Re: OT: Mobile madness

"Lawrence Sunley"
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> A couple of years ago there was this really annoyingly memorable,
> bouncy, classical mobile tone that I have not been able to identify (I
> know nothing about classical composers - as me a question on Bob Dylan
> ;)). It was used to devistating effect when Yasser Arafat was
> condemning the 9-11 terrorist bombing and one of his aides mobiles
> went off. In any other circumstance it may have been funny but in the
> aftermath it was not. I have never forgotten the tone and cannot name
> it. It was a common default tone on certain mobiles, probably nokia.
> My friend said it was L.V. Beethoven but I an not sure.
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> 

The usual default tone on Nokia phones used to be a (bit of a )classical 
guitar piece, Gran Vals by Tarrega, as made famous by Dom Joly on Trigger 
Happy TV. But I don't suppose you meant that one.