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Moby: Play (DVD)
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The Movie:
I tend to be one of those people who gets a CD in their player and has it stick there for a long period of time. Moby's CD "Play" stuck firmly in my CD player for several months; although I didn't care for some of the tracks at first, the album grew on me quite a bit and later, other tracks that I had previously skipped over or ignored revealed themselves to be gems, as well. The music is electronic, but takes samples from blues, gospel and other sources and lays them over beats in a fusion that's all things across the album - at some points calming, at some points catchy and finally, some songs you can dance to.
"Play" the DVD contains quite a bit of material involved with the album in one place. There's a number of videos, live footage, a 20 minute tour documentary and 90 minutes of remixes from the album. Videos: Bodyrock (U.K. auditions), Honey, Find My Baby, Porcelain (U.K. version), Natural Blues, Bodyrock (U.K. version), Run On, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad, Natural Blues (animated), Porcelain. Live: Natural Blues, Porcelain, Go, New Dawn Fades (If We Can), Machete, Hymn, Everloving, Porcelain (acoustic). I was suprised that no videos were included for "South Side".
The 20 minute "Give An Idiot A Camcorder" offers a wacky side of the artist that most wouldn't suspect exists from listening to his music. Following himself around during his tour of Europe, Moby videotapes some of the odder moments of the tour as well as some joke interviews that were conducted. Funny stuff - occasionally, inane bits like a fish hand puppet that keeps popping up get tiring, though.
The DVD
VIDEO: With the various ways that Moby's videos are filmed the image quality varies quite a bit throughout the movie. "Bodyrock" simply looks like it was filmed with the same video camera that Moby used for the "Give an Idiot a Camcorder" documentary, for example. Some of the other videos (like "Porcelain") do fare better, with not only richer colors, but a more well-defined look. I didn't see much in the way of artifacts; there were a couple of tiny instances of shimmering, but that was about all that I found in terms of flaws.
SOUND: Initially I was afraid that "Play" would not be consistent across the board (the videos in 5.1, but the live footage in 2.0, etc), but thankfully, the DVD producers have offered everything - even the remixes - in Dolby Digital 5.1. The remixes are rather simple; beats are not spun around the room or fly from speaker to speaker. Surrounds simply offer ambience or re-inforcement of the music for the videos and remixes, while the live footage has either re-inforcement or crowd noise in the surrounds. Audio quality seemed perfectly fine - although "Bodyrock"'s video presentation sounds like someone was also recording it from a camcorder while it played in the same room, the rest of songs offer the kind of smooth, rich audio quality that one might expect. There's also a very good, appropriate amount of low bass with some of the songs, as well. The remixes did offer somewhat better overall audio quality than the videos; they sounded fuller and more dynamic, with better bass.
Although not too remarkable, I was quite pleased with the 5.1 presentations included; they're above-average in comparison to many of the remastered music-video presentations that I've listened to.
MENUS:: Basic, non-animated menus that use the cover art for the "Play" album as backgrounds.
EXTRAS:: Aside from the previously mentioned documentary, DVD-Rom users have an option to remix two of Moby's songs.
Final Thoughts: "Play" is a terrific DVD, offering live footage, remixes and many of the videos that came from the album in a nice package with good audio/video quality and a couple of solid extras. Recommended.
I tend to be one of those people who gets a CD in their player and has it stick there for a long period of time. Moby's CD "Play" stuck firmly in my CD player for several months; although I didn't care for some of the tracks at first, the album grew on me quite a bit and later, other tracks that I had previously skipped over or ignored revealed themselves to be gems, as well. The music is electronic, but takes samples from blues, gospel and other sources and lays them over beats in a fusion that's all things across the album - at some points calming, at some points catchy and finally, some songs you can dance to.
"Play" the DVD contains quite a bit of material involved with the album in one place. There's a number of videos, live footage, a 20 minute tour documentary and 90 minutes of remixes from the album. Videos: Bodyrock (U.K. auditions), Honey, Find My Baby, Porcelain (U.K. version), Natural Blues, Bodyrock (U.K. version), Run On, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad, Natural Blues (animated), Porcelain. Live: Natural Blues, Porcelain, Go, New Dawn Fades (If We Can), Machete, Hymn, Everloving, Porcelain (acoustic). I was suprised that no videos were included for "South Side".
The 20 minute "Give An Idiot A Camcorder" offers a wacky side of the artist that most wouldn't suspect exists from listening to his music. Following himself around during his tour of Europe, Moby videotapes some of the odder moments of the tour as well as some joke interviews that were conducted. Funny stuff - occasionally, inane bits like a fish hand puppet that keeps popping up get tiring, though.
The DVD
VIDEO: With the various ways that Moby's videos are filmed the image quality varies quite a bit throughout the movie. "Bodyrock" simply looks like it was filmed with the same video camera that Moby used for the "Give an Idiot a Camcorder" documentary, for example. Some of the other videos (like "Porcelain") do fare better, with not only richer colors, but a more well-defined look. I didn't see much in the way of artifacts; there were a couple of tiny instances of shimmering, but that was about all that I found in terms of flaws.
SOUND: Initially I was afraid that "Play" would not be consistent across the board (the videos in 5.1, but the live footage in 2.0, etc), but thankfully, the DVD producers have offered everything - even the remixes - in Dolby Digital 5.1. The remixes are rather simple; beats are not spun around the room or fly from speaker to speaker. Surrounds simply offer ambience or re-inforcement of the music for the videos and remixes, while the live footage has either re-inforcement or crowd noise in the surrounds. Audio quality seemed perfectly fine - although "Bodyrock"'s video presentation sounds like someone was also recording it from a camcorder while it played in the same room, the rest of songs offer the kind of smooth, rich audio quality that one might expect. There's also a very good, appropriate amount of low bass with some of the songs, as well. The remixes did offer somewhat better overall audio quality than the videos; they sounded fuller and more dynamic, with better bass.
Although not too remarkable, I was quite pleased with the 5.1 presentations included; they're above-average in comparison to many of the remastered music-video presentations that I've listened to.
MENUS:: Basic, non-animated menus that use the cover art for the "Play" album as backgrounds.
EXTRAS:: Aside from the previously mentioned documentary, DVD-Rom users have an option to remix two of Moby's songs.
Final Thoughts: "Play" is a terrific DVD, offering live footage, remixes and many of the videos that came from the album in a nice package with good audio/video quality and a couple of solid extras. Recommended.
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