Ringtones are not illogical
I heard it said that OnHollywood last week that ringtones are illlogical. I wish I could remember who it was, but the point the speaker (!) was making was that it's illlogical to listen to music in a format as short and unlistenable as a ring tone. Heard that way, of course it's illogical. But the logical fallacy is misplaced here. It's illogical to think of a ringtone as a song. (I'm tempted to quote John Cleese in Fawlty Towers screaming "That's not the fire alarm. It's the burglar alarm... Listen! It's a semi-tone higher!) A ring is a signal. It's "content" is secondary to its function (which is to indicate an incoming call). So it doesn't matter what it "sounds like." Resemblance is nowhere in its job description. What matters is that it ring, and ring audibly. Supertramp, now that's a logical song.
posted by adrian chan @ 7:53 AM
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