A Ringtone Tragedy
Last week we discussed some possibilities for a YLNT-branded video game. During that conversation, Merlin accidentally revealed a bit of the forthcoming game’s soundtrack. It was a pretty big mistake: the game’s soundtrack has been a closely guarded secret for months.
This morning, our carrier pigeon returned from Asia with some very sad news.
An entrepreneur in Kowloon heard the episode and turned that tiny whiff of melody into a million-plus selling cassingle. You think we’ll receive royalty payments on those sales? Ha! We’ll never see a single 仙. It’s piracy folks, plain and simple.
Worse, YLNT “fan” Neven Mrgan made a ringtone out of it. Worser, he put it on the internet for anyone to download. Worsest of all, it’s fantastic.
A single call to the legal team we share with NBC Universal could bury this “Neven” under a pile of C&D’s. But what can we do? The music is already out there. The cat’s out of the bag. The train’s left the station. The seed’s been spilled.
So instead of suing Neven, we’ll give him a taste of his own medicine. Please take Neven’s ringtone and use it to make your own version. As an example, Scott has already made a party version of the track.
Post a link to the mp3 or flash version of your ringtone in the comments (or on Twitter) so we can all check it out.
Neven’s Original Version: mp3 | iPhone download
Scott’s Party Remix: mp3 | iPhone download
Here’s an AIFF file of the original snippet. The tempo is ~123.5 BPM. Use it to make ringtone history.
Of course, we’re just jokin’ about the Neven stuff above. He’s the greatest, and for his honorable service to YLNT has been made the very first 4-Star Salami Captain. All works are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license. Or something. Also, Hong Kong seems like an OK place.
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You Sound Nice Today
Here’s a little Garage Band composition that will hopefully help you all spread the gospel of YLNT to your comedy-agnostic friends and family:
http://wmcarter.myweb.uga.edu/yousoundnicetoday.mp3
and, of course, here’s the ringtone version so you can proselytize theater patrons and meeting attendees everywhere:
http://wmcarter.myweb.uga.edu/yousoundnicetoday.m4r
twitter @Michael_Carter
(and, being primarily a ringtone, it is of course best enjoyed with “loop” turned on in the iTunes)
Withering Heights
probably one of my favorite ylnt lines, mixed up a bit to suit the occasion.
AIF:
http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/1612895_2bjqj/WitheringHeights.aif
M4a:
http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/1612893_suyb4/WitheringHeights.m4a
cheapseats' new wave mix
http://bit.ly/2bZyke
I don't know...
I think it needs more Uke and handclaps.
Fancycwabs Fishstick Mix
A little combination of Archie Bell and Merlin Mann:
mp3: http://www.box.net/shared/7ucv55sowc
m4r: http://www.box.net/shared/f5qbkqmf40
Get it before the C&D hits!
Request for txt mesg notification ringtone
Can someone make a text message notification ringtone with a few boops?
Here you go...
Here it is in Ringtone Format
And here is it as an MP3
It should be able to loop and still remain intact.
YLNT Ringtone Mix
Tell me what you think:
M4R
MP3
You said boob!
Well if not anything else - I definitely made it annoying!
http://blog.detersmart.dk/2008/07/22/boop-boop-boop-be-doop-be-doop-boop...
The Marvelousness that is this Ring-Tone
Good day gentlemen, I have already gotten 3 weird looks from co-workers, and counting on many more.
Thank you for releasing this gem to the public.
YLNT The Game was released in 1973
I’m not so sure why you are being so scretive in regards to this. You guys should remember that the “You Look Nice Today” game was released for the Atari 2600. While purportedly there are no existing functional copies of the game in the public anymore, I was able to find the cartridge art and an audio recording of the first level music.
Are you sure you didn’t spend way too much money on a DeLorean, toss a bunch of Christmas lights in the back, drive away from terrorists and go back in time to create this masterpiece?
http://drop.io/ylnt_1973
Awesome
This is brilliant. Put it on the ole’ YLNTumblr: http://xrl.us/odccz
drum n' bass mix
make some noise if you want the french fry inside
https://d0wnl0ad.s3.amazonaws.com/boop-dnb.mp3
MP3 http://drop.io/youlooknic
http://drop.io/youlooknicetoday/asset/ylnt
Ambient Mix
http://www.fireland.com/orifex/ylnt.mp3
I think this is the new
soundtrack to my life. brilliant!
oh why not add
to the noize. another garageband thang.
ragged.
