Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast In America - Gym Class Heroes

这首歌曲还是团体在2005年发行的专辑The Papercut Chronicles之中的一首歌曲，四人团体Gym Class Heroes是来自美国纽约州的Geneva，没有搞清楚为什么这首两年前乐队的知名作品才在今天开始悄然走红，反而去年发行的专辑As Cruel as School Children没有什么激起大的反应，如果把Gym Class Heroes说成是一支金说团体，那有有些偏差，他们实际上是用现场乐器来代替说唱中经常使用的合成器，这一点和Linkin Park比较重的摇滚歌曲还是有些不同的，他们的旋律在没有强烈电子的伴奏下显得acoustic一点，吉他在乐队中就充当一个合成器，如果需要loop，吉他就会弹出那一段不变，却是歌曲灵魂的riff，而他们的音乐和power pop也差不了多远，也许不是全黑阵容会让人觉得他们的说唱有些虚伪，这样别样的说唱其实也是乐队所希望的，Cupid's Chokehold之所以成功的一大原因也许是歌曲的chorus部分是由在两年前才不够走红的Fall Out Boy的主唱Patrick Stump来演唱的，自然他catchy的chorus和轻松的节奏也是歌曲成功的前提。

来自纽约的Gym Class Heroes(以下简称GCH)，起源於1997年负责说及唱的Travis “Schleprok” McCoy与鼓手Matt McGinley在高中一同上体育课而结识为好友，两位以嘻哈曲式跟几位乐手开始合作，直到2001年遇上吉他手Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo和贝斯手Eric Roberts后，GCH四人团体便告成型。1999-2001年间独立发行三张专辑，吸引踢爆时下做作男孩偶像团体假面具，给你最热血新世代之音的芝加哥庞克团Fall Out Boys贝斯手Pete Wentz的目光，穿针引线进入庞克大团Less Than Jake灵魂支柱Vinnie Fiorello所设立之音乐厂牌「Fueled By Ramen」旗下，后来Pete也组织品牌「Decaydance」，顺势拥有FBR发行权，进入华纳音乐集团怀抱，準备站上国际舞台一展身手。

[wmv]http://podcache.cctv.com/published1/2007/07/02/pub1183365783129.mp3[/wmv]
歌词:
Ba ba da da

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
It's been some time since we last spoke
This is gonna sound like a bad joke
But momma I fell in love again
It's safe to say I have a new girlfriend

And I know it sounds so old
But cupid got me in a chokehold
And I'm afraid I might give in
Towels on the mat my white flag is wavin'

I mean she even cooks me pancakes
And Alka Seltzer when my tummy aches
If that ain't love then I don't know what love is

We even got a secret handshake
And she loves the music that my band makes
I know I'm young but if I had to choose her or the sun
I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun
(ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
It's been awhile since we talked last
and I'm tryin' hard not to talk fast
But dad I'm finally thinkin' I may have found the one
Type of girl that will make you way proud of your son

And I know you heard the last song
about the girls that didn't last long
But I promise this is on a whole new plane
I can tell by the way she says my name (ba ba da da)

I love it when she calls my phone
She even got her very own ringtone
If that ain't love then I don't know
what love is (ba ba da da)

It's gonna be a long drive home
but I know as soon as I arrive home
And I open the door take off my coat
and throw my bag on the floor
She'll be back into my arms once more for sure

Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)

She's got a smile that would make the most senile
Annoying old man bite his tongue
I'm not done
She's got eyes comparable to sunrise
And it doesn't stop there
Man I swear
She's got porcelain skin of course she's a ten
And now she's even got her own song
But movin' on
She's got the cutest laugh I ever heard
And we can be on the phone for three hours
Not sayin' one word
And I would still cherish every moment
And when I start to build my future
she's the main component
Call it dumb call it luck call it love
or whatever you call it but
Everywhere I go I keep her picture in my wallet like here
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)
Take a look at my girlfriend
She's the only one I got (ba ba da da)
Not much of a girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (ba ba da da, ba ba da da)