Billie Joe getting prank called

[davegrohllover]

Yeah i agree its very funny, But i have a feeling its fake.

[Eeefaa.]

Then ran a frequency spectrum analysys. What I was looking for were two narrow peaks which would correspond to the tone. For the first number, this is what I got:

These were at 947Hz and 1330Hz which are close to the values of 941Hz and 1336Hz on the table and correspond to a 0

The rest of the numbers turned out as follows:

another 0, 1, 5, 0, 8, 4, 9, 6, 6, 0, 9, 6,

so the number is:

001-508-496-6096 (I double checked)

001 is the calling code from the UK to the US so that checks out, but 508 is an area code in Massachusetts. Further, the whole number, 508-496-6096 when googled leads to a number of results for someone named 'Hal Rood'. Now if you do a google of 'Hal Rood' you get this page: http://www.strategicradiosolutions.com/hr.html

And what does it say on his bio?

"Over the past 14 years, Hal has worked with some of the world’s most successful radio brands, including 104.6 RTL/Berlin, DC-101/Washington, Europa Plus and Retro FM/Russia, Virgin Radio and RFM/France, Sky Radio / Holland, Key 103/Manchester, 98FM/Dublin, Globo Radio / Brasil, and Europa FM and Radio 21/Romania."

Bingo, someone in radio. Now unless Hal acquired Billie Joe's cellphone number sometime after 2005, or if Billie Joe happened to be using Hal's cell phone that night, then I think it's safe to say that this is fake.

There is one other possibility though, which might be a bit of a stretch--- The DJs may have been working with Hal and Hal had his cell phone calls automatically forward to Billie Joe's... but that seems way too convoluted.

So there you go. Fake.

wow. i love your free time

thanks for that though. he does sound a bit weird on it

(apart from when he says "you jerk!" )

[Echo]

Haha, even if it is fake, it's kinda cute

[LetItBeHappy]

I said it in another forum, and I'll say it here: That's not Billie's voice, and I'm pretty sure he had british accent in one part of the audio.

[simone18]

well, on the one hand i don´t think it´s fake, i mean his voice sounds a bit different but it´s normal, people sound different on the phone and when he was sleepy as well it could be him.

i guess it´s easier for the media to get phonenumbers of celebrities but i´m not an expert.

but fact is: if Billie Joe was called it was mean and stuff but funny at the same time.

so, thanks for posting

[LetItBeHappy]

Well an easy way to tell where this call was going would be to listen to the touch tones and see what numbers those tones correspond with, reconstructing the phone number.

How to do that? You could either do it by ear, if you trust your sense of hearing, or you can analyze the frequency spectrum of the tones and see which numbers they correspond to.

Touch tones are composed of two overlapping frequencies. The frequencies that correspond to the number can be found by looking at the bottom row and far right column and matching them up with the number or * or #. (A,B,C,D are for military use only)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9975/tones.jpg

So I ripped the audio, popped it into my audio program, selected the portion of the audio that plays a tone.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8353/portion.jpg

Then ran a frequency spectrum analysys. What I was looking for were two narrow peaks which would correspond to the tone. For the first number, this is what I got:

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8589/peaks.jpg

These were at 947Hz and 1330Hz which are close to the values of 941Hz and 1336Hz on the table and correspond to a 0

The rest of the numbers turned out as follows:

another 0, 1, 5, 0, 8, 4, 9, 6, 6, 0, 9, 6,

so the number is:

001-508-496-6096 (I double checked)

001 is the calling code from the UK to the US so that checks out, but 508 is an area code in Massachusetts. Further, the whole number, 508-496-6096 when googled leads to a number of results for someone named 'Hal Rood'. Now if you do a google of 'Hal Rood' you get this page: http://www.strategicradiosolutions.com/hr.html

And what does it say on his bio?

