Moby - Play the DVD (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was literally floored by this DVD. I was expecting mostly a video collection with some extras, but imagine my surprise when the 'extras' such as the megamix of remixes end up making this one of my favorite music DVDs ever.
The videos themselves are nice, with a number of them not before seen in the US (the European ones look like they were made on a smaller budget, but are still good fun to watch). Having the videos for songs like Honey and the original "audition" Bodyrock treatment are a blast. The live songs are amazingly well produced, and it's fun to see Moby with full backup band in tow. He even throws in 'go' and 'new dawn fades' from older releases. The video and sound quality for these segments is really topnotch.
But my favorite part of the DVD, by far, is the megamix of the various 'play' remixes, with new tripped-out visuals to accompany the songs. It's actually quite engrossing. Some of the visuals are your standard G-Force trippy screensaver type deals, but others are wildly imaginative and quite arresting. The remixes are also great in their own right, giving the original songs wildly different interpretations. The 20-minute camcorder bit in Moby's studio is fun, but not exactly arresting.
This DVD instantly jumps into the company of the Criterion Beastie Boys collection and the 'Everything, Everything' DVD from underworld. The megamix part of the disc alone would justify the purchase price.

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This, the perfect companion piece to the multi-platinum CD Play, highlights Moby as not just an artist and musician, but a personality. Includes 10 music videos for 7 songs, 20 minutes of live footage from "Later with Jools Holland," Moby's 90-minute "Megamix" (the best of the "Play" remixes set to original, incredible visuals) and his hilarious 20-minute home movie "Give an Idiot a Camcorder." 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). DVD-ROM feature: Re-mix 2 Moby songs

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