Iconic

'My most favourite xxxx' anyone? I think it started with Del Boy (and was put in as a joke that everyone would understand) but it has spread like Russian vine

Yes indeed. That was one of my late DM's bugbears, which I have inherited!

You beat me to it Ana or, worse, fairly unique!

Yes, you're probably right. The one that annoys me more, though, is 'unique' when it obviously isn't. Even worse is 'rather unique'!

There's nothing particularly wrong with describing a piece of music as "iconic", Ana, except for the fact that the word has become a cliché and therefore, as has been said, is now meaningless and IMO, infuriating.

The word is....wait for it....amazing!

I always thought that the word meant visual imagery, deriving from the Greek Icon, the latter meaning of famous, widely recognised or well-established and its over use, is what this grumpy old pedant is whinging about!

To be fair, the word 'iconic' just means 'famous, popular or widely recognized and well-established' according to the dictionary.

What's wrong with describing a piece of music thus?

I agree!!! It's become a meaningless word to indicate that the speaker or writer is fashionable/hip/cool. Meanings don't seem to matter any longer.