Reunion

There's a rumor floating around the internet (so it must be true), regarding the possibility that limpbizkit (which is the way they wrote it for the last record) will be reforming. The story had the reformation happening without Wes Borland. Instead, playing guitar will be Terry Balsamo, who was in the band before Borland, and later played in Cold and Evanescence.

I was going to write how Borland, though part of the greatest incarnation of Bizkit, is not necessary for the band to write a great record. That the best thing he ever did for his legend was leave the band. He became the one with all the cred.

I was going to write that although Borland was important, we all know Durst is the one thing that makes limpbizkit move.

I was going to write that you should maybe revisit "Results May Vary," which was their record without Borland. I was going to write that it was a really good Bizkit record, though different from the previous ones. That the album was underrated.

I was going to write that even though I'll get teased for caring about the limpbizkit reunion, that we all have selective memory. That I guess I'm the only one that remember them being the biggest rock band in the world for a few years. I guess I bought all million copies of their records the first week they came out.

I was going to write that the world, that the rock world, needs a band like limpbizkit again. Silly and juvenile, maybe, but a band that could capture the attention of the rock world and make us all love a rock star again.

I was going to write th at limpbizkit had the attitude of the rock bands of the 80's that we all loved. Of Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses. I was going to write what a good thing that'd be in the age of rock bands who are still so taken with the grunge movement that I feel like I'm still listening to Nirvana cover bands. I was going to write that if they got their unwashed hair out of their faces, maybe they'd get recognized on the street.

I was going to write that though grunge music was great, there were fewer than 10 bands who really did it right. That's there's a reason for that. That the music was only good when it was honest and full of meaning, and most people don't have that as part of their soul. Which is why the copies fall so flat. Which is why they feel so empty. It doesn't seem that there's any reason why they feel the way they feel. Nirvana and Pearl Jam did a better job of explaining why they were angsty. It was believable. A lot of these current grunge sounding bands write great songs, but there's no feeling.

I'd rather have stupid, harmless fun, than have mopey, angsty songs without any real, mopey or angsty feeling.

I was going to write that I believed Fred Durst when he wrote Break Stuff. I believed him when he wrote Countferfeit and Stuck. I even believed him when he wrote Boiler. It was dumb, but it was harmless, and it seemed real to me.

I was going to write all of that, but then I figured I'd get made fun of for saying that I'd welcome a limpbizkit reunion. Because it's much better form to pretend to rave about the latest Radiohead record. Better form, just not all that honest.