|
|
|
|
cherylpf
crazy cat lady
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 17305
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 05/31/05 - 10:01 Post subject: riff raffers topping the pop music charts
And here we thought she was just a Georgia grad student and TA. Who knew? 
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/30/ringtone.ap/
'Crazy Frog' leaps to top of charts
Monday, May 30, 2005 Posted: 1606 GMT (0006 HKT)
The "Crazy Frog" single began as a mobile phone ringtone.
Image:
LONDON, England (AP) -- A track based on a cell phone ring tone famed for its ability to infuriate listeners topped Britain's singles charts on Sunday, beating the new track from Coldplay to the No. 1 spot.
"Crazy Frog Axel F," inspired by a ring tone based on the sound of a man imitating revving mopeds, was the highest-selling single in the list compiled by The Official UK Charts Company.
The chart takes into account sales of CD singles and downloads.
"Crazy Frog Axel F" is the first cell phone ring tone to cross into mainstream music charts, said Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV, the British music retailing chain.
The track is a reworking of "Axel F," Harold Faltermeyer's theme to the "Beverly Hills Cop" films.
The critically acclaimed new single by Coldplay, "Speed of Sound," placed second in the British charts.
"Crazy Frog Axel F" replaced Oasis tune "Lyla" as the No. 1 hit. The weekly singles chart, which has been released since 1952, is based on sales at 5,600 retail shops across Britain.
The Official UK Charts Company did not say how many copies of "Crazy Frog Axel F" were sold or downloaded, but earlier in the week Castaldo said it was outselling the new Coldplay track by four to one.
The "Crazy Frog" ring tone has grown hugely in popularity among young cell phone users in Europe in recent months
|
|
|
|
|
gretriever
Hipster Doofus
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Jul 2003
Posts: 19385
Location: A moving target in a firing range.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 10:04 Post subject: Re: riff raffers topping the pop music charts
| Quote: | | LONDON, England (AP) -- A track based on a cell phone ring tone famed for its ability to infuriate listeners topped Britain's singles charts on Sunday. |
Nice to see she's no longer confining this talent to Riff Raff. 
|
|
|
|
|
rolling rock
The Pinball
|
|
|
Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 16218
Location: unknown zone
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 10:07 Post subject:
nice goin' frog.
that picture makes my toe hurt. 
|
|
|
|
|
JACKED UP
PRESIDENT
|
|
|
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
Posts: 21238
Location: www.johnnydu.com
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 10:28 Post subject:
|
|
|
|
|
airehead
Oompa Loofah
|
|
|
Joined: 12 Nov 2002
Posts: 18788
Location: Between here and eternity...
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 10:29 Post subject:
That pic would make a rockin' avatar. Just sayin'.
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 13:20 Post subject:
|
|
|
|
|
cherylpf
crazy cat lady
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 17305
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 13:32 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | http://www.axelfrog.com/
Hear/see what the buzz is about. |
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 13:34 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: |
|
Blocked?
|
|
|
|
|
DCRunningDiva
Look at me!!! ©
|
|
|
Joined: 10 Oct 2003
Posts: 9344
Location: Washington DC Metro
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 18:29 Post subject:
I've never seen crazy frog in person but I'm pretty sure that avatar looks nothing like her! 
|
|
|
|
|
gretriever
Hipster Doofus
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Jul 2003
Posts: 19385
Location: A moving target in a firing range.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 19:14 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | I've never seen crazy frog in person but I'm pretty sure that avatar looks nothing like her! |
You are correct, Grasshopper.
She's the one holding the trophy.
(don't hate me, Froggy  )
|
|
|
|
|
cherylpf
crazy cat lady
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 17305
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 19:18 Post subject:
where did you find that lifesize photo of her??? 
|
|
|
|
|
gretriever
Hipster Doofus
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Jul 2003
Posts: 19385
Location: A moving target in a firing range.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 19:20 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | where did you find that lifesize photo of her??? |
Searched the Riff Raff files. I played the hand I was given. If you want me to make a picture a respectable size, then you're askin' for a lot!
|
|
|
|
|
cherylpf
crazy cat lady
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 17305
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 05/31/05 - 19:22 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | Searched the Riff Raff files. I played the hand I was given. If you want me to make a picture a respectable size, then you're askin' for a lot! |
I guess I missed when that one was originally posted...
|
|
|
|
|
DCRunningDiva
Look at me!!! ©
|
|
|
Joined: 10 Oct 2003
Posts: 9344
Location: Washington DC Metro
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 06/01/05 - 07:30 Post subject:
I'm not going to ask what that trophy is from but that photo is WAY TOO DANG BIG!!!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
crazyfrog
Kermitologist
|
|
|
Joined: 31 May 2003
Posts: 7610
Location: atlanta
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 06/02/05 - 07:41 Post subject:
holy crap! that really is a life size photo of me!
and dives, that was from the neurobiology grad student association dodgeball tournament we had a few weeks ago. my team won!
|
|
|
|
