# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/41 "2012-03-20T13:59:40Z")
Simon & Garfunkel’s _Mrs. Robinson_, espically the opening guitar lick, makes a good ringtone. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/42 "2012-03-20T14:00:40Z")
My generic ringtone is the intro to Wilco’s “Casino Queen”. The ringtone for my home phone # and wife’s cell # is a clip of Fleetwood Mac’s version of “Talk To Me Baby”. ---
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/43 "2012-03-20T15:23:30Z")
As I was going through the James Bond audiobooks, I tended to change my ringtone according to the book I’m listening to. It shouldn’t be to obvious it’s JB though. This was a nice one : [Thunderball OST - 08 - Death Of Fiona - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9bO_STuGY) As I’m now having a break in the listening department and the cycling season has begun, I picked this one [Rodania.mp4 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i86S_TC7Lrc) , of course at an unobtrusive volume at work. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/44 "2012-03-20T17:51:55Z")
I like the theme from “Mission: Impossible.” It starts out very quiet then gets louder and louder. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/45 "2012-03-20T18:02:24Z")
Since my favorite album of all time is Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells 2, I started out with “Sentinel” which starts quiet and gets louder. However I found that it took a long time for me to actually hear it. I switched to “The Bell” which starts with a nice loud chord. Since that is probably too weird, you can try “Like a Rolling Stone” which starts with a nice crash of the drums. ---
**Author:** ![Niteryder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Niteryder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niteryder)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/46 "2012-04-04T09:51:15Z")
I used to rock Slayer’s “Raining Blood” for a long time. Then some co-workers pleaded for a change - I really can’t understand why 🙂 Now I settled for a quieter song: [Byrds - Wasn’t born to follow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhgLjim6Rc). Since I got a ringback service through [these fine folks](http://www.ect-ringback.com/) I moved Slayer undercover - joke’s on them! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/47 "2012-04-04T12:14:11Z")
I currently have the closing theme from Lost in Space [Lost in Space - 1967 - Ending Theme Song - TelevisionTunes.com](http://www.televisiontunes.com/Lost_in_Space_-_1967_-_Ending.html) It’s jazzy and a good dog-whistle for geeks. My IM tone is the Jetson’s doorbell. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/48 "2012-04-04T15:22:09Z")
My general ringtone is the chorus to Scissor Sisters - “I Can’t Decide”. But as mentioned earlier, it’s fun to link specific contacts to specific songs. Like, the ringtone for my wife is Gretchen Wilson - “Redneck Woman”. And for my brother-in-law, it’s “The Freaks Come Out At Night”. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/49 "2012-04-04T19:08:57Z")
I use the super mario bros [Star theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIFknyQ3n4w) for a ring tone and the [coin grabbing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfkcI8dhfsQ) sound effect for texts. They make me happy on the inside. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/50 "2012-04-04T21:02:18Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > I like the theme from “Mission: Impossible.” It starts out very quiet then gets louder and louder. Well? Did I win? Where’s my nothing? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/51 "2012-04-04T22:33:58Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > The theme to _National Geographic_ specials. That’ll get your attention. I use [this](http://www.policeinterceptor.com/sounds/688PPALM.WAV) 688 power plant casualty alarm. It is also my 5 am wakeup alarm tone. I also use it if I need to wake my husband up for some reason. After 20 years in the sub fleet it gets him upright on spinal reflex \ It also is his dedicated ringtone, so if I am shopping or on base for any reason, it tends to get peoples attention for some reason 😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/52 "2012-04-05T02:07:32Z")
I recently had the SO download a new ringtone for me. It’s from Blade Runner - the tone Deckerd’s car phone makes when he dials up J F Sebastian’s place and Pris answers. It makes my phone sound all sci fi and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/53 "2012-04-05T03:04:43Z")
Mine is Penny saying “Knock, knock Sheldon”… ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129/54 "2012-04-05T03:32:48Z")
I use the opening theme from _Red Dwarf_. Easy to hear and tends to generate a lot of smiles when it rings in public. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-a-new-ring-tone-win-absolutely-nothing/616129.md?page=2)