In the Sept. 24 Daily, Kyle Moss wrote an article for the A&E section of the Daily titled “Fred Durst follows in mainstream footsteps.” The article contained some good points that should never have lead to the conclusion drawn by Moss.

In his article, Moss talked about how it’s “pretty much a given that a musician’s fame is shorter lived than it used to be.” This was his basis for an ignorant argument on why musicians should cash in early while they can.

Musicians cashing in is the reason for their short fame. Past decades have always had artists who have looked for the easy dollar and are remembered only through punch lines and cheesy impersonations.

Look back at The Monkees and the New Kids On the Block, and as Moss did in his article, Vanilla Ice.

Moss made a great comparison between the early 1990s rapper and Durst. But instead of talking about how Durst should learn from the now self-loathing sell out, Moss patted Durst on the back and said he should just smile at the fact that “Fred gets more ladies and has more money.”

No one who changes their image back and forth to represent what they think the public wants is going to keep any fans.

Who wants to be a supporter of someone who will sell his or her soul just to make an extra dime? To say things bluntly might be best in order to put it all in perspective. Real music fans are going to be looking for what makes a real musician – the music.

People don’t play the same tracks off of CDs year after year because they’re interested in the star’s soap opera life; they do it because it’s good music. Right now, I’d be willing to bet that Durst’s mind is on what color marshmallow would look best in his own line of cereal, not on how to write new music that’s got real emotion in it.

It’s time to face the music; Durst is the embodiment of every Alanis Morissette joke ever told with a twist of testosterone.

Most radio listeners can’t name a Limp Bizkit song that isn’t simply Durst shouting and crying into the microphone about how some girl treated him like a worn out doormat – from the start of Limp Bizkit’s fame with a cover of George Michael’s “Faith,” to whatever trite and generic single they release next.

VH1 is believed to currently be working on the production of “Limp Bizkit: Where are They Now?”

Joshua Borchert

Sophomore

Psychology and business