To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to listen to Limp Bizkit. Wes Borland’s usage of octave shapes and choppy eighth note rhythms place him on par in terms of skill with even the greatest virtuosos, as does his two-handed performance on Three Dollar Bill, Y’all$. There’s also Fred Durst’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization. His deliberately repugnant lyrics and vocals are a subtle reflection of the gruesomeness and ultimate meaninglessness of the human experience. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these lyrics, to realise that they’re not just catchy- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence, people who dislike Limp Bizkit ARE idiots – Of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the commentary on our primal instincts in Fred Durst’s existential catchphrase “I did it all for the nookie, the nookie, so you can take that cookie and stick it up your yeah!”, which itself is a direct nod to Oscar Wilde’s assertion that “Everything in life is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Durst’s genius poetry unfolds itself in their speakers. What fools… how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Signifcant Other tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only – And even they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower)
beforehand.