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Finally hooked my new phone up to a PC a couple of nights back and stuck some muzak on it.

After years of rigidly sticking to a phone ringtone, which actually sounds like a 'proper' ringtone, I'm experimenting with mp3's instead.

Anyone got any good recommendations? Can't be arsed to slice and dice mp3's so it's gotta be something which grabs you within the first 10secs of the song, if not shorter!

For New Order I've copied over Dreams Never End, and the 7" of Ceremony, cos I think they both open up nicely. Got the Vikings theme too, natch (For a Few Dollars More takes too long to get going!).

Currently using Al Naafyish though, an old electro track by Hashim, as that grabs you by the bollocks from the opening beat. Then there's Egypt Egypt by the Egyptian Lover, similar piece from the same era, which resonates nicely the second it starts.

I'm lost as to what else I could use, mind.

Anyone else?

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glad you like the old school electro shit Al, Your right that Hasim trk is one of my top 5 tunes ever. btw - my moby tune is Sex Pistols- GSTQ:thumb:

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I must be a boring twat. Got a K800i that just goes Beep Beep Beep (and no that isnt fuckin roadrunner!)

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My latest phone did not come with a ringer that sounded like any type of old phone ringing, which is what I had always preferred...and I hated every frigging tune that came preloaded on the phone, so I've got TPK and BLT as my ringtones...

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Used to have blue monday, but MP3 ringtones aren't loud enough on my phone. Now I just use regular old programmed ringtone.

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Here to Stay

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i have the walkmen "the rat"

the bit that goes "you've got a nerve to be calling this number"

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I use State of the Nation from a midi file.

Shite song, but good opening riff, and loud, almost made for a ringtone.

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Mine is boring, but anytime I've looked for free ringtones online (I'm a cheap bastard) they don't have any available for LG phones that I've been able to find. The best ring tone I've got is Carmen (Bizet).

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Numb - Linkin Park (Theme to new Miami Vice movie)

:bag:

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Shellshocker wrote: Mine is boring, but anytime I've looked for free ringtones online (I'm a cheap bastard) they don't have any available for LG phones that I've been able to find.

You mean you can still get free ringtones online? :eek: I thought that'd all been stopped! Where can you find them?

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I did mine myself, it is CEREMONY from Brixton 2005, recorded by myself down the front, with the VIKINGS singing " Oh I'll break them all, no mercy shown ...."

Class !

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Mine beeps once and vibrates :thumb:

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Doesn't get much better than Ceremony. Temptation- even through the song to Green Eyes, Blue Eyes, Grey Eyes. . . . . Might also raise the stakes with the openning bars of SPECIAL. or EGG. Re : Order and their Hong Kong Phoey ?!

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Miss Disco wrote:

Shellshocker wrote: Mine is boring, but anytime I've looked for free ringtones online (I'm a cheap bastard) they don't have any available for LG phones that I've been able to find.

You mean you can still get free ringtones online? :eek: I thought that'd all been stopped! Where can you find them?

I don't know. I had looked a couple of years ago, just doing a google search, and found several, but none for my phone. Maybe they were all scams anyway.

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I did have one of the Krafty mixes as my ringtone last year.But deleted it for some reason:scratch:

Now i cant find the USB cable to connect my phone to my PC to put the track back on:banghead:

Just got the old 1950s telephone noise at the moment as my tone

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Just a standard one but on my next phone I'll get some New Order ringtones.

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used to edit midi files into snappy choruses and then put them on to my old phone, but they were a bit quiet and often pony. now I use mp3s - although it seems like cheating for some reason. again, I edit some to make the most of the song dynamics and use bluetooth or a USB cable.

at present I have: do the du (the missus calling)

homemade instrumentals of... subculture (generic ringtone) elegia (the alarm that wakes me every morning)

my text message alert is a vocal grab of charles hawtrey saying "oooh hellooo!" which has been interesting when I've received messages whilst in the gents.

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A midi version of Krafty.

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i still have a crappy basic mobile. i have BLT which progammed in myself.

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call me by blondie for most calls. the theme to the pink panther for my mother. peter gunn for my father. for various friends: round & round, TPK, krafty.

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Can't set my MP3 tunes as ringtones,but I've got meself "First Of The Gang To Die" by Morrissey as a Real-tone ringtone.

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Your Silent Face or Kraftwerk - Tour de France etape 2

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even flow by pearl jam

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Digital Mike wrote: I did mine myself, it is CEREMONY from Brixton 2005, recorded by myself down the front, with the VIKINGS singing " Oh I'll break them all, no mercy shown ...."

