Fun Music Information -> Moby

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Quotes:

I learned in the last few years that it's really unhappy and really unsustainable to try and base your well being on something as arbitrary as record sale and critical acclaim and the interests of the public. All of those things are so fickle. So my approach now to music is I want to make records that I love, and I hope that other people love them, then that's OK.
- Moby (quoted on CNN.com March 2005)

It just seem like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so sad that there are so many musicians who don't want to change the world... Music has been so much more.

- Moby (quoted on CNN.com March 2005)

Submitted by: LucidLupin

Intellectually, human beings and animals may be different, but it's pretty obvious that animals have a rich emotional life and that they feel joy and pain. It's easy to forget the connection between a hamburger and the cow it came from. But I forced myself to acknowledge the fact that every time I ate a hamburger, a cow had ceased to breathe and moo and walk around.
- Moby

Band Name Origins:

In an interview with Spin magazine, Moby said he picked it as an acronym for Master of Beats Y'all. Submitted by: gwen
Moby's(born: Richard Melville Hall) name is refering to his great great grand uncle Herman Melville who wrote the book "Moby Dick". When he was young, his parents decided that a name like Richard is to big for a baby like him, so they gave him the nick name of Moby. Submitted by: ww's sketcher

Stupid Band Names:

Is his last name supposed to be Dick (since he's a descendant of Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick)? Submitted by: Greg G.

Music Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: Richard Melville Hall. Submitted by: Jimmy J.

Also known as: Richard Melville Hall. Submitted by: moose

Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:

Song Name	Comments & Submitter Name
"Porcelain"	In my dreams I'm dying all the time, as I wake its kaleidoscopic mind I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to lie So this is goodbye, This is goodbye.... (mostly music with few lyrics and used in several ads and movie soundtracks, but still "Porcelain" is never mentioned in the song) - Allen Sanchez

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"The Sky Is Broken,"	The sky is no physical entity and can't break.	Ruby Spinel
"Everyday It's 1989,"	1989 was many years ago.	Jonathan S.

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"Choice Of Colors," The Impressions	"Natural Blues," Moby
"Blinding Tears Will Break The Skies," Trivium	"The Sky Is Broken," Moby

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"We Are All Made Of Tars" originally "We Are All Made Of Stars"

Heather Brockwell

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"We Are Ball Made Of Stars" originally "We Are All Made Of Stars"

And I'm ONE star wanting out of this ball!

Doug Wells

"South Slide" originally "South Side"

Jim Raveling

"We Are All Made Of Sitars" originally "We Are All Made Of Stars"

Cape Canaveral Lavigne

Change a Letter:

"The Ski Is Broken" originally "The Sky Is Broken"

Lydia Helton

"The Sty Is Broken" originally "The Sky Is Broken"

Anita Grade

"Natural Glues" originally "Natural Blues"

Heather Brockwell

"Natural Blurs" originally "Natural Blues"

Heather Brockwell

"We Are All Made Of Scars" originally "We Are All Made Of Stars"

Ouch.

i am the viod

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Natural Blues"	"You Call This A Song?"	Norman Wanman
"The Sky is Broken"	"A Heart Needs Love"	Red Rebel
"Spiders"	"Diapers"	Agrimorfee
"Signs of Love"	"Signum di Amor"	Red Rebel
"We Are All Made of Stars"	"We Are All Made of Farts"	Red Rebel
"Run On"	"Chrono"	Red Rebel
"Extreme Ways"	"Wind Tunnel"	Red Rebel
"Extreme Ways"	"Extreme Games"	MrMacphisto
"Southside"	"Maineside"	Cherrios
"We Are All Made Of Stars"	"We Are All Spoofing Stars"	Ghetto John
There are additional Moby song parodies available.

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
We're All Made Of Stars Moby	Heart Of Glass Blondie	We're All Made Of Glass	Mekkanik
That's When I Reach For My Revolver Moby	Aqualung Jethro Tull	That's When I Reach For My Aqualung	Ryan Massengill

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Great White Moby

Great White combined with Moby

A whale of a band!

Submitted By: Ra'akone

Moby Jones

Moby combined with Tom Jones

A character from the snowboarding video game series SSX.

Submitted By: JeReMy

Moby Dick

Moby combined with Deadeye Dick

Submitted By: rocky

Misheard Lyrics:

"Honey" Misheard Lyrics: Everybody comes back, sometimes I want a rat flapjack, sometimes. OR Everybody comes back, sometimes A watertight flak jacket, sometimes. Original Lyrics: When my honey comes back, sometimes I'm gonna rap that jack, sometimes.	"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" Misheard Lyrics: Heels of a gnome Original Lyrics: These open doors
"Find My Baby" Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna burn my baby before that sun goes down Original Lyrics: I'm gonna find my baby before that sun goes down	"Lift Me Up" Misheard Lyrics: Kick me now, kick me now I am a woman Original Lyrics: Lift me up, lift me up Aiah Nouwamba
There are additional Moby misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Natural Blues"

Misheard Lyrics:

Oh Lordy, troubles so hard
Oh Lordy, troubles so hard
Don't nobody know my troubling guy
Don't nobody know my troubling guy.

Original Lyrics:

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Scott Snively

My girlfriend was listening to this in the car and I thought this soulful crooner was having problems with his boyfriend and I asked, 'What kind of music is this crap?'

There are additional Moby misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"We Are All Made of Stars"

Better Lyrics:

People they breathe together
People they fall apart
Nothing can save us now
We are all made of SARS

Original Lyrics:

People they come together
People they fall apart
Nothing can stop us now
We are all made of stars

Submitted by: Near-Toronto Joe

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"The Body Rock"

The Repetitive Lyrics:

Let it rock, y'all
Non-stop, y'all
To the beat, y'all
The body rock, y'all
We rock the body, rock the body

Why They're Repetitive:

These lyrics would've been repetitive even if they weren't looped over and over again throughout the song.

Submitted by: Mike

"Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"

The Repetitive Lyrics:

Why does my heart feel so bad?
Why does my soul feel so bad?
These open doors

Why They're Repetitive:

This song consists only of three lines that are repeated throughout the whole song. That's very repetitive.

Submitted by: b82

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"We Are All Made of Stars"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

People they come together
People they come apart
Nothing can stop us now
Cause we are all made of stars

Why They're Nonsensical:

The first three lines make sense, but I have no idea what the last line means - but it is actually from 2001 (the obelisk at the end of the movie is stated to be full of stars) it's a reference to that and also that we are all made of carbon and that makes up most of the universe so in essence we are made of stars.

Submitted by: John