The March 2024 Challenge Thread: There Is No Dark Side Of The Moon

[ranbalam]

Day 4: and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry

This prompt made me think of John Prine, plus this record opens with the song Illegal Smile.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 4

The Killers - Hot Fuss

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

March 5 - And when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

Do it again...



The Kinks - Word Of Mouth

 

[jfitzy]

March 5 - And when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

 

[imtheocean]

March 5 - And when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

Grateful Dead ~ Workingman's Dead

 

[avecigrec]

March 3 - Breathe

Gabrielle Shonk – Across The Room


"Remember To Breathe"

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 03: Breathe
Phish - Billy Breathes

I figure the is pretty obvious.

 

[avecigrec]

March 4 - And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry.

June Tyson – Saturnian Queen Of The Sun Ra Arkestra


June Tyson sings my absolute favourite version of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile."

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 04: And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry.
The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

I decided to go this route instead of The Smile Sessions since this one doubled the Smile.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 03: Breathe
Phish - Billy Breathes
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I figure the is pretty obvious.

This was a contender.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 05: And when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one.
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Sounds like they’re “Working Day & Night” to me.

 

[avecigrec]

March 5 - And when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one.

Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!


"Work Me, Lord"

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 5: and when at last the work is done, don't sit down it's time to dig another one

“fuck that and fuck you, imma go live on the river” - John Fogerty

Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Proud Mary” b/w “Born on the Bayou”



Also given the workload of music CCR put out in 1969, I feel like that lyric could apply to them in general that year.

 

[LeSamourai]

March 4 - And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry.

The Smile - Wall of Eyes

A smile, and a whole wall of eyes for the tears...

 

[Nee Lewman]

Day 5

Rush

 

[Turbo]

March 1 - Speak To Me

Fontaines D.C. "A Hero's Death" (2020 Partisan)
A few people already went in this direction... thought I'd go with it too. Singer Grian Chatten does a a pretty good punky sprechgesang.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

March 6 - On The Run

As if being on the run wasn't bad enough in itself...



The Rolling Stones - "Exile On Main St."

 

[imtheocean]

March 6 - On The Run

I'll take one of the obvious choices here.

Paul McCartney & Wings ~ Band on the Run

 

[Turbo]

March 2 - "I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years."

Queen "Sheer Heart Attack" (1975 Elektra Japan)
Stone Cold Crazy.

 

[Turbo]

March 3 - Breathe

Radiohead "The Bends" (1995 Parlophone; 2014 Parlophone reissue)
My Iron Lung.