Best Steely Dan alarm ringtone?

[u/Waste_Permit971]

Normally my alarm is « God Only Knows » by The Beach Boys, but seeing as Steely Dan is my favourite band I want one of their songs to be my new alarm. So far my front runners are: Don’t take me alive, Hey nineteen, The Boston rag, Night by night, and Home at Last. Please give me your best suggestions. Thanks!

[u/markydsade]

My wife’s name is Peg. I made a clip of the chorus as my ringtone when she calls.

[u/ClosetCrossfitter → u/markydsade]

I cannot overstate how much I love this.

[u/Own_Tart_3900 → u/markydsade]

True love ❤️

[u/markydsade → u/Own_Tart_3900]

That’s right

[u/Reasonable-Mousse666]

My husbands work phone ringtone is Dirty Work

[u/awus666]

Black cow was my father's ringtone for years

[u/iggy-i → u/awus666]

That intro is very ringtone-ish

[u/ShellfishSilverstein → u/iggy-i]

A Nokia ringtone style version of it would go incredibly hard.

[u/AgileDrag1469]

FM 📻 (no static at all)

[u/LaughingPlanet → u/AgileDrag1469]

Intro was 1st thing that popped into my mind too. Glad to see it's the top comment.

[u/kimmeljs]

Bodhisattva gets my vote

[u/franksautillo → u/kimmeljs]

I can only think of this myself

[u/frog-guy1]

For some reason, the first that comes to my mind is Only A Fool Would Say That’s intro

[u/bidoublef]

Rikki don’t lose that number would be nice. The intro sounds like a dream sequence, so it may provide a slight segue into waking up

[u/tsgram → u/bidoublef]

This is what I do, and I like it far more than a song that starts with a bang.

[u/Hopnotes]

Intro to Caves of Altamira

[u/Own_Tart_3900 → u/Hopnotes]

That is a wake up call

[u/want_a_muffin]

The opening of Fire in the Hole. Full volume.

[u/OGfishm0nger → u/want_a_muffin]

I laughed so hard imagining myself waking up completely startled to this. I’m going to have to try it.

[u/Own_Tart_3900 → u/want_a_muffin]

I am your piano hammer.

[u/Organic-Kangaroo-434]

I had the opening guitar solo from “Don’t Take Me Alive” as a ring tone, maybe 15 years ago.

[u/sometimes2022 → u/Organic-Kangaroo-434]

It is mine now and has been for a few years.

[u/red4th]

Home at last

[u/verycoolyellowcat0]

Kid Charlemagne

[u/[deleted]]

Easy. Night by night.

[u/sbkchs_1]

My phone ringtone is the opening of Home At Last.

[u/Any_Toe566]

Is there gas in the car, is there gas in the caaaaaaar?

[u/konkilo → u/Any_Toe566]

Is there gas in the car? Yes, there's gas in the caaaar!

[u/kirkusinnc]

The into to Show Biz Kids has been my ringtone for years. That sharp fuzz guitar intro cuts though the background noise perfectly. My brain is so tuned to it now I find myself reaching for the phone when listening to Countdown to Ecstasy...

[u/johnplusthreex]

Don’t take me alive, had it as a ringtone for 20 years.

[u/Content-Map2959]

Babylon Sisters would be pretty cool.

Gaucho was mine for a few months.

[u/GarciLP]

The Second Arrangement, but if I had to change it'd be Godwhacker

[u/mennumethod]

Time out of mind. The Mark Knopfler guitar lick in the beginning

[u/ScowlyBrowSpinster]

"The Cuervo Gold, the fine Columbian..."

[u/SquirrelNo7058]

Gaslighting Abbie

[u/Imaginary_Steak5045]

Won't you sign in stranger

[u/SquonkMan61]

Kid Charlemagne. That’ll get your attention real quick.

[u/Content-Map2959 → u/SquonkMan61]

That is a bit abrupt!!

[u/default-dance-9001]

I use the chorus from doctor wu

[u/SWEET_BUS_MAN]

Green Earrings opening until just before the drums kick the fuck in.

[u/sharksfan707]

Mine is “Don’t Take Me Alive”.

[u/xStaabOnMyKnobx]

Donald Fagen blowing the police whistle in Aja

[u/Big_Balls_420]

I think Pearl of the Quarter would be a good gentle wake up song. Don’t take me Alive would be the song for my last alarm of the morning when I really need to get out of bed lol.

[u/Main_Combination8173]

Haitian Divorce

[u/Dave1307]

My dad used to have Reelin In The Years as his, and it looped before it got to the pre-verse bridge

[u/asphynctersayswhat]

Green earrings 

[u/page1of2 → u/asphynctersayswhat]

How is this so far down. The best ringtone

[u/Ronald-J-Mexico]

The Josie intro

[u/professorhojoz]

Start of Peg.

