Is Midnight Request Line really "the most important&quo

hedmuk · Post by **hedmuk** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:11 pm

Been watching dubstep documentarys online and reading bits online, loads of peeps are trying to herald this song as the most important dubstep tune, like the anthem of dubstep. Is it really though???? Suppose it is the first alot of people heard, wiley flashed up his lighter in respect when he first heard it and all dat. But surely there are other tunes being overlooked??????

spliffy · Post by **spliffy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:17 pm

It was the tune that got me into dubstep and also did the same for a lot of other people. It can also still get dropped at a club and get a great reception. It's a very very VERY important/influential/amazing song.

the wiggle baron · Post by **the wiggle baron** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:17 pm

I think was the first real tune with any sort of crossover going on (open to being proved wrong here though!). Am I possibly right in thinking it made it into the top 40 of something or other? Either way I think it was the first time a tune was made within dubstep that got any real recognition outside of the dubstep/close communities. Theres been a few now since, but I always think of it as the first bit of dubstep you might have heard on the back of a brixton bus on some kids mobile phones or something.

I mean sure, there are now others which have done this to a greater degree, like night or something. But back when request line first came about (2004/2005?) a tune doing that was biiig news!

And standard, its skream ringing in the changes. Badman

apathesis · Post by **apathesis** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:32 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote:I think was the first real tune with any sort of crossover going on (open to being proved wrong here though!). Am I possibly right in thinking it made it into the top 40 of something or other? Either way I think it was the first time a tune was made within dubstep that got any real recognition outside of the dubstep/close communities. Theres been a few now since, but I always think of it as the first bit of dubstep you might have heard on the back of a brixton bus on some kids mobile phones or something.

I mean sure, there are now others which have done this to a greater degree, like night or something. But back when request line first came about (2004/2005?) a tune doing that was biiig news!

And standard, its skream ringing in the changes. Badman

Word!

sollabong · Post by **sollabong** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:36 pm

i think it's NINE in dnb.. alltimer

spaniard · Post by **spaniard** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:39 pm

Big tune.

clarkycatdealer · Post by **clarkycatdealer** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:42 pm

grime heads took notice of dubstep
MTV did a little documentary on dubstep after it came out
villalobos and other big djs started to play it....

etc

it opened alot of doors, no dubstep tunes before it had done so ,to such an extent, thus it is an important tune.snoooze./////

dubsteptim · Post by **dubsteptim** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:12 pm

huge tune, standard. one of the first tunes i heard.

Pada · Post by **Pada** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:16 pm

Got me into dubstep

big up Skream!

dusk governor · Post by **dusk governor** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:22 pm

one of the first i'd heard as well...didnt like it, but then i heard lightning a little while later & was hooked....

bassbeyondreason · Post by **bassbeyondreason** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:35 pm

I'd say socially/culturally (i.e. the dubstep scene), it was probably the most important. Sonically though, I'd say the first half-step tune (Horror Show?) was more important, or of course you could take it back to Groove Chronicles.

kayo · Post by **kayo** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:30 pm

spliffy wrote:It was the tune that got me into dubstep and also did the same for a lot of other people.

and right now i'm mumbling Hitch

tempromental · Post by **tempromental** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:33 pm

I know it got a lot of grime people onto dub, Skepta even did that remix with it kinda mashed up over the duppy beat. It was one of the tunes that drew me back away from grime and back onto dubstep

immy · Post by **immy** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:38 pm

the groove chronicles stuff and the el-b stuff was all being played by garage djs.

To me dubstep is still garage but this song gave DUBSTEP a wider name and made the genre stick it's chest stand out and say hi this is dubstep.

surface_tension · Post by **surface_tension** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:38 pm

Once Zinc remixed, it gave DnB cats something to really either love or hate, and to me, that was crucial. The haters yakin bout Dubstep being shit has been the biggest influence on people giving it a listen. Good or bad, it gave them a reason to see what the fuss was about.

You can totally love or hate this tune and still see how instrumental it was in helping to mold and shape a movement.

And it will flex the stacks to be sure.

cixxxj · Post by **cixxxj** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:27 am

midnight request line?? cazzo! TOOO MUCH!!! everytime kills everyone, this track is 3rd eye (ear?) (d)opener

fullyrecordingz · Post by **fullyrecordingz** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:36 am

what's midnight request line?

coxy · Post by **coxy** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:06 am

FullyRecordingz wrote:what's midnight request line?

midnight til 3am on rinse mate. request a tune. been ringing off the hook for alexandra off x factor but never heard it.

ajantis_art · Post by **ajantis_art** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:34 am

i've got to say request line consolidated my interest in dubstep, but yeah it was horror show that wa the first tune that really made me stand still and say "what the fuck"

ST100 · Post by **ST100** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:05 am

dubsteptim wrote:huge tune, standard. one of the first tunes i heard.

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