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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

Moby on Living Large and Falling Hard

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film, Music, Music Interviews, Arts, Performing Arts, Film Interviews

4.48.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Moby had already put out four studio albums when Play was released in 1999. He was solidly into his 30s, playing gigs in record stores and thinking about a career-change. But Play, against all expectations, started selling. Then it started selling out. T

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I'm Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing.

1:44.0

In 1999, your cool friends put on Moby's Play at Parties. In 2000, it was on the radio.

1:59.0

Popularity snowballed into ubiquity. In 2001, Play was in malls and Volkswagen ads.

2:08.0

It became the biggest selling electronic album of all time.

2:20.0

To fans outside the electronic music world, Moby seemed like an overnight success.

2:26.0

But he was 33 in 1999 and had been recording since the 80s.

2:31.0

Play was actually his fifth studio album.

2:35.0

It never occurred to him it would break even, let alone break records.

2:40.0

The self-described loner and nerd succumbed to the worst sort of rock star excess.

2:46.0

As his fans filled stadiums and models showed up in his dressing room, Moby was euphoric but spinning out of control.

2:55.0

It's a story he shares in his new book, then it fell apart.

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