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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 9:08:59 EST
From: Adekunle Olonoh <ade@kirk.anderson.edu>
Subject: Re: (mobility) t h o u s a n d
> Okay, I was listening to "Rare" today and 'Thousand' came on and I got to
> thinking, did Moby write 'Thousand' because he was honestly inspired and
> had a vision to write this song exactly as it was or do you think he just
> had an urge to do sort of a "gimmick" type song with a hook, what with the
> guiness record for fastest song and all?
I've wondered that before as well. Good question. I think I've heard somewhere that a big part of it was just to push the limits. He heard some other song that was changing it's BPM count and got as high as a few hundred or something and thought it sounded cool and said, "hey, why not a thousand?" I'm sure someone else knows the story better than I do, and I may be way off anyway. It's a pretty cool song nonetheless--I think "power" may be the evident key word. I've heard people say it's kickass live, and I think that's what I'd look forward to if I ever got to a Moby show.
Peace.
np: Undernourished, "Manipulated"
- --Ade.
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:13:01 -0500
From: "Stegenga, Scott" <scotts@tunes.com>
Subject: (mobility) Top ten of the 90's
In no order, but of equal importance, and excluding Moby...
1. Smashing Pumpkins - 'Siamese Dream'
(modern american rock at its best)
2. Jeff Buckley - 'Grace'
(My eyes still tear up on some songs here, even before he died)
3. Radiohead - 'OK Computer'
(pinnacle of art rock)
4. Oasis - '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'
(britpop returns!)
5. Bob Dylan - 'Live 1966 - The Concert at Royal Albert Hall'
(quite possibly the best live rock album ever)
6. Beastie Boys - 'Check Your Head'
(best fusion of the 60's, 70's and 80's)
7. Belly - 'Star'
(Tanya Donnelly is so underappreciated)
8. Peter Murphy - 'Deep'
(goth never died when he went solo, it just got better)
9. Manic Street Preachers - 'Everything Must Go'
(the beautiful end of Britpop)
10. Mercury Rev - 'Deserters Songs'
(makes you seriously consider taking drugs. I still won't, but... you know.)
and my list goes to eleven
11. The Stone Roses - self-titled
(yes it was released in 1989, but this is quite possibly the album of my
existence, it defines everything I listen to. Nothing compares to its sheer
simple brilliance. And I'll stop sounding like a fluff now. Thank You.)