Class !

"Singing"??!!!??!!

Recall that when I stopped over at Al's (following the Allly Pally thing last year) Alex had a neat ringtone: think it was Hooky bellowing summat obnoxious from a stage somewhere. I was even more impressed when it was Andy Rob on the other end of the line.....

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Haven't really had the time to see how many mp3s are available for Verizon, so I just stuck with a few basics:

Trans-Europe Express (the tone actually sounds a lot like the song) is a general tone for voice mail.

Atmosphere for the alarm clock on my phone.

Handbags And Gladrags (aka theme from The Office) is what I use for work related numbers.

The Oregon fight song plays for the Oregon State scum who call (mostly coworkers), and also for friends and family.

A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow ( the chorus from A Mighty Wind, with Mitch And Micky singing) is for some females.

Anybody who calls me gets to hear As It Is When It Was (part of the actual song) before I answer the phone.

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FrogChorus wrote: Your Silent Face or Kraftwerk - Tour de France etape 2

now that i have the software to make my own, your silent face is perfect, can't belive i had'nt thought of that one.

right now its blue monday in mp3, its the best cingular had to offer... its got this weird robotic laugh with the opening bass lines, is this some remix or version i missed? :scratch:

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Run

Answer meWhy won't you answer me

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Text message: Type 40 TARDIS dematerialization sound

Call: Ceremony

Voicemail: HAL9000 saying "there is a message for you"

Alarm: Joe 90 theme/march of the oysters/TPK into ( after drums solo into, where the voyetra kicks in) depending on my mood.

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Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: My latest phone did not come with a ringer that sounded like any type of old phone ringing, which is what I had always preferred...

Yep, the "Old Phone" ringtone is my fave as well.

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Doctor? wrote:

TPK into ( after drums solo into, where the voyetra kicks in) depending on my mood.

That is one of my ring tones, exactly at that moment! My other ones include True Faith (bass sequencer start), BLT ("Everything I think of you.." bit), Krafty (instrumental bit after the wobbly synth part)...all sound ace! I should add BM and Round & Round someday as well. :shades:

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de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

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Stone Roses - Fools Gold MP3

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I've got WFTSC whenever anyone rings me, and Blue Monday if someone sends me a file.

Anyone who wants to send me a good ringtone to use instead of Blue Monday, feel free!

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One Brain wrote:

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: My latest phone did not come with a ringer that sounded like any type of old phone ringing, which is what I had always preferred...

Yep, the "Old Phone" ringtone is my fave as well.

+1 more:shades:

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Normally, i only have it on Ring Ring, but i've currently got Editors "Munich" on it.

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J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

Same here and YNWA for text messages :bow:

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Dave Algeo wrote:

J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

Same here and YNWA for text messages :bow:

:bow: but sadly mostly Z-cars in my family.

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Mr disco 99 wrote: Run

Answer meWhy won't you answer me

Brilliant! - I'm gonna get that one (when I get a phone that takes mp3's :( )

Ive just got Blue Monday for calls

& a generic Nokia ascending note thing for text - which my Wife recons sounds like the intro bar from Gloria Gaynor's I will survive - so, every time i get a message the sound is followed by Lita singing 'first i was afraid . . .' sooner i change that the better really:nonono:

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i'd be embarrassed to have Blue Monday as a ring tone. shammeful :nod:

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J.A.K wrote: i'd be embarrassed to have Blue Monday as a ring tone. shammeful :nod:

Could be worse. Could be Crazy Frog... :banghead:

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Still crappy sounding Krafty downloaded from HMV window!

Tried to get Alex's Here To Stay via Bluetooth, but it was too big to handle :\ohwell:

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J.A.K wrote:

Dave Algeo wrote:

J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

Same here and YNWA for text messages :bow:

:bow: but sadly mostly Z-cars in my family.

The family sounds a decent sort.:thumb:

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for the love of :spit:

me and da, sole kopites. :cry:

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Blue Monday- but goes to voicemail quicker as a result which is well weird given the complaints that BM 'goes on for fucking-ever'!

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Prodigy - Out Of Space

I have one of them old Nokia's - so the ring tone sounds like a 6 year old playing on a xylophone.

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off:

if you're posting from work, who shits it when DJ Shatterglass appears across the top bar?

guuuuuhhhh!!! :lol:

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Salvation Theme. Subtle and understated, just like me...

