It's about ringtones--but wait! It's actually worthwhile!

[RoyBiggins]

...Or at least I think it's worthwhile.  I just got a cell phone that allows me to record voice memos and stuff, and I can set these recorded messages as ringtones.  What I'm looking for are either a)awesome parts of songs to record or b) funny things to say.

Right now?  It's Craig Finn shouting "Think about what you got compare it to what I got now whaddaya think my girl wants?"  That's a keeper.

Tomorrow I'm gettin' out my Kool Keith albums.

[Andrew_TSKS]

one of my friends has that speech of mike tyson's where he's all "i'm gonna kill my opponent! i'm gonna eat his children! all praise be to allah!" as his ring tone.

if i was to get one, i'd probably get that charles manson thing where he says, "do you feel blamed? are you mad? do you feel like [15 seconds of gibberish]".

[elpollodiablo]

And engage in divine worship!?

Alternately:
We want that donut money.

[bmc]

My work cell has this feature.  I set the ringtone to a recording of somebody I work with saying "Excuse me, Ben, you have a phone call."  Now, when my phone rings in a meeting or something, I just act like somebody's interrupted me.  "Thanks.  Excuse me, I have to get this."




Or I would, if anybody ever called my work cell.

[justinh]

the ultimate ringtone is obviously the intro to either "raining blood" or "south of heaven".  

it really bothers me that all the downloadable ringtones of songs are plucked right from the middle of the song, usually the chorus.  this sounds so abrupt, jarring, and uncivilized.  Humanity is obviously not yet ready to pick their own ringtones.

[nonotyet]

justinh: Au contraire, kind of.

My current ringtone is "The Rat" (by The Walkmen) and it cuts right into the part of the song where he goes "YOUUUUUUUUU'VE GOT A NERRRRRVE TO BE AAAAAAAAAAASKING A FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVOR, YOUUUUUUUUUU'VE GOT A NERRRRRRRRRRRRRVE TO BE CAAAAAAAAAAAALLING MY NUMB-AH..." oh wait, that's sort of the beginning of the song. Irregardless! (that is my favorite non-word that I actually really fucking hate) It's what makes it all perfect like for a ringtone...because, see...he's talking about...someone's calling him? And someone is calling me? and it's all...perfect?
Yeah. Um, now I can't remember exactly which point I'm disagreeing with you on. Oh! Dropping in the middle of the song. That's the one song where I'll allow it, but the way other songs sound when they do that kind of bugs me too.

Yours wordily,
nonotyet.

[justinh]

In that instance, that part of the song might be okay.....but still, i think maybe i have issues with vocals in ringtones.  Like if i hear another dude on the bus with some dude rapping as his ringtone all super-loud, i'm gonna flip.  and I HATE that "brrrrrring...you have an incoming call" ringtone.  It's so irritating, like fantasizing you have a secretary or something in the lamest way possible.

[Maaik]

"Uuuummmm....uuhhhhhhh, erm...hey uhhhh...... uh....."

That'd be mine.  For at least a couple days until it got really old.

Then it'd be the computer from Red Dwarf going "Emergency...there's an emergency going on."