{"id":3688,"date":"2006-02-06T14:50:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-06T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/the-ciccones-lies\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:06:54","slug":"the-ciccones-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/the-ciccones-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ciccones: Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6965,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/theciccones.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250317113340\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.theciccones.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 18:26:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 14:26:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 10:41:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 10:41:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6966,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/theciccones.com\\\/mp3s\\\/18%20-%20lies.mp3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6967,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewArtist%3Fa%3D20044%26s%3D143441%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6968,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fp%3D955752%26i%3D955651%26s%3D143441%26partnerId%3D30&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a mashup worth listening to: <a href=\"http:\/\/theciccones.com\/\" title=\"The Ciccones\">The Ciccones<\/a>&#8216; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theciccones.com\/mp3s\/18%20-%20lies.mp3\" title=\"The Ciccones: Lies (6.5Mb .mp3)\">Lies<\/a>&#8221; (6.5Mb .mp3). While most of the all-<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewArtist%3Fa%3D20044%26s%3D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"iTMS: Madonna\">Madonna<\/a> mashup album is fairly hit-and-miss, this is by far the standout track. Over the music for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fp%3D955752%26i%3D955651%26s%3D143441%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"iTMS: Madonna: The Immaculate Collection: Live to Tell\">Live to Tell<\/a>&#8220;, audio quotes from the justifications for the Iraq war are juxtaposed with the song&#8217;s original chorus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  A man can tell a thousand lies,<br \/>\n  I&#8217;ve learned my lesson well,<br \/>\n  Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned,<br \/>\n  &#8217;till then, it will burn inside of me.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cute and clever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCiccones, The%2526songTerm=Lies%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Lies' on the iTMS\">Lies<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCiccones, The%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Ciccones, The' on the iTMS\">Ciccones, The<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DCiccones, The%2526albumTerm=Immaculate Concoction, The%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Immaculate Concoction, The' on the iTMS\">Immaculate Concoction, The<\/a><\/em> (2005, 5:45).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most of the all-Madonna mashup album is fairly hit-and-miss, this is by far the standout track. Over the music for &#8220;Live to Tell&#8221;, audio quotes from the justifications for the Iraq war are juxtaposed with the song&#8217;s original chorus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2035,2042],"tags":[80,14],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-politics","tag-music","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}