officially above and beyond


"i wanted to stop on (cuz i said i would) and give you guys a yell FROM rob, on this six year anniversary of the rob yell. you guys have to be the best fans ever! ... c ya soon!"
Rt - Rob, May 5, 2007

"Rob Thomas has continued to defy expectations, evolving into one of the most creative, accomplished and successful singer–songwriters of the modern rock era." - ASCAP, Jan. 2009

i wanted to stop on (cuz i said i would) and give you guys a yell FROM rob, on this six year anniversary of the rob yell. you guys have to be the best fans ever! Rt

~ I'm Southern, I am polite. But I also have a switch, and the second that switch goes, I completely go to 'Fuck you.' ~ RT-Rolling Stone

~Deb~

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5/5/07: i wanted to stop on (cuz i said i would) and give you guys a yell FROM rob, on this six year anniversary of the rob yell. you guys have to be the best fans ever! Rt

9/27/08: That sounds like ass. Rt

9/28/08: hey guys! just wanted to thank all my peeps who made it out to atlantis last night to see me, frankie and matt beck have too much fun. it was a great night and we had a wonderful time. damn the man, Rt

9/12/09: Are you friends with Michele? Well, you should be. Rt

12/18/09: Merry Christmas bitches! Rt

~Kit~

I <3 NY

"we're just 5 lucky f*cks that live on a bus"
"Do you remember where you were when things were heavy?"
"Maybe you can help remind us how to play one of our own songs!" ~Rob to me in St. Paul 01Aug01
"This song is...for you." - Rob, in Atlanta before he played 'Heavy' for me 24Oct05

"So we have a, one of our dear fans has been around for a long, long time and comes to a lot of our shows and she wanted us to play this song...so she kept saying 'play it, play it, play it', and i was like 'we can't, we can't' and she goes, 'why don't you do it acoustic?' '...that's not a bad idea..."
Thank you for Wonderful in Seattle 15Oct09 and beyond!! you're welcome.

“I’m playing this for some friends cuz I tried to play it for them once and I screwed it up terribly. This is their favorite song so I’m going to try it again. I know I messed it up last time pretty bad. But, I, I, listen, here’s the deal, it’s because this is a song that doesn’t exist really anywhere unless you happen to have found a bootleg copy of it. Because it’s a song that matchbox twenty just started playing live and never recorded and never did really anything with and just uh, just one day just as quickly stopped playing it. And so it’s easy to forget those after years and years. So I’m trying to remember it again right now. This song is called ‘Heavy’ ” Rob, in Temecula before he played Heavy for me 19Nov05

Thanks for Heavy in Vegas 18Mar08!!!

"We're going to play something else we didn't play last night...cuz I love obscure songs!" ~ Rob 01Jan06
Rob, thanks for: Swing in Boston; Time After Time in Albany; Heavy in Atlanta; Tragedy in Melbourne; Dizzy in San Diego; Heavy and My, My, My in Temecula; Swing in Toronto; You're My Kind in Tampa; Tragedy in Hollywood; Shame in Vegas w/matchbox, Suffer Me and Bent in Burlington; You Know Me in Victoria; My, My, My in Boca; Rest Stop in Orlando; My, My, My and Recollection Phoenix in Columbus; Leave in Cuyahoga Falls; You Know Me in Birmingham; and My, My, My in Central Point; and Heavy in Vegas w/ matchbox! Also Dear Joan in St. Paul 11Oct09, Time After Time in Vancouver 14Oct09 and Wonderful (acoustic!) in Seattle 15Oct09!!
And even when I wasn’t there: Girl Like that in Providence; Rest Stop in Philadelphia; Shame in Boston; Recollection Phoenix in Verona; Kody in Uncasville; Long Day in DC; Hang in New York; Maria (shut up and kiss me) in Newark; Recollection Phoenix in Phoenix; and Leave in Oakland!


"p.s.
thanx to ashley and melissa for ISHMAEL. it's truly life changing and i recommend it to every one i meet." ~ Rob 31Aug06

"hehe" ~ Rob 14Feb08
"you guys are the greatest band ever."

"He dumped me for a more experienced blonde girl." ~Anna Nalick 05Apr06

Listen - AL, AVA, BRM, JDM, JK, TNL, MB, MVE, VS.

"When people are screaming and roaring and shouting, the humbling thing is to realize it's not really for the band or artist on the stage. It's for their connection with the songs. A song just can own you…I think that's why concerts are so powerful. If that song is such a part of your life, and you hear it, it's too much almost." ~ Bono

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