1 Terrifying Mashup Only ’90s Kids Will Understand

1 Terrifying Mashup Only ’90s Kids Will Understand

I’ve made no secret of my disdain for Limp Bizkit — I literally just published a Black Market column today in which that disdain was directly addressed — so it feels like some bizarre atonement (punishment?) to be forced to witness this: a mashup of Limp Bizkit’s 1999 song “Break Stuff” with the theme music from Seinfeld, one of my very favorite shows of all time. The mashup itself is pretty seamless — it’s about as perfect a juxtaposition as you could imagine — but in all other respects, it is the worst thing ever. For all their crimes against music, Limp Bizkit could find a pretty good groove now and then, and “Break Stuff” was one of their best — it’s a song I enjoy in spite of myself, almost entirely because of Wes Borland’s rubber-band guitar, and its interplay with John Otto’s straightforward beat. So take out all of that, and just lay Fred Durst’s tough-guy vocal over Seinfeld’s goofy-ass slap bass and … it’s horrible! But you should still listen.

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