"Over the past 14 years, Hal has worked with some of the world’s most successful radio brands, including 104.6 RTL/Berlin, DC-101/Washington, Europa Plus and Retro FM/Russia, Virgin Radio and RFM/France, Sky Radio / Holland, Key 103/Manchester, 98FM/Dublin, Globo Radio / Brasil, and Europa FM and Radio 21/Romania."

Bingo, someone in radio. Now unless Hal acquired Billie Joe's cellphone number sometime after 2005, or if Billie Joe happened to be using Hal's cell phone that night, then I think it's safe to say that this is fake.

There is one other possibility though, which might be a bit of a stretch--- The DJs may have been working with Hal and Hal had his cell phone calls automatically forward to Billie Joe's... but that seems way too convoluted.

So there you go. Fake.

I don't know if I should be impress or scared for your analysis. I'll go with impressed xD

well, on the one hand i don´t think it´s fake, i mean his voice sounds a bit different but it´s normal, people sound different on the phone and when he was sleepy as well it could be him.

i guess it´s easier for the media to get phonenumbers of celebrities but i´m not an expert.

but fact is: if Billie Joe was called it was mean and stuff but funny at the same time.

so, thanks for posting

that's not Billie's phone voice; at least is not the one he had on the GD.com telephone messages

[HaushinkaSins]

i was just posting the link. i didnt know if it was fake or not either. don't hold it against me lmao.

[Smoothed Out]

Oh yeah someone posted this a couple of months back, poor Billie. It was funny though

[Robin105]

I noticed something about the last 4 digits of the phone number

It's Billie's address

[Isabel]

It sounds like as if they've edited the conversation by cutting out parts. I think it does sound like him when he says "hello", "yeah" and "fucking jerk" though

[AndrewW91]

This is totally fake, but it's still hilarious!

[Mrs. Nobody]

It's pretty sad when you have to fake prank calls ahahh

ah well, liverpool eh

[LetItBeHappy]

I noticed something about the last 4 digits of the phone number

It's Billie's address

this scares me even more xD

[-Billiejoezee-]

It sounds like him and it doesn't in some parts.

Like when he says "yeah who's asking"

it sounds like him....

and other parts no....

but the cussing it does sound like him.

[Maddy.]

We all know his phone voice from Spike. It didn't really sound like it. xD

[-Billiejoezee-]

I noticed something about the last 4 digits of the phone number

It's Billie's address

Thats what I just thought.

We all know his phone voice from Spike. It didn't really sound like it. xD

Maybe they cut out the cussing and out it in that phone thingy.

[Maddy.]

How the hell do you girls know his address?

[-Billiejoezee-]

How the hell do you girls know his address?

I'm josie. of course im gonna know his adress.

Well I earth googled billie up, got the adress that came out, I typed it on google maps and a picture of his house came out which is exactly the same house that was on the for sale website when he was selling it.

:devil:

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

Haha, hasn't there been a thread about this before? Anyway, I didn't really think this was real, and now I see the thing check did, I'm sure it's fake.

[Maddy.]

I'm josie. of course im gonna know his adress.

Well I earth googled billie up, got the adress that came out, I typed it on google maps and a picture of his house came out which is exactly the same house that was on the for sale website when he was selling it.

:devil:

Wow, isn't that a bit stalky?

[Robin105]

I'm josie. of course im gonna know his adress.

Well I earth googled billie up, got the adress that came out, I typed it on google maps and a picture of his house came out which is exactly the same house that was on the for sale website when he was selling it.

:devil:

That's how I figured it out. And I'm there number 1 fan

me and about 10 million other people

Of course I know it. lol

[-Billiejoezee-]

Wow, isn't that a bit stalky?

Don't make me feel bad.

[Maddy.]

Are you really that obsessed with him?

[-Billiejoezee-]

That's how I figured it out. And I'm there number 1 fan

me and about 10 million other people

Of course I know it. lol

You and me

And others...

Are billie's #1 fans.

I tried doing Tre but I couldn't find it.

:/

Are you really that obsessed with him?

:/

[Maddy.]

I think a lot of people have tried doing Tre.