QotD: Can you hear me now?

What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it?

My ringtone is so seriously sad that this is really embarrassing, but for the last two years, it's been Usher's "Yeah". And the thing is, in the last year and 11 months, I've probably heard it five times, because I always have my phone on vibrate. But even admitting this makes me sad, in the sense that it was kind of lame in mid-2004, but now it's just full-on pathetic in mid-2006.

Even worse may be that over the past month or so I've been watching Lionel Richie's video for "Hello" [1] (creepiest video EVAR!) somewhat obsessively. Here it is, for your viewing pleasure:

Lionel Richie - Hello

And so, today, I downloaded a polyphonic ringtone of "Hello". It has a good build, where it's sort of just smooth & jazzy up front, and it takes a little while for you (the listener of my new ringtone) to recognize it--and then it's kind of like like an old creepy teacher stalking his blind student (spoiler!), "Helloooooo".

[1] Probably after seeing it again on Pitchfork's list of 100 Awesome Music Videos, complete with this brilliant line:

Every time Richie mimes "hello" like it's the most sincere hello ever offered in the history of hellos.

So true!

Comments

[Dice]

Wow, that is real creepy.

BTW, most folks in Japan have moved beyond polyphonic ringtones and we just play the straight tunes out of phones as ringtones instead.

[photojunkie]

is it me you're looking for?

Damn you Ben for getting this in my head!

[Patti]

I hate you Ben. I hate you.

I was singing Hello in the shower this morning. And on the drive to work.

[this is not good]