Comment by tmuir

Iconic? Thats equivalent to saying the Beatles were iconic by coming up with a catchy band name. These things become part of collective consciousness because they are widely disseminated, repeated, an generally unoffensive. There is no special sauce in the name Beatles, nor in this sound. Both were elevated by other unrelated factors, the Beatles' music, and Apples prevalance in the computer marketplace. As long as they didnt name themselves The Motherfuckers, The Beatles would have been successful by just about any name. As long as it wasnt something offensive or grating, the sound of a cd finishing burning/phone notifying would be recognizable by millions, regardless of the sound itself.