When a cell phone ring tone becomes a #1 hit tune in England

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:04 am

It's sweeping the nation, bumping top recording artists off the top ten lists

Full length video here:

http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/crazy-frog/axel-f.htm

Crazy Frog Axel F

MarkB

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:43 am

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Tue May 31, 2005 1:12 pm

Gs. It was embarrassing enough when "The Spice Girls" were around

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:35 pm

Of course...before it was ever a ringtone "Axel F" (Axel Foley) was the main theme in the movie Beverly Hills Cop. Was it 1984???

Cheers,
David

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:37 pm

GaryKelly wrote:Gs. It was embarrassing enough when "The Spice Girls" were around

Someone had to keep the balance of talent/taste in check after the Beatles, Gary. The Spice Girls were sort of the computer worm caboose to the British Invasion.

Chang He · Post by **Chang He** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:37 pm

Ha. Too bad they're ripping off Harold Faltermeyer. Or is everyone here too young to have seen "Beverly Hills Cop" ?

EDIT: It appears Feadan beat me to that punch. Nice call there.

kevin m. · Post by **kevin m.** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:55 pm

I wish that annoying amphibian would catch 'Hamburg exploding Toad Syndrome' and do us all a favour.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:13 pm

I just happened to see <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2005 ... html">this article</a> this morning and, not being a denizen of the UK,
I didn't know what it was talking about. Thanks for clueing me in. So I take it the ringtone
is a frog croaking along to "Axel F"? That sounds worse than the dogs barking "Jingle Bells"
that seems to still get played every Christmas.
(Did I say "worse"? I meant "equally indicative of the Apocolypse".)

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:54 pm

MarkB wrote:It's sweeping the nation, bumping top recording artists off the top ten lists

Full length video here:

http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/crazy-frog/axel-f.htm

MarkB

Actually that video is not the full version which can be found here:

http://www.lostcoders.net/index-single-1868.htm

Not having it innundating the airwaves here I confess I find it pretty amusing. Re: ringtones, IMHO they're almost always annoying when they play a tune. My cell phone ringtone is a simple ringing sound. You know...like a telephone :roll:

Chang He wrote:Ha. Too bad they're ripping off Harold Faltermeyer.

Ripping off?

I'm sure he is delighted with the royalties from all this.

Cheers,
David

Chang He · Post by **Chang He** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:32 pm

Feadan wrote:
Chang He wrote:Ha. Too bad they're ripping off Harold Faltermeyer.
Ripping off? I'm sure he is delighted with the royalties from all this.

Cheers,
David

You're probably right. I guess it's more like using The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" to sell the Nissan Sentra...it proves everyone has a price.

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:50 pm

Chang He wrote:You're probably right. I guess it's more like using The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" to sell the Nissan Sentra...it proves everyone has a price.

Zoiks...I've missed that one

. Funny how marketing people use music to try & sway a particular age group. For me it instead makes me a bit sad that music I like is being demeaned to the level of being used to sell something. Brings to mind the classic B. Kliban cartoon titled “The Birth of Advertising” showing a horse’s arse pooping out little fat bespectacled bald guys in suits smoking cigars.

Cheers,
David

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:28 am

The annoying frog's voice isn't even original.

This has been floating around the 'Net for years.

http://www.funny-funny-pictures.com/insanity/

Mukade

Feadan · Post by **Feadan** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:45 am

And for those who hate the little guy...

http://hatethatfrog.desktopcreatures.co ... crazy+frog

Cheers,
David

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:47 pm

The voice reminds me of Rubber Biscuit ... or am I dating myself?

The ultilmate frog on the web has always been at JoeCartoon, of course:
http://joecartoon.atomfilms.com/pages/frogbender/

djm

missy · Post by **missy** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:06 pm

"Funny how marketing people use music to try & sway a particular age group"

And - I'm sorry - but Zeppelin and Aerosmith for Caddy's and Buicks are just WRONG!!!!!

(I love the frogblender!)

Missy