Aquabats are Super Rad

I've written at length before about how Low, despite their otherwise cryptic lyrics, is perhaps quintessentially LDS in their gorgeous slow-core aesthetic.  But of course, this quiet contemplation is only one facet of the LDS experience; "men are that they might have joy" says the Book of Mormon (as quoted by both faithful and antagonists alike), and for more of the joy that's supposed to be inherent in the LDS experience, I present the Aquabats' "Super Rad!"

"We were strangers/we were pilgrims/role models of the family man" begins the 2nd stanza, alluding to Hebrews 11:13--but the focus in this song isn't on the melancholy of being lost, but the sheer joy of adventure.  We are all wanderers, yes, but that shouldn't wear us down, but cheer us up!

"And if we die/before the battle's through..." is a direct allusion to the 4th verse of one of Mormondom's most venerated hymns, "Come, Come Ye Saints."  But now whenever 4th verse starts, I have to resist the urge to belt out instead, "Tell your Mom/Tell your Dad/We were Super Rad!"  Honestly, I maintain that such a lyric-change would not be out of place: "All is well" isn't supposed to be a confession of resignation, but of sheer joie de vivre!  When "all" is actually "well," you aren't sad and morose, but joyous, excited, you are super rad!  We maybe forget that too often--life can be hell, but that also makes life an adventure!

Really, I'll take any excuse to post Aquabats' Super Rad.