Download Charley Eastman - ylnt Raggity Andes Remix
ANOTHER Remix
Eh, it’s probably not as good as others’, but I wanted to give a more at-home feel to it with sound bytes from the show.
Here it is on Tumblr
Quickie Output
Didn’t have time to get Mr. Walken into the studio:
http://idisk.mac.com/hugacrv-Public/YLNT%20riff.mp3
late to the party
I call this the “uplift mix” ;)
http://dailey.info/files/ylntuplift.m4r
Another one for the pile
Here’s a quickie I threw together with Reason.
Preview on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/1MnLIf
MP3: http://bit.ly/4ff0hL
A nice Beatles vibe on that
A nice Beatles vibe on that one.
Body Mailin' - The YLNT Web Game
I’m not too good with the remixing so I just used the original version as the soundtrack to a web game.
It’s a cross between Body Movin’ and Merlin’s mail sorting game. I call it
Body Mailin’
Excellent.
The game play is exciting and the plot isn’t lost in the amazing graphics and virtual worlds. Very nice work.
Clearly, this needs to be an
Clearly, this needs to be an iPhone app.
Not Really A Ringtone
I was trying to make a ringtone and then looked out the window and thought “It’s Gonna Rain.” This is what happened as a result. Rumor has it Steelopus was trying to do the same thing……
http://scott.fmgreen.net/Boop.mp3
No kidding.
I told Shotcopter he had to, like, come out to show them.
This is a masterpiece.
A Remix Tragedy
I found the play-by-play of the Wii Letter game too much to resist.
http://xrl.us/ohbvf
It's So Choice
Shazbot, this is outstanding. It should be “morphed” somehow with the Body Mailin’ game. Do you guys know what I mean by “morph”? It’s sort of an advanced technical term. Apologies if I’m going over your heads here.
Yes Yes Yes
Made me laugh no less than once. This is awesome and should definitely be the soundtrack to Body Mailin’.
GENIUS
I love this remix as if had emerged from my very own loins. I added it to my iTunes and laugh every time it comes up on shuffle. And dance a little.
The Boop Identity
Did someone ask for a chase scene? I thought so.
Streaming
MP3
AWESOME
.
Love it
Great remix! I’m off to convert this to an iPhone ringtone…
Van Hœt Apology in Advance
I’m pretty sure Karl did this wrong.
MP3: http://media.libsyn.com/media/themerlinshow/So-Hoet-Boop.mp3
ORANGE CONE
ORANGE CONE
Boxcar Eno in Asian Jungle Mix
Feel free to shake your molasses: http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=900644909.m4a
Copyright infringement?
Don’t worry. I won’t tell The Colorblind James Experience about your copyright infringement…
First… here is my mashup: http://steve.FMGreen.net/YLNT-CBJE.mp3
Here is live evidence that Boop Boop Boop Be-Doop Be-Doop Boop existed first as “Bop Bop Bah-Dah Bah Bop” in the song Considering A Move To Memphis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PmwFwcMxTU
I’m sure that Chuck Cuminale would be happy to know that his melody is still inspiring people to create wacky music, though judging by the hippies dancing at their shows, I don’t think he’d very much approve of The Fishstick.
Wikipedia - RIP Colorblind James, aka Chuck Cuminale.
Does this belong in a mailbox?
http://tinyurl.com/5ufc57
Is this fad already over?
So, they’re not funny or clever, but I talentlessly hacked some ringtones together out of the YLNT theme if anyone’s interested in moving away from the Boop-de-boop paradigm.
http://xrl.us/okxif
SUPER late contribution
Oh well, maybe someone using the Wayback Machine will stumble upon this.
“You Look Sexy Today”
mp3 | m4r
Yes, yes I would tap that ass.
They are all pretty sexy, these boop-de-doop remixes. But yours, jeffinmotion. Yours is the pantywetter.
Hmmmm...
Is this a proposition? Do you have a “Podcaster Clause” in your relationship too?? Day-am.
OMG YOU GUYS
This is amazing. Somebody grab the Magnums.
WOW
Now I have to go home and change my pants. Well, now I have to go home and put pants on. OK, OK, I’m still at home with no pants on, but if I were at work I’d have to come home to change my pants. And then I’d walk in the door and see myself, sitting there in my underwear, browsing my own podcast’s page. And I’d quietly back out of the room, closing the door behind me, returning to work with still-soiled pants.
Thanks for nothing, jeffinmotion.
you sir, are a true
you sir, are a true American.
Tropical
ahhrr, too much rhum these days. mp3