These are the people who snowballed Santa at halftime during a losing football game in the '60s, and then cheered when Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin suffered a career-ending injury. "Rocky" is the personification of generations of Philadelphians, a people who pride themselves on being the underdog. Rocky’s a Philadelphia fighter.’" Though not exactly glowing, these comments are accepted by Philadelphians with an earnest nod of approval. And I thought that he would belong to a smaller kind of infrastructure, where the neighborhoods were tighter. I thought of him as much more conservative in his life. I thought, you know, that Rocky moves at a certain pace. New Yorkers, he said, had an “…imperiousness. Stallone spoke about how his original intent was to have the story set in New York, but he decided against it. In Andrew Corsello's 2006 Philadelphia magazine interview, he asked Sylvester Stallone why he wrote the main character to embody a son of Philadelphia. But there’s something else at work here that makes the song, and the character it is attached to, important to Philadelphians. (thanks, Jeff Suwak)The song itself manages to evoke feelings of rising to an insurmountable challenge success is irrelevant, it’s the fight that matters.
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1 position on the Billboard music charts in July of 1977, and this distinguished position has led to “Gonna Fly Now” being one of the few songs from a movie to be featured on Sirius Radio’s '70s on 7 satellite radio station. The voices were overdubbed and layered to form the sound of a robust choir. It’s worth noting that the chorus itself was composed of only three singers: DeEtta Little-West, Nelson Pigford, and Shelby Conti. According to Sylvester Stallone (the movie's screenwriter and star), Bill Conti finished the entire recording of the song in a mere 13 hours.Ĭonti was described as a hands-on composer for the recording of “Gonna Fly Now.” The powerful chorus of the song was directed by Conti, who also played the piano and conducted the orchestra. Eventually the finished piece, with added vocal chorus, reached a length of nearly three minutes. The director of "Rocky," John Avildsen, continued adding scenes to the movie's training montage, and with each addition Avildsen asked Conti to add a little bit more music to the instrumental. (thanks, Jeff Suwak)Written for the movie at an initial one-minute length and being purely instrumental, composer Bill Conti suitably penned the iconic song in Philadelphia. Statues lining top of building at Philadelphia Museum of Art It’s been over 40 years since the film was released in theaters, but locals and visitors alike pay homage together every single day and celebrate "Rocky," each echoing the driving force of “Gonna Fly Now." Modern day visitors recreate the famed ascent daily, and so too do local Philadelphians during their own running routes. The archetypal anthem reaches its climax with Rocky standing triumphant on top of the steps with his arms raised in the universal signal of victory. The sentiment of the song is visualized in the movie's tremendous victory scene, where Rocky bounds up the 72 stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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This is why a city full of irate carousers and rabid fans have adopted "Rocky" as their Hollywood personality of choice, and with him, the synonymous theme song of the Italian Stallion, “Gonna Fly Now.” They disdain the spotlight and strive to maintain a blunt and independent attitude. Statue at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphians have a chip on their shoulders about… well, something. Say You'll Be There (Spice Girls) Wannabeīelieve (submitted and sequenced by Paul Williamson)įor comments on the Boss's Favorite Midi Songs or for general midi file submissions to be included on the Boss's page, please direct them to the Boss at complete AFC web index may be found inĪntennas for Communications (AFC) Home Page Document Summary List.Songplaces writer Jeff Suwak with his mother Alice in front of the "Rocky" Love Theme from Superman (If You Could Read My Mind) Staying Alive (from Saturday Night Fever) Let There Be Light (from The Songs of Distant Earth) The Dialogue (from Close Encounters of the Third Kind) The John Dunbar Theme from Dances with Wolves Return to AFC Home Page Broadway, Show Tunes and Other Favorites
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