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In reply to the discussion: Well, you can add Moby to your list of "fucking sellouts" ("New Dawn Fades" in Beemer commercial) [View all]opiate69
(10,129 posts)63. For one thing..
if it was originally a Joy Division song, then Moby almost assuredly didn't "cash in" nearly as much as one might think he did. (Unless the original writers sold off the copyrights years ago - which wouldn't surprise me given the relative small-time success the band had). And for a second thing, any band or artist you've ever heard sells out constantly to one degree or another. (Unless of course, you just happened to stumble into their practice room, which they never leave - since leaving would be an attempt to get their music heard by other people)
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Well, you can add Moby to your list of "fucking sellouts" ("New Dawn Fades" in Beemer commercial) [View all]
Amerigo Vespucci
Jun 2012
OP
Since it is almost impossible to make money these days in the "music industry"...
zappaman
Jun 2012
#1
If you look to celebrities for inspiration or courage, you will inevitably be disappoined.
randome
Jun 2012
#3
At least it wasn't Moby Grape, one of my old faves from back in the day (Remember 'Hey Gramma'?)
panader0
Jun 2012
#4
KRS-One, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Willie D of the Geto boys, Master P, etc, etc...
Blue_Tires
Jun 2012
#28
Amerigo Vespucci – another "Lilly in the Field" – he toils not, neither does he spin. . .
Journeyman
Jun 2012
#32