|
On the Record is a video series where rockstars gush about their favorite records -- in exactly 45 seconds. Rob Thomas' Cradlesongs is available exclusively on Rhapsody starting June 15.
|
ARTIST: 
|
Lemmy on the Beatles and more in the rest of our On the Record series.
 Alice In Chains |
 Tricky |
 Tori Amos |
 James Yuill |
One of the best things about working here at Rhapsody (besides from the complimentary oyster bar) is talking to artists about the music they love. 
Song: The Underdog
Album: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Artist: Spoon
To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas compares this Spoon hit to "Billy Joel if he were born a couple decades later."
Song: It Could Happen to You
Album: It Could Happen to You
Artist: Chet Baker
To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picked this Chet Baker classic as it embraces "the sad, beautiful, tortured voice of a genius."
Song: 1972
Album: 1972
Artist: Josh Rouse
To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picked "1972," but admits anything by Josh Rouse is a worthwhile listen.
Song: Make It Easy on Yourself
Album: Scott Walker & The Walker Brothers - 1965-1970
Artist: The Walker Brothers
To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas loves the "epic emotion and arrangement" of this Walker Brothers tune.
|
To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. This is the big finale for Rob’s Rhapsody Five, though tomorrow, we’ll be posting an interview with the man himself. |
ARTIST: 
|
Song: I'll Wait For You
Album: Anything Which Gives You Pleasure
Artist: Matt Beck
To celebrate our exclusive premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picks a gem by "sideman extraordinaire" Matt Beck.
|
To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit. |
ARTIST:
|
Song: She's a Jar
Album: Summerteeth
Artist: Wilco
To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. For this pick by Wilco, Thomas admits, "The first line, alone, is better than anything I've ever written."
|
To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit. |
ARTIST:
|
Album: Who Do I Know in Dallas
Artist: Willie Nelson
To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas says, "Sounds like you're in the room with him singing it" on this track from good ol' Willie.
|
To celebrate Rhapsody's two-week premiere of Rob Thomas; cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more exhilarating coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer's rapier wit. |
ARTIST:
|
Album: Synchronicity
Artist: The Police
To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas picks a pop classic from the Police.
|
To celebrate Rhapsody’s two-week premiere of Rob Thomas’ cradlesong, we sat down and interviewed Rob as a part of our new Rhapsody Five program. The formula is easy: we ask rock stars five provocative questions to learn their deepest, darkest secrets. Stay tuned to blog.rhapsody.com/rob-thomas for more exhilarating coverage of the release, and the rest of Rob’s answers, all sharpened with the singer’s rapier wit. |
ARTIST:
|
Album: Closing Time
Artist: Tom Waits
To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album, we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Thomas says, "You can hear the piano stool creak" on this classic cut from Tom Waits.
Album: There Will Be a Light
Artist: Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama
To celebrate our premiere of Rob Thomas' new album (available June 16!), we asked the singer to DJ our free song of the day program. Today, Thomas declares "Let's go to church!" with this cut from Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama
It's on! To celebrate Rhapsody's two-week long exclusive of Rob Thomas's new LP, cradlesong, we'll be hosting a contest via our twitter feed, where answering dead simple questions will win fans awesome digital gear from Logitech and a poster signed by the man himself.The contest will start on Monday June 15 and run through Friday June 19th. Pay attention to @Rhapsody on Twitter each day for questions and how to enter!
May the best tweets win!
Rules:
Daily from June 15, June 19, 2009 contestants can enter to win. Contestants must follow @Rhapsody on Twitter for the daily question. Each day at 10am Pacific Time @Rhapsody will ask a (super easy) Rob Thomas-related question. To enter the contest, contestants must tweet their answer to @Rhapsody prior to the closing of that day’s question. The contest ends at 1pm PST each day. The winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries. Winners will be announced by 2pm PST daily. Winners will be notified via direct message on Twitter. Summation: follow us on twitter, win Rob Thomas stuff! What kind of stuff you ask? Why, Logitech stuff! All of the Logitech devices given away in our Rob Thomas contest are Rhapsody compatible. That means, not only can you listen to Rob’s entire catalogue, but also over 7 million other songs too! Click on the links below to read more about these devices.
Monday we’re giving away the Logitech Squeezebox Boom!
Wednesday we’re giving away the Logitech Squeezebox Duet
Thursday we’re giving away another Logitech Squeezebox Boom!
Friday we’re giving away the Logitech Transporter.
Fine Print:
Contestants must be 18 years or older.
Contest is only open to residents of the United States.
Contest winners must provide a mailing and email address and phone number to Rhapsody upon notification of their win. The mailing and email address and phone number will not be shared with anyone. Should winner choose to forfeit their prize they must contact @Rhapsody by 5pm PT the day of their win.
Few figures in the last decade of pop music have captured the audience of Rob Thomas, whose band, Matchbox Twenty, tore the charts to shreds in the late '90s, selling some 45 million records (one record for every man, woman and child in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and American Samoa!). As if that wasn't enough, Thomas' solo career, which began with ...Something To Be in 2005, continued to pile on the platinum. No kidding: dude is a big deal, which means it's a really big deal that Rhapsody's teaming up with VH1's The Leak to offer a two-week exclusive premiere of Rob's new rekkid, Cadlesong. Ya-huh, you read that right: for two weeks, starting Tuesday, June 16, you'll be able to hear Cradlesong right here.To celebrate this momentous occasion, we're rolling out a whole lot of goodies. For starters, we recently sojourned to L.A. and talked to Rob for our On The Record series. Watch that here. He's so charming. Plus, this week, we're pulling the big, red silk curtain off a Rhapsody commercial featuring Rob (kinda like the one we did for Green Day), and we're going to be doing a contest via the Rhapsody Twitter feed, where we're going to give away some cool gadgets and signed posters (more on that tomorrow). We're also going to be selling Matchbox Twenty LPs mad cheap in our MP3 store, and rolling out new exclusive videos of Rob, as well as playlists and radio stations and who knows what else. Exciting? We think so. Stay tuned to the blog and twitter for the latest.
To get yourself excited for Rhapsody's upcomig exclusive of Rob Thomas' cradlesong, check out Rhapsody's exclusive Rob Thomas Photo Gallery, a set of concert photos and other goodies from our partners at Getty Images and Rollingstone.com. Sometimes we like to spend long afternoons staring longingly at it. To hear the man's solo records and his ace work fronting Matchbox Twenty, click here for all things Rob Thomas on Rhapsody. 
Subscribe to a feed for “Rob Thomas” Subscribe to this blog's feed
Portions of album content provided by All Music Guide © 2011 All Media Guide, LLC ® 1999-2011 Rhapsody International Inc.