Switchfoot looks back on early-2000s hype — mashable.com

Welcome to Throwback Tunesday, where Mashable amplifies the echoes of music past. With genre trends and throwbacks, we synthesize music and nostalgia. Nine albums and almost two decades in, San Diego-based alt rockers Switchfoot have been around the block. You may recall their early 2000s hits “Dare You to Move” and “Meant to Live” … and their lyrics' probable appearances in your friends’ AOL profiles. That’s not to mention Switchfoot’s total domination of 2002’s A Walk to Remember soundtrack and subsequent explosion in popularity. You know you cried middle school tears over star-crossed lovers Jamie and Landon (a.k.a. Mandy Moore and Shane West). The telescope scene … our young hearts collectively just couldn’t. And Moore's cover of Switchfoot’s “Only Hope” — it’s still mystifying how she reached those high notes.

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