Gym Class Heroes Deliver Worst Beach Boys Cover Of All Time
Despite the Fueled By Ramen association, Gym Class Heroes earned points in our book for (1) sampling Supertramp on their hit "Cupid's Chokehold" and (2) calling their tour The Darryl Hall For President Tour '07. But mostly the Supertramp thing.
Anyway, they've lost all that goodwill by recording what we're pretty sure is the WORST BEACH BOYS COVER OF ALL TIME. Listen here. Brace yourself. It'll be featured in a ubiquitous Sunkist commercial, and an episode of One Tree Hill (it's on that show's new actually-half-good soundtrack CD).
But really, Brian Wilson is rolling over in his sandbox.
Posted at 5:35 PM
Tags: Beach Boys | Gym Class Heroes
Have you not heard Mandy Moore's version of 'God Only Knows'..?
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this is gonna make me sound like the hugest dork ever, but they didn't SAMPLE supertramp on "cupid," they had fall out boy's patrick stump sing the chorus because they didnt want to pay the royalties or whatever.
pete wentz told me this. i kid you not.
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I realize they don't actually sample Supertramp -- 'steal' would probably be more fitting.
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I think you need to know the melody of a song before you attempt to cover it.
It sounds like they were trying to give it a Stevie Wonder-esque vibe during the chorus. Probably figured they could kill two brilliant birds with one stone.
Someone paid money for this to be made. It really makes you think.
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It's like nails down a chalkboard while drinking a pint of salt water.
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Whatever. A flash in the pan band that 16 year olds like this month did a bad cover of an incredibly overrated band.
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Greg should use commas
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Greg should also be more creative with his comments name.
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I've had this cover for awhile and I like it.
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gym class heroes are my guilty pleasure.
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maybe that's just because I'm really sexually attracted to Travis though.
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gym class villians....
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Someone should do me a favor and try and name one band around today that's a bigger joke than Gym Class Heroes, with their rapper who can't even rap, and what with how the feign emo but are nothing more than a two-bit, hardly catchy pop band.
I'll start:
Cobra Starship (I mention them due to first-degree association)
From First To Last
Underoath (I pick on the Warped kids, I know, but they're deserving of it!)
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this cover is the musical equivalent of genocide.
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it almost sounds like they'd never heard "Good Vibrations" before.
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I love the "She's so sexy!" in the background
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I didn't believe you. I am sorry you were correct in stating WORST COVER EVER. There is a special corner in hell reserved for them.
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this is a damn shame. i was actually liking them. i have heard worse, but this is maybe in the 20 worst.
see edward furlong covering "people are strange"
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ah piss, i misread that. yeah, its the worst beach boys cover ever. and theres been some pretty bad ones there too...
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okay, so i really like the GCH song. its good in my opinion. but ive liked them since Cupids Choke Hold. back in '04.So yea its a new twist, more techno, but I LOVE IT.
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i hope fall out boy and all of their talentless friends get a blog post about how all they have ever done is make terrible "music"
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If this band was any less talented, I think they would implode.
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Naughty by Nature called, they want their catchphrase back.
what are they doing singing backup for GCH, anyway?
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I'm with James. I expected this to be hyperbole from you guys but you delivered in the worst way possible. Hateful. Might I add that as someone who only tolerates Beach Boys music this has always been a song that sets my teeth on edge. Oh, what a sharp edge that is now.
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is it really possible to badly cover a bad song?
i mean the only beach boys song that doesn't annoy me to the point of seizure like intensity is god only knows. so i don't think gym class heroes can mess up a song thats already pretty retarded.
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"But really, Brian Wilson is rolling over in his sandbox."
Um... excuse me... I'm not dead. dumbass.
xoxoxo
Brian
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sure, the Gym Class Heroes gained points in my book for
1) having the idea of incorporating "The Logical Song" into a hip-hop track...
then they proceeded to destroy any shred of initial credibility by using this classic to churn out a steaming pile of absolutely talentless bullshit...
but yes, the beach boys cover is even more atrocious...
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It's hard for me to type this because my keyboard is covered in all the blood that just came out of my ears.
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Yes, that is disgusting and offensive. My Beach Boys cover is much better. (Click on my name.)
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Painful. Did they even bother to listen to the originial?
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see a not so bad cover by clicking my name.
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What's worse - "she's so sexy". "oooooooh.....hey!!!", or the fact that the most incredible set of harmonies in pop music get reduced to a two off-key notes? In any case, may they burn swiftly in hell...
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When will the HORRIBLE thing of adding akward, pointless "hip hop stuff" to a pop/rock song END? Jesus, how badly retarded does your aesthetic sense have to be?
Fred had the best comment.
This is certainly the worst Beach Boys cover I've personally heard, but I've not heard tons. Really, the first and foremost gaffe is ignoring the vocal melody.
This is the musical ends to the suburbizing and strip malling of America.
