be anonymous. What a life he must have.
Obviously their best song, but "Ever Since The World Began" is a beautiful song that Tommy Shaw covered and both his and Survivor's version are great, should have been a radio single.
I loved how, in Rocky III, the music from the end of Rocky's fight over Apollo dissolves into Eye of the Tiger, and we get twin montages, one is of Rocky's status as a beloved fighter grows while the other is Clubber Lang moving up the ranks and training alone. Someone really should make a movie about Clubber. I know the Rocky franchise has completely saturated the culture over the last 50 years, but there has to be a place for Clubber's story.
guess thats why i heard candy o sunday indie radio the dj will often play a song for bday either that day or upcoming week on his two hour alt rock retro show sundays
PROF: U Gotta do a video on Rocky 4's "NO EASY WAY OUT" - Amazingly powerful scene from the moment the car door is opened w/ the flashbacks throughout.
Jim and his band "The Ides of March" (which is still together today) were a local band from my neighborhood in Berwyn, IL. Early in grade school, I remember walking past the garage in an alley between Kenilworth and Grove Avenue on my way back from St. Mary of Celle School, hearing them practicing- they had a big truck parked on the side (with their band name painted on the doors of the truck) they used to haul all their gear in. I finally got to meet Jim in person in 2003 or so when he hosted a songwriting class at Morton East High School as part of their centennial- after all of his successes, and yes-- he was VERY down to earth, gracious, and so much fun to talk with.
This is such a great interview! As great as it is, my favorite part of the whole video is Jim saying that he is still Karen's vehicle after 47 years. Beautiful.
I was into bands like ratt, motley ,Metallica, Def leopard, alot in the metal and glam rock. Nothing soft, what I call soft, until I heard survivor. I fell in love with High on you, and the search is over. I didn't know they sang eye of the tiger until much later. Ptobably cause I wasn't a Rocky fan until Rocky 3
Love the song one of my favorites has got me threw a lot of hard times in life also love the movie all of them also one of my favorites , it's like they go hand in hand 👍
I always loved this song. A few years ago, my work had a basketball (actually horse) tournament & I thought -How Could I Win? When it was my turn to play, I played EOTT on UA-cam as I walked to the court. It really pumped me up!! My theme music. I won it all that year!!!
I remember recording the song from vinyl onto cassette. My father was a preacher and would not let us listen to rock music but he was also a fireman and at the fire department they watched a lot of movies. So my father made an exception for eye of the tiger since it went along with Rocky and that kind of opened up my opportunities to start listening to more music.
I know this song is associated with Rocky but it always makes me think of Jensen Ackles' karaoke version in Supernatural. He was just messing around when he thought he was off-camera and it became a classic moment for the series.
I meet Jim Peterik and Dave Bickler in 1993 when they toured for the Greatest hits album. I brought all my vinyl albums with me and they signed them all. I sat down with Jim and we talked about all the albums as he was signing them. He is such a great guy. I still have all of the albums. Survivor is one of my favorite bands.
I neither liked nor disliked Survivor. They were one of those bands that was just “there.” But man, watching this video and seeing how down to earth he is has turned me into a superfan! He’s still so enthusiastic and excited, like it happened just last year!
Id love to see you do the story behind Silver Springs. I know it's been done by other UA-camrs. But there is something about the stories you tell that makes them timeless. Thank you again Professor.
This has to quite literally be the greatest underdog rock and roll tune story in history. Love Jim and Survivor. And the Jane Fonda story is absolutely freakin' hilarious!
Poll: What is your pick for the greatest movie theme, song, or score of the rock era?
Star Wars A New Hope
A Summer Place
Flash Gordon -- Queen
Doctor Zhivago
I'll nominate ... Any of the "Star Wars" themes (composed by John Williams).
Jim Peterik is such a down to earth guy. These interviews have made me ever MORE of a fan of SURVIVOR. And the Weird Al take on "Eye of the Tiger" is still one of my favorites
Rye of the Kaiser!
@@ProfessorofRock I include that one when I play Survivor's Hits in the Car :)
His hair is utterly cool too. Rye or the Kaiser.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 The lyrics on that are some of Al's funniest :)
He wasn't always down to earth. His ego has mellowed in recent years
I love the Jim Peterik is so down to Earth...just a normal guy with supernatural talent!
And supernatural purple hair! 😂
@@maxcactus7. Where did that come from?
@@fanniebuster From his purple hair in the video. Hair that color can't be natural so it must be supernatural.
