# Seventeen hours left on my free Rhapsody trial -- who should I listen to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226 "2012-04-28T12:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/1 "2012-04-28T12:37:04Z")
Need answers fast! Who should I listen to to get the most of the time I have left? ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/2 "2012-04-28T17:48:48Z")
Jellyfish. It’s my stock answer for any “what should I listen to” question. Awesome band. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/3 "2012-04-28T21:44:48Z")
Nice call on Jellyfish–giving them a shot and like what I’m hearing. My fallback vote: Betty Davis. Not that crappy 80s song about her eyes, _the_ Mrs. Betty Davis, funk queen and Miles ex-wife. Sultry funk. Watch out for remixes that try and add to perfection. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/4 "2012-04-28T22:21:37Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Nice call on Jellyfish–giving them a shot and like what I’m hearing. Glad you like them! They only put out two studio albums, but they had enough backlog to fill a greatest hits album and a 4 cd box set (I have both). Also, the various players are incredibly prolific musicians, so there is a TON of other music available out there from them. Let me know if you want any suggestions. I am a huge Jellyfish nerd. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/5 "2012-04-28T22:34:34Z")
Thanks, I will try both your suggestions next. In theory I have until midnight. I’ve spent much of the day listening to the _Gypsy Kings_, whose music I find really compelling even though I can only understand or word or two of Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/6 "2012-04-28T22:57:22Z")
Here’s a Latin suggestion that will knock your socks off. For some reason it’s a bit tricky to find in Rhapsody (or at least my attempts have gone wonky). Put **Cico Mangual** into the search box. That should find a song on an album named **Tambo** by a band named **Paracumbe**. Putting either the album or band in seems to lead now where. They’re decidedly not the Gypsy Kings, but their groove is addictive. I can’t imagine living without Rhapsody. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/7 "2012-04-28T23:16:29Z")
… Use that time to download Spotify. Same type of service but free for now. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/8 "2012-04-28T23:25:50Z")
Rhapsody’s search service is awful. I’ll look into Spotify. What’s the catch? How do they money? ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/9 "2012-04-28T23:40:04Z")
Check out Ozomatli, if you haven’t already… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/10 "2012-04-29T02:22:58Z")
Cold War Kids ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/11 "2012-04-29T02:32:46Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Rhapsody’s search service is awful. > > I’ll look into Spotify. What’s the catch? How do they money? Supposedly the free service won’t always be free although they’ve backed away from that. They do some ads (like 30 seconds every 10 or so songs). And they offer and frequently pitch a for-pay service exactly like Rhapsody. ETA: just to establish my bona fides, I cancelled my Rhapsody service after trying Spotify. I think they both have their advantages and disadvantages but Spotify wins out by being free at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/12 "2012-04-29T04:55:08Z")
If you like Gypsy Kings, and enjoy instrumental music, try Rodrigo y Gabriela and Ottmar Lieber. If you want something a little different with beautiful vocals, try Active Child and School of Seven Bells. For more mainstream choices, Gotye is really catchy, and Lindsey Buckingham’s last album is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/13 "2012-04-29T05:05:45Z")
Sorry to double post. I’ve also had good luck with [music map](http://www.music-map.com/). Put in the name of a band you like, and get names of similar bands. I’ve made a couple of good finds that way. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seventeen-hours-left-on-my-free-rhapsody-trial-who-should-i-listen-to/620226/14 "2012-04-29T05:12:26Z")
By the way, here’s some random recommendations: Charles Bradley - The World is going up in Flames Amadou & Mariam - Ce N’est Pas Bon Drive-by Truckers - Used to be a Cop