| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 |
| Genres and randomness |
Here's a review of the Awakening video from top40-charts.com. It's nothing we haven't seen before - it mentions the actors, quotes Tim's description, and calls it "fun and innovative."
What I found interesting was the fact that it categorized the band under "Metal/Hard Rock." Hmm...Seems like they get a new genre attached to them every day. Even my itunes can't agree on what kind of music they are. According to my iTunes, they fit into Rock, Pop, Alternative, Gospel & Religious, Punk, AlternRock, Rock Alternative, Holiday, Comedy(?), Psychedelic Rock, Acoustic, and Other. I guess this just re-emphasizes the fact that they're a versatile band with a sound that no one can quite pin down.
They're missing certain major ones like Electronica, Rap, R&B, Jazz (which they apparently tried during the recording of Oh! Gravity.), and Country, to name a few. Maybe they should remedy that...haha -- just kidding.
Although, they ARE playing alongside a country artist on April 21st at the University of Texas at Arlington. Last I checked, you're supposed to be at least a little bit compatible with the other band. However, from the looks of Joe Nichols' song titles, I wouldn't choose him as the obvious choice to mesh with the 'Foot. Maybe I'm wrong...? In any case, country fans of UTA, get ready for some rock! (/pop/alternative/punk/comedy...)
On a randomer note, have you ever thought of naming your child after a band? If so, don't live in Sweden. This blogger posted a witty entry about an interesting LA Times article, and seems to think "Switchfoot" wouldn't be a bad name for your little one. Personally I think I would try to stay away from names containing body parts, but to each his/her own, I suppose.
And speaking of feet, just to spice this post up a bit, let's see what the general consensus is on whose feet are whose in this Andy Barron photo:
Labels: articles., humour and randoms., news |
posted by gellie @ 3:50 PM  
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Ok. I'm taking a wild guess as to whose feet are whose. I'll go around the circle counterclockwise.
Starting directly in front with the black pants is Jon. To his right is Drew followed by Tim, Jerome, & Chad.
That's my best guess (and I'm not a shoe expert). :)
- Faye
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oh, i'll guess. Going the same way they ^ did, Jon, Drew, Chad, Jerome, Tim.
Just a guess =)
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i love how switchfoot doesn't conform to genres! as long as they as they are NEVER associated with country!!!! hah
anyways, the shoe guess...
starting in front, clockwise
Jon, Drew, Jerome, Tim, Chad
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maybe andy is playing a trick on us and NONE of the feet belong to switchfoot members!!!!
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...going the same way, I'd say: jon, tim, chad, drew, jerome.
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hahaha, that blog is hilarious
i love how the author says he wouldn't mind naming his child Three Dog Night, but Incubus would be "cruel." And three dog night would be...?
haha
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I'm saying..
Jon, Drew, Tim, Jerome, then Chad.
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Jon, Tim, Chad Drew and Jerome.
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Jon, Drew, Tim, Jerome, Chad
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far left with the brown is Tim, then Jon with the black pants, Chad in the light blue jeans, Jerome in the back right of the pic and then Drew in the very back... Just a guess, but hey I need to entertain myself. I do know that Tim and Jerome have those brown shoes on the left though.
~Linds
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i stalked a little bit on facebook... so here's my guess, from front and couterclockwise:
tim, drew, jerome, chad and jon.
i think i saw the brown shoes on jon. thanks to the switchfoot rubik's cube maker for the picture!
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love it! Oh Andy Barron, your photographs never cease to amaze me... :)
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I think the front really looks like Jon. Then (anti-clockwise) I dunno maybe Drew, Tim, Jerome, and Chad.
I got no idea apart from Jon, even there I'm probably wrong.
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I agree with Lindsey on the order.
Hey, Joe Nicholes is a good guy. We hung out with him at a bar all night soon after I moved to Nashville and he was so fun. (Could have had something to do with the fact that we were all drunk off our asses..) It was a karaoke bar and he actually did karaoke. We all stayed til the bar closed. Good times. Oh, he's also a great musician.
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random note: for some reason I've always liked this photo.
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@vicky: i'm not dissing Joe. I just said it doesn't sound like his country would go well with switchoot's sound.
i will admit i have zero tolerance for country music, but i wasn't disrespecting him as an artist.
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I would actually love to hear Switchfoot doing electronica, rap, jazz, and country.
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Ok. I'm taking a wild guess as to whose feet are whose. I'll go around the circle counterclockwise.
Starting directly in front with the black pants is Jon. To his right is Drew followed by Tim, Jerome, & Chad.
That's my best guess (and I'm not a shoe expert). :)
- Faye