Alright this's been boiling inside for quite a while now, and its about time I let it all out.
JUST WHY THE FUCK DO SOME PEOPLE HATE LIMP BIZKIT SO MUCH?
ok now I'm aware that some people may regard this as something of a ridiculous question, rather akin to "why is the sky blue?" or "why is the sun yellow?". However, I put it to you, ladies and gentlemen: there is a logical and correct answer to the second and third question - no, they're not ridiculous things to ask - but for the life of my fucking green TURTLE i can't find a good answer - well perhaps a satisfactory answer would be a better phrase - to the first one.
Ok so let's break it down ("break it down one time say wha--at"). We've got a pretty talented band. (I rate DJ Lethal far higher than that snivelly little pissant from Linkin Park. Lester Hahn or some such). We've got pretty catchy riffs and stuff. More importantly, we've got what was, at one stage, one of the biggest new rock bands in the WORLD. (time was when it seemed like EVERYBODY owned a copy of "Significant Other" - these days everybody seems ashamed of it or something). Then there's the fact that - and you can say what you will. I cant hear you, anyway - Fred Durst is pretty damn good at chanelling anger, rage, angst...... EMOTION.
Then you've got great songs. Now i'll be the first to admit, "Rollin' " isnt exactly "Bohemian Rhapsody" in terms of sheer brilliance, freshness and daring. But it IS a pretty catchy song. And everybody knows it. Then there was "Take A Look Around" (off the MI:2 soundtrack) with that nice little riff going thruout the song. It says something, dont you think, that they were asked to do the.... what's the term.... title? lead? first? track for a movie like that?
Yeah of course it says something. it says that THEY'RE PRETTY DAMN GOOD. that's what it says.
Best thing about them is that they dont stick to just one sound. You've got pretty clean rock (Just Like This) then you've got the mixed-up hard stuff a la Korn (Pollution) and even some nice slow ones (Boiler, Rearranged).
I know that rap-metal/hardcore rock/whatever-the-fuck-you-label-it-i-really-dont-care isn't for everyone. But for those people that it IS for - the blessed few - i just wish i could understand how you can ignore a band that makes pretty decent music, and fun to listen to at that. (I especially appreciate that they dont get too caught up in the whole image thing. I hate that a LOT. but then again, maybe that's why people dont like Limp. Because they DONT do the image thing. you know how humans are).
But anyway. I think people might just hate the band because of stupid reasons like "Oh Fred Durst's a poseur he doesnt skate that good when he says he used to be sponsored" and stupid shit like that. i mean COME ON listen to a band/group/orchestra/soloist because of the music they make. An analogy: dont ignore a copy of Dune just because of shitty artwork!
Think about it.
JUST WHY THE FUCK DO SOME PEOPLE HATE LIMP BIZKIT SO MUCH?
ok now I'm aware that some people may regard this as something of a ridiculous question, rather akin to "why is the sky blue?" or "why is the sun yellow?". However, I put it to you, ladies and gentlemen: there is a logical and correct answer to the second and third question - no, they're not ridiculous things to ask - but for the life of my fucking green TURTLE i can't find a good answer - well perhaps a satisfactory answer would be a better phrase - to the first one.
Ok so let's break it down ("break it down one time say wha--at"). We've got a pretty talented band. (I rate DJ Lethal far higher than that snivelly little pissant from Linkin Park. Lester Hahn or some such). We've got pretty catchy riffs and stuff. More importantly, we've got what was, at one stage, one of the biggest new rock bands in the WORLD. (time was when it seemed like EVERYBODY owned a copy of "Significant Other" - these days everybody seems ashamed of it or something). Then there's the fact that - and you can say what you will. I cant hear you, anyway - Fred Durst is pretty damn good at chanelling anger, rage, angst...... EMOTION.
Then you've got great songs. Now i'll be the first to admit, "Rollin' " isnt exactly "Bohemian Rhapsody" in terms of sheer brilliance, freshness and daring. But it IS a pretty catchy song. And everybody knows it. Then there was "Take A Look Around" (off the MI:2 soundtrack) with that nice little riff going thruout the song. It says something, dont you think, that they were asked to do the.... what's the term.... title? lead? first? track for a movie like that?
Yeah of course it says something. it says that THEY'RE PRETTY DAMN GOOD. that's what it says.
Best thing about them is that they dont stick to just one sound. You've got pretty clean rock (Just Like This) then you've got the mixed-up hard stuff a la Korn (Pollution) and even some nice slow ones (Boiler, Rearranged).
I know that rap-metal/hardcore rock/whatever-the-fuck-you-label-it-i-really-dont-care isn't for everyone. But for those people that it IS for - the blessed few - i just wish i could understand how you can ignore a band that makes pretty decent music, and fun to listen to at that. (I especially appreciate that they dont get too caught up in the whole image thing. I hate that a LOT. but then again, maybe that's why people dont like Limp. Because they DONT do the image thing. you know how humans are).
But anyway. I think people might just hate the band because of stupid reasons like "Oh Fred Durst's a poseur he doesnt skate that good when he says he used to be sponsored" and stupid shit like that. i mean COME ON listen to a band/group/orchestra/soloist because of the music they make. An analogy: dont ignore a copy of Dune just because of shitty artwork!
Think about it.
posted by Timothy at 3:57 pm
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