Tomorrow
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Tomorrow is the day after today; it is in the near future. In everyday speech tomorrow speaks not only of a single day but of some era that is not today and has not yet occurred.
In popular culture the vision of the abstract tomorrow can be a positive one: "I'll get around to it tomorrow," "my ship will come in tomorrow," "the sun will come out tomorrow." There can be negative emotions attached to tomorrow as well, perhaps related to future justice, judgement, or revenge. One implication of tomorrow is that an opportunity for change, action, or redemption still remains; that the seemingly endless cycle of time will continue.
The literal tomorrow is usually not so romanticized. "The rent is due tomorrow;" "Tomorrow is my last day on the job" - but whether a specific use of the word is to be understood as literal or abstract is not always clear.
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[edit] References in culture
Songs and literature make great use of the obvious issue that the abstract tomorrow never comes. When the day after today arrives, then that day becomes today. Likewise the imminency of death (or other undesired events) gets quite a bit of play: "We may as well eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." (Isaiah 22:13; Luke 12:19-20)
According to many Holocaust survivors, saying "tomorrow" in one of the concentration camps was a slang term for "never."[citation needed]
Tomorrowland is a future-themed area in many of Disney's Magic Kingdom-style theme parks.
[edit] Music
[edit] Albums
- Tomorrow (by the band Tomorrow, 1968)
- How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today (Suicidal Tendencies, 1988)
- Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! (The Sugarcubes, 1989)
- Tomorrow (SR-71, 2002)
- Adaybeforetomorrow (Brainstorm, 2003)
[edit] Songs
- Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles, 1966)
- Tomorrow (Strawberry Alarm Clock, 1967)
- Tomorrow (Annie, 1976)
- Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden, 1980)
- Tomorrow (U2, 1981)
- Memories of Tomorrow (Suicidal Tendencies, 1983)
- Tomorrow Wendy (Concrete Blonde, 1990)
- Tomorrow (Bad Religion, 1992)
- Tomorrow (Morrissey, 1992)
- Tomorrow (Ozzy Osbourne, 1995)
- Tomorrow (Silverchair, 1995)
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow (Elliott Smith, 1998)
- Is Yesterday Tomorrow Today? (Stereophonics, 1999)
- Tomorrow (Thievery Corporation, 2000)
- Tomorrow (Avril Lavigne, 2002)
- I'm Dying Tomorrow (Alkaline Trio, 2002)
- A Day Before Tomorrow (Brainstorm, 2003)
- Tomorrow Morning (Jack Johnson, 2003)
- Shadows of Tomorrow (Madvillain, 2004)
- Tomorrow (Cosmic Gate, 2004)
- Tomorrow (Colonel Mustard and the Suspects, 2006)
- Tomorrow Starts Today (Mobile, 2006)
[edit] Groups
[edit] Literature
- The Past Through Tomorrow (Robert A. Heinlein, 1939-1941)
- The Day After Tomorrow (Robert A. Heinlein, 1941)
- Reach for Tomorrow (Arthur C. Clarke, 1956)
- We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch, 1998)
- The Tomorrow series (John Marsden, 1994-1999)
- Tomorrow Stories (Alan Moore, 1999)
- Tomorrow (Bradley Trevor Grieve, 2003)
[edit] Film & Television
[edit] Film
- I'll Cry Tomorrow (Daniel Mann, 1955)
- Tomorrow (Joseph Anthony, 1972)
- A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (Roger Spottiswoode, 1997)
- Tomorrow May Never Come (Nikhil Advani, 2003)
- Better Luck Tomorrow (Justin Lin, 2003)
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Kerry Conran, 2004)
- The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich, 2004)
[edit] Television
- The Tomorrow People (Roger Damon Price, 1973)
- The Tomorrow Show (Ron DeMoraes, 1973)
- Search for Tomorrow (Agnes Nixon, 1951-1986)
- The Girl from Tomorrow (Kathy Mueller, 1991)
- The Tomorrow People (Vivianne Albertine, 1990)
- The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End (Noel Price, 1993)
- Tomorrow's World (Max Morgan-Witts, 1965-2003)
[edit] People
- Tom Tomorrow a.k.a. Dan Perkins
- The fictional character Superman is sometimes referred to as "The Man of Tomorrow."
