Tell No Lies

Earlier today, FOTM Scot Turner shared this CFNY showcase albums/songs/picks from RPM Magazine the week of September 8, 1984. At the very top you'll find Tell No Lies from Spoons.

Just last week, on the 40th anniversary of the launch of MuchMusic, I dropped the very deepest MuchMusic origin story you'll find in audio (or video!) form. You'll learn in that episode that the video for Tell No Lies premiered during that launch.

FOTM Ed Conroy from Retrontario points out the "Tell No Lies" music video was bizarrely edited intro this tv commercial for Maxell VHS video tapes, using outtakes and alt-takes.

FOTM Rob Preuss, who was on Toronto Mike'd this past Friday recording a fresh episode of #TOAST, shed some light on the origins.

we actually shot this footage at the same time as we were making the rest of the video- Maxell helped fund the making of it, and got the commercial out of the deal!

And now you know the rest of the story.