ok, here is what the song ‘southside’ is actually about….

the destructive impact of internally maintained currency controls especially compared and contrasted with the stated policy guidelines of the international monetary foundation. not to mention the lack of transparency endemic within most exchange rate organizations.
and ‘southside’ is actually an anagram for:
seven
old
undertakers
tried
hashish
secretly
in
developing
economies

ok. i’m making all of this up.

but ‘elan’ is a real word. kind of like ‘esprit de corps’. or so i believe. perhaps i had an english teacher who was just making up words to confuse us.

in all honesty, ‘southside’ is sort of about a possible world wherein death and destruction are so commonplace that people approach their own mortality with complete nonchalance. and ‘southside’ would be a kind of anthem for these nonchalant kids driving around on a friday night, hoping to stay alive but not really caring.
and that’s the truth. really, i swear.
moby

hello.

quick little post…the ‘southside’ video is supposed to be an over the top, extreme quasi-parody of your standard hip-hop video. it’s supposed to be ironic, me in a bentley with champagne and models. i’m a skinny little white kid, the irony is supposed to be that in the video i’m a fake-fur clad, gold tooth wearing, debauched rock star.

i mean, me break dancing? i think it’s funny…oh well.

moby