Song of the Day 8/31: Big Star, “Don’t Lie to Me”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on August 31, 2025

Hey, Matt Meyer! This one’s for you!

One of the deep cuts from “#1 Record,” the 1972 debut album by Big Star that’s regarded as one of the founding documents of power pop. Songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, emulating Lennon/McCartney, are co-credited on all but one of the LP’s tracks because they each tinkered with the other’s songs, but the lead singer – Bell in this case – usually indicates who wrote the tune.

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  1. El Somnambulo says:
    August 31, 2025 at 11:09 am

    If Matt Meyer can name a scholarship after himself, we can CERTAINLY put together a mix-tape about prevarication and dedicate it to Matt.

    Allow me to come up with the second entry:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u71C10b7Ao8

    Followed by:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3HYOLJSoM&list=RD7C3HYOLJSoM&start_radio=1

    And:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NAOJHlgnA&list=RDm_NAOJHlgnA&start_radio=1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdZ1VptZsfg&list=RDCdZ1VptZsfg&start_radio=1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfmtIGZtAD8&list=RDnfmtIGZtAD8&start_radio=1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkihwNeCqA&list=RDOjkihwNeCqA&start_radio=1

    OK, I’ve got you started. We still have plenty of e-space available on Matt’s Mix Tape…

  2. El Somnambulo says:
    August 31, 2025 at 12:15 pm

    Let’s keep this goin’:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tigVYfHVmQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZL2b4O3nz8

    ‘Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening’:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqccEpqvwPY

    C’mon, Nathan, Ol’ Prospector, Mikey D, help me out here…

  3. Mike Dinsmore says:
    August 31, 2025 at 5:03 pm

    Hi, El Somnambulo,

    I’m all Bluegrassed out from this weekend, but I don’t think that you’ve posted this one yet…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FsMlzPwT8

  4. Wasabi Peas says:
    August 31, 2025 at 8:15 pm

    I absolutely LOVE old Jonny Lang!!!

    A few more entries:

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=G_UXvcr22rM

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=uCGD9dT12C0

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=QoR2Oax82kY

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=I-QfPUz1es8

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