Yes, we all make a living, but, our job does not necessarily represent or speak for who we are, or who we associate with, etc.
When XYZ teenager from XYZville, America looks to MTV for all their music, and sees this guy "Moby" on the TV, they think "oh, this is techno!" Surely due to the fact that he is labelled as "techno" and it's the only thing resembing "techno" that MTV (and thus the largest purveyor of teen culture in america) chooses to play. So, basically, his commercialization of good music makes the whole electronic movement look dry, even though its just one performer. Get what I'm saying? I guess he's a role model of sorts, or a frontman at the very least, whether he'd like to be or not. -erin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [313] Oh Lordy... > > I wonder how many people on this list would do thew same if they were in his > shoes? > > How many people on this list are reading from corporate accounts? You sell > you personal time like he sells his music. Are you any better than he is? Is > he better paid than you are, who is the sucker? > > moby can retire tomorrow from the royalties and licencing fees he recived > from that last record, can you afford to quit your job? > > mt > > >From: Charles Prince <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: 313@hyperreal.org > >Subject: [313] Oh Lordy... > >Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:56:24 -0500 > > > >I've been thinking about some of the parallels between Moby's career and > >that > >of his ancestor, the great 19th-century literary innovator, Herman > >Melville. > > > >Melville achieved phenomenal success with his first novel, 'Typee' (a 'true > >life' account of living on a Polynesian island), yet virtually everything > >else he wrote for the rest of his life died a commercial death with the > >public. Despite this, works like 'Moby Dick', 'Pierre', and 'Clarel' > >rapidly attained a cult, underground following before he was finally > >recognized last century as a key figure in the American literary > >renaissance (i.e. canonized by critics/the academy). > > > >Moby, on the other hand, enjoyed some underground success before the > >electronica floodgates briefly opened and he attained mass public exposure > >(I've heard A. Oldham praise his work). But overall, and in inverse > >proportion to his commercial success, his modicum of prestige in > >underground circles has seen steady decline. > > > >While Melville wrote wilfully-challenging masterpieces that got him > >ignored in his lifetime by all but a clued-up few, Moby writes wilfully- > >accessible pop music that is universally adored by the masses, and will > >almost certainly never be canonized by the techno sister/brotherhood in > >this life or the next. > > > >From one perspective, 'Play' can be looked upon as Moby's sonic version of > >'The Confidence Man', a Melville novel that involves a trickster > >hoodwinking a > >steamboatful of travellers (i.e the general public). The album simply > >re-poses the age-old question: are _you_ being played? And Moby's deck is > >surely stacked... ;-) > > > >Wes > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
