Comments on: Is “Kala” The New “Play”?

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:21:41 +0000

Play > Kala …honestly, I don’t get what the big deal is regarding M.I.A. but I seem to be a lonely minority.

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:08:49 +0000

M.I.A. is really only banking that one single right now, whereas to my memory Moby sold or had singles off nearly every track on “Play”.

By: ObtuseIntolerant

ObtuseIntolerant — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:28:28 +0000

@cheesebubble: Or perhaps just a quite silent majority? I know I'm with you.

By: Tauwan

Tauwan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:38:25 +0000

Silly rabbits, everybody knows Santogold’s album is the new Play.

By: unperson

unperson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:36:54 +0000

@cheesebubble: Oh, you're not alone. I've gone from "don't get it" to "actively hate it."

By: neworiginals

neworiginals — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:29:23 +0000

I've long thought of Play as the signal album of the dot-com boom and bust, for many reasons

I'm with you there. Primarily because I bought the CD new from some random dot-com for $4 in 1999.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:51:00 +0000

Don’t know if Kala’s going to catch on like play but I keep meaning to comment that if the high school kids I worked with this summer were in charge then “Paper Planes” would have been the song of the summer, no matter how long it’s been out. They would not stop playing that thing.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:01:49 +0000

@mhulot: IAWTC.

By: DavidWatts

DavidWatts — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:29:39 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Yeah, I might say that the Santo Gold record is the new Play. Those songs were in commercials before the record was even out, though, so I don't know if that confuses things.

By: mhulot

mhulot — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:16:33 +0000

Moby gets beat up on a lot, and he probably deserves it, but Play holds up pretty well. It's easier to enjoy now that I don't have to hear it behind every commercial or on the speakers of every coffee shop, or listen to Maxim-subscribing frat boys talk about how "kick-ass" it is. Strange to remember that Moby was once a pet cause for critics, and that his albums sold moderately well but really made very little impact (as opposed to now....). Oh, and that his music was once considered to be "cerebral."

Also, you can find Play for $4 or less in the bargain bin of any used cd store.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:57 +0000

Let’s talk again if “Bamboo Banga” appears in a Ford commercial or “Bird Flu” winds up in a sports montage.