I was 7 or 8 when this song came out and it was MY FAVOURITE! I asked my mom to call the radio station and request that they play it so that I could wait by the radio and press RECORD on the cassette player. I then listened to it over and over with the opening talked over by the DJ and the end cut off with some dumb commercial. Love it forever.
𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖-𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏...
Peterik would be the greatest uncle ever. This interview and the Don Barnes (.38 Special) interview are probably my two favorites so far, which is saying something because this channel has consistently had great interviews. To bring out and showcase the humble relatability of some of these music greats is such a refined skill.
Check out the Neil Sedaka interview just posted in the last day or two.. it's pure gold too.
He does look like the best uncle ever. I 100% agree. Pterik would be the perfect-lets check out this story book or, is this burger better than that one-uncle/father of my BFF-and, probably IS. I can totally relate to Rocky and how the movie made my decade of the 80's the best.
Those Real Men of Genius Bud Light commercials were the best
Brother, that campaign would absolutely see a complete revival with all certifiable geniuses we have running around today😂
About thirty years ago I was playing in a reggae band and we got a lot of support gigs opening for well known reggae stars. At one of these gigs we were doing our soundcheck and then the headliners arrived at the venue. They all looked like reggae musicians from Central Casting --- Caribbeans, dreadlocks, smelling of grass, etc. The band set up their gear in next to no time while we all sat at the back of the venue to watch and learn.
To our amazement, they delivered a faultless rendition of "Eye Of The Tiger" before they played any reggae rhythms.
Whenever I hear "Eye Of The Tiger," I think about those guys.
Man, they could play!
You are so great at being The professor of rock. I shall grant you the "Goat" professor of rock!!!!
When I got married in 2010, we played The Search Is Over, another great Survivor song. Man Against The World is a greatly overlooked wonderful song. But Eye Of The Tiger is still a favorite.
This song... has inspired and driven MILLIONS of people thru hardship and adversity. Thank you for creating and sharing.
Great story !! I have seen them once back in the 90's at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom..it was great! It was the best sounding .. and distortion free concert, that i have ever been to. They put on a really great show!
That was a wonderful interview. Jim comes across as a really nice, grounded guy.
This was such a great interview. I can't stop smiling.🙂
“Eye of the Tiger” is still on my workout playlist to this day! As is “Burning Heart”!
Oh man. Burning heart is IMO better! Loved that song…maybe it was because of the montage though. Haha
No Easy Way Out by Robert Tepper was also a great song from Rocky IV. Right after Adrian tells him, “You Can’t Win”!!!!
and Robert Tepper wrote songs with Benny Mardones, whose interview with The Prof was featured last week on this channel.
I have always wondered about the intro beats being "out of time". The answer makes so much sense. Great song and great interview. Thanks, Professor.
It is sometimes hard to realize that these songs come from real people. Loved the interview.
One of the best anthems ever in history!!!! Love that song and survivor. I remember wearing out 2 cassettes of survivors album Vital Signs!
Stallone is not most movie stars. he was a guy with a typewriter in Hell's Kitchen that nobody gave a chance. It's fitting that he's the one that gave this dude a chance to shine. Having trust in a person can result in great things.
And now he sucks 🤷
@@thegreatgambeeno What are you even referring to?
I always kind of liked Stallone, but then I heard him narrate the commentary on the director’s cut of _First Blood._ If you haven’t heard it, give yourself that gift sooner rather than later.
Stallone wrote most of the screenplays he starred in. Nobody else out there can make that claim. Tommy Wiseau in "The Room", maybe...
Holy Cow Professor! Now, I understand, after 42 years, why the rhythm of the song is uneven on those guitar power chords.
What a revelation!
Isn't that cool!
"Call me Sly" - yeah, I think I'd need to be sitting down before calling, my knees would buckle.
No joke!
@@ProfessorofRockI’d be half half tempted to say “Sly we gotta make this quick, I gotta open up the drug store in the morning 🤣”
I know right?
You MUST call him Sly, he takes It personally if you don't follow that rule with him.
They hadn’t had a hit with them singing but Jim wrote Rocking Into The Night and after they recorded it and left it off the album they gave it to 38 Special. Jim also wrote and sang lead on Vehicle by Ides Of March. More recently Jim was the one who told Dennis DeYoung that he was an icon that needed new music and produced his two comeback albums. Incredibly talented, prolific and underrated musician!
Well ...they actually had 4 more Top 10 hits & a Top 20 but with Jimi Jamison on vocals.
This is one of the best stories behind a song. It is a great success story too.
I agree. It's so entertaining!
🤗 It was great that Stallone knew who Jim Peterik was and asked him to write one of the greatest soundtrack songs ever written 👁of the 🐯
So true!
