A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Best Brown Baggies on November 02, 2011, 10:48:53 PM

Title: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Best Brown Baggies on November 02, 2011, 10:48:53 PM
Hi. After having the SOS solo as my ringtone for over a year now, i've finally decided to change
it to 'Freeway Flyer' from the soundtrack 'Local Hero'
The one with the car engine at the start. It works really well as a ringtone.
In the past, i've also had the opening riff to 'Single Handed Sailor' & 'Southbound Again'
Has anyone else got an MK or DS ringtone? :)

Cheers  BBB
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Love Expresso on November 02, 2011, 10:52:12 PM
I have Early Bird on my phone. The beginning is really made for ringtones!  :lol

LE
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: goldenheart96 on November 02, 2011, 11:08:27 PM
I used to have "What It Is" as a ringtone for a while, then the Metroland instrumental. Right now it's the solo of "Telegraph Road", the one that starts after MK sings "Like a rolling river..." and which he's been omitting since the 2008 tour  :(
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Jules on November 02, 2011, 11:16:09 PM
I had the orchestral intro for Monteleone and was fantastic...

Then I changed my phone and I
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Rollergirl on November 03, 2011, 07:43:42 AM
I have SFA from Lyon 2010 and SOS from can't remember when/where, which I recorded myself. Sounds like shit but I love it  ;D
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Fletch on November 03, 2011, 08:17:29 AM
My ringtone is Setting Me Up, and I occasionally use the start of Telegraph Road as a wake up alarm - very gentle whistle that doesn't startle you immediately.
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: mon on November 03, 2011, 08:18:06 AM
I have the intro of Punish the Monkey. Perfect as a ringtone.  
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: border_reiver on November 03, 2011, 08:37:18 AM
Calling Elvis  ;D
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: SirDogg on November 03, 2011, 11:12:42 AM
I've got the chorus to Cannibals
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Jackal on November 03, 2011, 11:25:09 AM
I find horns work better than guitars as ringtones, especially saxophones. I've got Take Five with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Sounds great. I used to have a version of Wee Allen's Alley, but it gave a mild heart attack every time the phone rang ...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbwA8cAWjv8
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Best Brown Baggies on November 03, 2011, 11:43:10 AM
I find horns work better than guitars as ringtones, especially saxophones. I've got Take Five with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Sounds great. I used to have a version of Wee Allen's Alley, but it gave a mild heart attack every time the phone rang ...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbwA8cAWjv8

LOL!!!!!

Cheers   BBB
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: boboDS on November 03, 2011, 12:00:06 PM
Back in the day I used to have MFN, but it was still just during the midi days, so it sounded like crap.
Then I had a part of TOL alchemy ending solo (finally mp3), but it was too anxoius for a ringtone.
Now I have BIA mandela middle solo with snare drums, it's fantastic.
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: joko on November 03, 2011, 11:16:13 PM
Cannibals ... the opener from Tour 2008 (particularly the Hamburg version).
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: sweetsurrender on November 04, 2011, 05:34:18 AM
For a while, I had SOS piano solo as a ring tone.  Now I switched to the beginning solo of TOL from the Alchemy tour.  My wake up alarm is still R&J.  Text message alert is early SOS.

And I love getting phone calls. 
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Dutchessy on November 04, 2011, 11:25:42 AM
I had Walk of Life, BIA and SOS. Now i'm too lazy to set one up.
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: foma on November 04, 2011, 08:28:46 PM
I think the greatest ringtone ever was made by Richard Bennett and I mean track 11 from his "Code Red Cloud Nine"
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: vgonis on November 04, 2011, 11:28:42 PM
I have tried several tracks by DS but not MK. They are very nice if you wait for a phone call and hold the cell, but inside the pocket it is hard to listen. I have tried, I guess like any daddy-fool, my daughter's weeping, but it attracted too much attention. For 3 years now I am very much pleased with "Hands around my throat" by Death in Vegas. Give it a listen and you will understand. It is an awesome song too. Was it the one with the vocals by the eatheral Hope Sandoval from the amazing Mazzy star? I don't remember.  It turns out that she did vocals in this album but on other tracks. Anyway worth listening to Mazzy star, fantastic group.
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: ingridswing on November 05, 2011, 09:31:31 PM
BBB: I love that one, can you send me the mp3 so I can upload it as a ringtone too? Then I don't have to make the ringtone myself. Great choice, must have to to do with a good birthyear  ;-)

Hi. After having the SOS solo as my ringtone for over a year now, i've finally decided to change
it to 'Freeway Flyer' from the soundtrack 'Local Hero'
The one with the car engine at the start. It works really well as a ringtone.
In the past, i've also had the opening riff to 'Single Handed Sailor' & 'Southbound Again'
Has anyone else got an MK or DS ringtone? :)

