it's decent, those 25 free plays thing they have effectively allowed me to discover Melt Banana and the first Comets on Fire album...
― even corpse management will be at risk (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 2 May 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I'v been a subscriber since 2003. for me it's all about streaming not downloading but I love rhapsody. it's nice to check new music, like I'll play the eternal when it's up but mostly i listen to old stuff. there are holes in the catalogue, but it gets deeper all the time. had a lot of trouble with mac compatibility for awhile but the latest player works like a charm. between rhapsody and youtube I'm happy as a clam these-days, music wise. like a kid in a candy store.
― m coleman, Sunday, 3 May 2009 12:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i love it, but I wish they would invent a player that didn't crash every 5 minutes in Firefox
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, I'm just falling in love. Today I was able to play the new Nadja covers album, then Fox (kinda 10cc-ish stuff from the 70's), then some early Swans, then XTC, then Chatham's Guitar Trio recorded at the Kitchen. It's rare that I go looking for something that they don't have. They've even got Fowley's International Heroes, for christ's sake! (i.e. one of the greatest albums ever made, that's not even on CD.)
― dlp9001, Thursday, 14 May 2009 00:54 (fifteen years ago) link
so I got two free months on this Rhapsody.com thing...
here's one of the other rhapsody threads fwiw. sry for getting all otm in it
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Thursday, 14 May 2009 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12519_7-10231962-49.html
i almost want to say well who the hell would try to use rhapsody as an actual media player??? but i guess that's the point. suffering through their abandonware to get to the music isn't something most people will go for, rightfully so
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Thursday, 14 May 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't use the browser plugin that often, seemed even more disjointed (and laggy, which the player rarely is tbh) last i checked
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Thursday, 14 May 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i was interested till i saw it doesn't support ipod, which is what i use to listen to music in my car, which is where i listen to at least half my music.
can you plug a zen player into your higher end car stereos and control the playlist from the stereo controls these days, like you can the ipod? i gotta admit, i like the idea of this rhapsody thing - it would feel strangely good to actually pay for music for a change. not to mention rapidshare/soulseek work, but they're usually sorta iffy and a pain in the ass.
oh, shit, i see it's only available in the states, never mind. fuck you rhapsody!
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 14 May 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
most of those new radios only 'control' the ipod afaik, audio-in is pretty much the way what you get for zens
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Thursday, 14 May 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
screw it then, back to soulseek i guess
― messiahwannabe, Thursday, 14 May 2009 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
yea this happened to me all the time in firefoz & safari. hasn't once for weeks now. you gotta get this new player, man
― m coleman, Thursday, 14 May 2009 10:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm kind of surprised. I use it w/Windows and it's just fine...no problems at all. I've got it tied to a Sansa player (I've come to prefer Sansa to Ipod) and again no problems other than slow transfer time.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 14 May 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I just joined this yesterday after finding out about the death of lala.com. I hadn't noticed too many albums that I've searched for that was unavailable, but I haven't been searching too long.
$10 dollars a month ain't too bad, at least until Spotify comes to the states (if it ever does).
― musicfanatic, Monday, 3 May 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link