Anybody else remember Stallone as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo?
So good Stallone came back for another one. ❤️🔥
Excellent interview, Ive always loved this song having grown up in the 80's
And Jim Peterik seems like a really great guy, very down to earth and relatable.
Super interview. I never saw Rocky III, but I loved Eye of the Tiger from the first time I heard it.
Thanks for watching!
His Stallone impression has me cracking up every time he does it
Ha ha! It's good! Thanks for watching!
In Navy boot camp in 1988 this song and God Bless the USA were played to our company around the 6th week and I can tell you both of them lifted our spirits and helped all complete basic training. They both hit a bit different ever since.
Another superb interview. Well done!!
I love the song I can't hold back I had the 45 of the song now I have the cd I remember the video on mtv in 1984 when I was 18
Jim seems so rad, a total dude. Even though I probably listened to it yesterday, I had to stop the interview halfway through for "Eye Of The Tiger," one more time.
Great song and always a crowd pleaser when you play it in a night club.
Love the background stories.
Guitar player in Georgia.
Thanks for watching!
In 85 I was in the army stationed at Ft. Hood Texas in the 2nd armored battalion. We were known as the tiger battalion so every morning when we're out doing P.T. Eye of the Tiger was blaring through the loud speakers. Running 2 miles and hearing that song we could run forever it felt like
And to think, '85 was before the PT belt. If you heard the song AND had on a PT belt you could have run all the way to Austin and rucked back to Killeen.
@dustybrand know your right
Jim seems like such a cool guy. I wanna hang out with him. We saw Survivor at the ND State Fair back in the 80’s. Incredible show.❤
All time workout song, thanks Professor 👓
Never thought about it until Mr Peterik said that the music during the lyrics was very little so the focus was on the words, great move! You feel like you can go 12 rounds with Clubber Lang after you play this song, great in-depth interview professor!!
Thanks My Name!
It’s the perfect montage song.
I got to work/set up a private Survior concert in 96-96 at a hanger in Regan National Airport. Briefly said “hi” to band, but the roadies were cool! Heh I was sent to a few guitar stores in Arlington Va to look for a spare part(pickup switch for a Les Paul?) , that sucked but the rest of it was fun!
That was kool. Thank you for sharing that. ❄️☃️🎄✌🏼
Cool story!
Love your emoji's!
@@ProfessorofRock 👍🏻🎄✌🏼
@@ProfessorofRocktry bein 19ish,& driving your friends big ass manual transmission pickem up truck, through Northin Va traffic, lookin for guitar stores traffic before GPS, Map Quest or Guitar Centers for that matter! THAT PART SUCKED!!!
My drill Sgts played this song at breakfast the day we had to qaulify with our M-16.
Mind you, we had not heard ANYTHING but cadence for 2 months.
What a morning, what a song.
One of those songs... it's cool to listen to when driving down the highway.
This is a great interview with Jim Peterik (Survivor and the Ides of March)
about the creation of the song Eye of the Tiger for the Rocky movie was really awesome in fact i just got finished listening to Vehicle by his old band the Ides of March here on UA-cam along with Chicago and Blood,
Sweat & Tears three of the best bands with horn sections another great
video about classic rock and roll Thank You again Professor.🎶AM📻FM🎶
Thanks Roger!
Haha great interview, great guy. I love that he’s a Chicago guy, somehow that just seems to fit.
I love Vital Signs! I had the cassette with me when I was on vacation and visiting my brother in Pensacola. The rental car had a cassette deck.
I played it *all* week! 😊
As a tandem comment, Toto gave a free concert on the beach on my first day. My brother told me about it but suggested I get there early, before the bridge got closed. First day of vacation... up at 6:00 AM. Worth it!
I worked in a record store and was in charge of ordering 45s from 1981-3. This was by far the biggest selling single in my time there.
POR, I'm going to let you in on a secret here. At 67, I'm often told people think they can't keep up with me on a hike. When alone on the trails, the Rocky themes are playing in my head. Motivation to keep on going and do the best I can. Great interview.
☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶
That Weird Al album, was my first as a kid, and is still my favorite. Loved Rocky 3 and 4 with both their themes, as well as Theme from Rocky XIII.
I loved this song in the 80s. I had an “Eye of the Tiger” t-shirt. I still love it.
Good morning, Professor! I love your interviews with Jim. He's such a great storyteller. His Stallone imitation is fantastic and hilarious! How fortunate for them and for us that Queen wouldn't give Stallone the rights to their music. I love that he uses his own song to lift himself up when he needs an emotional boost just like the rest of us. The little girl story from the pizza place is just adorable. Thanks for bringing us this interview, Adam. Have a happy hump day!
