# cell phone ringtones **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272 "2003-02-15T17:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/1 "2003-02-15T17:20:22Z")
i recently got a new cellphone that has a feature allowing me to create my own ringtones, meaning that i can have any song i’m willing to figure out how to translate into the phone be my ring. any suggestions? it has a three-octave range and ability to do sharps and flats. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/2 "2003-02-15T19:03:31Z")
Arrggghhhh! I **hate** musical ringers! I just want my phone to **sound** like a phone, not a damn symphony orchestra. I just want to grab a phone and smash it when I hear it playing some cheesy tune over and over! ---
**Author:** ![AZCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/3 "2003-02-15T19:06:19Z")
How about _Feelings_? That’d be about enough to piss off everyone around you. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/4 "2003-02-15T19:55:45Z")
“hit the lights” -metallica "seargent D "- S.O.D. “into the void” -Black Sabbath “damage inc” -metallica “mud” -Primus “Institutionalized” S.T. Oh I wish I had one of those… ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/5 "2003-02-15T20:37:04Z")
What make and model is your cell-phone? There are lots of “generators” out there for the various models if you get some good suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/6 "2003-02-15T21:55:53Z")
right now mine is the theme from “Leisure Suit Larry.” although I’ll admit I’ve been tempted by “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/7 "2003-02-15T22:07:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Arrggghhhh! I **hate** musical ringers! I just want my phone to **sound** like a phone, not a damn symphony orchestra. I just want to grab a phone and smash it when I hear it playing some cheesy tune over and over! \*\* I could not agree more! My least favorite ring is the “Nokia ring.” If you have a Nokia and you’ve played with your rings, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, well, you’ve heard it. “Deedle dee dee, deedle dee dee, DEE DEE.” MAKE IT STOP! My coworker has the University of Michigan fight song as her ring. Every time it rings, I get the freaking song stuck in my head. Grrrrr. My phone is set to a ring called “dizzy.” The first ring is one beep. The second ring is three beeps. The third ring is five beeps. I usually catch it before then, though. I have to admit, I kind of like it. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/8 "2003-02-16T02:17:13Z")
Mine plays the theme to **Spongebob Squarepants**. Don’t worry, I seldom get calls so I don’t think it bothers anyone really. I heard someone’s go off as “Love Rollercoaster” and that had me cracking up all day. That was a good one. ---
**Author:** ![bradwalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@bradwalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bradwalt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/9 "2003-02-16T02:22:44Z")
I hate the tones too, but I also hate when, in a group of people, a generic ring comes out, and everybody has to check their phones. Suggestions: Theme Songs from old TV shows are great (I use “The Munsters” or “Lost in Space”), because it drives other people crazy (trying to identify the show). ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/10 "2003-02-16T02:30:17Z")
I want to put ‘Requiem for a dream’ (the LotR -TT-trailer re-composition) into my (polyphonic) mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/11 "2003-02-16T02:32:49Z")
generic ring? \ HELLO!!. Yeh I’m on the train! (Trigger Happy TV, my favourite scetch) ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/12 "2003-02-16T02:55:54Z")
One of the _very_ few cool-sounding musical rings I’ve heard is a well-done rendition of the Knight Rider theme. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/13 "2003-02-16T03:10:56Z")
Hey, **Dragonblink** , that’s what _my_ phone plays! I’ve never heard anyone else who had the Knight Rider theme… ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/14 "2003-02-16T03:57:51Z")
“In The Halls Of The Mountain King” - I think by Wagner. ---
**Author:** ![Rotten\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@Rotten\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rotten_Candy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/15 "2003-02-16T04:18:04Z")
I have the Smurf theme on my phone. I like it, and it drives my sister crazy. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/16 "2003-02-16T04:32:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Mine plays the theme to **Spongebob Squarepants**. Don’t worry, I seldom get calls so I don’t think it bothers anyone really. > \*\* I want that one! How did you get it? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/17 "2003-02-16T06:13:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daniel \* > \*\*right now mine is the theme from “Leisure Suit Larry.” > \*\* Awesome! I think in terms of video game rings that even beats out the Grand Theft Auto 3 pager tone. My Nokia 5165 is strangely one of the few phones that doesn’t support new ones, but I do have a slick discontinued San Jose Sharks faceplate at least. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/18 "2003-02-16T14:19:12Z")
I have had Paint it Black for about 2 years now, but am trying to work out what I will have as my polyphonic on The Phone which is arriving to its loving new home in about two weeks (touch wood). I have been on the lookout for a really good rendition of the Magic Roundabout music, or maybe Bagpuss. As somone said, obscure childrens shows rock. Oooh! Jamie and the Magic Torch. A decision has been arrived at. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/19 "2003-02-16T17:43:17Z")
I vastly prefer the days of obnoxious polyphonic ringtones to the days of this: _standard Nokia ring_ _everybody in the room grabs their phone_ ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272/20 "2003-02-16T23:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*I want that one! How did you get it? \*\* I have one of the Virgin Mobile “pay-as-you-go” phones and I got it on the website. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-ringtones/155272.md?page=2)