I think Crash has the best sense of humor in the whole world. It's like he 100% just......gets it. Like, life in general. He's unlocked all the secrets of the world and he just laughs himself stupid....I worship this mysterious enigma.

Seeing HIM here made me happy. Kinda shocking to hear they're not loved in the Goth Rock and Metal scene. I still spin their songs when I'm in the right mood at night. \m/

It's kinda sweet to have an old Rick Astley still singing his signature song in that clip. Somehow he's still around, not swept away by the sand of times. He's living his best life.

Loved the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia reference with The Trashman. Danny DeVito is a national treasure.

Drops of Jupiter kills me because of the line about fried chicken LMAO

I remember always hearing “Wings of a Butterfly” on my mom’s shower radio

At this point Rick Astley doesn't even feel that guilty anymore. It was always kinda guilty even back when he was huge but by now, I think we can all admit we don't hate being rickrolled. My favorite Rick Astley song is "Hopelessly". It's just a nice little love song.

An hour and 15 minute crash top 10 video? I’m fucking here for it. I know you keep saying that you’re going to stop making hour long episodes but I’m happy you haven’t been able to commit to that lol. The hard work you put into each and every one of these is greatly appreciated.

15:17 From what I’ve heard, he wasn’t necessarily “human trafficking” in the way we usually think about it. He would take people on international tours with him and drop them off in other countries so they could live there without needing to get full citizenship to get in.

*deep breath* I like Young and Menace because, especially when viewed alongside the music video, it becomes an anthem about overcoming things like anxiety and autism, as well as surviving in an environment that makes your life harder because of it. The audio distortion techniques throughout the song are like the mental noise I sometimes find myself surrounded by. It honestly sounds like the thought process of someone with a chaotic brain rising up and finding a path.

You totally should have just made this an hour of Never Gonna Give You Up. I wouldn't even have been mad.

HIM was a band, that resonated with people who were heavy into the Jackass and CKY crowd, Bam Margera essentially made the band extremely popular...the logo anyway

Here’s my top 10 10. I 9. Don’t 8. Like 7. Calling 6. Anything 5. Guilty 4. Cause 3. I’m not 2. Guilty 1. Hollaback Girl

I unironically like Never gonna give you up by Rick Ashley

Speaking as a really big Bizkit fan, you kinda hit it on the head as far as how a lot of us feel, though it feels like you just so happen to be on the other side of the coin. A recurring theme with the Limp Bizkit renaissance is how a lot of fans essentially embrace Fred Durst's absurdity and how that, for better or for worse, makes the band's identity. You can have a band with Borland, Rivers, Lethal and Otto but Durst is what gives it its identity, and your enjoyment of the music hinges a lot on your ability to be taken along for the ride. To some, there's an element of nostalgia to that brand of dudebro douchebaggery that some can potentially be reminded of simpler time in their youth, and to others it could just be such a hilarious stark contrast to the instrumental work. Fred is a silly man, this no one can dispute, but (at least until Results May Vary) he was mostly just having his own fun and I think joining in on that fun is how a lot of us enjoy the band.

So far as I'm commenting now, my guilty pleasure songs are "Bye Bye Bye" by NSYNC cause I was hooked line and sinkered in as a autistic kid and as an adult I still love listening to it whether it's the OG or a metal cover and imagining a Edgar Wright or Tarantino action scene with this song playing syncing up to the punches and gunshots. Most of the songs in "Miami Connection" cause they are funny but catchy 80s bops.

Limp Bizkit got lazy, they were always really, really goofy but their first two albums are full of ambition with some stellar musicianship - then they just seemed to give up. Maybe fame went to their heads and they thought any old shit was gold.

