Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival 2000
Moby
Other Stage
21:30 23rd June 2000
A
packed Other Stage crowd with high expectations gathered for Moby
and they were not disappointed. A consummate performer in any ones
books it was clear he was up for it from the start (as he usually
is but more so) jumping around and drawing in the audience as much
as his multiple roles of singer, drummer and guitarist would allow.
A
perfectly measured set revolved around a spattering of instantly
recognised tracks from Play, such as an awesome Why Does My Heart
Feel So Bad, Run On, Body Rock (dedicated to Public Enemy) and Honey,
mixed in with various older techno based tracks (including a James
Bond theme tune), enough it seemed to keep everybody dancing whilst
Moby constantly alternated from guitar to drums to synths.
The
straightforward set up of guitar, singer and drummer did full justice
to the music which had the audience won over all the way through.
The set climaxed with Feeling So Real (which he considers to be
one of the most beautiful dance tracks ever written) before Moby
ripped his shirt off (much to our female friends disappointment)
and whilst playing an accelerating techno backing track stood on
his synth and displayed himself for the audiences approval. He got
it. He seemed to genuinely appreciate the scale of his audience
and the warmth of their appreciation. The atmosphere was excellent.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you… as he likes to
say. Certainly a highlight of the Glastonbury weekend.
review by Stuart McCandlish
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