Thanks Jill!
I love these rock stories. They are so entertaining.
I've always loved this song! When I first started my UA-cam channel, I did all Chipmunk versions of songs, and I did a Chipmunk version of this. The Chipmunk thing was something that I did to entertain my wife, but my daughter hated the Chipmunks and suggested that I sing with my regular voice, so I kind of slowly phased out the Chipmunk stuff. Now I don't even have that app anymore, so I haven't done a song like that in several years, but I still have all of them in a playlist called Kraziness, hence the name Karaoke & Kraziness. I did this song right after I recovered from a bad illness because I felt like a fighter after a comeback! It's a great motivational song!
I had the album in 1982 when I was 16 the eye of the tiger Jim I love the purple hair awesome
Thanks Professor! That is a great story on a fantastic 80's band. Also, the movie wasn't too bad either but love that song. Pumps me up every time.
Same here! Love it!
I was 2 years old when Rocky III was made and Survivor hit with "Eye of the Tiger". That made it one of those songs that have practically always been there for me. Afterwards, I would hear other songs that Survivor issued as singles ("I Can'tHold Back", "High on You", "The Search is Over", "Burning Heart" et al), and acknowledged e when I saw them play 20 years after this song was new during one of the reunion tours with Dave's successor, Jimi Jamison, how important they were to me in my youth. There are men who are often either overlooked, taken for granted or inappropriately targeted for all the wrong reasons.
Regarding the syncopation in the intro, I knew that was going to be a total sideswipe when one of the bands I played in during the 2010s covered this song. A couple of us were trying to show the bass guitarist where to place all the appropriate hits, and it was not syncing in with him. I actually think the drummer was one of the people who got it.
(21:35) They didn't need another hit. This was THE HIT of all hits. It's still going strong. Eye of the tiger was one of, if not THE song that defined the 80's. No matter what style & genre of music you were into, everyone loved that song. I enjoyed the interview and hearing the back story. Oh. And SHAKEY'S Pizza was awesome! They had the balloon man with huge cardboard feet that theyd give to the kids and you could watch them twirl the dough through the big window inside the restaurant. It was the birthday destination for so many.
Burning Heart
@@thegreatgambeeno Survivor also had hits with "I Can't Hold Back" and "The Search Is Over".
@@althusius-ks5vpExactly. The Professor dropped the ball here
This was a great conversation. Jim just a guy in the band...
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Love when you interview John peterick
Great interview! Class of Philly ‘78
i was playing in bands, for 52 years, this song was a bar band song,..... part of the setlist along with she works hard for the money and what I like about you. and the stones honky tonk woman
Great story. Thanks Adam.
Yo, Jim did Sly right... Awesome, iconic, intro!
Yes he did! So glad he pitched his answering machine!
Great interview, Adam.
Thanks!
Great interview! Great song!
𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖-𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏...
Love the interview section!
Best shirt ever. 😁
He needs a Frankie Say or Choose Life shirt
What a cool cat. Great one Prof.
What a perfect cornerstone to wedge under your feet when having to find some strength to pull your will out of some wreckage.
The tenacity of the human spirit is as perpetual as our nonstop heartbeat.
What an wonderful story. Amazing.
If I could sit down and talk with anybody in the music business I would choose Jim Peterik. I love his work and the impact of his work. Even better, the guy can sit down in a local restaurant and be anonymous. What a life he must have.
𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖-𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏...
My father LOVED this song 💜🔥
Obviously their best song, but "Ever Since The World Began" is a beautiful song that Tommy Shaw covered and both his and Survivor's version are great, should have been a radio single.
I loved how, in Rocky III, the music from the end of Rocky's fight over Apollo dissolves into Eye of the Tiger, and we get twin montages, one is of Rocky's status as a beloved fighter grows while the other is Clubber Lang moving up the ranks and training alone. Someone really should make a movie about Clubber. I know the Rocky franchise has completely saturated the culture over the last 50 years, but there has to be a place for Clubber's story.
He had the best name too
Love that too!
Good call!
Apparently Sly, working Clubber Lang's character around Mr. T, created Mr. T's "I pity the fool" catchphrase xD
Happy Birthday to Elliot Easton(71)!
Such a great guitarist!
Loved his playing on 'Wearing Down Like a Wheel'
He's got a great collection of guitars. He's had over 50 years to curate it and has some great ones.
guess thats why i heard candy o sunday indie radio the dj will often play a song for bday either that day or upcoming week on his two hour alt rock retro show sundays
I wish Prof could interview him.