I don't have guilty pleasure songs as I do guilty pleasure artists. They're categorized as such: "Guilty" Pleasures: Nickelback Doja Cat Madonna Dethklok Cardi B Il Volo Britney Spears Lady Gaga Guilty pleasures: Limp Bizkit Journey Blink-182 Fall Out Boy Paris Hilton Counting Crows Shameful artists: R. Kelly Marilyn Manson

I think one of my biggest guilty pleasures would have to be "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback. For as much as flak the song (as well as the band in general) gets over the years, I actually had a soft spot for the song. And I was in the edgy phase where I dogged on the band without even listening to any of the songs in full. And having listening to their discography with a more open mind, I can admit that there are a small handful of songs I kinda liked. Sure, they're not the deepest band out there and majority of their songs are simplistic to a fault. But, I still have a soft spot for the rock scene in the early 2000's, cheesy and dated as it may have been.

No such thing as a guilty pleasure. If you like it, you like it.

Ayyyy another Songs About Jane defender!! High five! A number of the bands featured here, like Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd, Seether, and even a little Bizkit, are bands I have no qualms saying I dig. I can understand what turns people off about them, but I find at least their early material genuinely decent and the bands genuinely competent. It's why I don't consider them "guilty pleasures", but just genuine pleasures. And that's why I've sort of been trying to ease that term out of my vocabulary, but I'll still find myself attributing it to the kind of stuff that is _SO far_ out of my general wheelhouse that people who know me wouldn't expect me to say anything at all positive about it. I made a guilty pleasures countdown 6 years ago (and have plans for an eventual follow-up) and that was pretty much my only criteria. Also, I'm with you on Rick Roll, that shit hasn't pissed me off... ever. I _always_ thought it was a genuinely killer pop song.

Butt rock by any band not called Buckcherry should never be considered a guilty pleasure

Here are mine: 10) Freefaller - Good Enough For You 9) Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok 8) Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On 7) Whitesnake - Is This Love 6) Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High 5) Poison - Talk Dirty To Me 4) The Offspring - Want You Bad 3) Westlife - What About Now 2) Train - Hey, Soul Sister 1) Paris Hilton - Nothing In This World

My Top Ten Guilty Pleasures: 1). "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys 2). "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion 3). "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys" 4). "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes 5). "With Arms Wide Open" by Creed (was popular at Drunk Karaoke nights in college) 6). "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls 7). "All or Nothing" by O-Town 8). "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne 9). "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 (I respect the message of the song. And Cardi B's rap verse is honestly fire. It's worth listening to for that alone.) 10). "Beverly Hills" by Weezer (It's actually a good song and off a good album, fight me.)

I listened to The Sacrament and Right Here in My Arms on repeat in high school. I never checked out HIM's other stuff, but I'll make sure to catch up now. Great video ☺️

As a HUGE HIM fan I lost it when you got it number one,I was so happy to see you talk about them, I've followed you for year's and didn't even know if you liked them, great to know you do, didn't realize my second favorite band is a guilty pleasure band but oh well, rock on Crash and keep up the good work 🤘🤘👍

I still love revisiting this video three years later, I think it's worth interrogating why we have guilty pleasures and what still draws us to them even when they fall clear outside of our tastes otherwise. To comment on a few specific entries on the list: "Never Going To Give You Up" is just unapologetically 80s pop in its purest form and I love hearing the classic stations keeping this one well in rotation. "Drops of Jupiter" is still the best song Train has ever done imho and honestly also love when this pops up on the classic stations. And finally, I get it with both "Closer" and "Blurry": they're not only the only songs I actually like, never mind love, by the Chainsmokers and Puddle of Mudd respectively, but they're also enigmas in their respective discographies that demonstrate a weird amount of emotional awareness and how to perfectly convey those feelings in the moment. I don't know how reliable of narrators either group are for their songs, but I get it.

I could definitely relate with the Chainsmokers - Closer speech. It's been nearly a year and still recovering from that last relationship. Staying single and safe feels like the right thing now.

My guilty pleasure song is Rollin by Limp Bizkit because it was used as American Badass Undertaker’s theme. And I am a massive SIMP for the Undertaker.

Awwww I love Adelitas way 😭 Here are some of mine Just the girl- The Click Five In The End- Black Veil brides Lit up- Buckcherry 40 oz- BrokeNCYDE Breakfast at Tiffany’s- Deep blue something My first kiss- 3OH!3 Stray cats strut- Stray cats Burn burn - (N/A)

HIM were such a big deal in the 00's rock scene yet no one ever talks about them anymore. I never thought of them as a guilty pleasure but that would explain why they seem to have been forgotten.