Cheers  BBB
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: El Macho on November 06, 2011, 01:48:12 PM
Hello,

With my iphone I made different ringtones with itunes.
The ones I use the most are Postcard From Paraguay, Your Latest Trick, Romeo And Juliet, Donegan's gone  and Sailing To Philadelphia !
My wife's calls : YLT
Most people calls : PFP
Wake up alarm : RAJ
Parents calls : STP
my wife's parents : Donegan's gone...
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: holaknopfler on November 06, 2011, 02:20:52 PM
I've got two brothers and a stranger as a ringtone. Very nice song from mk
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: goldenheart96 on November 06, 2011, 03:12:15 PM
Making ringtones for your iphone is a pain in the a$$! I keep forgetting how it works and need to re-google the instruction whenever I want to create a new one!  >:(
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: holaknopfler on November 06, 2011, 03:17:16 PM
Making ringtones for your iphone is a pain in the a$$! I keep forgetting how it works and need to re-google the instruction whenever I want to create a new one!  >:(
I can make one for you very easily. Just tell me which song you want and I'll send it:)
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Best Brown Baggies on November 06, 2011, 06:24:27 PM
Making ringtones for your iphone is a pain in the a$$! I keep forgetting how it works and need to re-google the instruction whenever I want to create a new one!  >:(

Hehe. Couldn't agree more!!
I use The 'Ringtone Maker' App for my iPhone.
But I have to refer everytime to the YouTube clip
which talks you through each step.

Cheers BBB
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Fletch on November 06, 2011, 08:00:48 PM
Making ringtones for your iphone is a pain in the a$$! I keep forgetting how it works and need to re-google the instruction whenever I want to create a new one!  >:(

Hehe. Couldn't agree more!!
I use The 'Ringtone Maker' App for my iPhone.
But I have to refer everytime to the YouTube clip
which talks you through each step.

Cheers BBB

Same! Apple are slightly evil in this way, it's a ruse to get us to BUY a ringtone from a song we already bought. With the latest OS update they even hid the ringtone menu in iTunes, so unless you went back into preferences and settings it was even harder!

I refuse to pay though. Use the apps, and watch the YouTube vid. ;D
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Jackal on November 06, 2011, 09:20:13 PM
As a non-Apple user, you mean you can't use MP3, WAV or AAC as ringtones?
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Fieneke2 on November 07, 2011, 08:50:24 PM
Uuuhhhhh ringtones?? I have still an old Nokia, but it works good and because I don't use my mobile phone often, I am not going to buy another one!  ;D

I have a LOT of mp3 songs at my mobile and it is great listening when I ride at my bicyle, or now when it is colder and I take the buss to work.
When somebody calls me, I hear SOS and when I get a SMS message I hear "Our Shangri-La"  ;D Now and then I change the music and have other songs of Mark or DS! ;) Using these songs is easy for my co-workers, beause when somebody rings, they know it is my phone!  ;D

Fieneke
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: dmg on November 07, 2011, 10:22:14 PM
I have assigned different ringtones for when my different friends ring me:

Lonny Donegan - Donegan's Gone
Elvis Presely - Calling Elvis
Jerry Springer - El Macho
Sonny Liston - Song for SL
Ray Kroc - Boom, Like That
Jeramiah Dixon - Sailing to Philadelphia
Napoleon Bonaparte - Done with Bonaparte

I'm sure you'll agree I have a pretty impressive phone book! ;D  Keep 'em coming...
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Pyroaction on November 07, 2011, 10:38:11 PM
I have assigned different ringtones for when my different friends ring me:

Lonny Donegan - Donegan's Gone
Elvis Presely - Calling Elvis
Jerry Springer - El Macho
Sonny Liston - Song for SL
Ray Kroc - Boom, Like That
Jeramiah Dixon - Sailing to Philadelphia
Napoleon Bonaparte - Done with Bonaparte

I'm sure you'll agree I have a pretty impressive phone book! ;D  Keep 'em coming...
John Monteleone - Monteleone
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Love Expresso on November 07, 2011, 10:43:24 PM

Pyroman  - Nero, Emperor

LE
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: Rollergirl on November 08, 2011, 09:16:13 AM
I have assigned different ringtones for when my different friends ring me:

Lonny Donegan - Donegan's Gone
Elvis Presely - Calling Elvis
Jerry Springer - El Macho
Sonny Liston - Song for SL
Ray Kroc - Boom, Like That
Jeramiah Dixon - Sailing to Philadelphia
Napoleon Bonaparte - Done with Bonaparte

I'm sure you'll agree I have a pretty impressive phone book! ;D  Keep 'em coming...

Rollergirl-Skateway
BBB- Quality shoe
 ;D
Title: Re: MK related ringtones.
Post by: vgonis on November 08, 2011, 09:20:10 AM
In the gallery - S. Phillips