Last December, I posted about the evils of mobile phone ringtones, and offered some sage advice on choosing one that isn't too embarrassing.
A few weeks ago, I made the mistake of buying myself a new phone with the ability to upload your own mp3 as a ringtone. Suffice to say, I didn't follow my own advice. At all.
Charles, you are the King of the divan.
Sick, man.
I've got my phone beeping out the name of the person calling in Morse code. The idea is that one day, I'll be able to tell who's phoning without looking at the phone.
This is probably even worse than an mp3 that literally shouts "GEEK! GEEK! GEEK!", but hey - a hundred years ago, everybody was doing it!
I think it would be more embarassing in a French-speaking country. Everyone would laugh at you there, especially considering the text of this famous song as it is, at the first person. At least, you didn't choose latest radio hit, say by Britney Spears.
I'm using old cartoon tunes, like lonely tunes, yesterday as .mid, today as .mp3 or .mp4. I welcome the (rather) new mid-fi capabilities of phones. Actually, my mobile is always in silent mode anyway. Several years ago, a friend told me he chose discrete nature sounds or distant church bells, for no one thinks it's a phone ringing. After all, the biggest embarassment is that you forgot to turn your phone off or put it in silent mode.
My ringtone is Rolf Harris singing Stairway to Heaven. I figure that if my phone is going to go off in the middle of a meeting, it may as well do so in the most spectacular manner possible.
> I've got my phone beeping out the name of the person calling in Morse code.
That's awesome! How'd you do that?
AC/DC riffs make excellent MP3 ring tones.
In an amazing display of synchronicity, Music for Robots posted this masterpiece recently as well. Is it Plastic Bertrand revival month and if so why didn't anyone tell me?
http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001223.html
I remain happy with the sound of an actual phone ringing. (Ok, it's an MP3 of an old analog phone with an old analog ring, like from a real bell, but still...)
my son programs my phone for me these days, he's currently got it doing a beatbox he recorded, before that he had it saying "answer the BLOODY phone!" - it rarely went unanswered for long...
The Homer Simpson version of the Flintstones theme goes off whenever my phone rings. Sometimes I purposely take my time answering it just so that I can prolong the enjoyment.