As an Evanescnece fan, yes the memeification of Bring Me To Life is just annoying now. It's not even their best song lmao

Dee-Lite "Grove Is In The Heart".

Props to you defending "Words By Heart". Until this weekend, I thought I was the ONLY PERSON who remembered that tune! Great video!

Thank you, Crash. Really fun video, I seriously didn't laughed so much in awhile! Glad to have you back

Break Stuff goes really hard though. Love it.

Crash, man, I just wanted to give a genuine thank you for introducing me to HIM through this video. I gave them a listen right after and they've already become one of my favorite bands. If the music brings you joy, or at least emotional resonance, there's nothing guilty about that.

I never got into HIM, but that speech you gave at the end was amazing, man! I kinda feel the same way about Sevendust: they never got super huge, their style hasn't changed all that much over the last 25 years, and I've never run into anyone in my day-to-day life who even knows who they are (aside from my friends, who only know because I never shut up about them lol)... but there's something special about them that I'll never be able to let go of. they have plenty of genuine talent, they're highly respected by the rest of their peers in the metal community (their lead singer Lajon was even in Corey Taylor's video for CMFT Must Be Stopped), and they're all genuinely nice dudes who love everyone, despite how dark their music can get. also, from what I've seen on Facebook at least, they have one of the most respectful, open-minded, and non-toxic fanbases in the entire music industry. try saying that about any other fanbase (I'm looking at you, my fellow Tool & Mars Volta fans... you fuckers need to chill out)

I like how you gave a shout-out to Black Light Burns, which really highlights how talented Wes Borland is

I'm an old school goth kid and I love the fuck outta HIM. I got you!

Great video Crash! I'm the same way about Never Gonna Give You Up. Whenever I got Rick Roll'd back in the day, I didn't even get mad lol. I heard it come on the 80s SiriusXM station at a store on the overhead a couple months ago, and I just laughed and my first thought was, "Wow, I just got Rick Roll'd... in 2021."

Alter Bridge: The Creed it’s ok to like.

Okay just off the top of my head Britney Spears - Everytime (this is a genuinely great song in it's own right and In The Zone deserves a reappraisal) Here Without You - 3 Doors Down Shimmer - Fuel Marron 5 - One More Night Skater Boy - Avril Lavigne 1985 - Bowling for Soup Freak On a Leash & Blind - Korn Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger Bring Me Back to Life - Evanescence Happy? - Mudvayne Disturbed - Stupify Tear Away - Drowning Pool Spit It Out - Slipknot

My guilty pleasures are sad 2000s rock like chasing cars and how to save a life 🤣🤣🤣

Great video crash! Gonna try HIM now thanks to it. Not the intent, i know, but let's go anyway.

I think it's just because it was on the soundtrack to Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, but I have a huge soft spot for Puddle Of Mudd's Famous. It isn't even close to great in the slightest, but something about it just hits something to me. Also Maroon 5's second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, also has some absolute gems on it, notably I Won't Go Home Without You. I unashamedly love that song!

Great video as always Crash ! This was a lot of fun. I've been aboard the HIM train since the Love Metal album and, oh boy, what a trip. HIM is pretty much a Black Sabbath cover band doing love song for teenage girls... but it's heavy as fuck. Seriously, the riffometer is in the red on Venus Doom. It's that good, people.

My favorite Limp Bizkit song I'd still in my truck when I get my system fixed... 1. Boiler 2. Re-arranged 3. Take a Look Around 4. Don't go off Wondering 5. My Way

Did butt rock come from those radio stations that are like “*insert radio station here* NOTHING BUT ROCKKKK”

Great video! Here are some of my biggest musical guilty pleasures, in no particular order though: Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3 Fireflies - Owl City Ding Dong Song - Gunther I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf Axel F - Crazy Frog Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers Something Just Like This - Coldplay and The Chainsmokers

I’ve said the same things about Train that you did in this video in my personal life. They’re so bad now that when I first heard “Meet Virginia,” I had no idea it was them. I liked it when I heard it and was shocked that Train did it. Now, though I still like the song, I still acknowledge it had problems, and the songwriting is still kind of clunky. But it’s just so much better than anything else they did after Drops of Jupiter that I still stick up for it. EDIT: I just realized that I admitted to talking about Train in my personal life, which I’m pretty sure is not normal and has probably been done more times than is normal for anyone. 😂

22:41 you forgot to mention 'Funeral For a Friend' on Terry Date's awesome resume.