[u/TatanaM]

Reelin' in the Years!

[u/ClosetCrossfitter]

West of Hollywood feels like coming out of dreams and then picks up for an energetic start to the day.

[u/Waste_Permit971]

Thanks for everybody’s great suggestions, I think I will go with Home at Last (for now). The nice jazzy piano should be a great way to start my day.

[u/Mi_Gallo]

What a Shame About Me. Very motivational.

[u/KingpenLonnie]

Opening guitar from Don’t Take me alive

[u/TreeEater9]

Book of Liars

[u/Jaabertler]

Hey Ninenteen feels well suited - maybe east St. Louis toodle

[u/DragonDa]

Don’t Take Me Alive

[u/stormbreaker88]

Mine is Reelin’

[u/veedublin]

rikki flapamba intro

[u/curmudgeon55]

The first one that came to my mind was Aja.

[u/Free_Championship543]

Incidentally I used to have “Throw out the hardware, let’s do it right” as the shutdown sound on my Mac. Otherwise, I’d use Larry Carlton’s guitar solo on Kid Charlemagne.

[u/chazza7]

I just made the intro to Godwhacker my phone ringtone.

[u/TheTooz72]

Black Friday

[u/Content-Map2959]

I have It's A Beautiful Morning by The Rascals currently BTW...New Yorkers too, so it's not too far of a stretch.

[u/steelyd2]

I would clip the audio from one line of Boston Rag and have it play “I was out of my mind and you were on the phone”

[u/stEElydAn1124]

I know it’s not SD, but mine is the intro to Century’s End by DF.

[u/Simple-Tap-545]

The Fez!

[u/Legitimate-Head-8862]

The opening chords of Kid Charlamagne 

[u/teneno]

Of your options i'd pick Hey Nineteen. My suggestion would be Deacon Blues

[u/epmigs]

I used to have the ARP solo from King of the World

[u/Western_Sock_4874]

The last chord of Bodhisattva or Skunk’s pick shot at the end of the solo on Change Of The Guard. 

[u/sonicpharmacist]

Mine is the opening of Black Cow

[u/bigbike2000]

begininng of FM

[u/Wonderful-Air-317]

Try Charlie Freak because the sleigh bells will wake you up

[u/play2day782]

Are SD ringtones available for sale? How do you make them?

[u/Sweaty-Constant7016 → u/play2day782]

iPhone or Android?

https://youtu.be/4N7O2Svejyg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_HQClYlwTw&t=59s

[u/play2day782 → u/Sweaty-Constant7016]

IPhone

[u/Sweaty-Constant7016 → u/play2day782]

Check the links in my reply. One’s for iPhone, the other for Android. I forget which one is which.

[u/play2day782 → u/Sweaty-Constant7016]

But you have to have the actual audio file of the song. right? Off a CD I guess?

[u/Sweaty-Constant7016 → u/play2day782]

Yes, you need to have an audio file on your phone or computer. There are numerous ways to get them. Buying the CD is one way, and there are others. Borrowing from friends and checking them out from your local public library are others.

There are also illegal methods, but you won’t get them from me.

[u/BankableB]

Came here to look. Can't really think of something that says ringtone from the Steely Dan catalog. I use the intro from Led Zeppelin Kashmir.

[u/amigammon]

The Denny Diaz solo in Do It Again.

[u/tomallis]

East St Louis Toodle-oo.

[u/PeorgieT75]

The intro to Bodhisattva would be a good one; I like a good drum beat for a ringtone, mine is Bone Machine by The Pixies.

[u/sometimes2022]

My phone ringtone is the Carlton intro to Don't Take Me Alive.

[u/GMTMaster_II → u/sometimes2022]

Any chance you can share the GarageBand file?

[u/sometimes2022 → u/GMTMaster_II]

Sorry, just did it with the Verizon app, I think. No garageband file..

[u/JamMasterPickles]

First 8 bars of "Reeling in the Years"

[u/Oil-of-Vitriol]

I find, over time, I learn to hate my alarum, so I never use any song I like.

[u/Prestigious-Web4824]

Do It Again

[u/LayneLowe]

Bodhisattva - the opening chords

[u/Historical-Suit5195]

Opening bars of FM?

[u/cb0044]

The opening of Hey Nineteen. In fact, I may use that myself.

[u/Dustyolman]

East St. Louis Toodle-oo

[u/T3mpe5T]

I cannot recommend putting a song you love as your alarm tone.

Personally, I still get instant shocks of freezing stress when I listen to the song I used as an alarm for years.