Moby 'Jltf' Blip

Taken from the new album - Wait For Me (out 30th June) - moby.com

Moby on 'Jltf':

"Having lived in New York for a long time, theres a lot of vice and degeneracy theres celebratory vice and degeneracy and then there comes a time when vice is no longer celebratory and it becomes a way of life and youre no longer going out, youre staying in. This song is about two drug addicts in a relationship who disappeared down the rabbit hole of hardcore drug addiction. Almost everybody I know either is or has been a drug addict. When I was growing up, my mom and her friends did a lot of drugs, but harder drugs always seemed really scary to me. But at some point I realized I became inured through exposure to drug use. Everyone I knew was smoking crack, smoking meth, and shooting speedballs and dying of overdoses and it became normal. So thats sort of what this song is about: my friends are all junkies and its just normal, it doesnt seem weird anymore, which in and of itself seems really weird. The way drug use is demonized, almost from a Victorian perspective, and I dont think people should do addictive drugs because they become addicted to them and theyre miserable. But the reason people do drugs more often than not is they want to be happy. We think of drug users as being subhuman and living in gutters and the people who sell drugs are mean people who use guns. At the end of the day, someone whos doing drugs wants to feel good, like a child eating Oreos. Theres nothing nefarious about their intentions its just someone trying to feel better than they normally would, with that added bonus of nihilism thrown in there. That was the inspiration behind that song."

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• moby
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[biomlilly]

I respect yr opinion about drugs, but ppl who use them, should know that theres many ways of happiness in the "real" life, and if they can see that, they will no longer need the virtual fantastic world that drugs can give.. and at the end, does it worth it, with the social and health problems that come with it?

eyes open man, there's so much beautiful life to see and enjoy!

anyway, the song is brilliant, just like yr other ones ;) greets from Portugal

[flash2go]

I just can't wait to buy this CD! AWESOME WORK MOBY!

[Paddoman05]

There's a good chance you're right! ;-)

[asdfjkleeee]

Sorry, I wanted to post it to an other song: JTLF without blip :$

[Drakula00]

moby gives my life meaning with his music ...i barely can survive day without jltf or any other his songs ... god bless moby !

[ybdiffrent]

Sounds a bit like Kate Bush? Guess its not her, but I like the similies.

[bob999999999900000]

Maybe. You have a very nostalgic idea right there.

[MrEddieBlack]

JLTF-Justice League Task Force,I got this on Acronyms.Maybe the song is about leaving the one you love to perform your war duty...Just guessing.

[bob999999999900000]

I love the song, I just don't understand the title.

[mwuyts1976]

Yes, it's Melody Zimmer.

[asdfjkleeee]

Do anyone know who the singer is in this track? Dido maybe or am i totally wrong?

[HouseDealerz]

maybe flower