# Help Me Select A New Ring Tone! Win Absolutely Nothing **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129 "2012-03-18T10:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/1 "2012-03-18T10:47:10Z")
I need a new ring tone for my mobile (cell) phone. I have had “Me and Bobby McGee” for several years now and people look at me strangely when it rings in the supermarket. Fair enough, they probably do anyway. Prior to that I had “Teach Your Children Well”, but that was a bit soft and although I could put the phone on vibrate, again people would look at you differently if you were in the shop and suddenly grabbed near your crotch if your phone started vibrating in your shorts. So I am after suggestions. The song would need to be loud enough to be heard (Send in the Clowns is out) and none of the crap that passes for music these days. I was thinking maybe Born To Be Wild or something similar. (I have Cum Feel the Noise (Slade) as the alarm tone). ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/2 "2012-03-18T11:24:47Z")
The one I’m using is still this: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_nG-fuhjvo) Loud enough, but also slightly inobtrusive, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/3 "2012-03-18T11:33:34Z")
Thanks for that. I had never heard of it before and it seems a little haunting- really nice. Maybe I should be thinking of something like “The Wizards of Winter” by the Trans Siberian Orchestra or perhaps something from the War of the Worlds. You have opened new thought channels here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/4 "2012-03-18T13:22:20Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcjLAoEYhBo) This is Loreena McKinnett. I like some of her stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/5 "2012-03-18T13:46:54Z")
If it’s not too dorky, I have the Futurama theme song, and I like it. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/6 "2012-03-18T13:54:23Z")
Surfin’ Bird. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/7 "2012-03-18T14:04:27Z")
Surfin Bird is a little too ancient for me! Thanks for the suggestion and I may use it when I hit 100! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/8 "2012-03-18T14:16:04Z")
I’m confused - youy can use a youtube clip for a ringtone or you’re just posting thise as examples but you need to but the ringtone lsewhere - yes I’m that far behind in smartphone stuff ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/9 "2012-03-18T14:25:50Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > If it’s not too dorky, I have the Futurama theme song, and I like it. This is mine: 😃 [Love Boat Theme](http://youtu.be/ZmUlKPthrag) ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/10 "2012-03-18T14:33:32Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I’m confused - youy can use a youtube clip for a ringtone or you’re just posting thise as examples but you need to but the ringtone lsewhere - yes I’m that far behind in smartphone stuff Yup, you can use a YouTube clip in most smart phones but it might take a little work. 1. Grab the audio off the clip. There are myriad ways to do this, but the easiest is usually to use a free service like [ListenToYouTube](http://www.listentoyoutube.com/). 2. Upload the mp3 to your phone using a cable, email, Bluetooth, etc. Depending on your phone, some methods will be harder than others. I have a cheapie Android and using a cable is kind of a pain, but BT is pretty simple. 3. Go into your phone’s ringtone settings and select the new mp3 as your ringtone. There are other things you can do, such as editing the song so that it starts playing at the chorus instead of the beginning. I’m usually too lazy though and just pick a song that doesn’t have a long intro. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/11 "2012-03-18T14:40:17Z")
Years ago I posted the text from [this\*](http://xkcd.com/479/) on my facebook wall. Honestly I don’t care what you’re cell phone sounds like, I just thought it was funny (and mine makes a ringing sound or as close to it as I can get). \*obligatory XKCD. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/12 "2012-03-18T14:40:42Z")
**Cicero** , how about some Band on the Run when it cuts to “if I ever get out of here,” or “and the rain exploded with a mighty crash?” Given that it’s your title and all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/13 "2012-03-18T14:46:53Z")
“Love Will Keep Us Together”; fun, upbeat intro, gotta love it! I had it as my ringtone for nearly 3 years and it made a bunch of people smile, even if it was out of pity! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/14 "2012-03-18T16:11:47Z")
I used to use the first 40 seconds of “Come Undone”, but it was too subtle. Lately its been “[Street Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNyxy7XPfs)” by Randy Crawford. PS- Possibly the best phone unsung phone accessory ever produced was the ability to tag different ringtones to different contacts. Like [sisters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kiXh8YOzk), fer instance. Granted, it _does_ make it difficult to tell if its the one from the East or the one from the West. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/15 "2012-03-18T17:28:43Z")
I suppose my phone is the only one that uses an actual ring? But I like it because I can always tell it apart. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/16 "2012-03-18T18:12:59Z")
Mine is this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eaCCkfjPm0o/hqdefault.jpg "Charlie the Unicorn 3") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaCCkfjPm0o&t=1m40s) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/17 "2012-03-18T18:20:00Z")
[Mulatto Butts!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbquDj3mkGc) (Archer’s ringtone) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/18 "2012-03-18T18:44:41Z")
a few bars of Peaches en Regalia. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/19 "2012-03-18T18:45:46Z")
The theme to _National Geographic_ specials. That’ll get your attention. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/20 "2012-03-18T18:46:23Z")
I used to have the five tones from Close Encounters as my ring tone. I need to put that on my new phone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129.md?page=2)