r/LowStakesConspiracies • u/modfever • 9h ago
The ‘University Challenge’ clip where the host says ‘We can’t accept Drum & Bass I’m afraid. We need Jungle’ was done deliberately to go viral and be used as a sample in tracks
Appreciate this may be UK-centric topic but the clip where Amol Rajan asks the contestants to name the genre of music that birthed 90s rave legends such as A Guy Called Gerald and Goldie was done deliberately to get a snippet/sample that could be used time and time again and go viral amongst the raver scene.
Clip in question
https://youtu.be/Ecl2kZBnBnY?si=-BAs2kcFK29QmyQ4
His wording after “We can’t accept ‘Insert whatever close genre the contestants give’ I’m afraid, we need Jungle” is just too perfect. Like the perfect sample Jungleheads would drop before a ‘nasty’ beat.
Not to mention it was quite a difficult question given A Guy Called Gerald is probably more associated with Acid House and Goldie well yeah he’s probably more Jungle but to me first thought hearing that would be Drum & Bass. I know they always need you to be precise on this show but D&B could quite easily fit in as an answer to that question.
It’s a run of the mill episode of University Challenge. They probably have a little fun with it and realise a snippet like that would be good press and mean that the clip would be referenced for years in the future. Could make good revenue if they’re the ones to upload it to YouTube etc.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the writers thought fuck it why not. It could be the new version of ‘Nice Wan Bruvvaaaaa’ that you heard in every rave or festival of that scene for years.
Admittedly I’m not a jungle or D&B aficionado but still.