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Post by New Titania (TD) on Mar 30, 2006 10:25:03 GMT -5
I myself love Switchfoot. I went to their concert in Tulsa and it was AMAZING!
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 30, 2006 10:30:16 GMT -5
I looove switchfoot- especially 24 and this is your life!
Those songs rule!!!!
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Post by New Titania (TD) on Mar 30, 2006 10:40:32 GMT -5
OK, here's something interesting:
The Fatal Wound on Nothing is Sound,.....is it about suicide? I read one interperatation sp? that said it was about the thief who was on the cross with JEsus....
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 30, 2006 11:09:51 GMT -5
Never heard it....
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Post by heartofgold on Mar 30, 2006 11:12:00 GMT -5
They are... OK. Listening to them though I'm not entirely sure what sets them apart from any other band in the genre.
The Beatles have sold more albums, way more albums. More than any other band ever. So take that ;D.
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Post by gynovia on Mar 30, 2006 11:13:29 GMT -5
They are... OK. Listening to them though I'm not entirely sure what sets them apart from any other band in the genre. I'de agree. there okay band. |
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 30, 2006 11:34:27 GMT -5
The Beatles had weird hair and were on drugs. So THERE! Haha!
and what sets them apart is they have good voices AND lyrics. Wow.
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Post by heartofgold on Mar 30, 2006 13:14:55 GMT -5
I read a sportswriter who once compared trying to figure out what baseball players were on steroids to trying to figure out what Beatles songs were written when they were high. They just all seem that way
They had normal hair in the beginning. But about the time The White Album rolled along they were pretty much out of it (at least some of them were, Paul Mccartney seems to have maintained some normality through the years).
Their voices sound exactly like any other band in the genre. If you played me Switchfoot I would have no idea it was them, it could be anybody. That's why I like the Beatles so much. They just had their own genre, which as of yet nobody else has entered.
Lyrics?! Come on! You can't do any better than the Beatles. Such moving songs as, "Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey," and "I am the walrus" (featuring that wonderful chorus, "I am the eggman, (woooooooo) they are the eggmen (woooooooo), I am the Walrus, coo-coo-ca-choo!"), and Bungalow Bill. They move me man (I laughed, I cried, it moved me Bob).
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Post by heartofgold on Mar 30, 2006 13:17:32 GMT -5
Oh, and Steelsheen, please change back to the bird. I now have no idea who you are (we have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many penguins on this forum).
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 30, 2006 15:02:17 GMT -5
But it goes with 'one by one the pengguins steal my sanity' I love penguins!  I don't want to change it. I never did like the bird. And I can't figure out how to upload my own picture. Sobs. |
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 30, 2006 15:04:11 GMT -5
I don't listen to anything else in the genre. I only like Switchfoot and thousand foot Krutch.
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Post by gynovia on Mar 30, 2006 16:28:21 GMT -5
But it goes with 'one by one the pengguins steal my sanity' I love penguins! I don't want to change it. I never did like the bird. And I can't figure out how to upload my own picture. Sobs. yeah, well i'm stuck with the smiley "happy face" cuz everybody else has birds ands penguins  lol jk oh well, it could be worse, but still its kinda corny.... |
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Mar 30, 2006 16:48:13 GMT -5
YEAH SWITCHFOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and no i'm not just stereotyping San Diego-ans ;D although.....that's definitely a plus!) Dare You to Move and We Are One Tonight are the BOMB!!!! have you guys ever seen the music video for Dare You to Move??? It's pretty much the best one out there! Plus i used to live a mile from the beach where they filmed it!!!! La Jolla Beach baby!!!!
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Post by falklands on Mar 30, 2006 19:48:46 GMT -5
I don't listen to anything else in the genre. I only like Switchfoot and thousand foot Krutch. I always wondered what was with the latter band's name...explain? |
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Mar 30, 2006 22:24:17 GMT -5
i don't know, that's a really good question
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Post by steelsheen on Mar 31, 2006 6:54:39 GMT -5
If Christianity is a crutch, than it's a thousand foot one.
