| Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
| Hah, Switchfoot is just a side-hobby for Jon!? |
I just got word from Rose, that JIVEMagazine.com did a new interview with Jon, for a change, with an interviewer who knows a lot about the band, and gets what they're doing (she's probably a fan).
This part made me crack up:
The first tune that I can remember writing, this girl was going to come over to my house and play, I was probably in the third or fourth grade, and she got sick so I had originally written this happy song about how she was going to come over…and then I turned a major key into a minor key and wrote a very sad song about how she was going to come over. (laughs)
Its so refreshing to see Jon's newfound "he who has ears, let him hear" boldness, not only on the new album, but in the newer interviews:
If someone is close-minded enough to think that somebody from a different race or religious affiliation might not gain anything from our music, it’s one of those things where you have to say, “That’s okay.” I’m not really interested in that type of listener.
In other words, "if you don't get it, screw you"? Haha - just my humour-intended interpretation.Labels: interviews. |
posted by phil @ 2:57 PM  
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haha. I like it. thanks rose.
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Great. great, great, great.
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this is my favourite part...
The moment that you realize that you absolutely will be misunderstood—that there is no way around it, that people will absolutely misunderstand what you’re doing and why you’re doing it—then, again, it is a really freeing thing. You can stop trying to impress people and make music for somebody else and just make it for yourself, and know that what you’re doing is what you’re supposed to be doing. That these songs were unearthed for more than just trying to prove my own spirituality to somebody else. So I think in that respect I feel more comfortable with where we’re at now than I ever have. It allows me to be myself without trying to prove that I’m being myself, I suppose.
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Hey check out my podcast interview with Jon Foreman at
www.cmcentral.com/podcasts
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That was a great podcast man, great questions. I love the tag along Santa thing too as well as when you got into talking about his influences, you got some great answers outta him.
Also Phil, thanks for removing that anime character you had as me.
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haha. I like it. thanks rose.