I often wonder if a single song can inspire an entire genre.
Certainly, there are combinations that are so influential they turn up again and again. Consider 10cc’s Not In Love and Hall & Oates’ Can’t Go For That, followed by The Avalanches’ Since I Left You and Boards of Canada’s Aquarius and most recently by the acts Toro y Moi, Memory Tapes and Passion Pit.
With each generation, the song is more chopped and screwed.