You Know Who... Tells You Lies

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Larry Coryell, 1974
Photo by Waring Abbott
National Pinocchio Day is celebrated annually on February 23, marking the anniversary of the release of Walt Disney's classic animated version of the 1883 children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. (I must have seen the Disney movie at some point. I will say that if you haven’t seen the 2019 Italian live-action version, it’s pretty fantastic.) It is in celebration of this “holiday” that the show had a bunch of great songs about liars and lying. It is not surprising that there were plenty to choose from.
 
Beyond that, the show features a variety of genres (country-rock to Kraut-rock to blues-rock to prog-rock) and a lot of left turns, which I think I navigated pretty well.
 
Of course, it wouldn’t be LIC Radio if something didn’t go horribly horribly wrong, and today it was a spam/scam call which evidently silences all of the music apps and cut off the final tune of the show. So that sucked. I fumbled to try to get it started again, but it was proving to be a pain in the ass, so I just called it a day. I was trying to make it to LIC Bar for Jeopardy, anyway. I may pull it out next week.
 
Still, give it a listen. I guarantee that you’ll hear something that you never heard before.
 
Click here to check it out:
LIC Radio 2/23/2026
 
 
The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell
“Rocks”
(Randy Brecker)
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY, 2/23/74
Studio version recorded by The Brecker Brothers; released on The Brecker Brothers  (Arista, 1975)
 
 
The Castaways
“Liar, Liar”
(Jim Donna, Dennis Craswell)
Released as single A-side (Soma, 1965)
 
 
The Who
“La-La-La-Lies”
(Pete Townshend)
From My Generation  (Brunswick, 1965)
 
Illustration byAttilio Mussino, 1911


Argent
“Liar”
(Russ Ballard)
From The BBC Sessions  (Strange Fruit, 1997)
Recorded on 4/4/72
Studio version released on Argent  (Epic, 1970)
 
 
Queen
“Liar”
(Freddie Mercury)
Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, 3/31/74
Studio version released on Queen  (EMI/Elektra, 1973)
 
 
Eurythmics
“Would I Lie to You?”
(Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart)
Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, AU, 2/14/87
Studio version released on Be Yourself Tonight  (RCA, 1985)
 
 
Randy Newman
“Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America”
(Randy Newman)
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, NL, 2/23/82
Studio version released on Little Criminals  (Warner Bros./Reprise, 1977)
 
 
Neil Young
“Old Man”
(Neil Young)
BBC Television Centre, London, UK, 2/23/71
Studio version released on Harvest  (Reprise, 1972)
Emmylou Harris, 1977
Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot


Emmylou Harris
“Return of the Grievous Angel”
(Gram Parsons, Tom Brown)
Hammersmith Odeon, London UK, 2/23/76
Originally recorded by Gram Parsons; released on Grievous Angel  (Reprise, 1974)
 
With James Burton
 
 
Wishbone Ash
“Blowin’ Free”
(Martin Turner, Andy Powell, Ted Turner, Steve Upton)
BBC In Concert, Playhouse Theatre, London, UK, 2/23/74
Studio version released on Argus  (Decca/MCA, 1972)
 
 
Ultravox
“Artificial Life”
(Billy Currie)
The Hot Club, Philadelphia, PA, 2/23/79
Studio version released on Ha! Ha! Ha!  (Island, 1977)
 
 
Ton Steine Scherben
“Kleine Freuden”
(Hannes Eyber, R. P. S. Lanrue)
Aladin Music Hall, Bremin, DE, 2/23/82
Studio version released on IV  (David Volksmund Produktion, 1981)
 
 
Johnny Winter
“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
(Jagger–Richards)
Palace Theatre, New Haven, CT, 4/20/73
Originally recorded by The Rolling Stones; released as single A-side (Decca/London, 1968)
 
 
Johnny Winter
Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot

Muddy Waters with Johnny Winter and James Cotton
“Mannish Boy”
(McKinley Morganfield, Mel London, Ellas McDaniel)
The Palladium, New York, NY, 3/4/77
First studio version released as single A-side (Chess, 1955)
 
 
Aerosmith
"Walk This Way"
(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry)
Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York, NY, 8/29/75
Studio version released on Toys in the Attic  (Columbia, 1975)
 
 
Soft Machine
“Bundles”
(Karl Jenkins)
Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY, 2/23/74
Studio version released on Bundles  (Harvest, 1975)
 

And then we were oh so rudely interrupted!

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