Don't normally comment on videos, but going to pitch in with my own top 10: 10. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars 9. Breathe - Hands to Heaven 8. Martika - Toy Soldiers 7. The Veronicas - Untouched 6. Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply 5. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl 4. Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me 3. The Corrs - Breathless 2. Laura Branigan - Gloria 1. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the Dance Floor (if I had to pick one...I could put most of her discography on this list)

Yeeaah, I like some of HIM's stuff. I'm old enough now to admit it. And I have many problems with christianity, but I loved MxPx and Slick Shoes as a kid. Seriously "Far From Nowhere" by Slick Shoes is amazing. VERY metal for an early 2000s skate punk band.

My Guilty Pleasures Anything by Bizkit Oops I Did It Again Famous- Puddle of Mudd Bring Tha Noize- Public Enemy/Anthrax Blue Monday-Orgy Wild Boy-MGK/Waka Flocka Flame Miseria Cantare-AFI Cherry Bomb-Tyler, the Creator Edit: I don’t know how I never finished this video but oml, HIM’s Wings Of A Butterfly was a nightly lullaby for me as a baby. Absolutely love that song.

Thanks for reminding me that Tunak Tunak Tan exists, I haven't heard that song in ages. I busted out laughing when it came up.

this was a really fun video. i was half expecting you to bring up the buffalax fake translation when talking about tunak tunak tun since thats where i found that song ages ago. xD my personal top 5 guilty pleasure songs: nickelback - feed the machine (your fault btw) limp bizkit - the truth saliva - lackluster houkago tea time (from k-on!) - u&i max coveri - running in the 90s

For me, I honestly enjoyed Coldplay's first two or three albums even if they basically tried to be Radiohead Lite. With Crash's enjoyment of Limp Bizkit minus Fred, I feel the same with Creed. I will always love the instrumentation even if Scott's lyrics and singing were meh. As someone from Georgia who appreciates its strong music history, I'll happily play a B-52s song right after some Pantera or Soundgarden. To flip from Phil's screaming to "Get in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale and it's ABOUT TO SET SAIIIIL!"

41:45 Finally some Unquestionable Truth defense!

I don't like to admit it either. But Blurry is that one moment that Puddle of Mud it right. Wes sounds good and the instrumentation is impactful. It all comes together quite nicely.

I unironically like Hero by Nickleback and Josie Scott it's a nostalgic song for me as spider man 2001 was my favorite movie at the time

Got into PAX217 freshman year of college, loved that first album and played the shit out of it..... Comes to stand as 311 is my favorite band hands down, nicely done

Tipsy by J Kwon It’s those handclaps.

I love, love, LOVE Sugar Ray. That feels good, that feels good

Great vid, entertaining as always. Number 9 had me stunned. I've never seen anything so vividly... that. Lol. I don't think I have a top ten off the top of my head. I don't really feel guilty about anything I listen to, though there are things I don't play around certain people because I know they won't like them or understand them. There is one thing though I have no trouble admitting is probably not a great song yet I will always treat it like it is and enjoy ever second of it: Thunder by Imagine Dragons

I guess if I had a "guilty pleasure" I wanted to share, it would be that I really like the Country band Rascal Flatts. See, I used to watch the Disney/Pixar film _Cars_ a lot of times when I was younger, (around 4 years old when it came out) and their cover of "Life Is A Highway" was one of my favorite songs as a kid. My dad became a fan of Rascal Flatts too. I have a great memory where on Father's Day 2017, I gifted my dad with a CD of their new album from that year. He played the album while bringing me and my sisters back home after brunch, and he thanked me after the first track concluded. My dad was my best friend. He gave me Queen's greatest hits at around 2015 and that encouraged me to collect more albums and become a bigger fan of many different genres. He passed away in his sleep the day after Christmas 2018 at only 56 years of age. Rascal Flatts will always have a special place in my heart because of that memory.

