I love how this song starts off like I Want To Hold Your Hand and then turns into a 60s mild psychedelia that sounds familiar to ? and the Mysterians the 60s American garage rock band.
They were formed in 1979 in Rochester, New York by the former singer of the Distorted Levels, Greg Provost, an underground music journalist, with Andy Babiuk and keyboardist Orest Guran, the Chesterfield Kings offered their own version of psychedelia.
This song was released in 1984 with the B side I’ve Gotta Way With Girls. She Told Me Lies was written by Andy Babiuk, Cedrick Cona, Doug Meech, Greg Prevost, and Orest Guran.
The band, named after a defunct brand of unfiltered cigarette, was instrumental in sparking the 1980s garage band revival that launched many bands with a heavy 60’s influence that ignored the current trends.
The band was active from 1979 to 2009.
In 2000 they made a movie! From IMDB here is the description:
Its Ed Wood meets A Hard Days Night when Greg, Andy, Mike, Ted, and Jeff, together The Chesterfield Kings take on the evil Andro, a maniacal extraterrestrial bent on world domination. The cosmic showdown sends The Kings racing around the globe, from London to Rome, Las Vegas, and Honolulu in a desperate attempt to reclaim drummer Mike whose held hostage by the deranged alien. Can The Chesterfield Kings find their drummer, halt Andro’s master plan, and save the world, all in a brisk seventy minutes? You’ll have to see it to know for sure, but you can count on some killer tunes along the way including The Chesterfield Kings’ new single “Yes I Understand” and “Where Do We Go From Here” featuring lead vocals by Mark Lindsay formerly of Paul Revere and the Raiders in a cameo appearance.
I really want to see that movie.
Greg Provost: “Even when we were doing the garage stuff, we ended up sounding like the Stones. I love bands like the Sweet or Queen, but we could never sound like them. I can’t sing that good! So, we’re just going to capitalize on the kind of stuff we can sound like.”
She Told Me Lies
She told me lies
She left me on my own
She told me lies
I’ll drive away and hide
Yeah she cheated, she lied
She told me lies
She hurt my pride
She told me lies
I’ve got tears in my eyes
She told me lies
I ain’t got nothing to say
Yeah she left me today
She went walking to the door
I won’t ever see her face no more
I don’t know why she treated me bad
She’s the only true love I ever had
But now she’s gone
She went walking to the door
I won’t ever see her face no more
I don’t know why she treated me bad
She’s the only true love I ever had
But now she’s gone
She told me lies
But now she’s gone
She left me on my own
I’ll drive away and hide
Yeah she cheat, she lied
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I’ve been known to be a Chesterfield King at times here at home. lol
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I like the retro sound and organ. Also the dude’s attitude about playing to their strengths and not trying to over-reach.
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He did have a great attitude about it. Again I wish I would have heard this in the 80s.
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I cannot believe this is from 1984 and not the 1960s. It also reminds me of that great 1960s band scene in Spinal Tap, haha. It’s ironic that this band even made a movie. I too would love to see the movie. This is a really fun song.
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Again… I wish I would have known about these bands back then. Glad you like it. If I ever find the movie I will tell you.
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Love that tune, Max, especially that cool organ – Vox Continental? There’s some Animals in here and some Byrds. Very cool!
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Yes I would think it was a vox…it is cool to be from that time period.
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I just don’t get tired of this type of music. My wife has told me more than once I grew up during the wrong decade!😀
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Oh yes mine says the same…the sixties is when we should have been teenagers.
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This song has a very groovy sound Max.
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It’s a strange but cool mish mash. I hear Mick Jagger in the singer’s voice.
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Wow, this really sounds like it’s from 1966, not 1984. Not a bad song.
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I had to listen for myself. Pretty cool.
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I wanted to say what deKE said. How come this music still grabs me. Never heard it before.
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I first heard these guys on LS Underground Garage. Very cool. That movie sounds like it could show up on MST 3000 😀
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I’m glad you heard of them! Yep that would be the type of movie that would….I wanna see it.
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Good lord, I hear The Doors. I’ve never heard of them. Very retro!
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They were big in their own scene…I found another band and they mentioned this one…So many clicks in the 80s….which I wish I would have known about
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Max…lost in a music maze…LOL!
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LOL…
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