Every time I hear this song, I inevitably flip back and forth between the Survivor and Weird Al lyrics. Happens when I listen to Theme to Rocky XIIV as well. Great songs. My hat's off to the band for giving Al permission for his parody.
When did Dave write this song? It was written by Sullivan and Peiterik, he just shot the music video and of course he recorded it for the Eyes of the Tiger album, but Jimi sang it better.😏
Lito Juan Dave may have been the original vocalist of Eye Of The Tiger, but Jimi ended up singing that song way more, from 1984 until 2014; and Jimi sang it the best IMHO!!! My 18 yr old son, my 23 yr old daughter, and my husband all agree!! Jimi is a vocal legend, one of the top 10 male vocalists of all time!! I love and miss him greatly!! RIP sweet beautiful Jimi!! 💔💔💔
Lito Juan Hell yes!! Jimi is the best to me, we can agree to disagree. I only noticed Survivor when Jimi joined and I bought the Vital signs album, and became a big fan of them. I only like to Eye Of The Tiger when Jimi sings it, same for all my immediate family. Jimi is considered one of the top 10 vocalists of all time, for good reason, amazing talent. After Jimi joined, he was never fired, he always left the band on his own. When Jimi was touring as Jimi Jamison's Survivor in the 90's, that's the only time they brought back Dave to the band, to tour because Jimi was touring with his band. They had a lawsuit, and Jimi won the rights to tour as Survivor from '94-99. Frankie won a copyright lawsuit in '99, and got the Survivor name back. Guess what happened after that? He asked Jimi to come back to sing lead for Survivor, which he did from then until he decided to leave the band again after the Reach album, and reignite his solo career. Jimi was then asked to rejoin Survivor in 2011, and he toured with them until his untimely death in 2014. Dave was asked to come back to co-sing lead with Jimi in 2013, and they toured with them in that capacity until Jimi's death in September 2014. Dave then toured with them until March of 2015 when Frankie fired him, because he could NOT sing Jimi's songs! That's the truth of the matter! Frankie and the other band members called Jimi "Golden Throat" for a reason, he has amazing talent. No such praise ever went to Dave, just saying. I will give Dave credit, he did have a good voice back in the day, but I just much prefer the sound and wonderful tone of Jimi's voice, love him forever!