Another banner behind the music back story! 🤠
It's the greatest psyche up song of all time. When you need a song to get yourself in the zone, that song is Eye of the Tiger.
you now feel compelled to watch rocky again
I heard that the song “You’re The Best” was a candidate for the Rocky 3 movie but it was used in The Karate Kid (1984) instead
That's right!
I didn’t know that! So cool.
He still answers the phone Yo!
When did you last talk to him?
@ProfessorofRock 2 years ago while filming Tulsa Kings.
PROF: U Gotta do a video on Rocky 4's "NO EASY WAY OUT" - Amazingly powerful scene from the moment the car door is opened w/ the flashbacks throughout.
Jim and his band "The Ides of March" (which is still together today) were a local band from my neighborhood in Berwyn, IL. Early in grade school, I remember walking past the garage in an alley between Kenilworth and Grove Avenue on my way back from St. Mary of Celle School, hearing them practicing- they had a big truck parked on the side (with their band name painted on the doors of the truck) they used to haul all their gear in.
I finally got to meet Jim in person in 2003 or so when he hosted a songwriting class at Morton East High School as part of their centennial- after all of his successes, and yes-- he was VERY down to earth, gracious, and so much fun to talk with.
This is such a great interview! As great as it is, my favorite part of the whole video is Jim saying that he is still Karen's vehicle after 47 years. Beautiful.
I was into bands like ratt, motley ,Metallica, Def leopard, alot in the metal and glam rock. Nothing soft, what I call soft, until I heard survivor. I fell in love with High on you, and the search is over. I didn't know they sang eye of the tiger until much later. Ptobably cause I wasn't a Rocky fan until Rocky 3
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Vital Signs was one of the great albums of the 80's!👍
Love the song one of my favorites has got me threw a lot of hard times in life also love the movie all of them also one of my favorites , it's like they go hand in hand 👍
Cool sidenote Stallone used lift us up where we belong in over the top another Sly movie
I remember this story from you from awhile back
I second that
@AnnaTrail-xp8pr Hey Sassy Sister
I’ve been waiting for this story! I’ve been a huge fan of Survivor since the follow-up to this (“American Heartbeat”). I really needed this today.
𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖-𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏...
Vital signs is one of my favorite albums ever. Not sure why none of those were number one.
I always loved this song. A few years ago, my work had a basketball (actually horse) tournament & I thought -How Could I Win? When it was my turn to play, I played EOTT on UA-cam as I walked to the court. It really pumped me up!! My theme music. I won it all that year!!!
Love the purple ensemble.
Back then I took eye of the tiger n don't you want me n filled 90 minute tape with just those 2 songs I drove my friends n family nuts
❤ Really enjoyed this interview. Love hearing the vack story og songs, especially from the creators. ❤
Love the t-shirt! I remember the “Frankie Say…” shirts!
I remember recording the song from vinyl onto cassette. My father was a preacher and would not let us listen to rock music but he was also a fireman and at the fire department they watched a lot of movies. So my father made an exception for eye of the tiger since it went along with Rocky and that kind of opened up my opportunities to start listening to more music.
I know this song is associated with Rocky but it always makes me think of Jensen Ackles' karaoke version in Supernatural. He was just messing around when he thought he was off-camera and it became a classic moment for the series.
Ha ha!
Jensen Ackles in his Supernatural outtake is all of us when we hear this song.
Love that!
One of my favorite songs.
I meet Jim Peterik and Dave Bickler in 1993 when they toured for the Greatest hits album. I brought all my vinyl albums with me and they signed them all. I
sat down with Jim and we talked about all the albums as he was signing them. He is such a great guy. I still have all of the albums. Survivor is one of my favorite bands.
𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖-𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏...
I neither liked nor disliked Survivor. They were one of those bands that was just “there.” But man, watching this video and seeing how down to earth he is has turned me into a superfan! He’s still so enthusiastic and excited, like it happened just last year!
Jim: “You want to give me a shot at the Title Song??”
Sly: “No. Instead, I wanna give you a shot at The TITLE !!”
Jim Peterik also wrote/co-wrote multiple hits for 38 Special, one of my favorite rock bands.
I'm Alright from Caddyshack is the greatest movoe song of all time imo. Don't know if it qualifies as an anthem or not, but it is to me!
Id love to see you do the story behind Silver Springs. I know it's been done by other UA-camrs. But there is something about the stories you tell that makes them timeless. Thank you again Professor.
This has to quite literally be the greatest underdog rock and roll tune story in history. Love Jim and Survivor. And the Jane Fonda story is absolutely freakin' hilarious!