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it's amazing to me that the music scene and people allow such a band as gym class heroes to get popular.
they've terribly ripped off and tortured not one, but two songs!
great, here's to becoming the new alien ant farm.... thing is.... alien ant farm had something called i don't know.... MUSICAL ABILITY and a little TALENT.
wait, i'm sorry did I just say Alien Ant Farm had more talent than Gym Class Heroes?
I STAND BY IT.
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Aww dont you guys think you're being a little hard on GCH? They never claimed to be the second coming of musical geniuses, they just have fun. Now Fall Out Boy are idiots and deserve all the hate they receive, but GCH are cool with me, even with their Pete Wentz/Fueled by Ramen association. Oh yeah and that "oooooh so sexy" part I agree is ridiculous, haha!!
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It again must be said, "ooooooooh she's so sexy." Lamest shit in the world. I first heard of Gym Class Heroes on JBTV. Channel 13!
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Ahhhhhhh!!! The pain!! The pain!!!
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wow- sounds like everyone on this site got their baby formula swiped out for haterade at a young young age.
you all should try to start a band and put your heart into what you do so you can have a bunch of indie rock- web obsessed- assholes with no life talk shit about your accomplishments because they're all jealous.
greeeeeen! get green you dummies- that jealousy is almost like passion. (except not)
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Simply put, this is a jovial equivalent to violently explosive diarrhea.
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I LOVE THE GYM CLASS HEROES REMAKE OF THE BEACH BOYS SONG!!! HATERSSSS!!!!!
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Are you guys serious?!
The Gym Class Heroes are like the best new group out there. Their music is A BREATH OF FRESH AIR!
It not only attracts rock/alternative fans but also draws in urban [Hip-Hop] kids from inner-cities. The live band collides rap & good melodies...come on people...you must be STUPID not to like this band!
Maybe its just that you cant appreciate alternative music mixing with rap. And its not your normal "rap" music. If you all know anything about Hip-Hop you can clearly see that Travis is a lyrical beast! He's not repeatedly spitting verses on what kinda' car he's driving or what brand his clothes are.
I'm just saying, if you can appreciate real hip-hop and a live band then you're gonna be addicted to these guys. Not only is there music hott but the fellas [in person] are great too.
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Its a REMAKE of the song, meaning that it doesnt have to sound exactly like the original, DUH!
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THIS BAND IS RETARDED. IM NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER LISTENING TO THEIR COVER. they ripped off supertramp "breakfast in america" for their first popular song... and their new "clothes off" song is a ripoff of jermaine stewart..... theyve been a band for 10 years and their only hit songs are songs that belong to other people. Fk this band.
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mike makes a good point.
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wow, you guys are harsh and close minded. GCH have a refreshing sound which is long over due. I'm so fucking tired of hearing the same old shit. Matt,Eric, Dasashi,Tyler,and Travis do the damn thing. You can hate all you want, but who the fuck died and made all of you opinionated bastards the music moguls of our generation.
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Simply put, the last generation.. Who our generation so carelessly and thoughtlessly pillage the heartfelt art of daily for their 'refreshing new hits'. There's nothing new and refreshing about trying (poorly) to suck the soul out of the old.
Try putting your heart and soul into something, then having somebody come along later, rip it off, claim it's their heart that went into it and then try to avoid the royalties in any manner possible. It takes a truly dark heart indeed..
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you people who say gym class heroes are refreshing are a bunch of no-thinking morons. the least you can do is think up something original to describe the band. oh wait, your fans of an unoriginal band who steals from other musicians. must be a personality trait.
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Seriously? Are you hating on GCH because they used someone else's music? What's the big deal? the original writer is DEFINITELY getting royalties and GCH uses their own lyrics. It seems like people would be happy to hear a band with a sound that's different from the norm these days. Don't think of it as ripping off an old band. It's more like paying homage to them. And handing them some money, through royalties. If the original writers didn't want GCH to use the music, the band definitely wouldn't be.
that said, the cover sucks. but anyway... =P
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according to what someone posted previously at the top, they aren't paying royalties. hilarious how you said to look at it as homage. both versions suck. i hate gym class heroes because their music is polluting the air. every time i drive by some hipster i hear crap like this blaring out of their car as they clearly are looking for attention, mean while i am in my car with a sudden urge to take a shit because that noise from gym class heroes is entering my ears and my body can only hold so much crap. that and they are proof that the music industry is no longer about music and all about selling an image.
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As a die-hard Beach Boys fan, all i have to say to the Gym Class Heroes is...WTF?! Why ruin one of the greatest songs of all time (and I also hate that Supertramp cover with the Fall Out Boy guy) AND sell your soul to the man? Did Sunkist re-buy the rights to Good Vibrations? I think Sunkist used the same song for their commercials back in the 80s. I've even read that around the same time the song was on the old Sunkist ads, Mike Love would wear a Sunkist hat at Beach Boys live shows and in their music videos. Don't even get me started on Mike Love...there's a guy who'll do just about anything for "the man" if it means he'll make a couple extra bucks.
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