Or that's the story I heard.
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Post by heartofgold on Mar 31, 2006 9:38:46 GMT -5
Step 1: Go to profile at the top of the page.
Step 2. Go to Modify profile.
Step 3. Scroll down past the penguin to where it says "Avatar URL."
Step 4. Copy and Paste the URL of the picture you want to use.
Step 5. Click Update.
Note though, that this only works for pictures off the internet. No idea what you do if you want to upload them off your computer.
Oh, well trust me. They're nothing special. Everybody sounds like that.
Yea something like that. Or maybe its easier to hit everybody with a thousand foot crutch. That would probably be the only reason I'd name my band that.
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Post by Geberia on Mar 31, 2006 11:32:53 GMT -5
LOL ;D
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Post by Armany on Apr 1, 2006 9:23:18 GMT -5
OK, here's something interesting: The Fatal Wound on Nothing is Sound,.....is it about suicide? I read one interperatation sp? that said it was about the thief who was on the cross with JEsus.... Here's Jon Foreman's (songwriter/lead singer's) explanation for "The Fatal Wound": Taken from Jesus Freak HideoutSwitchfoot is one of my favorite Christian bands, if not my absolute favorite. Their lyrics are much more powerful than many Christian bands because they talk about real-life issues and are more down to earth. Switchfoot's songs all seem to have some sort of spiritual connotations in them, though not always direct. |
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Post by New Titania (TD) on Apr 1, 2006 10:43:06 GMT -5
Yeah.,...I've read that, but it still doesn't really explain what the song is about....or am I missing something?
The thing I don't like about Switchfoot....is the vocalist. As a trained musician in a choir, I can always tell when he goes off-pitch....and it drives me INSANE. (For example, hear song: Underwater) That's only on a few songs, though....so overall I do like Switchfoot quite a bit.
THIRD DAY, man! They rock the house! lol I also like Hawk Nelson.
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Post by Triphus (Titanian) on Apr 1, 2006 21:45:43 GMT -5
YAY HAWK NELSON!!!! sry i like them too!.........Every Little Thing is by far the coolest song ever, it combines a love song with Christianity..........love it!
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Post by New Titania (TD) on Apr 1, 2006 21:51:05 GMT -5
*cough* THIRD DAY OWNS ALL *cough*
Haha, sorry. Can you tell that Triphus and I are pumped? We're going to a 2-day event this year in Tulsa that has both Third Day AND Hawk Nelson! WOOHOO! It also will have Falling Up, Newsboys, Zoegirl, and some others.
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Post by Aslan the Great Lion on Apr 1, 2006 22:02:29 GMT -5
I think Switchfoot is okay. I love Thousand Foot Krutch. I am leaning now towards harder rock, like Staple, Demon Hunter, POD, Still Remains and others.
Switchfoot IMO is too soft.
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Post by Armany on Apr 2, 2006 12:23:19 GMT -5
Yeah.,...I've read that, but it still doesn't really explain what the song is about....or am I missing something? Yeah, I don't know. That quote may have some relation to your idea about Jesus and the thief on the cross, but you never know. If "The Fatal Wound" is about suicide, then I'd be very disappointed in Switchfoot. That doesn't go along with the rest of their songs. I mean, they sing about everyone being "meant to live for so much more," then turn around and sing about someone killing himself! That's not concurrent with their other songs, so I would be more inclined to think that the song has another purpose other than to be glorifying suicide. |
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Post by Armany on Apr 2, 2006 12:25:12 GMT -5
Oh, and BTW: I've never heard any Hawk Nelson songs to my knowledge. Are the songs any good?
Third Day's all right, though I'm not crazy about 'em. I like "Cry Out to Jesus."
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lol jk oh well, it could be worse, but still its kinda corny....
