Moby, 4th & B, San Diego, Sun., 08 May 2005, 8:00pm
Title (Album, Track)
- My Weakness (09,18) -- intro, before the band takes the stage
- Find My Baby (09,02) -- the band comes in, and Moby walks in with a glow-in-the-dark-logo Cramps T-shirt
- Extreme Ways (11,09)
- Raining Again (13,02)
- Natural Blues (09,08) -- Laura Dawn takes the opening vocals
- Spiders (13,07) -- Moby's tribute to David Bowie
- Where You End (13,05)
- Go (01,07) -- with Moby on congas and bongos
- That's When I Reach for My Revolver (07,10)
- Temptation (13,06)
- Beautiful (13,03)
- Very (13,09) -- with Moby on congas and bongos
- Next Is the E (01,05) -- the live version is actually a mix, like the Club Mix on compilation Rare (07,02)
- Porcelain (09,03)
- Great Escape (11,04) -- Luci Butler and Laura do all the vocals
- Dream About Me (13,08)
- Southside (09,05) -- according to the criteria of being the only hit in the American Top 40, Moby says this would make him qualify as a One Hit Wonder (so far)
- [a 35 sec speed metal song] (--,--) -- a short interlude for fans of speed metal (for the rest, "it's only 35 seconds anyway")
- We Are All Made of Stars (11,01) -- with a verbal introduction of Moby's nerdiness
- Slipping Away (13,12)
- [Daron Murphy on Harmonica] (--,--) -- a demonstration of the guitarist's other talent
- Honey (09,01) (with a ridiculously long "self-indulgent" guitar solo)
- Bodyrock (09,07)
- Lift Me Up (13,04) -- with Moby's explanation of inspiration by the deception of the last election
Encore:
- Walk on Wild Side (*,05)
- Break on Through (**,01)
- Feeling So Real (05,02) -- with Moby on congas and bongos
Albums:
- 01 Moby [1992]
- 05 Everything Is Wrong
- 06 Animal Rights
- 07 Rare: The collected B-sides 1989-1993
- 09 Play
- 11 18
- 13 hotel
- * Lou Reed - Transformer
- ** The Doors [1967]
Moby rocks and raves! Not only does Moby write his own songs, he plays them too, on guitar, bass, congas, and bongos. He also does good covers, and he has a great supporting band for concerts. In particular, Laura Dawn from MoveOn does the backing vocals and some lead vocals for the Hotel album, and she joined Moby on this tour. Moby played a good mix of new and old, with songs from the new album making a good chunk of the set. There were also a lot of Play songs and a few from 18. The classics he played were Go and Next Is the E. All the techno/disco songs he did were excellent, with such energy. And he proves he knows how to rock. And to see Moby and Laura Dawn in person (from 10 feet from the stage!) was awesome. Buck 65 opened for Moby. He's a DJ/vocalist/rapper who does his own scratching, with a backing vocal for the concert. Very entertaining.