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J.A.K wrote: off:

if you're posting from work, who shits it when DJ Shatterglass appears across the top bar?

guuuuuhhhh!!! :lol:

:lol:

happens to me, but i havn't dared mention it!

hmmm all these suggestions, might have to upload some new ones:thumb:

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Old Blue wrote: Salvation Theme. Subtle and understated, just like me...

Alternatively.....Full of noise, no substance.

:uhoh:

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J.A.K wrote: off:

if you're posting from work, who shits it when DJ Shatterglass appears across the top bar?

guuuuuhhhh!!! :lol:

I think DJ Shatterglass and Gnu Order are one and the same.

I don't think he's scary though, you big puff!

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Old Blue wrote: Salvation Theme. Subtle and understated, just like me...

You haven't got one of the rips from the film where they just shout and swear a lot over the top?! :eek3:

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Facsimile wrote:

my text message alert is a vocal grab of charles hawtrey saying "oooh hellooo!" which has been interesting when I've received massages whilst in the gents.

:laugh:

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PHD wrote:

J.A.K wrote:

Dave Algeo wrote:

J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

Same here and YNWA for text messages :bow:

:bow: but sadly mostly Z-cars in my family.

The family sounds a decent sort.:thumb:

:barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf::barf:

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I've got one you'll probably like, Al - it's the intro to "Weekend" by Ladytron.

I snipped it at 24 seconds just before the vocals kick in and I think it works really well (so well, in fact, that I haven't changed it since before Christmas!)...

Chris :D

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A bad-sounding (But can't be bothered to change it....) Krafty when the phone rings, and the caller gets True Faith. Still. I will get around to it one day......:shrug:

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Blue Monday ringback here. Explains why Diggy never calls anymore TSK! :laugh:

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i have Gorrilaz Dare as me ringtone..

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I have Pet Shop Boys' "I'm with Stupid" for my e-mail ringtone on my mobile, and New Order's "True Faith" for my telephone ringtone on my mobile. I think the phones we have here in Japan are the best mobiles in the entire world, not just technologically, but aesthetically as well.

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Just transferred the Americas Most Wanted theme (The Other Two recorded it right?) to my phone so been trying that out as my ringtone and/or message alert.

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Whey! Just bought a Bluetooth Dongle for the computer,because Vodaphone are going to start charging me for sending photos to my computer,now I can send full tunes to my ringtone archive. So today my ringtone will be .... AGE OF FCUKING CONSENT!

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Monty And The Goblet Of Fire wrote: Just bought a Bluetooth

fido.ca has an almost unrecognizable The Police -Roxanne . ! and a couple of the Psychedalic Furs tunes in the 80s. section. The Weather Girls -It's Raining Men (ha) in the Disco section could break a smile.

Quite like the unoriginal yet clean plain plunks of the basic ring tone.

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Currently have Ceremony original 7". Before that BLT and before that LWTUA.

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I might post a couple of suitable edits when I get my broadband fixed, if anyone would like them.

I also have about half of The Happy One in my phone, along with the climactic scene from Genesis of the Daleks ( which traumatized Bonzie's wee'un), just in case I need inspiration ;)

(T.H.O. can bring me back from ANY state of mind, SO MUCH bass :D )

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The A-Team theme, though I'd like to change it for a sound grab of Mr T - pity the fool!

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are there many phones where you can't use an mp3 file as a ring tone then?

surely you just crop an mp3 to an appropriate length & send that to your phone? easy! [/geek]

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J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

heh mine used to be blue moon :(

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hibster wrote: are there many phones where you can't use an mp3 file as a ring tone then?

surely you just crop an mp3 to an appropriate length & send that to your phone? easy! [/geek]

my phone has that feature programmed out of it...(as do a lot of phones in the US) and you can't hack the phone without a developer key (which you need to do a piece of code to apply for)

it's funny because the Sidekick in other countries you can set mp3s as ringtones but you can't on the T-mobile US version. It's something to do with the RIAA and the fact that mostly teeny boppers use the phone and will steal shite top10 ringtones. (that's why you can't set mp3s as ringtones on a lot of phones in the US...but most are hackable)

This is why I can't have proper MMS on my phone or bluetooth anything over but a vcard.

really limiting for a 500 dollar phone. :( but i feel silly taking it back because I can't do proper picture messaging and ringtones :P :P

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[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: The Oregon fight song plays for the Oregon State scum who call (mostly coworkers), and also for friends and family.

