When a cell phone ring tone becomes a #1 hit tune in England
When a cell phone ring tone becomes a #1 hit tune in England
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
Full length video here:
http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/crazy-frog/axel-f.htm
Crazy Frog Axel F
MarkB
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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???
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David
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David
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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".)
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".)
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Actually that video is not the full version which can be found here: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
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:
Ripping off? I'm sure he is delighted with the royalties from all this.Chang He wrote:Ha. Too bad they're ripping off Harold Faltermeyer.
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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 wrote:Ripping off? I'm sure he is delighted with the royalties from all this.Chang He wrote:Ha. Too bad they're ripping off Harold Faltermeyer.
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David
A voice in the dark imploring,
A sweet flute play’d in the light
-Arthur Edward Waite
A sweet flute play’d in the light
-Arthur Edward Waite
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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.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.
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David
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
This has been floating around the 'Net for years.
http://www.funny-funny-pictures.com/insanity/
Mukade
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And for those who hate the little guy...
http://hatethatfrog.desktopcreatures.co ... crazy+frog
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David
http://hatethatfrog.desktopcreatures.co ... crazy+frog
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David
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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
The ultilmate frog on the web has always been at JoeCartoon, of course:
http://joecartoon.atomfilms.com/pages/frogbender/
djm
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