“I wish I had more to say about the video. I guess I feel a little guilty that there isn’t more of a sort of political component to it. One of the things I love about music and music videos: you have an ability to create a sort of discreet world. When you listen to a record or a song or watch a video, you’re stepping into someone’s world. And that’s sort of what I was trying to do with this video. And I worked with the cinematographer, he also worked with James Cameron. He’s really good at what he does. And in a way, some of the other videos I’ve made, the videos themselves have been quite political.
The song is quite personal and emotional, and maybe this is not a great thing, but I wanted this video to draw attention to that. The French concept of mise-en-scène, where what you see onscreen represents the emotional tenor of the music, I wanted it to do that somehow. So there are these outdoor shots that are so isolated, and that’s really the theme of the song as well. I wish I had something smarter or more relevant to say, but that’s all it.” -Moby
The Official video for Moby's Like A Motherless Child taken from his forthcoming album Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt which is available to pre-order now:
http://moby.la/ewbanhYo
You can follow the Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt playlist to hear some of the album's inspirations and to be the first to get new music: http://moby.la/ewbanhplaylistYo
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