It's almost surreal always seeing him in the headlines, it makes me think back to 1991 watching him performing at a rave in front of 500 people standing behind his SY 77 keyboard. Now he's making Millions of dollars in album sales, tv commercials endorsements (Microsoft).
Can you imagine a black man with Moby's electronica, techno celebrity status? The American music industry wouldn't allow for something like that to happen, the irony is Moby rips off black music. Out of curiosity I was listing to one of his live performances from his last album and he was trying to sound like a black Baptist preacher, I feaaal it, I feeeeaaaal it, yeaaah... in a shaky, black tone of voice. I guess he was trying to sound gospel, making holy spirit and jesus refrences, I remember thinking how uncomfortable it would have been to actually attend that concert, like going to a Christian rock concert. The we are made of stars song he perfromed on SNL sounds a little more endurable, back to his rock n'roll roots I geuss. To make this a little more on topic I remember when Moby dissed Jeff Mills for still playing dominator back in 92-93. This was when Moby was getting tied of the techno genre.
