At some point in modern times, the volume of mobile phones being purchased meant that the manufacturers had to start providing a way of differentiating one phone from the next, so that people wouldn't get confused as to which phone nearby was actually ringing. This led to the development of ever more intricate ringtones, then ringtone composers on some phones (that fad seems to have faded), then this led eventually polyphonic ringtones and 'real sound' ringtones.
That development led to two things, in my experience.
Firstly, non-musicians have started using the word 'polyphonic', having little idea as to its meaning, other than that it vaguely sounds 'better'.
Secondly, every time a certain someone in my office receives a phonecall, you hear a bizarre Caribbean swingbeat version of Bach's 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring'.
As Jeff Goldblum's put it in his most badly-delivered line: “your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they never stopped to think whether they should”.
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I am dedicated follower of the standard ring tone.
You just can't fault the "ring ring"- it screams to be answered and its always obvious when it's my phone ringing.
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they never stopped to think whether they should”- that's a great line and I think you are being a little harsh on Jeff's delivery- he's done much worse.
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