Fwd: Moby (was Re: FUTURE STATE OF ACID-JAZZ)

From: Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 08:37:24 MET DST

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    >> I think Moby's alright. But personally I think you're giving him more
    >> credit than he deserves...Don't you think all those blues singers he
    >> sampled should get the credit for the "catchy lyrics"? :)
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    >An interviewer on Australian TV asked Moby about the issue of not crediting
    >the "singers" on his latest album. Moby came up with the lamest excuses, he
    >said something to the effect of "if I sample a drum I don't credit the
    >person who built the drum so why credit the singers". Basically his
    >attitude was those performances were just fodder for his tracks. I lost any
    >respect I had for him after that, I haven't heard the album but I've heard
    >"Why Does My Heart ...." umpteen times and it is the vocal that carries that
    >tune, not Moby's 2nd rate electronica. I did notice on Juno that someone
    >has put out an album featuring the tracks Moby sampled so maybe the original
    >artists will end up getting some recognition.
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    >Steve

    Interesting that he ducked it then. The story about the vocals was
    that Moby was at a friends house listening to them (They're the Lomax
    Recordings, mad by a father and sun earlier this Century--they just
    went out into the fields and hit record. I had been listening to
    'Run On' for a while (has a rather wacky video, track down the
    "Circuit (3)" DVD to view,) when my Dad had the originals in the CD
    changer in his car--gave my brother and I a double take.) and though
    they needed a beat, but, mostly like the 'soul' of them. And, if you
    read the linernotes of the album he does credit them, so not sure
    where the reporter got his info.

    erik g



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