Switchfoot, House of Blues - San Diego, November 12 & 13, 2005

Last weekend I was able to see Switchfoot perform live for the first time in a long time. It was also the first time I'd seen them since the new Nothing Is Sound album dominated the set list.

Here is the setlist from 11/13 was (hat tip):

1. Dare You to Move (Acoustic)
2. My Lonely Nation
3. Gone
4. Ammunition
5. Learning to Breathe
6. Happy is a Yuppie Word
7. This is Your Life
8. More Than Fine
9. Easier Than Love
10. The Fatal Wound
11. Politcians
12. Let That Be Enough (Request song from a canadian girl Diana [SP])
13. Special song about the tour
14. The Times They Are A' Changing(Bob Dylan Cover)
15. On Fire
16. The Blues
17. Shadow Proves the Sunshine
18. Meant to Live

ENCORE I
19. Stars
20. We Are One Tonight

ENCORE II
21. Daisy

The first night had "Company Car" instead of "Let That Be Enough" included "24" but not "Daisy", "Learning to Breathe" or "The Blues". The second night also featured Reeve Oliver but they didn't play many of their best songs ("On The Floor", "Reevenge" or "Imposter"). They still kick much butt and are an act worth seeing on their own.

Back to the first night, I brought my 10 year old son. JonnyUps from Parker Theory and Scott Anderson from This Holiday Life were both there and we hung out with them a bit. FYI, This Holiday Life just finished making their first full length album and I hope to get my hands on it soon. We also saw some other Switchfoot fans that are also friends of ours. It's always a great time to see the gathering of all the Switchfoot fans I know. There's some serious die-hards out there (including yours truly).

I was looking forward to hearing the Nothing Is Sound songs to see how the songs begin to grow. I noticed that "My Lonely Nation" has some extra catchy background vocals and Jon Foreman kept singing into his guitar from "This Is Your Life" into "Happy Is A Yuppie Word" but the biggest difference (and highlight of both nights) was "The Shadow Proves The Sunshine". Tim Foreman puts his bass down for the first chorus and plays a huge drum. I wasn't ready for it the first time and it was startling and pretty darn cool. During the same song Jon Foreman really kicks the emotion up during the last part and exceeds anything else he's ever sang. I want to get a copy of this performance really bad.

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