I have to admit Limp Bizkit have 4 songs I like Counterfeit, Cambodia, Take a look around and their cover of Faith.

i was more of a Korn fan growing up than Limp Bizkit, some LP tunes i dig, and at 37, i am still a Korn fan. 90s pop is my guilty pleasure

I can relate to liking meme songs unironically. I genuinely love two of them, both from Moldova: Dragostea din Tei by O-Zone (Numa Numa) and Run Away by Sunstroke Project and Olia Tira (Epic Sax Guy) are just gloriously upbeat pop songs that I find always lift my spirits. It probably helps that the O-Zone song was massive during some of my happiest days when my husband and I were young, daft and madly in love. (We are still daft and in love but middle aged now).

I checked them out and I am jumping on the HIM bandwagon. Thank you Crash.

10. Oasis - all around the world (the best Album everybody hates i love this more than i should, no, i don't do Coke) 9. Sum 41 - in too deep (man These programmed Drums...) 8. Katy Perry- Hot n Cold (It's beyond dumb anders beyond catchy) 7. The offspring - cruisin California (that was rightfully the final nail in the coffin for most former fans. To me this is the best katy Perry parody ever) 6. Miley cyrus - Party in the USA (i hate this one for being so catchy) 5. The bloodhound Gang- Mope (just the most random thing ever) 4. Right said Fred - you're my mate (drinking song about shitty breakups? I'm in) 3. Bon jovi - It's my life (thanks for showing me this midlife crisis anthem, dad) 2. Scooter - Move your Ass (They Are a German Techno Band with...interesting lyrics. They had about 30 high charting songs in germany and they were hated a lot for dumbing Down the Genre but they were Good Sports about it) 1. Limp bizkit - hot Dog (i know every Single word and i won't apologize. The Music slaps as always and Durst is just way too unintentionally hilarious)

Limp Bizkit first 2 album will be always my guilty pleasure. Yes, after the 3rd one is complete downfall, but honestly Significant Other is well played and thought. And you Crash, you corky man, you actually made me curious about Buchcherry first album.

10. Eminem-Just Lose It 9. Bloodhound Gang-The Bad Touch 8. Britney Spears-Toxic 7. Kesha-Tik Tok 6. Limp Bizkit-Rollin 5. Nickelback-Animals 4. Maroon 5-This Summer 3. The Neighbourhood-Sweater Weather 2. 50 Cent-In da Club 1. Buckcherry-Lit Up

first thought: YAY NEW CRASH VIDEO! love to see your content pop up for me, man

I don’t think I could think less of anyone for their guilty pleasure music when a big guilty pleasure artist of mine is Celine Dion. When I’m alone in the car I will put on all the Celine classics like My Heart Will Go On, Power of Love, Because You Loved Me, Beauty and the Beast, and so much more. I grew up on that stuff thanks to my step mom so I can’t help but love it and admire to vocal talent.

I love HiM with no guilt whatsoever 😊

My guilty pleasures (in no order) 10. Creed-To Whom It May Concern 9.PSY:Right Now (early Psy and so catchy) 8.BIS: Eurodisco 7.Kelly Clarkson:Behind Hazel Eyes 6.Slashs Snakepit:Back To The Moment 5.Hardcore Superstar:Someone Special 4.OPM:Stash Up 3.Good Charlotte:Little Things 2.Crazytown: Drowning 1. Bloodhound Gang: A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying

10. Methods of Mayhem - Crash 9. Crazy Town - Butterfly 8. Sonique - It Feels So Good 7. Limp Bizkit - Nookie 6. Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me 5. Godsmack - I Stand Alone 4. LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem 3. Van Halen - Without You 2. Metallica - Shoot Me Again 1. Trapt - Echo

50:50 "We're all... big balls... sometimes" - Crash Thompson

THIS COMMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS Crash, I remember last year when you put out the poll for your last "I Hate This Song" video, and one of the choices on it was "Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd. Now I'm curious. Did you actually like that song back then? Do you have a love-hate relationship with it? Did you always like it? If that song had won, what would you have said about it in your video? Would you have been willing to make a whole video of just you lying about your feelings on this song for twenty minutes? I'm so confused about this and would love an explanation.

