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Rating: When electronics work miracles! ...why bring miracles from the studio to the live dimension, if you're not able to replicate them? Maybe a few have tried, but the others haven't missed anything; they might have seen the performance of the Lollipop at a Sanremo Festival, when the 5 girls sang out of tune and showed live all their lack of ability to sing, demonstrating how modern studio technologies can make a voice sound in tune when it isn't and transform the ideas of those who don't really know how to play into music. And unfortunately, Moby's performance in Turin demonstrated it once again!
If someone is a DJ, has good ideas, and wants to expand their artistic reach beyond the already difficult task of spinning (well) the records, they should do as the Chemical Brothers and others do excellently: use electronics, records, all the samplers in the world both in the studio and live, and involve us in captivating DJ sets, but for goodness' sake, let go of the idea of picking up a guitar and with visible difficulty trying to make it resonate in an acoustically poor sports hall, with the idea of directing in unison two violinists bewitched by playback, a willing and skilled drummer (with the result that the drums were heard above all the other instruments), a choreographic bassist, and a real DJ who does his "dirty" work on the turntables. That's right, the concert, which was anything but "with" and certainly not "certain" considering that the planned performance by the AudioBullys, who were interesting to hear, didn't take place at all; it starts with Moby trying to engage the audience by indulging in a free interpretation in pure "electro-clash" style of the James Bond theme, and despite his efforts, it's like watching Super Goof racing back and forth across the stage, under the influence of his magical peanuts, with a broom made of twigs instead of a guitar.
After all, all of us rock lovers, as kids, made brooms resonate like space-guitars to the blasting stereo; then some actually learned to play the guitar while others only used the broom for sweeping, whereas Moby, on the other hand, continued to do with the guitar what apparently he did very well as a kid with the broom! Then the rest of the concert went on with a voice that should absolutely be hidden and sounds poorly stacked, while on CD none of this happens. Is this the difference that allows, for just €4 more, listening to a good CD and sounding pitiful live? So next time, if a concert costs less than €19, I'll make sure to stay away. In short, with this rock-like parody and the poor idea of transferring his excellent musical ideas into a live rock-sound version, Moby truly disappointed me, and now, unfortunately, I also hear his CDs differently! The star is awarded for the honorable CDs.
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