Auburn Band & "Eye of the Tiger"

we stole death valley from clemson

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we stole death valley from clemson

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I thought it was the other way around. Tiger Stadium should be called "DEAF VALLEY" then - IMHO.

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"DEAF VALLEY"

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Was actually what Tiger stadium was called but eventually because of Louisiana pronunciation it became Death Valley

ETA: Conti had no part in eye of the tiger. I was focusing on the movie and not the song. FML

It's actually Stallone's song. He had Survivor write and perform the song for him when he couldn't get the rights to use "Another one bites the dust". And it was almost called "Survival".

ETA: I don't care what Auburn does.

Clemson stole Death Valley from that desert out in California

I played in the LSU band when Eye of the Tiger was first used. It was first part of a half time show including other Rocky music. The Band used to play some of the popular half time music in the stands during breaks and Eye of the Tiger was one of them during that season. Eventually we needed a shorter version to keep playing it more often and it eventually became the 3rd down cheer.

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Was actually what Tiger stadium was called but eventually because of Louisiana pronunciation it became Death Valley

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False. I thought this rumor was put to rest years ago...

They honored Bill Conti by playing a Survivor song?

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Just about everything I have read that says anything about tiger stadium and death valley describes it that way. Not saying that those are right but that was my understanding

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I don't know what you read, but people have researched it and found no reference in print (or any media) to Tiger Stadium as "Deaf Valley" before the 70s, and even in the 70's Deaf Valley Shell was the only physical proof of that title, presumably as a play on words. Whereas numerous references to "Death Valley" can be found to the 40s and beyond.