Thursday, July 5, 2007
Cream of the Fight? Who knew?
The Intern was singing Rocky soundtrack lyrics this morning and broke into "It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight, Rising up to the challenge of our rivals". I immediately called shenanigans and said there is no way the lyric is "cream of the fight" but the more sensible "thrill of the fight". Well, I was wrong. I'm not saying the theme song for a movie series about a down and out Italian-American boxer who goes on to end the Cold War has to have some internal logic. Well, yes, I am. What the F is the cream of the fight?!
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You can't rely on these lyrics off the internet - I'm constantly mailing them corrections (I'M A VERY SAD MAN). Most of them are submitted by people like your intern friend. Consequently, although most sites say "cream", about 30% of them, correctly, say "thrill". You were right all along!
i was having the exact same discussion with a friend of mine, and he insisted on cream. Asking what 'cream of a fight' would be was useless, so i decided to look for the answer:
check it out on www.survivormusic.com
they show the lyrics to their songs, it clearly says 'thrill' and not cream, obv.
it is cream of the fight, there are two versions the original and the movie version/music video version in the movie version it is how yall say thrill, which granted makes more sense but if you listen to the original copy (non music video, non movie copy) it is clear as day that he is saying cream.
Cream of the fight could mean the same thing as the 'cream of the crop' meaning the best of the best...leading us to it is the toughest thing to go up against.
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