Yeah, I gave it a listen and agree (and posted my thoughts on it when Moby was announced as a headliner for Movement) It's an attempt to regain a new audience with the old music he made without much of any new developments That way "the kids" don't have to feel like they are listening to old tunes and they can indulge in their borrowed nostalgia
the newer sounding tracks are pretty much "today's" electro-synth-pop-disco style tracks It's going to get rave reviews (pardon the pun) in the mainstream press but they're easy to impress it all sounds like it could have been banged out in an afternoon Go Away Moby.... I'm busy MEK "Arturo Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/03/2008 01:00:53 PM: > With all the arguably justifiable Moby hating going on, was curious if > anyone had actually listened to his new album and had any thoughts. > > Just gave it a quick run through, sounds par for the course to me. > It's pitch-perfect for a 1994 Moby album, ie: it's terrible. Lots of > piano rolls and overpowering synth pads thrown at you from every > location. Only thing it's missing is some Helium-Pitched chipmunk > voice samples telling the raver massive to "dance!" > > "Disco Lies" is probably the best of the bunch, but that's not saying > much. It's a good pop song though, and can get stuck in your head if > you aren't careful. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkEw3m_41ig > Expect to see these songs on 800 TV commercials in 3...2...1.... > > Anyway now back to Rob Hood's Fabric, so I can wash the bad moby taste > out of my ears. : ) > > -Arturo