Here are some of my guilty pleasure songs: Old Town Road - Lil Nas X I Believe I Can Fly - R Kelly Headstrong - Trapt Untitled - Simple Plan Hey, Soul Sister - Train High Hopes - Panic at the Disco Despacito Baby Shark Hotline Bling - Drake

Fantastic!

Re-Arranged has always been my favorite Limp song. Tbh, instrumentally, I’ve always liked Indigo Flow from the first album and later, Boiler.

Also to add to my comments, definitely wouldn't mind seeing a "how to get into HIM" video, considering they don't have a bad album and are just great

39:27 THANK YOU! One of the best, and most undrrated tracks off of Significant Other.

That Trashman skit had me rolling!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Your reasoning for loving Him, is me with Falling In Reverse. I don’t care that objectively they aren’t the best band, I love them and none of your judgments is gonna make me love them any less dammit!

*Clears throat* Ohio Is For Lovers

Well, here are my immediate choice reactions: 10. You know, I'm with you on that one - Stock Aitken Waterman's production may be evocative of its era, but it holds a lot of songs I like together. And Astley's voice is really nice even at his current age. (Ooh, and since I'm obligated to point this out as someone who owns the album it's from on vinyl, the title track from "Whenever You Need Somebody" is great in a similar way) 9. I got in late on that one going viral (I was more in the Homestar Runner/All Your Base side of the internet), but that's a fun one. Even if I'm more into Panjabi MC's "Mundian To Bach Ke" or Bombay Talkie's "Chargiye" for my bhangra fix. 8. I too very vividly recall that iconic moment in The Wolf of Wall Street where Jordan Belfort's cocaine time gets interrupted by KZfaq making sure that he's snorting lines of coke off of an indeterminate object appropriate for advertisers! 7. Hmm, not one I know of. I'm frankly glad I converted to the Crashismatic Church of the Latter-Day WAP-WAP! 6. "Mmm, the way you DO ME!" - Pat 'Not the one from Twitter' Monahan 5. You know, say whatever you will about Limp Bizkit (and I've seen plenty of people do so gloriously, particularly with regards to Results May Vary), but I still stand by "Rollin'" as a phenomenal song to work out to, and Wes Borland by all accounts seems like a really nice guy. 4. Ahh, I really like this song as well. I also find it fun to stick the instrumental version on and sing the vocal line from Eden's "Gold" over it, it fits shockingly well in more ways than the chords. That song the Chainsmokers did with Coldplay occasionally shows up in my electronic rotation as well, I like that one. 3. I look at all that and think Billy Ray's been listening to some Meat Loaf. He'd better be careful - objects in his Maserati Sports Car's rear view mirror may appear closer than they are. 2. Oh hey, it's that band who did that song Kurt Cobain covered! (dives behind the sofa) HM: I agree, their first album is still nice. I still catch myself singing "She Will Be Loved" at Levine's original octave every now and then. Still, as Electric Six once said, "ADAM LEVINE DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY!" HM: Oh, I'll confess - I can't help but try to sing along to this one. HM: I was isolated from the heyday of Oasis, and even I still maintain that song is brilliant in the face of the over-referencing! (Though low key, the Neil Cicierega version is genius) HM: I can't say no to Queen. And it goes without saying that Hot Space is worth it for Under Pressure alone. HM: TEENAGE CRASH LIVES! 1. No joke - on my first viewing, the moment I recognised the tattoo and heard the "Wings of a Butterfly" riff, I actually went, "Aww, that's a good song!" out loud. (I'm probably biased since I saw The Rasmus live during their 2018 Dark Matters tour, but I personally think you're right in saying that The Rasmus do it better)

I'm so glad that i'm not the only one, who likes Train. Their self-titled album was amazing.

