Lyre
The lyre (Greek: λύρα, lýra) is a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later periods. The lyre is similar in appearance to a small harp but with distinct differences. The word comes via Latin from the Greek; the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists" and written in the Linear B script. The lyres of Ur, excavated in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), date to 2500 BC. The earliest picture of a lyre with seven strings appears in the famous sarcophagus of Hagia Triada (a Minoan settlement in Crete). The sarcophagus was used during the Mycenaean occupation of Crete (1400 BC). The recitations of the Ancient Greeks were accompanied by lyre playing.
The lyre of classical antiquity was ordinarily played by being strummed with a plectrum (pick), like a guitar or a zither, rather than being plucked with the fingers as with a harp. The fingers of the free hand silenced the unwanted strings in the chord. However, later lyres were played with a bow, including in Europe and parts of the Middle East.
Lyres (band)
Lyres are a Boston-area garage rock band led by Jeff Conolly, founded in 1979 following the breakup of DMZ. Their most popular songs included "Don't Give It Up Now," 'She Pays The Rent' and "Help You Ann". The original lineup of the band featured Conolly, Rick Coraccio (bass), Ricky Carmel (guitar), and Paul Murphy (drums).
Former DMZ members Coraccio, Murphy, and Peter Greenberg all rejoined Connolly in Lyres at some point from 1979 to the early 2000s.The A-Bones drummer Miriam Linna, (a former drummer for The Cramps) and then A-Bones, Yo La Tengo and former Lyres bass player Mike Lewis filled-in with Lyres for a show in 1986. Stiv Bators of The Dead Boys and Lords of the New Church, and Wally Tax of The Outsiders also recorded with Lyres in the late 1980s.
Lyres were less active in 1989, due to Conolly living in California for a brief period. After a renewed period of activity in the early 1990s, the band went through a dormant period until 1999. The band has been playing regularly during the last two years. Conolly is the one member who has been in every lineup during the large number of Lyres personnel changes. In 2009, Lyres played at the Go Sinner So festival in Madrid and an additional date in Porto Nuovo. This line-up included a fill-in Peter Greenberg on guitar.
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ALBUMS
- On Fyre released: 2012
- Some Lyres released: 1994
- Happy Now... released: 1993
- Live at Cantones released: 1987
- Lyres Lyres released: 1986
- The Early Years - 1979 to 1983: Live at Cantones and WERS-FM released:
- A Promise Is a Promise released:
On Fyre
Released 2012- Don't Give It Up Now
- Help You Ann
- I Confess
- I'm Tellin' You Girl
- Love Me Till the Sun Shines
- I Really Want You Right Now
- Tired of Waiting
- Dolly
- Soapy
- The Way I Feel About You
- Not Like the Other One
- Never Met a Girl Like You (bonus track)
- How Could I Have Done All of These Things (bonus track)
- Swing Shift (bonus track)
- Trying Just to Please You (bonus track)
- Busy Body (bonus track)
The Early Years - 1979 to 1983: Live at Cantones and WERS-FM
- Never Met a Girl Like You Before
- Soapy
- Gonna Find a New Love
- I Really Want You Right Now
- Swing Shift
- Take a Look at Me
- Buried Alive
- Tryin' Just to Please You
- The Way I Feel About You
- Nobody but Me
- Busy Body
- What a Girl Can't Do
- Let's Have a Party
- 100 CC
- Little Sally Tease
- Let's Talk About Girls
- How Do You Know
- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
- Geraldine
- Love Man
- Lily
- Skinny Minnie
- Since You've Been Gone
- Long Gone
A Promise Is a Promise
- Here's a Heart
- On Fyre
- Every Man for Himself
- Feel Good
- I'll Try You Anyway
- Worried About Nothing
- Running Through the Night
- She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies
- Jagged Time Lapse
- Knocks My Shocks Off
- Sick and Tired
- Trying Just to Please You
- She Pays the Rent
- She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies
- Touch
- Witch
- Jezebel
- Go
- Help You Ann
- Don't Give It Up Now
- Cinderella
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by: LiarsMy little way to keep us in the papers
We like to truck it out
It's our own gamble
I waste away
To Weak below the ankles
Know that we keep it clean
We never get our shots
I know we keep the piece
and what they offer
Do all the girls we knew
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I enlisted her to stand up for the honor roll