ROCKY TRIBUTE -- EYE OF THE TIGER

Rocky IV - No Easy Way Out

Love Power

Burning Heart

Lyrics By Randy Ziegler

o;?HAYWOOD CITY SLICK LICKER

She showed up with a barrel full of junkies
And a teaspoon holding her hair,
With a fix in her boot and a purse full of loot,
She ruled as the Queen of Despair.

She was regal but somewhat short of legal,
At least thatb  s how the paper read.
A little too cool while breaking the rules,
At least thatb  s what the jury said.

Now sheb  s alone in an eight by ten called home,
Nothinb   much to do in there.
Remember the days when it all went her way
Fighting back those mournful tears.

She marks off the days in a sinister way,
Waiting to gain back her world.
Sheb  s still in a daze with little to say,
No longer daddyb  s little girl.

As a reminder, death sits beside her
And whispers love songs in her midst.
b  til she canb  t take the pain and forfeits the game
and slowly drips the life from her wrist

7. Haywood City...Slicker

Closest to the cinematic version.

This track combines the double-electric guitar solo and the extended ending.

Artist: John Cafferty
From the Rocky IV (1985) Soundtrack

Rocky IV - Hearts On Fire

Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out 
Dj Edit By Petko Turner
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This Is A Rocky Balboa Anthem
Robert Tepper is an American songwriter, recording artist and sporadically active singer, best known for his hit song "No Easy Way Out" from the Rocky IV motion picture soundtrack.

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Tepper moved to New York where he became a staff writer. He paired up with fellow singer Benny Mardones, and together they wrote Mardones' hit ballad "Into the Night," which earned them a Grammy Awards nomination. Tepper worked with Mardones on writing the latter's follow-up album Too Much to Lose in 1981.

In 1985, Tepper signed with Scotti Brothers and moved to Los Angeles. Actor/director Sylvester Stallone was taken with Tepper's song "No Easy Way Out," which subsequently led to its inclusion in the movie Rocky IV. "No Easy Way Out" climbed into the Top 40, reaching #22 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1986, and momentarily putting Tepper in the public eye. Several European labels, including Ministry of Sound, released "No Easy Way Out" with their own dance versions, resulting in regular airplay on German radio stations that continues today (in particular evening dance and party programming in Munich featured on Charivari 95.5 and Radio Gong 96.3). The heavy metal group Bullet For My Valentine also recorded the song in 2008. Tepper released two solo albums for Scotti Bros. Records, but both albums received little promotion from the label. In 1986, one year after Rocky IV, another song from Tepper's debut album (titled No Easy Way Out) called "Angel of the City" became the main song of Stallone´s film Cobra. Also in 1986, he co-wrote the single "Le Bel Age" for Pat Benatar, which peaked at #54 on the Billboard charts. A second album, Modern Madness was released in 1988. He went on to join the classic hard rock group Iron Butterfly for a few years. His third solo album No Rest For The Wounded Heart was released exclusively in Europe in 1996 on the MTM Music label.

In 2009, Sony/BMG re-released his first two albums digitally.

In recent years, he ventured into writing music for television and film, and collaborated on a musical. In 2012, he released his fourth solo album titled New Life Story. The music is a departure from the big rock sound of the 1980s and has been described as "acoustic, singer/songwriter with an electric tinge." Tepper has 5 children and currently resides with his wife in Los Angeles, California.

Rocky IV - No Easy Way Out

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