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past • present • future—this is a song that will always hold much meaning for me. “meant to live” is likely how many people found @switchfoot, though they came to me before ‘the beautiful letdown (2003).’ this album goes deep into the soundtrack of my life. the one that i bought with my uncle john when we were in michigan visiting family. the one that i wanted to play on the car stereo, but after a few seconds of the electric intro, my parents deemed it “too much” + my twelve year old self tasted rebellion as i pressed eject only to blare it on my discman headphones.. 😈 the one that i can still put on + wouldn’t dream of skipping a song / missing a moment. the one that still manages to stir teenage angst + redemptive hope to the surface, all at once. the one i’ll forever hold close + scream until my voice is no more, every show. the one that recently celebrated its sixteenth year.. thank you, @switchfoot + TBL. who i was • am • will be would be lost without you.. 🖤 #morethanmusic #switchfoot #meanttolive #rocknroll #live #music #thebeautifulletdown #favorite #parkwest #chicago #jonforeman #favoritehuman #firstfavoriteband #nativetonguetour #heathers2019showseries #storytime #tunestuesday #soundtrackofmylife (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu7gCKeBKOS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c9ndzpb9ppqi

happy birthday to the collection of songs that changed everything for me in 2003. 🎂 'the beautiful letdown' - @switchfoot was not only the first CD i remember buying myself (with little outside input), but also the one with the most memories tied to it. it was the soundtrack to everything from seventh grade required reading (i somewhat recall a book titled 'tangerine?') to dancing around in my friends' new house, after she moved away.. (from inside my discman 😃) it made middle school days bearable + long drives to youth retreats exciting. no other record stands out with such significance to my "formative years" (what is that about..? all my years were and continue to be formative.. anyway..) a definitive album in the soundtrack of my life. it's been there through it all + still makes me smile, after millions of spins. FIFTEEN years later, i'm still just as thankful for these songs + this band.. + the fact that i got to be born into the same universe as them. thank you, switchfoot! love you, forever. 📻💛🎸✌🏼️ #morethanmusic #switchfoot #rocknroll #thebeautifulletdown #happybirthday #firstfavoriteband #foreverfavoriteband #heathersturntable #thesoundtrackofmylife #firsttasteofrebellion 😜

dear jon, my words always fall short when trying to convey how much yours have + continue to shape my life. almost sixteen years ago, earnest, eleven-year-old me heard your compelling voice for the very first time. whether it's in your heart-on-your-sleeve huff-post poetry, your shared stories from stage, or your eloquent redemption songs, it's your voice that pulls me in, time + time again. thank you for fervently loving people + pursuing art so well.. it pushes me to feed my passions, day after day. and to combat darkness with the light inside of me. your joy + love for life are infectious. the way in which you weave words + melody is one of a kind, my friend. as your bud jamie tworkowski says, i'm [so] glad you were born. happy birthday, jf (favorite human). : ) #morethanmusic #jonforeman #happybirthday #switchfoot #live #music #firstfavoriteband #herestothememories #somanymore #favoritehuman #hopeistheanthemofmysoul #always #fromthearchives

my favorite human lighting up the entire park like only he can do.✌🏼 #jonforeman #tourdecompadres #tourdecompadresround2 #morethanmusic #firstfavoriteband #switchfoot #lovealoneisworththefight #fadingwest #favorites #SF #ravinia #longlivesummer #music #goodmusic #goodvibes #JF #favoritehuman #happyheather #heatherssummershowseries (at Ravinia Music Park)