Moby, Moby, Moby....

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

you know why the music you love is now making it into ads and thus ruining it for you?  Because smarmy indie hipsters like yourselves are now old enough to hold jobs of influence in the advertising industry, and they're seizing the reins of power to force the music they love on the masses.   Revenge of the nerds, if you will.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by tenfifteen:
  I can definitely agree with all of that. I stop short of calling it hypocrisy because I don't know him, but it is sort of a contradiction for him to blast others for "selling perfume" or guest production and not turn that finger on himself. I'd put him near the top in terms of musicianship/production, but in terms of songwriting, I'm just not feeling it.

ha! true, his songs dont move me. from talking to him (though it was pre-play that i met him) i think he is thinking all this marketing and guest-production he is doing is for some big cause or some unique reason and that others are just trying to cash in, and maybe thats true for him, but maybe he doesnt know everyone else agenda like he thinks he does!

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Confssions of an Englsh Opium Eater:
  smarmy indie hipsters

who the hell are you calling a "smarmy indie hipster" ?
 
      i certainly hold no job of importance in any industry.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Confssions of an Englsh Opium Eater:
  smarmy indie hipsters

who the hell are you calling a "smarmy indie hipster" ?
 
         i certainly hold no job of importance in any industry. [/b]

just pulling collective legs.  

[distance]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  I lost what little respect I had for Moby when he changed the words to "That's When I Reach For My Revolver".

wasn't that only for the video on mtv, though?
 he should have just let them bleep it like all the rap videos.

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by distance:
   

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  I lost what little respect I had for Moby when he changed the words to "That's When I Reach For My Revolver".

wasn't that only for the video on mtv, though?
 he should have just let them bleep it like all the rap videos. [/b]

Dunno.  I've only heard the song via the video.

[ggw]

Is that vansmack in his Halloween costume?
 
 

Originally posted by Y. P. Blood:
   

Originally posted by distance:
 there's a collaboration with gwen stefani

<img src="http://badgas.co.uk/lookunlikes/stefani.jpg" alt=" - " /> [/b]

[distance]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
   

Originally posted by distance:
   

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  I lost what little respect I had for Moby when he changed the words to "That's When I Reach For My Revolver".

wasn't that only for the video on mtv, though?
 he should have just let them bleep it like all the rap videos. [/b]

Dunno.  I've only heard the song via the video. [/b]

when the singles came out before the album they said (in big letters) "that's when i reach for my revolver" on them.  i know it's been a while since i listened to the album, but i'm 100% certain that it wasn't changed on the album, only on mtv.
 mtv censors things so unnecessarily.
 such as 'cement shoes' from 'drop it like it's hot', but won't hesitate to show nearly-naked, poorly-blurred people making out on their spring break stuff.

[bearman🐻]

I went to check out the show tonight. My overall thoughts: it was good, not great by any means. I guess that anyone that likes Moby's music will appreciate certain things he does more than others. For me, anything pre-1996 is pretty great, I even like Animal Rights (which he ignored tonight, despite it being his favorite record of his own). I enjoyed Play when it came out, and it was nice to hear those songs, but the totally unnecessary version of "Temptation" by New Order ripped out all of the joy and originality of the original. The Lou Reed covers were a little bizarre, and though there are a few decent songs off Hotel, they don't quite compare to anything off of Everything is Wrong. The 3 highlights were easily "Go", "Next is the E" and "Feeling So Real". But of the nearly 2 hours of music, I just thought he could have done better. His performances used to be one gigantic rush from start to finish...when I saw him at the Black Cat I remember he did stuff like "Ah Ah", "Thousand", and he did a very competent version of "New Dawn Fades". Anyway, I'm glad I went tonight, it just wasn't what he's capable of. On the plus side, the lighting was some of the very best I've ever seen at the 9:30.

[distance]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  ...when I saw him at the Black Cat I remember he did stuff like "Ah Ah", "Thousand", and he did a very competent version of "New Dawn Fades". Anyway, I'm glad I went tonight, it just wasn't what he's capable of. On the plus side, the lighting was some of the very best I've ever seen at the 9:30.

i would like to have seen/heard the new dawn fades cover live.  guess i saw him one tour too late.
 i have grown very, very tired of moby as a person and i find myself less and less interested in his music.  he just annoys me in general now.

[Paul Styrene]

What Bunnyman said.
 
 Not enough old stuff.  too much play.
 
 At least the drunk girl waving the beer bottle and rather intoxicated young man shouting at Moby made the evening a bit more exciting...

[Frank Gallagher]

Wouldn't say I'm a Moby fan, but he does make great songs for spinning classes.
 
 I have 'another woman' on one spinning cd I put together, and 'in my heart' on another.

[Guiny]

I also went last night, I rather enjoyed what I saw. But I could see how an old school raver would be disappointed. We left after 45 minutes cause my girlfriend wanted to leave on a high note. The song after he talked about coming to DC and playing in some field at 4 a.m. in the morning. It was the first real rave song he played that night and we didnt want to take a chance that he didnt play another one. So like I said, we left on a high note.  

[bearman🐻]

That would have been "Go". After listening to some of Moby's stuff in the past couple of weeks, including the promo of Hotel that I got, I have to say that in 1995 Moby was at the top of his game. He really made some incredible dance music, and in my opinion that is what he did best. It was original and inspired...a lot of the newer stuff is just sort of there, a bit vapid. I love his ambient work too, hell I love Animal Rights. But back in the day there was nothing like him beating the crap out of his octopad thingie and having about 400 people dancing their asses off. I know I'm sounding old and elitist...but it was just more fun. As for him as a person, I met Moby a bunch of times before he got really huge (didn't Play sell over 10 million copies worldwide?) and he was an incredibly nice guy, totally engaging and fun to talk to because he could go from political nerd to music geek to Simpsons fanatic at the drop of a hat. He's always been outspoken, but I agree with distance that these days it just sounds more preachy. Anyway...I'd go see him again if he threw in some more older stuff, especially anything from the Move EP.

[sonickteam]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
   His performances used to be one gigantic rush from start to finish..

The first time i ever came to Baltimore in 1994 it was to see Moby, he did a live set AND a DJ set and he was amazing. He had that song "I like to move it, move it" song stuck in my head for months!
 
    How was Buck 65? did anyone catch him early? I love him. He's Canada's answer to Beck.