Oregon state scum???????? Hey, 'dems fightin' words!!! I'm OSU alumn. Don't tell me your a Ducks fan?

JHC

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Alternatively.....Full of noise, no substance.

I beg to differ. One hell of a Hooky bass solo throughout that tune.

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C-Ro wrote:

my phone has that feature programmed out of it...(as do a lot of phones in the US) and you can't hack the phone without a developer key (which you need to do a piece of code to apply for)

really limiting for a 500 dollar phone. :( but i feel silly taking it back because I can't do proper picture messaging and ringtones :P :P

$500? :jawdrop: don't they come free over there with the contract?

no wonder the phones are always so out of date in US films/ tv!

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hibster wrote:

C-Ro wrote:

my phone has that feature programmed out of it...(as do a lot of phones in the US) and you can't hack the phone without a developer key (which you need to do a piece of code to apply for)

really limiting for a 500 dollar phone. :( but i feel silly taking it back because I can't do proper picture messaging and ringtones :P :P

$500? :jawdrop: don't they come free over there with the contract?

no wonder the phones are always so out of date in US films/ tv!

shit phones do.. mine is "shit" in that it's limited as I've said above but it's a smartphone. I paid 300 dollars for it with renewing my contract

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hibster wrote: are there many phones where you can't use an mp3 file as a ring tone then?

surely you just crop an mp3 to an appropriate length & send that to your phone? easy! [/geek]

Not a bad phone I've got on contract,but the software you get with it,was only compatible with Windows 2000/ME.Swell. So you could download tunes through Vodaphone,the only Real-tone NO song I could get was Jetstream.But you paid for tunes you could play back,but couldn't set as ringtones,unless you downloaded dedicated ringtone tunes.Now I can. What shall I have today....Paris Angels or South Park's Uncle Fucker?

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This thread has inspired me to change it from the previously mentioned beep beep to Bizarre Love Triangle.

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68Pontiac wrote:

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: The Oregon fight song plays for the Oregon State scum who call (mostly coworkers), and also for friends and family.

Oregon state scum???????? Hey, 'dems fightin' words!!! I'm OSU alumn. Don't tell me your a Ducks fan?

JHC

yep....hehehehe :p

Don't worry, I'm outnumbered at work 10 to 1, plus my parents have been OSU baseball and basketball season ticket holders for the last few seasons, and I get so much flack it's hilarious round these parts :nod:

Ronnie Lee was my favourite athlete as a kid, that's why I chose Oregon.

It's fairly easy to keep the Beavs in line, all I have to do is mention ROOOOOOOOOOOOLANDO BLACKMAN!!!!!!!!!!

.....or remind them of the sign seen along Interstate 5 last November...

....or remind them of the fact that even though Oregon hasn't fielded a baseball team for over 30 years, they still have placed more players in the Major Leagues than Oregon State.....(according to Baseball-Reference.com)

Have a good day. :)

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Down down down to the underground.:music:

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Phone rings - This is the One by the Roses or alternatively Get the Message. Message = phone from 24

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A Satie tune. However, I sometimes change it to a NO tune, but prepaid mobile offers crappy ringtones.

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Have two different ones based on Regret, which I alternate between depending on mood - either just the intro or the chorus ("have a conversation on the telephone")... Use 'Sometimes' by James for the missus calling, as it's 'our song' (bless!)...

Snorri xxx

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[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote:

what is that cheerleader doing to that basketball player in that picture? :eek:

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ive got grease - your the one that i want

never fails to crack someone up n its dead loud aswel

also EGG is on my phonio

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Temptation.

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i have a fake reggae tune that goes off whenever some wanker wants to call me and disturb my peace. its very very tacky, i was very temted to get jeff buckleys -leonard cohen cover ,hallujuah. but i was way to tight with my money to concider it :nonono: i will stick with the shite reggae, cornyness

nice ringtones people, you go to alot of effort

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Blue Monday to start with, followed by Step On and now i've got a theme from Father Ted, what a pearler:bow:

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Dave Algeo wrote:

J.A.K wrote: de de de de de deh deh deh

the ring of fire

the ring of fire.

Same here and YNWA for text messages :bow:

Ring of fire is a standard for all Red's these days. It's makes for a laugh when someones phone goes off on the coach and everyone gets their phone out:laugh:

i would have something differnt but i dont know how to connect me phone to the iMac:scratch:

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