Smashin' Tha Day

Het meest indringende geluid van deze avond: Today. Van de Smashing Pumpkins. Die momenteel uit elkaar zijn. Alle domeinnamen verwijzen naar dezelfde site, van zanger/gitarist/tekstschrijver Billy Corgan. Die daar wat nietszeggende weetjes heeft gedropt, in afwachting van betere tijden.

Today is zo'n deun die in je kop blijft plakken. [...] "Today is the greatest...", en dat dan gezongen met die manisch-neuzelende Corgan-onderstroom-toon. Dat vraagt om de versterker open.

Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
Today is the greatest
Day I've never known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you on
I want to turn you
Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known.

Written by William Corgan
[Siamese Dream, 1993]

Overigens was de meester zelf over dit baksel allerminst lyrisch. Getuige zijn commentaar:

"When Siamese Dream was finished, the people of the record company immediately wanted to talk about the first-single choice. I wanted Cherub Rock as first single, they wanted Today. I mean, I created a monstrous emotional piece of art of an hour and the only thing people wanted to talk about was a song I wrote in 10 minutes." (Billy Corgan, 12/93, bron: Silent Poetry)

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