YMMV / Switchfoot

• Archive Panic: Eleven full-length studio albums, five live albums, five video albums, four compilations, numerous obscure EPs and unreleased/demo tracks and B-sides and standalone singles, and on top of Jon Foreman's solo work...the guys have released a ton of music over the years and it takes a massive effort to catalogue all of it.
• Awesome Music: Quite a bit, with "Meant to Live," "Dare You to Move," "Stars," and "Only Hope" being the most notable examples.
• Broken Base: Not as harsh as in most cases, but there's a notable divide between fans who like their pre-Beautiful Letdown material, and those who like their more recent stuff.
• The Catchphrase Catches On: "Sorry, I'm awesome." ^note Originated in their 6th podcast, when Drew Shirley randomly looked into the camera and uttered the phrase; it was a literal Moment of Awesome, and the fans loved it so much that he ended up adopting it as his catch phrase.
• Covered Up: Their cover of Sabotage by the Beastie Boys. And it's awesome!
  • There are also a lot of people who only know the Mandy Moore version song "Only Hope" from A Walk to Remember.
  • This was hilariously demonstrated in one of their video podcasts, when a guest musician accidentally referred to "Only Hope" as "The Mandy Moore song" in front of Jon.
  Jon: "'The Mandy Moore song?' C'mon!"
• Epic Riff: "Meant To Live"
  • "Stars" as well. Jon's actually said that it's his favorite song from that album because of it.
  • "Free" from Hello Hurricane can also qualify.
• Funny Moments:
  • The deliberately cacophonous piano break that follows the first chorus of "Oh! Gravity".
• Genius Bonus: "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" contains the line "At thirty-one, his whole world is a question mark". Saint Augustine of Hippo, by whom this song was inspired, was converted at age 31.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: "Poparazzi" was written to make fun of the glut of teenybopper pop artists gaining popularity at around the turn of the century. Mandy Moore turned out to be a fan of their music, which gained enough exposure through her film A Walk to Remember to score the band a mainstream record deal... and the rest is history.
• I Am Not Shazam: When Jerome first joined the band, a lot of the fanbase thought that he was "Chin", the Asian guy in the liner notes of the band's first album. He isn't.
• Louis Cypher: A possible (and given the story of Faust, probable) interpretation of the old man in the first verse of "Faust, Midas, and Myself."
• Seasonal Rot: The period from Vice Verses through Native Tongue haven't pleased a good portion of fans, feeling that the band wasn't bringing their best material. Interrobang seemed to have ended this trend, as it is considered one of their best.
• Signature Song: "Dare You To Move" and "Meant to Live"
  • Among the fanbase, "Gone" is also really popular, and during concerts will sometimes draw the loudest cheer of the night.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: "Stay" by Safetysuit is this to "Meant to Live".
  • "Let It Out" bears some uncomfortable similarities to "Some Nights" by fun.
• Tear Jerker: Too many to count.
• Win Back the Crowd: Their 2021 album Interrobang has been hailed as a return to form by many longtime fans.

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