The Castaways - Liar Liar

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Best remembered for their garage-rock perennial "Liar Liar," the Castaways formed in 1962 around the nucleus of guitarist Roy Hensley, bassist Dick Roby and drummer Denny Craswell; originally founded simply to perform at a fraternity party, the group proved such a smashing success that it remained an ongoing concern, expanding to a quintet with the subsequent additions of lead guitarist Bob Folschow and keyboardist Jim Donna. The Castaways' lone hit, "Liar Liar" was written by Donna and released on the Soma label in 1965, reaching the number 12 slot on the U.S. charts on the strength of its inimitable echo-drenched vocals and wheezing keyboards. A series of follow-up efforts flopped, however, and despite an appearance in the 1967 film It's a Bikini World, the Castaways' career ground to a halt, although the band often performed live in the decades to follow.

~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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[pedrogoldfinger]

I've been listening to this song for years and today I find out its not a woman singing.

[trenty1983]

@ivycompton They don't even have a microphone! The only live bit is the girls screaming.

[johnmadden1989]

Paul Kalkbrenner - Selber. DO IT

[Ballsarama]

In addition, some TV programs used mostly live perforamnces. Johnny Cash's show would have live performances...like the Guess Who. The late night programs of the late '60's early '70's like Midnite Special and ABC In Concert used live performances, although this changed also. Another reason for not having a live performance with single person acts is that you don't have to pay the backing band to show up.

[Ballsarama]

Also, some of the music from this era utilized studio techniques, like large echo, reverb, flanging (originally done with tape machines), etc., that couldn't be duplicated live (pre-digital effects boxes). This is not to say that all the TV performances were not live...they do exist. The tip off for a canned perforamance is the amount of activity onstage, unplugged electric instuments, drummers just tapping or not hitting the skins (check The Who out on this), exact sound of released song.

[Ballsarama]

The majority of televised performances in this ear were lip-sync'ed by the bands for a number of reasons. One of them is that they many times had some type of dance number associated with the song performance, which, in small studios would be noisy and picked up in a live verson. Also, a full setup with amps and mics would require time to get a good balance to do live...TV was a quick medium at that point...so they'd do a lip-sync...fast to put together.

[kurtmanerz]

@StoneFredFlint SDQ is from Texas

[woofusdoofus]

@pedrogoldfinger They wore very tight trousers.

[Naooo66]

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[MladenKk]

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[VaniaDawson882]

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