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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today
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Most listeners are surprised to learn that “Today” was written sarcastically. When reading the verses however, it becomes quite apparent. In Billy Corgan’s own words, he “was
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today (Alternate Demo Version)
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[Chorus 1] / 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 / [Verse 1] / I want to say
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today (Broadway Rehearsal Demo)
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Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known / Can’t wait for tomorrow / Tomorrows much too long / I’ll burn my eyes out / Before I get out / I understand / What makes you not believe
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Olivia Holt – Today
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[Chorus] / 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 / [Verse 1] / I wanted more / Then
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Covers
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See all of “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins’s covers
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Samples
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See all of “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Yellowcard – Today
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Yellowcard covered “Today” originally by The Smashing Pumpkins for the compilation album Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2.
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today (Live)
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[Chorus 1: Billy Corgan] / 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 / [Verse 1
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Samples
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See all of “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins’s samples
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Madina Lake – Today
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[Originally by Smashing Pumpkins] / Today is the greatest / Day I've ever known / I can't live for tomorrow / Tomorrow's much too long / I'll burn my eyes out, yeah / Before I get
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
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The lyrics of “Disarm” touch upon the subject of child abuse as Billy Corgan directly addresses his parents in the first person as an abused son. However, during a performance in
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Ben Kweller – Today
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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
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Armor for Sleep – Today
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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
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A. G. Cook – Today
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Oh / [Chorus 1] / 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 / [Verse 1] / I wanted
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Willamette Stone – Today
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This was a song from the movie If I Stay, directed by RJ Cutler.
This song is played by Mia and her family around the bonfire. This scene personifies death.
Here’s the trailer:
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Nothing and Everything
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“Nothing and Everything” is one of the earliest recordings done under the Smashing Pumpkins name. D'arcy Wretzky had not met Corgan yet and Jimmy Chamberlin was still playing in
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise
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Billy Corgan’s explanation of the sound of his guitar in “Mayonaise”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vd3uMxTpdI
In a 2012 interview with Adam Graham, Billy commented on his
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Apathy's Last Kiss
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The B-side on the 7-inch version of the “Today” single.
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Window Paine
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[Verse 1] / Window pane / Around my heart / Shadows streak / Around my heart / [Chorus] / Do what you're gonna do / And say what you got to say / Do what you're gonna do / Yes
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The Smashing Pumpkins – French Movie Theme
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Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah / Yeah
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Fruit Bats – Today
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In 1993, I was the prime age to be swept up in alternative radio. But truth be told, while I loved Nirvana and Jane’s Addiction, in my heart I was still secretly wearing a hole in
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
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In “Cherub Rock,” Corgan finds himself suddenly associated with a counter-culture that he never identified with or was included in. He accurately paints a picture of the volatile
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Spaceboy
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Billy Corgan wrote this song with his little brother Jesse as his inspiration. Jesse was born with mild cerebral palsy, Tourette’s syndrome, heart problems, and a chromosomal
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