― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 1 April 2005 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Because it's wrong? Moby's released at least three interesting albums.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Friday, 1 April 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
-- The Ghost of Dan Perry
That's beside the point. I don't even like Moby. But Sanneh obviously likes Play, and doesn't like what came after. Alls I'm sayin' is that it's a stretch to go from that to sweeping statements about traditional vs. non-traditional music celebs.
― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
A) Play's always struck me as a perfectly good pop record that kind of commodified My Life In the Bush of Ghosts' innovations 18 years after the fact. And that's fine, pleasing even, if not exactly revolutionary.
B) It's hardly surprising that his pop music has gone into the shitter — until Play, the guy was never much of a pop artist anyway.
C) I haven't paid close enough attention to know whether he was making some statement or not, but the "end run" and the licensing blitz came off more crafty than crass or anything. Those who found it really appalling always seem to be under the impression pop music still has some integrity left. Please tell me if I'm wrong here...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 2 April 2005 05:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― strng hlkngtn, Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
that said, I'm disappointed that he didn't dedicate a blog entry to the review.
― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I..... don't know what to say about this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VASywEuqFd8
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 06:54 (seven years ago) link
a late entry for this thread ?
S/D: Mid-to-late-'90s alt-rock-electronic-ish stuff that was probably on a soundtrack somewhere and is now severely out of taste but that I love
― mark e, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 08:44 (seven years ago) link
In the late 1990's, Moby wasn't yet an ideology or a brand name or even a pop star.
He was just a soft-spoken music geek, and he seemed likely to spend his career enjoying the kind of underground fame that might ordinarily attach to a punk rocker turned electronica producer turned eclecticist.
Yes, the "underground fame" of having at least 6 top 40 hits (Go, Hymn, Move, Feeling So Real, Everytime You Touch Me, his version of the James Bond theme) and, unlike almost every other electronic music producer of that era, having his face on the cover of his every album and appearing in all his music videos.
But I guess you aren't really famous unless you're famous in the USA?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 11:59 (seven years ago) link
http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/dvdboxart/22544/p22544_d_v8_aa.jpg
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
And pre-Play Moby ruled
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:31 (seven years ago) link
having his face on the cover of his every album
ha ha :D
― Shakey δσς (sic), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
these new moby songs are extremely confusing
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link
nine inch moby
rip moby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WywzWjZATKA
― esempiu (crüt), Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:03 (seven years ago) link
most of moby's music is not very good and much of it is bad but I will stan for everything is wrong forever and bc of that album and moby's general way of being I will always kind of like him
― marcos, Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
"Everything Is Wrong" was good, yeah, iirc, but "God Moves Over the Face of the Water">>whatever else is on that record.
His memoir is supposed to be pretty good.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:31 (seven years ago) link
this was a really good read (account of the Aphex Twin/Orbital/Moby U.S. tour from the guy hired to be Moby's fake keyboard player):
http://inthemix.junkee.com/my-1993-rave-adventure-with-moby/19934http://inthemix.junkee.com/how-i-survived-americas-first-ever-rave-tour/20112
and this is a very entertaining thing based around the guy who lent Moby those Alan Lomax cds: https://gimletmedia.com/episode/2-gregor/
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 20 October 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
i totally understand the hate moby incites, however, i cannot help it, i have a lot of time for moby.whenever i see him interviewed he seems like a really decent chap that i would love to have a few drinks with.oh, and despite the overuse of certain presets, he has tunes.simple as that.re this new album : i will totally buy it when fopp have it for a fiver.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 October 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link