Which ambient track is our genre's "famous song XYZ"?
I had an idea today, and I'd love to see what y'all come up with. I feel like the title describes it, so here's the list! It's incomplete, I've absolutely missed some opportunities in here, and I'm intentionally not describing why I chose a song because I want anyone who participates to view each one through their own experience and aesthetic.
Take one, or do them all. Thanks for your input!
- The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
- The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
- Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
- Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
- Elliott Smith - Angeles
- Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
- Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Coldplay - Yellow
- Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
- Miles Davis - So What
- Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather
EDIT : I've failed entirely with this post, and I'll take these lessons forward. I'm sorry, friends. My hope was that people would see a song that resonated in a particular way - pop GOAT, overrated, technical mastery, whatever... and pair it with an ambient track that checked the same boxes. So a reply might look like:
"Coldplay - Yellow
An inescapable bop that literally everyone knows, if I'm honest I still love it, but it's just fundamentally overplayed. This is my 'Brian Eno - An Ascent.'"