2000 Great Songs #1294: Natural One
For the second time in a couple weeks, we've got a cut off a 90s soundtrack which isn't necessarily my thing yet stands as a totally definitive musical document of a particular moment in time. I totally adored Sebadoh back in the 90s, definitely one of the key indie rock acts of the era (even though I rarely spin their records these days)--I fell into Sebadoh around the same time as Superchunk and Pavement and Built to Spill , and they all shaped my musical ethos for a time. But Lou Barlow's sensitive slacker croon seemed an odd match for the electronica groove of his side project Folk Implosion, which provided most the music for the controversial 1995 Kids film. Even more unlikely was that this song would get some serious radio traction, probably more attention than Sebadoh ever received. In hindsight, it's not hard to see why "Natural One" was sort of a hit, a slithering electronic groove with an intermittent discordant guitar riff and Barlow's unde...
