the ramblings of a tired insomniac:
well,
I just thought this little scenerio was relevant to the ongoing
discussion: I like Moby, as an artist, to some degree, some of his
stuff, some, is pretty good. Anyway, I know some of you are scoffing
already, but I'll continue. I went to see Moby at Irving Plaza
in NYC last summer.
Basically ,, he did nothing. If I saw Moby afterwards,
I don't know what I could have said. "Go show" or "good job"
wouldn't have seemed appropriate. He jumped around stage yelling
into a mic for 45 minutes while someone behind and above the audience
who we couldn't see, played mixes of his songs. We couldn't here what
he was screaming over the music. Before a song he would say
"this is hard" or "this is fast". For awhile he played drums,
but you couldn't here it anyway. He did play guitar for one song.
The most nausiating moment was his Jesus christ pose on top of the
keyboard that he had "played". The crowd got excited-they thought
he was going to jump in, but he just stood there, with a strobe light behind
him, arms raised, for the whole song. I didn't know what to make of this,
or what I should have expected. Moby certaintly did create the songs
that were played, but it certainly would have been more entertaining to watch
him mix themm together, or at least dj something. I didn''t pay
19$ to see Moby dance around. On the other hand I guess I did pay to see
Moby, and I don't know what I should have expected. It sucked. Real hard.
I guess this is relevant to what everyone is talking about...
When you go to "see" a dj/artist what do you go for? I've heard
the Prodigy run around on stage like idiots as well. Maybe these aren't
good examples. What's my point. hmmm I don't know. Maybe it's just
that you have more respect for a dj or an artist depending on what you
expect. If you go to hear a dj mix other artists, and he's good at it,
then he deserves respect. On the other hand, if you go to see an artist
"perform" thier work, and they actually do, they deserve respect.
I have no respect for Moby.
What should I expect to see when I go to see an artist/dj?
I guess, as I've said, it depends on what I went for. But, when
I saw Richard James, he just spent the time spinning, an that was
good enough. Thus, I must conclude, that it is the individual
who is a dj and an artist that deserves the most recognition.
To keep the flow going on the dance floor, and to be able to produce
some of the tracks that feed it, is a feat indeed.
andi