Never listened to HIM, but I'm genuinely curious as to why they are disliked. From what I've heard, they seemed to be well respected.

The only problem with Limp Bizkit are the lyrics. If you don't understand them they are more than decent.

42:36 ayyy thank you scientist representation let’s goooooo

limp bizkit have 30 instrumental demo complete for the new album (fred durst lyrics are the last thing remaining for the new album)....that they planned (hope) to release before the end of 2021

"Dignity is for suckers"? Yeah, I feel you. When I was the age you were with your nu-metal stuff, it was the early 90's. Add to that the fact that I'm German, and ... let's just say I still have a CD single of "Scatman's World" somewhere. Not "Scatman", mind you - the *followup* single. I'm also a proud owner of the entire Roxette discography, and I honestly wouldn't even call that a guilty pleasure - though your comment about second singles made me look back at those albums, and you've hit upon something there. In order from "Look Sharp!" through "Room Service": "Listen to Your Heart"; "Fading Like a Flower"; "Queen of Rain"; "Crash! Boom! Bang!"; "Anyone"; "Real Sugar". (Most Americans will probably never have heard anything listed after the first two songs, come to think of it...)

I was a little surprised to see Blurry on here, especially since you were at one point planning to do an I Hate This Song on it.

Proto-Hunkerdunkerdank, the new Hoobastank

Honorable Mentions: Songs About Jane feels like a reverse Kill Em All. A crossroads first album where the band could have gone in a very different direction. Like, tell me Harder to Breathe doesn't lead them to being a semi-legitimate hard rock band. 10. The first Foo Fighters record I bought was In Your Honor, because of the single Best Of You, and I have the same meme relationship (the best, the best, the best, etc.) It's still one of my favorite songs of theirs, but goddamn, memes have elevated and subsequently slaughtered so much decent to strong songs. 9. Albino Blacksheep is definitely it's own genre of music. A whole lot of System of a Down -esque music. 8. Shame Queens of the Stone Age got lumped into the whole Butt-Rock genre. 7. Surprised you weren't going with Switchfoot after that lead-in. Some chart topping, retrospectively awful stuff that still gets in your head from time to time. The band and scene has aged really badly, but Meant To Live in all of its trashy glory comes on and the head starts banging. 6. I can't get behind you with this one. I really liked Train in my late teens, and had the inverse relationship to Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle as Train: once I paid attention to the lyrics, everything changed. It just drags every song of theirs down so much (except for 50 Ways To Say Goodbye, mostly because it's absurd enough to almost work.) 5. Limp Bizkit is an okay band with decent instrumentation and one of the worst singers of all time. I'm not even a huge fan of theirs, but over the years, I've come to appreciate them for how good everyone but Fred is in the band, and how otherwise pretty okay their music is. 4. The instrumentation just destroys this one for me. There's a lot of Deadmau5's stuff that hits a lot better and in the same vein for me. Stuff like Raise Your Weapon or I Remember still bang, even though it definitely feels very dated. 3. Billy Ray Cyrus's aesthetic is so weird. Every time I see him perform from his early days, he's dressed up like Mike Patton. 2. Blurry is one of the most nostalgia packed songs that just trips me down such a memory rabbit hole. The guitar cuts in, and all I can think of is coming home from school in 2003, watching G4, playing on my PS2. Man, that shit just hits. And it has nothing to do with the actual song. 1. I always like the audio aesthetic, but I could just never get into HIM. Part of it was the early mental ties to Viva La Bam. That whole scene just somehow kinda missed me.

Yo, Crash. That one PAX217 song placement made me hope that you'd hopefully do a list of "christian bands you actually dig" And ye, Limp Bizkit's first album and TUTPT.1 are still bops

To be fair, it is tied to one very specific night from my past, but “For The Movies” is probably one of my favorite songs. Also, I am the owner of two Heartagram tattoos myself from roughly 2006 and I still don’t regret them.