Microphone Check: Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog Flavored Water
November 7, 2000
“I?m not saying anything I wouldn?t want my daughter to hear,” said Limp Bizkit front man Fred Durst.
Enter Limp Bizkit?s latest album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot-Dog Flavored Water, whose opening song, “Hot Dog,” uses the word f**k 46 times.
Maybe Durst should consider holding off on a PTA membership.
The trashy lyrics and hard hitting power chords of “Hot Dog” set the general tone for the rest of Chocolate Starfish, an album that is no more than it tries to be: loud, obnoxious, not-to-be-taken-seriously and most of all, fun.
Musically, the album features some interesting tracks, including “Getcha Groove On,” which is predominantly hip-hop, and “Rollin? (Air Raid Vehicle),” which features crushing power chords and fast rhythms.
Lyrically, the album does not delve any deeper than Significant Other, Limp Bizkit?s last album that featured such intellectual masterpieces as “Break Stuff.”
Durst does take on the role of generational ambassador with “My Generation,” a song that proudly proclaims that, “We don?t, don?t give a f**k, and we won?t ever give a f**k, until you, you give a f**k about me and my generation.”
Limp Bizkit fans will dig the high powered metal/hip-hop fusion of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, but the album will not win over any new fans from the MENSA genius club. Those of you looking to expand your minds should try a more intellectual activity, like bowling. Anyone looking for a good time should give this Hot Dog Flavored Water a taste.
Three Sinatras out of five