Kottke posted about Ian Polpo tracking down the full “What were the skies like when you were young” sample from The Orb’s Little Fluffy Clouds.
The song definitely felt like a moment. And ror whatever reason, be it timing or whatever, it is forever associated with the dot com bubble for me.
A few other interesting links for context – the story of how it was made and a Volkswagon commercial for when the new Beetle was released that used the track.