Modern Vespa

Do you have a song as your phone ringtone? Here's mine. Gives me a burst of energy every time my phone rings.

darth vaders march when I have volume on which is rare


normally just vibrate

I used to have this snippet of Little Feat's "Apolitical Blues"

Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
Well my telephone was ringing
And they told me it was Chairman Mao
You can tell him anything
'Cause I just don't wanna talk to him now

For a while, I had the President's hot-line ringtone from Our Man Flint (reappearing later in the Austin Powers franchise) on my first two (real) BlackBerrys, and my first two Android smartphones. When everybody started putting musical ringtones on their phones, it actually became hard to hear my own phone ringing. Tried a "classic" phone ringtone for a few months before everyone else seemed to want one too. Then, about a year ago, a small revelation: I was catching up on my British police procedurals on TV, and while watching an episode of Inspector Lewis (Morse/Endeavor fans, raise your hands), I heard the phone of Lewis' Detective Sgt. Hathaway's phone ring: a simple, clean pre-smartphone chirp. Had to root around the Internets to find just the tone, but I found it, and I've yet to hear anyone else's phone, smart or otherwise, using this tone. Kismet!

Mine's the sax intro from Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

My ringtone is

'Oh No Not You Again' by The Heavy

It's an Everton FC thing

The theme from Get Smart, because that always makes me prick up my ears.

Silent mode.

Mine is a Dr. Who theme, as created in his studio by my friend, my first bass teacher, and my musical inspiration - Morgan Hague.


If I could figure out how to post an MP3 file here, I would.

Copied my old gas station entry bell that I installed in my house. Can hear it out in the street. Drives my wife and our dogs crazy....Made a great ring tone.

Gloria by Them for close friends

and the theme from Perry Mason for all others.

My default ring tone is Linus and Lucy. For my son it's a robotic sound, my daughter is set for the sound of bubbles and for my wife the sound of a cuckoo clock call.

Regina Spector, "On the Radio".

Goldberg Variations for keyboard, BWV 988, Variation 1, Johann Sebastian Bach.

Played by Vladimir Feltsman

Here is another performer's version:

The ring tone for my personal phone and work phone:

Linus & Lucy makes a great ringtone.


I use an M&S ad from two years ago. It's based on Clean Bandit, Rather Be:

The Main Street Electrical Parade.

Mine is Homer Simpson yelling, "A lady motorcycle driver? What is this, the Twilight Zone?"

And my text message sound is a motorcycle rumbling.

The good, the bad, the ugly
Also
Bad boys, bad boys, what you going to do

The theme from Doctor Who!

Different ringtones for different people!

Favorites ringtone is a barking Labrador Retriever, nonetheless!!!

Ringtone for when dear one is calling me, George Thorogood's, Bad to the Bone.

Alarm ringtone is Louis Armstrong's, What A Wonderful World.

Everyone else ... does not matter!

Edwin Starr! Awesome! Mine isn't in english- sorry English only folks:

Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy
https://youtu.be/hZPECFQ4NhE

TOS Star Trek: Bosun whistle

Pink Panther theme.

Theme from the Batman TV series

I have this one for when my dearest calls

Causes a few smiles if I forget to turn the phone to silent in meetings

For a few dollars more
Musical Pocket watch

"when the chimes stop, you've missed the call"

The Walking Dead - Main Title theme by Bear McCreary

Led Zeppelin Kashmir when wife or son call.

My general ringtone.

I have a flip phone, it just rings.

Hello. Where did you find Sgt. Hathaway's ringtone? I'm searching for it a long time ago.

Depends on who's calling, but all the sounds on my phone are classic Nintendo video game sounds. Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. mainly. My text message alert is 1-up. My ex's ringtone is the King Koopa theme.

Long, elaborate, noisy ring tones are a pet peeve of mine. And the morons that won't answer their phone and just listen and admire their ring tone. I want to scream at them,"Just answer the fucking phone for gods sake!" They do it everywhere, restaurants, church, business meetings, and are too brain dead to be embarrassed. AAHHH!

I'm sure this doesn't apply to anyone here.



(I feel much better now.)

Vibrate. I haven't had a ring tone in four years.