Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Bam Thwok

Bam Thwok

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 15, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 11:35, 27 May 2014 (UTC)



"Bam Thwok" is a 2004 download-only single by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song was written and sung by bassist Kim Deal (pictured), and released exclusively through the iTunes Store on June 15, 2004. Upon its release, "Bam Thwok" was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the very first release of the UK Download Chart. The song was the band's first recording since 1991's Trompe le Monde. Originally composed for the movie Shrek 2, the song was not selected for the final soundtrack. The song's lyrics display a surrealistic and nonsensical nature typical of the band; Deal's inspiration was a discarded child's art book she found on a New York City street. "Bam Thwok"'s major theme is "showing goodwill to everyone."
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 * Promoted: 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: 2007 promotion - 16 June is date of release. Small article - has a couple of refs that need updating, which should be quickly fixable. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:27, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment blurb needs another 400 or so characters. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:33, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Firstly, Casliber, thanks for the work that you're doing at User:Dweller/Featured Articles that haven't been on Main Page to find older FAs in good condition. I hope that we can get a few more people helping out there (hint, hint).  However, I've just scheduled another American alternative rock group's single for June 14 after a non-specific date nomination by, and it doesn't seem a great idea to have two such similar articles in the TFA slot within a couple of days. I don't mind rejigging the queue and running the TSP song in July perhaps if people would prefer "Bam Thwok" to run in mid-June, or we can run the TSP song in June and this one in July perhaps.  Thoughts? BencherliteTalk 11:41, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't mind a later date at all, to make room for one with a date, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:17, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm, this one has a specific date (just realised I got it wrong - should be June 15), which the other article doesn't. I think I'd be keener to move the other one back a few weeks as it is not tied to a specific date - but I can understand if others think otherwise. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:09, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, given Gerda's comments I've unscheduled "Today" and will probably then schedule this for the 15th and schedule "Today" for a later date. BencherliteTalk 17:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

 "Bam Thwok" is a 2004 download-only single by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song was written and sung by bassist Kim Deal (pictured), and released exclusively through the iTunes Store on June 15, 2004. The song was the band's first recording since 1991's Trompe le Monde. Frontman Black Francis, the band's principal songwriter, said the recording session "was very relaxed, a nice way to break the ice". Originally composed for the movie Shrek 2, the song was not selected for the final soundtrack. The lyrics display a surrealistic and nonsensical nature typical of the band; Deal's inspiration was a discarded child's art book she found on a New York City street. She commented "This kid had written ... about a party that took place in another universe, about people and monsters that were partying together." The song is structured around a four-beat guitar melody which incorporates major chords throughout. It begins with full instrumentation, over which Santiago layers a short guitar solo. An organ solo appears approximately midway through the song. Upon its release, "Bam Thwok" was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the very first release of the UK Download Chart.
 * Support, per nomination by and recent comment by, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Blurb is c.750 characters, needs another 400 or so... don't have time to fix this today myself. BencherliteTalk 08:47, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I pointed that out 3 days ago... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:59, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I tried to write what would interest me:
 * I also question if some links in the article are useful, for example "lead singer" to Singer. I would like to know what a carouselesque organ solo is, but a link to carousel doesn't really help me. The link of goodwill to Social capital, well, I thought we know what goodwill might mean, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:53, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Feel free to delink any that you think are of doubtful value. Your blurb looks fine. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:07, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I delinked a few, left guitar solo, but that is a tagged article, - drop link or improve? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:29, 27 May 2014 (UTC)