Switchfoot can be related to anything...

Conversation on Facebook that inspired this post:

Molly:
Since this week we're talking about religion [in sociology club], I thought I would add a nice description of religion, written by our friends in switchfoot:

What you say is your religion
How you say it's your religion
Who you love is your religion
How you love is your religion
All your science, your religion
All your hatred, your religion
All your wars are your religion
Every breath is your religion yeah

-Switchfoot, The World You Want (if you haven't heard the song, listen to it! Prob one of my favorite songs!)

Chris (another person in Sociology): 

You've related Switchfoot to sociology 3 times now, you sure they didn't get song ideas from this book?? haha

Molly: Haha not sure... That would be pretty epic to be reading the book that inspired Fading West! Though I may just be able to relate Switchfoot to anything... Lol. Hey Julianne Nicole - yes, you can take me up on that statement above "I may be able to relate switchfoot to anything" 

And so it began. Here is a list of the challenges so far (and Molly's responses)

Apple pie: this one might be a bit of a stretch. But, as we all know, Switchfoot works with the company Apple to sell their music, stream their album on First Play, and sell their new movie. They even do some of these activities on March 14, aka Pi(e) day, and March of 2014, aka Pi(e) month. 

Star Wars: in Star Wars the key phrase is May The Force Be With You. On Jesusfreakhideout, a Christian music website, they quote: "Switchfoot truly is a force to be reckoned with. Album after album they give listeners quality music ". As we can see, Switchfoot is obviously the Force being referred to in Star Wars, because as we all know, the creator of Star Wars was a huge Jon foreman fan*. He was obviously wishing to everyone that the force (switchfoot) would be with them, because this would mean they were at a switchfoot concert and not only would be very happy, but would learn about Jesus!

Mount Rushmore: legend has it that Jon Foreman and his Switchfoot buddies were on a road trip to the center of the United States. The other guys in the band were super excited about seeing Mount Rushmore, but Jon had seen it many times before. As they gazed in heartfelt wonder, he penned the chorus of the song Connect With The Spine, which says "I'm sick of the faces, the scene, and the light". He was referring to the fact that he had seen these stone faces so many times and he was tired of the same old experience again. He would rather go visit Molly in Michigan. Plus, he was sick of the 'light', referring to the blinding headlights of the car directly in front of him. This legend has been verified on numerous occasions with Jon Foreman.*

*this may or may not be true.

Facebook: they use Facebook for a large number of things, including promoting their music, sharing photos from the road, and advertising their new film, Fading West. 

Mice: (this was an easy one!) lyrics from Meant To Live: "Dreaming about Providence And whether mice or men have second tries"

Extremely short comments: if you look on sf's FB page, you'll notice that when they share photos from the road, they caption the photos with extremely short comments about where they were taken and by whom.

Cream cheese: on their merch website, sf sells a cream colored hat: http://www.switchfoot.com/switchfoot/product/?catID=.... I bet if you payed them enough they would send you some cheese with the purchase of the hat!

Bell bottoms: in an interview, Chad of Switchfoot answers the question: What activity or group were you involved with in high school that might surprise people today?
"I won my high school's annual "air-band" contest dancing and lip synching to a Sly and the Family Stone song called "Chicken". I wore an afro wig and bell bottoms, I looked awesome."

Ceiling fans: online, a website sells ceiling fans and gives the option to buy a switch to operate it with your foot. (Couldn't resist:)

Comment more ideas! I'm having fun with this :)