Pontifex Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Tonight I went to the Switchfoot concert. I wore my black phatmass polo and the biggest rosary I could find. I wouldn't normally wear a rosary, but with a predominately protestant crowd I had to rep the Catholic Church in a demonstrative way. They did rock. Blessings, Pontifex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 HA! That's awesome, Padre! I'm glad you enjoyed the concert, too. I miss Pontifex. You rock, Father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOlaf Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Pure Win! I love Switchfoot, great music for studying (at least for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Switchfoot is lame. All they do is write songs that [i]maybe[/i] have a Christian interpation, but could be viewed from a hundred different standpoints. Oh, and what's with thier song "Stars"? There's absoutely nothing Christian about this song. Frankly I find very little Christian about the band. Sorry to poo-poo on yalls parade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOlaf Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='Justin86' post='1409008' date='Oct 25 2007, 04:24 AM']Switchfoot is lame. All they do is write songs that [i]maybe[/i] have a Christian interpation, but could be viewed from a hundred different standpoints. Oh, and what's with thier song "Stars"? There's absoutely nothing Christian about this song. Frankly I find very little Christian about the band. Sorry to poo-poo on yalls parade. [/quote] Personally, I like their early stuff much better, specifically the "New Way to Be Human" album, which I think is just so catchy! The song "Something More" just makes me happy, and I can truly appreciate it now that I'm Catholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 [quote name='Justin86' post='1409008' date='Oct 25 2007, 06:24 AM']Switchfoot is lame. All they do is write songs that [i]maybe[/i] have a Christian interpation, but could be viewed from a hundred different standpoints. Oh, and what's with thier song "Stars"? There's absoutely nothing Christian about this song. Frankly I find very little Christian about the band. Sorry to poo-poo on yalls parade. [/quote] Quit being a hater, switchfoot is awesome. They've converted over to the mainstream, but I don't see that as a bad thing - positive lyrics, mainstream music. We need more Christians breaking into pop culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) [quote name='Brother Adam' post='1409029' date='Oct 25 2007, 08:52 PM']Quit being a hater, switchfoot is awesome. They've converted over to the mainstream, but I don't see that as a bad thing - positive lyrics, mainstream music. We need more Christians breaking into pop culture.[/quote] So basicly lower the defintion of a Christian band to no cussing and no violence? That's called a philosophy. I thought Christianity was a religion... Edited October 25, 2007 by Justin86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior1027 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I know a lot of people go on about Switchfoot not really being a Christian band, or that they have too veiled of lyrics, but they are Christian. I have a hypothesis that their mainstream record company was part of the fact that their lyrics seemed to get more indirect, and incidentally they broke away from Columbia and are now an independent band. Anyway, here's a song that Jon Foreman (the front man of Switchfoot) is putting on one of his upcoming EP releases. It's called "Equally Skilled." It certainly sounds to me like what most people would call a Christian song. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6cjEHSC64&eurl=http://www.switchfeed.com/"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6cjEHSC64...switchfeed.com/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 i went to one of their concerts back in high school. good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Justin86 - Have some respect for a Priest (who happens to Phatmass' Spiritual Director) as well as his choice of music. If you want to debate whether or not Switchfoot is any good or even if they're "Christian" enough for you, start up a debate in another thread. Otherwise, take your (seemingly constant) negativity and leave the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvu_srfan Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) Switchfoot was never strictly a "Christian band." They've just always been [i]Christians who made music. [/i] That's simply it. And they do it wonderfully. (I just saw them live too, about two weeks ago) This kind of summarizes what Switchfoot is and what it's about, it's from Jon Foreman, the lead singer: [quote]My name is jon foreman. I play in a band called switchfoot. Which (incidentally), is the greatest job in the world: playing music that you deeply care about with your closest friends in the world. I think of it like this- everyday I write the soundtrack to my own life. Our band Switchfoot started out here in San Diego with three close friends: Chad Butler, Tim Foreman (my brother) and myself. Within days after my brother finished high school we were touring in Europe on a shoestring budget with a record that we recorded during Christmas break. A few years later, I dropped out of college and started to take on the role of playing playing music as a way of life. There were a few changes along the way. Most notably, we've grown in size from a three piece to a five piece! (Jerome Fontamillas and Drew Shirley joined our musical team a few records back.) And yet, music has continued to be my education, my therapy, and the vehicle in which I travel. Over theourse of the last six records, so much has happened. So many ridiculous dreams that we never even dared to think about have come true. Yet all along our goals have remained simple: to write the music that moves us and to play it in a way that moves others. We wanted to be a part of brightening and broadening the listeners worldview. We wanted our music to posses it's own inherent motion, to be it's own revolution so to speak. We believed in the songs, we wanted them to be heard. All my life, music has played a huge role in shaping who I am. Many of my musical heros are the ones who have taken me under their wings to teach me about music and life. With this in mind, Switchfoot has always been a hands on band, making a continual effort to bridge the gap between the crowd and the stage. And now, ten years later we are embarking on a new path, taking this goal to a new level. In order to cut down on the distance between the listener and the music, we have decided to do our music independently under the banner of Lowercase People Records. Our goal was to remove the corporate barrier between our audience and our songs. Musically, we wanted to go places we've never been before. We wanted to put out a more diverse collection of musical projects with more artistic control. Since music plays such a crucial role of connecting people with important issues around the world, we wanted to be a part of a label that gives directly to social justice causes, one that is more eco friendly. Lowercase People Records is our attempt to do all of this and more. Lowercase People is our attempt to better serve this community that has supported us through the years without a middle man in the way. As a band, this is the dream of a lifetime: to have no boundaries in our songs or in the ways that they are presented. So here's what you can expect... Over the course of the next few months we are going to release several diverse projects culminating in a new switchfoot release that will redefine who we are in a new independent era. In so many ways this is a time of building. We're building a studio in our hometown of San Diego. We want to have a creative environment to launch us into this phase of our journey. In keeping with the building theme, our tour this fall we will be supporting Habitat for Humanity, an incredible organization that builds homes for deserving folks around the world. One dollar from every ticket will go to this worthy cause and you can always donate more. Or if you're short on change, lend your time: use your hands to make the world a better place. So in many ways this is a season of change for me and for our band. And yet our song remains the same. I want to continue to sing along with the ones who are searching for truth; the meaning seekers, the hungry and thirsty for hope and for change. There is no retreat... there is no where to run from today. And yet, today is full of opportunity! Who knows where this will lead! Thanks for being a part of the journey, thanks for singing along, jon[/quote] Edited October 26, 2007 by tvu_srfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 hmph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totus Tuus Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahB Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I've been a big Switchfoot fan for years. I've never been able to go to a concert, but hopefully one day. I love their song, "Dare You To Move". I wore out my CD playing that song all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 [size=1]I have this old Swtichfoot hoodie that now has finger holes in the sleeves. Its old. I need a new one. [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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