this is pretty great though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjr49AdrUA
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
Is he actually hitting a note or percussion with the drumsticks? You can hear them hitting pads in the video but I don’t hear what they’re doing in the music.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
It seems like the beat is already there and he’s just playbacking it which looks totally stupid if that’s it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
that's exactly what he's doing
he still does it except he has his band play on top of the full album track which is terrible and stupid
― (the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
did he explicitly state that he planned to license every song on Play? how did other artists react?
― niels, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
they took drugs
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
Always a good time to post this account of being in Moby's band and pretending to play keyboards:http://inthemix.junkee.com/my-1993-rave-adventure-with-moby/19934http://inthemix.junkee.com/how-i-survived-americas-first-ever-rave-tour/20112
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
i think tbh that the selling out for Moby wasn't much of an issue bc the usual folks who'd cry "sellout!" at a musician licensing their songs only moan if it's rock music, i don't think blues-sampling electronic tunes are gonna register for them.
― omar little, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
― change display name (Jordan)
Great read! Makes me both respect and disrespect Moby.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
Also there's a podcast interview where Moby addresses Richard D James calling him a buffoon and an elitist. Moby thinks (or at least lies about it) that he called him a buffoon because he played guitar on stage and that he was being called an elitist for having insomnia and not being talkative. These Jim Poe anecdotes actually reveal the reason... he was just dancing on stage like a buffoon with unplugged instruments and he travelled on airplane while everyone else (including Aphex Twin and Orbital) travelled by bus with the rest of the roadies and staff.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
Points to RDJ and fuck you Moby.
It also shows how Moby was a businessman first and a musician second so the shameless selling out of Play shouldn't be surprising to any of his fans.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 January 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
dude aint got no soul
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
good read that Jim Poe article
― niels, Thursday, 4 January 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
It seems that Jim Poe article has vanished from the intertubes.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 March 2023 20:02 (one year ago) link