The Eagles Pep Band reworked the team's fight song, turning 'Fly, Eagles Fly' into an anthem at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Eagles Pep Band reworked the team's fight song, turning"Fly, Eagles Fly" into an anthem at Lincoln Financial Field.
The fight song has grown to represent much more than just TDs or even football. The 33-second ditty — simple enough that a toddler can learn the words — became an anthem for Philadelphians. It’s something to belt in Disney World to let the pirates know that Philadelphians are here.New life for an old tune
The Eagles hired them in 1996 to play music in the parking lots as the three-piece band — Saunders played the tenor saxophone, Mansure played the lead saxophone, and Anthony “Skull” DiMeo played the banjo — bounced from tailgate to tailgate. They wore Ricky Watters jerseys and called themselves “The Fly Guys.”
The Fly Guys, who soon became the Eagles Pep Band, took their tune back to the parking lots and tried to spread their new sound. “It’s a rally cry,” Mansure said. “That’s all it is. A rally cry. People want to scream it. It’s grandiose. We lucked out. We all went to school for music and we’re known for doing a fight song in a pep band. I don’t want to put myself down, but we thought we’d be playing for Harry Connick.”
“E-A-G-L-E-S,” Mansure said. “We just did it and it stuck. Now, did it happen in 1942? I don’t know. But it didn’t happen as far as being part of a song or part of an organized chant.”The chant has become ubiquitous, heard everywhere.
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