Moby: Play [DVD]

A good selection of music vids and remixes a short jules Holland concert and other features with a 1 track cd.

Great dvd! Just buy it

Amazing been waiting along time

And so to the longawaited Play DVD. We've already had the album, the limited edition 2CD box set, a three year tour, eight singles, 422 advert tie-ins, and finally the warts n all DVD, with a remixes CD. Despite all this, can I just say, Please Moby, we love ya and that but can you please go away and make a new record? You've done enough. And even I'm sick of seeing ya face because its been everywhere the past two years. And I'm bored of Play now. It's a great, and was for a long time, under-rated album, but in everyone's CD player now.So does the world need a Moby DVD? Well, sort of. It's very very good, but in all honesty, some of what is there is a bit unimaginative, isn't it?The videos themselves, all 10 of them are excellent and thought provoking, pondering the meaning - or meaninglessness - of work, death, dancing, friendship, parenthood, fame, and just about anything you can think of. Certainly better, more provoking than any video fare I have seen in a long time, barring some of Radioheads mid-period stuff.And arranged in such a fashion as to tell a sort-of-narrative stream of consciousness musing on the nature of well, anything you can think of.There's no shortage of extras as well : a 20 minute "Live At later" off the BBC. Sadly, it's a flat, straight transfer of a flat and uninspiring TV broadcast. Even the unusual material on the broadcast (Hymn, Everytime You Touch Me, for example) has been trimmed without reason (there was enough space on the disc for the fuill 60 minutes show anyway) in favour of two live versions of Porcelain - Porcelain makes a total of 8 different appearances on this DVD. Overkill. I'd much have preferred 'proper' live footage - such as MTV's excellent V2000 broadcast. And full length at that.Then To "Give an Idiot A Camcorder" - a sweet, interesting and irritating documentary. It's just not long enough, and, whilst giving an interesting in sight into the tedium and insanity of touring is also full of Moby faking ridiculous, and slightly patronising accents, and giving into base stereotypes. It might have seemed like a joke at the time, but it looks a bit, well, awkward now. Though the cliched mock-interviews are frankly, scathing in their treatment of the kind of heartless journalists who treat the gift of being able to write about music for a living as a chore. I'd personally would've liked to have seen something longer, with more insight. And I'm not taking Meeting People Is Easy here.Finally, the Moby Megamix. Also available on a seperate mix CD with some copies of the DVD, it's a frankly uninspoiring mix CD that - whilst airing some of the more obscure Moby mixes - pummels all the individuality of the mixes and the man into a 62 minute 4/4 thudfest. It also fails to show off Moby's generally excellent and underappreiciated mixing skills, as demonstrated on his "Everything Remixed : Evil Ninja" and "Mixmag" releases. The uninspiring fractals-by-numbers graphics hardly helpmatters.So what is it? It's better value for money, in terms of sheer mileage than near enough any other DVD I've seen. There's more variety in it - but what it gives us is glimpses, when I'd liked to have seen the full picture - a full live show, a full documentary, and for that, I'd happily trade the superflous MobyMegaMixOverall - 5/5 for trying, 4/5 for content

Having watched this DVD a number of times over the last 18 months, it's still lots of fun to watch and to listen to. Briefly, there are the 'play' videos, megamixes of 'play' tracks, an amateur movie shot by Moby on tour, and a live set taken from the 'Jools Holland' music show.I'd forgotten how inventive the 'play' videos were, and many of the megamixes sound like great techno grooves, although some of the megamix visuals look no more exciting than computer screensavers from a decade ago. Moby's movie is funny, and he's quite a comedian with a grim sense of humor. What originally attracted me to buying this DVD was the live 'Jools Holland' set, as I've worn out a video I'd recorded from the original television show that was broadcast back in the year 2000. Those live numbers are just sensational but the whole set clocks in at just 23 minutes. Extra live cuts from other shows would have made this DVD brilliant for me, and that's why I can give this disc only 4 stars out of 5

In this DVD we get to see not only moby's true musical genius but also a great sense of humour and cheekiness which makes him such a likeable artist. The videos to the singles are works of art and genuinely entertaining... highlights being the "bodyrock" audition footage, which is hysterically funny, and both versions of "porcelein" which are profoundly moving videos. The live footage makes you wish you were there, but it's the next best thing i guess. Moby's camcorder footage of his tour is an odd, yet compelling documentary. You'll love this DVD whether a big Moby fan or just curious. Great stuff!

A fantastic compliment to the critically acclaimed album of the same name. A visual treat collecting together all the various videos to the singles, some not even seen before. A free CD megamix of the album plus Moby's live appearance on 'Later with Jools Holland.' Also included is a 20 minute film recorded by Moby himself on his various touring locations. Great visuals, great songs, and all presented in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. Brilliant!