Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Today (The Smashing Pumpkins song)

The first of these nominations predates the introduction in April 2014 of article-specific subpages for nominations and has been created from the edit history of Today's featured article/requests.

Today (The Smashing Pumpkins song) (2013 nomination)

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The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 12:59, 6 August 2013‎ (UTC)

 "Today" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan. The song, though seemingly upbeat, contains dark lyrics. Corgan wrote the song about a day in which he was having suicidal thoughts, exemplified by the reference to self-mutilation in the chorus. However, the contrast between the grim subject matter of the song and the soft instrumental part during the verses, coupled with use of irony in the lyrics, left many listeners unaware of the song's tale of depression and desperation. The song alternates between quiet, dreamy verses and loud choruses with layered, distorted guitar influenced by the noisy guitar rock of My Bloody Valentine. "Today" was released in September 1993 as the second single from the band's second album and major label debut, Siamese Dream. Although Corgan opted for the lead single from the album to be the opening track, "Cherub Rock", "Today" and its follow-up "Disarm" are credited in Allmusic for popularizing the band and "sen[ding] [Siamese Dream] into the stratosphere." "Today" has been generally well received by critics, and in an article about the song in Blender it was described as having "achieved a remarkable status as one of the defining songs of its generation, perfectly mirroring the fractured alienation of American youth in the 1990s."

2007 FA, 2 pts, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:30, 18 July 2013 (UTC)


 * But it loses points to "One Tree Hill" on 9th August. BencherliteTalk 09:29, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, interesting use of dissonance and contrast between the song's lyrics and its music, thereby creating a dichotomy of sorts. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 16:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Today (The Smashing Pumpkins song) (2014 nomination)

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for a date to be fixed (later: Today's featured article/July 18, 2014) by BencherliteTalk 11:58, 27 May 2014 (UTC)



"Today" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan (pictured). "Today" was released in September 1993 as the second single from the band's second album and major label debut, Siamese Dream. The song, seemingly upbeat, contains dark lyrics. Corgan wrote it about a day when he had suicidal thoughts, exemplified by the reference to self-mutilation in the chorus. However, the contrast between the grim subject matter of the song and the soft instrumental part during the verses, coupled with use of irony in the lyrics, left many listeners unaware of the song's tale of depression and desperation. Although Corgan opted for the lead single from the album to be the opening track, "Cherub Rock", "Today" and its follow-up "Disarm" are credited in Allmusic for popularizing the band and "sen[ding] [Siamese Dream] into the stratosphere." "Today" has been generally well received by critics, and in an article about the song in Blender it was described as having "achieved a remarkable status as one of the defining songs of its generation, perfectly mirroring the fractured alienation of American youth in the 1990s."
 * Most recent similar articles: unsure what would be similar, song 21 September 2013, album 25 May
 * Main editors: Brandt Luke Zorn
 * Promoted: 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: no specific date, plan when it fits
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Please look at WP:TFAREC and tell everyone when the most recent similar article was, Gerda - it helps everyone (including me) if you do this. Part of the reason for moving away from a points-based system was that we would be able to discuss questions such as article diversity, but if you as the nominator don't provide the information you either make work for others or you inhibit discussion. Thanks. BencherliteTalk 15:33, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Most recent album, as you say, was Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (25th May); but the most recent modern music song was in fact "Spinning Around" on 17th April 2014. Either way, I think we look at running this after a little time has passed from 25th May. BencherliteTalk 16:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. High quality article. Meticulously sourced throughout. No objections to it running sooner than 25 May, or even, say, as soon as possible in the schedule. Cheers and good luck, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 17:36, 14 May 2014 (UTC)