Musical mendacity

September 14, 2012 by Fred Clark

It’s time to stop pretending things are real

“Another Good Lie,” Mark Heard
“Asking Me Lies,” The Replacements
“Counterfeit King,” Randy Stonehill
“He Lied About Death,” Stars

“Hips Don’t Lie,” Shakira (feat. Wyclef Jean)
“How Much I Lied,” Elvis Costello
“The Lie and How We Told It,” Yo La Tengo
“Lie to Me,” Tom Waits
“Lisa Lies,” After Eleven
“Perfidia,” Glenn Miller
“Tell Me a Lie,” Griffin House
“Terrible Lie,” Nine Inch Nails
“That Was a Lie,” Sharleen Spiteri
“Ticket to Lie,” Texas
“Trouble With Lies,” Adam Again
“Weight of Lies,” Avett Brothers
“Would I Lie to You?” Eurythmics
“You Could Lie to Me,” Mark Heard

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BringTheNoise

Comforting Lie – No Doubt
Easier To Lie – Aqualung
Half The Lies You Tell Ain’t True – Stereophonics
I’d Life For You (And That’s The Truth) – Meat Loaf
Lie Detector Test – Sage Francis
Lies – Billy Talent
Luv Lies – Aerosmith
Real A Lie – Auf Der Maur
Rebellion (Lies) – Arcade Fire
Rock N Roll Lies – Razorlight
Tell Me A Lie (Shawn Michaels’ Farewell) – James A Johnston – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf0Rqcf8b9A
That’s No Way To Tell A Lie – James Dean Bradfield
White Lies – Paolo Nutini
Ain’t No Doubt (She’s Lying) – Jimmy Nail
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You – Jay-Z vs Linkin Park
Lying From You [Live] – Linkin Park
Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off – Panic! At The Disco – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZxUtZ2ZgI
Try Honesty – Billy Talent -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCMx8yS7c0
Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart – Manic Street Preachers – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNtD6mrkSZ0&feature=fvwrel

I’ll add more video links later, need to get back to work just now
Risser

Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
Arctic Monkeys – Dance Little Liar
Avett B rothers – The Weight of Lies
Beyonce – Beautiful Liar
Carrie Underwood – I Just Can’t Live a Lie
The Castaways – Liar Liar
Charlie Walker – Tell Her Lies
Chromeo – My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar)
Chuck Berry – Don’t Lie to Me
Coheed & Cambria – The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court
The Cure – This Is a Lie
Danzig – I Know Your Lie
Elliott Smith – The Biggest Lie
Eminem/Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
Fleetwood Mac – Little Lies
Florence + the Machine – I’m Not Calling You a Liar
Forever the Sickest Kids – Believe Me I’m Lying
The Fratellis – Tell Me a Lie
Julie London – Little White Lies
The Knickerbockers – Lies
Lovage – Lies and Alibis
Matchbox 20 – Bed of Lies
The McCoys – If You Tell a Lie
The Natural Four – Hanging on to a Lie
Panic! At the Disco – Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off
The Rolling Stones – Lies
Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie
Slayer – Read Between the Lies
The Smiths – Miserable Lie
Soundgarden – All Your Lies
Syd Barrett – I Never Lied to You
Taking Back Sunday – Liar (It Takes One To Know One)
Three Dog Night – Liar
Tool – You Lied
Willie Nelson – I Couldn’t Believe It Was True
Risser

Oh, I forgot: Thompson Twins – Lies
Paul Bagosy

“Annie, Would I Lie To You” – Iris
“The Needle Lies” – Queensrÿche
“Lies” – Stabbing Westward
“Big Lie, Small World” – Sting
PurpleAardvaark

Rodney Crowell — Lies Don’t Lie
The_L1985

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies…

Demon Hunter “The Science of Lies”
Disturbed “Sacred Lie”
Eagles “Lyin’ Eyes”
Linkin Park “Lying From You”
(Live “Pain Lies on the Riverside”–different definition of “to lie”)
NIN “Terrible Lie”
Interrobang Pie “Pinkie’s Lie (Chiptune Remix)” (Yes, MLP fan music.)
Theo Axner

Commie Lies – Janet Greene
Dom Ljuger – Troublemakers (“They Lie”)
Dom Ljuger – Eddie Meduza
Don’t Lie To Me – Motörhead
I Don’t Believe a Word – Motörhead
It’s Not True – the Who
La-La-La Lies – the Who
Liar – the Damned
Liar – Motörhead
Liar – the Sex Pistols
Liar, Liar – the Castaways
Liars Beware – Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Lies – the Knickerbockers
Lies of Hate – Soul Asylum
Love Is Lies – the Buzzcocks
När Det Brinner i Lögnfabriken – Cornelis Vreeswijk (“When the Lie Factory Is on Fire”)
O, Babe, It Ain’t No Lie – Bob Dylan
Pack of Lies – the Nomads
Return of the Liar – Rocket From the Crypt
You Lied – Green Day
banancat

Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Dirty Little Secret – All-American Rejects

(Kinda stretching it but that’s the best I have)
lowtechcyclist

Luscious Jackson – Why Do I Lie
Diana King – L-L-L-L-Lies
Andy

Liar — Queen
White Lies — Grin
Tell the Truth — Derek and the Dominoes
friendly reader

“Liar” – Emilie Autumn
“Lies” – Glen Hasard, from the soundtrack for “Once.”
“My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” – 150 Fun Songs for Kids

Wait, that last one might not fit…
MikeJ

Though I Know She Lies – Chris Bell
Don’t Lie to Me – Big Star
Lies – Black Keys
So He Begins to Lie – Bloc Party
Little girl Lies – Blondie
Lies Goodbye – Calvin Johnson & the Sons of the Soil
Love Lie – Capt. Beefheart
Lonely Old Lies – Neko Case
Livin’ the Lie I Love – Dash Rip Rock
Living a Lie – The dB’s
String of Lies – Goo Goo Dolls
One of My Lies – Green Day
Lies – King Missile
Very First Lie – Material Issues
Lies – Peter Bjorn and John
I Could Have Lied – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Asking Me Lies – Replacements
Panty Lies – Sonic Youth
Shady Lies – Richard Thompson
That’s a Lie – Too Much Joy
Good Lies – The Notwist
I Lie Pretty – VTG
Baby, You Lied – X
You Can’t Lie – Critics

I might suggest “Believe”” for next week. It has the word lie in it and I had to wade through a ton of believes to find the lies.
MikeJ

Argh. How did I omit:
How She Lied by Living – The Posies
Abel Undercity

Nothing specifically with “lie” in the title on my player, so I’m going more with the theme than the word:

A Traditional Victorian Gentlemen’s Boasting Song – The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing
Backstabber – The Dresden Dolls
Dirty Business – The Dresden Dolls
Is She Secretly On My Side? – Unwoman
Secret Message – Doctor Steel
So They Say – Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
The_L1985

I believe I can lie,
I believe I can falsify.
There’s people lying every night and day,
I don’t think it’ll go away…
Amaryllis

Battle of the Broken Word – Toshi Reagon
The Broken Pledge – Tola Custy
Broken Promise Land – Elvis Costello and Alan Toussaint
The False Bride – The New St. George
The False Knight on the Road – Tom Hart and Maddy Prior
Frim Fram Sauce – Nat “King” Cole
I Don’t Believe You – The Nightjars
I Think I Smell a Rat – The White Stripes
Lie To Me – Tom Waits
Love In the Lies – Amos Lee
Rigs of the Times – Bellowhead
The Sailboat Malarkey* – A. L. Lloyd
There Once Was a Woman Who Swallowed a Lie – Pete Seeger

* Technically speaking, it doesn’t fit the theme; I believe that the sailboat’s original name was Malachy. But still, malarkey is malarkey
borealys

I Won’t Lie – Tuuli
Little Lie – Lindi Ortega
Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac
Rebellion (Lies) – Arcade Fire
White Lies (Stranded in Suburbia) – Melissa McClelland
Liar – Hey Ocean!
My Girl is Calling Me (A Liar) – Chromeo
He Lied About Death – Stars
Bed of Lies – Matchbox Twenty
ProfWombat

Fats Waller: It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
Saffi

Big Stripey Lie, by Kate BushEverybody Lies, by Leo KottkeHow Much I’ve Lied, by Gram ParsonsLie Lie Lie, by Serj TankianLies, by Violent FemmesPromises And Lies, by UB40Sweet Lies, by Robert Palmer

And MikeJ – I sympathize. Not only did I have to wade through a lot of “BeLIEve” songs, I also had to wade through, among other works, the entire catalog of Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, the Hollies, a very long Genesis album (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) and the soundtracks to Amélie and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Saffi

OK… weird. I’ve had comments eaten, but not ever merely nibbled. Oh, well, here’s a second try without the links:

“Big Stripey Lie”, by Kate Bush
“Everybody Lies”, by Leo Kottke
“How Much I’ve Lied”, by Gram Parsons
“Lie Lie Lie”, by Serj Tankian
“Lies”, by Violent Femmes
“Promises And Lies”, by UB40
“Sweet Lies”, by Robert Palmer

And MikeJ, I sympathize. Not only did I have to wade through many, many “beLIEve” songs, but also (among many other tracks) my entire list of songs from The Hollies, Billie Holliday, Willie Nelson, a very long Genesis album (“The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”) and the soundtracks to Amélie and A Charlie Brown Christmas.