What lyric should be the alert on your computer?

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You know that annoying sound/bleep/whatever when you press too many keys... replace it with a lyric/guitar lick or something from music that you think would be funny/fitting

― Sonicred, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath.

Mine is currently Bender going "Uh-oh, we're boned!"

― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Don't Mess With Bill"? I wouldn't know, being on a Mac.

― Curt, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

captain beefheart saying 'fast n bulbous'

― tyler, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kenneth Williams saying "No."

― clotion, Thursday, 14 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mine used to be Sean Connery saying "You're the man now, dawg" but frankly it got way too annoying (for other people--I still giggle like a schoolgirl every time I hear it.) I should have a song. Isn't the eternal officeworkers song "Monday, I've got Friday on my mind". That works.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I use Missy Elliot going "HOLLO!" from Get Ur Freak On. I heartily recommend it.

― EdwardO, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't have an alert sound, but I do have a start up of the Gary Gilmore execution comment taken from the beginning of the Human Leagues 'Being Boiled'

― Alexander Blair, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't have an alert for pressing too many keys, but meeting reminders play "Let the ceremony begin" from the Jazz Butcher's "Marnie".

But if I were to replace the alert/beep, I would use "Oh Shit!" from the Buzzcocks.

― Dave225, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

when my computer closes it always plays love will tear us apart.

― chris, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Everybody rockin to the House Crew bass...

― gareth, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

when i log off my PC it plays the teleport sound from Blakes 7. sorry you had to hear that, but i'm in a mean mood. It is a perfect "and you're done" sound, honest.

a mate had "Oi bondage, up yours" for his alert, i think it might get tiresome, but if pushed i'd have "Holy Calamity, Scream Insanity" off that handsome boy modelling school track -- or is that a sample? If not lyrics, that glass/breaking sound on the end of Unknown Pleasures might be suitably ostentatious.

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ben Folds Five's "Well, fuck you too!" from "Song for the Dumped". The acceptable face of violent misogny.

― Judd Nelson, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My ex-colleague used to have a clip from "Marge vs. The Monorail" play when she logged off, the bit where Nimoy says:
"Well, my work is done here", and Bart or Lisa retorts:
"Whaddyamean 'My Work Is Done'? You didn't do anything!"

― Jeff W, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My ICQ incoming message alert used to be a sample of Stacy from the cartoon series Stickin' Around saying, "Real mature, Bradley!" Until I upgraded my operating system the startup sound was Apu singing "I'm Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts' club man, I hope I will enjoy my show!" Used to make everyone in the area giggle uncontrollably when I rebooted.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In fact, I just fixed that now so it's Apu again! THANK YOU, CALGON.

― Sean Carruthers, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think I'd have that exhalation from Micky Dolenz after the second (?) chorus on I'm A Believer.

In my computer-related work, I did once suggest that we play Britney singing Oops I Did It Again instead of the beep on errors, but was outvoted.

― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i have a clip of cheap trick "i want you to want me"

― Poops McGee, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

I want Frank Zappa - "You're probably wondering why I'm here". That is MY song!

― Anna Rose, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

For the longest time my alert was Eric Idle saying "We Interrupt this Broadcast to Annoy You and make things generally irritating..." from an old Monty Python sketch.

― Lord Custos 2.0 beta, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've been thinking of replacing the default error beep with that scratch-guitar thing from LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells" ("LL Cool J is hard as VRHellRRRRRRNK").

― Nate Patrin, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Completely dud I know but "If you start me up if you start me up I never stop" for those nerds online 24/7. (Of course that doesn't make sense since they don't turn off their comp...)

― nathalie, Friday, 10 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mine used to be Sean Connery saying "You're the man now, dawg"

Dude, that'd be the best fucking thing on my computer ever if I could figure out how to do that. Shit. We used to have Monty Python skits on our old computer, whenever we fucked up John Cleese would scream something about it being like a vile mountain of pus, but that got old pretty quickly. If I was to put one on now, I think I'd want to put on Tom Hulse's insane laugh from Amadeus, to scare people.

― Ally, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I pointed this out on another thread, but best site ever: www.yourethemannowdog.com< br>
My friend used to have his alert be a clip of Mike Patton asking "Safeway?", which he blurted out randomly in the middle of a Mario Bros. cover.

― Vinnie, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

HOLY SHIT. I've never seen such brilliance. Oh my god, that's almost as good as Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

― Ally, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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