Why Limp Bizkit's Cover Of Faith Was One Of The Worst Ever

So yeah, Limp Bizkit's cover is awful. Cosmically awful. Some covers, like Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" take on Dolly Parton's 1974 original, are astounding pieces of work that honor their origin. And in some, as the Evening Standard stated of Limp Bizkit's "Faith," "any nuance or sensitivity in the original is utterly

So yeah, Limp Bizkit's cover is awful. Cosmically awful. Some covers, like Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" take on Dolly Parton's 1974 original, are astounding pieces of work that honor their origin. And in some, as the Evening Standard stated of Limp Bizkit's "Faith," "any nuance or sensitivity in the original is utterly obliterated." What Culture added the track to their top worst covers of all time, saying that Fred Durst had a reputation for "butchering music," and numerous other wikis and sites have cited the track as simply being awful. 

And George Michael's opinion of the track? Grantland quotes Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland as saying Michael "hates us for doing it." For his part, Fred Durst, as stated on SmoothRadio, said that the choice to do "Faith" was purely for fun, adding, "We like to do really aggressive versions of cheesy pop hits." We have to wonder if any future human will ever do an even cheesier version of "Nookie."

The worst part of the cover of "Faith" is that it gained traction in part due to a 1998 scandal involving George Michael in a public Beverly Hills restroom, as described on the Independent. The scandal is what led Michael to come out as gay, in his mid-30s — a wonderful but tragic fact, which makes it doubly tragic that George Michael's personal trauma is what gave Limp Bizkit a shot in the arm for their cover.

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