Switchfoot cover Bad Religion

2006-12-08 by tom79 | 17 Comments
Popular Christian alt-rock act Switchfoot recently recorded a live acoustic cover of Bad Religion's "Sorrow." The choice of song by a religious band is an interesting one and not just because it's a Bad Religion song. Writer Brett Gurewitz told us about the origins of the song:

It’s the story of Job from the Old Testament. Job was the most righteous man in the world. The devil said to God “these people are basically bad” and god said “Well no.”

The devil said “Give me one example” and god said “Look at Job, he’s a righteous man.” The devil said that he could corrupt him like any man, and they made a wager. And that was god’s way of rewarding the one righteous man on the planet. That was god turning his back on the one man who was good and righteous. That’s not god, that’s religion.
That’s an example of how detestable religion is. What is the lesson there?

from punknews.org

The video is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv0Gc9FTQiw

Tagged: Switchfoot

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tarman
December 8th 2006
34 Comments


wtf

tom79
December 8th 2006
3964 Comments


Hah, I was wondering about that too Jom. I didn't think the cover was really well done though, it just seemed kinda boring with not a lot of....something.

And I'm thinking about putting this under Bad Religion, because I want it to show up in the punk section in the forums.This Message Edited On 12.08.06

Two-Headed Boy
December 8th 2006
4527 Comments


...my day is ruined

Patrick
December 8th 2006
1891 Comments


All the kids who go to this one church in my town praise switchfoot, while listening to their wangsta rap.

icaught fire444
December 8th 2006
622 Comments


This is one of the only Bad Religion songs I've heard. It's not bad. Not great though.

TurnTheOtherWay
December 8th 2006
459 Comments


I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The irony radiating off of this video is armor-piercing.

metallicaman8
December 9th 2006
4677 Comments


UUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Intransit
December 9th 2006
2797 Comments


this sounds just terrible

The Sludge
December 9th 2006
2171 Comments


I don't know, I digged it a bit. Jon's no Brent, but did ok.

Shiftyly
December 9th 2006
82 Comments


its nothing compared to the original, and by nothing i mean its nothing even remotely like it aside from lyrics and the melody. But how exactly can that be one of their favorite songs growing up when switchfoot's first album came out only like, a year later i think

foreverendeared
December 9th 2006
14746 Comments


i enjoyed it.... switchfoot can have their moments from time to time, but they are mostly a generic band. their live shows are horrible too

beau99
December 9th 2006
63 Comments


I love Switchfoot and I like Bad Religion a bit, but this freaking sucked.

The Sludge
December 9th 2006
2171 Comments


Switchfoot has been a band since I beilieve '97. I'm pretty for sure they mean't their favorite band growing up rather than song.

RazorBladeLight
December 9th 2006
258 Comments


HORRIBLE!!!! FLIPPING SUCKS!!!!

slep
December 10th 2006
1604 Comments


This is one of the funniest things ive heard and seen this year. Ohh how ignorant people are.

unbornchikkenvoices
September 27th 2007
78 Comments


Sorry, I couldn't look away from the spinning head on my screen...





What? I was resting my eyes...





Shutup!

unbornchikkenvoices
September 27th 2007
78 Comments


does bad religion have a longer album list than bob dylan?



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