Gym Class Phonies

From the desk of Nadia Pflaum:

People really love that song by Gym Class Heroes called “Cupid’s Chokehold.” You know, the one with the chorus that goes Take a look at my girlfriend. She’s the only one I got … not much of a girlfriend, I never seem to get a lot…

After insisting to anyone who would listen — friends, family, bar stools — that the GCH song is a complete rip-off of some ’70s British rock, I finally unearthed a YouTube video of Supertramp singing “Breakfast in America.” I like the original better, maybe because Supertramp doesn’t look like a group that was produced in a lab after endless market research and because its songs don’t contain lyrics about ringtones.

I wonder who will be the first to be featured in a Taco Bell commercial: Gym Class Heroes, or Fergie? And which one of them will be the first to remake (or regurgitate) “The Logical Song“?

“Cupid’s Chokehold” by Gym Class Heroes

“Breakfast in America” (live) by Supertramp