There are multiple bands / artists using the name Darts;

1) A Lond… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple bands / artists using the name Darts;

1) A London Based 'doo-wop' vocal group.
2) A Melbourne based indie-punk band.

1) Darts were a nine-piece, London-based 'doo-wop' vocal group formed in 1976 by bass singer Den Hegarty who, along with Griff Fender, Rita Ray and Horatio Hornblower, had previously performed with Rocky Sharpe and the Razors.

Their first hit was a medley of The Rays' "Daddy Cool" and Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It", which reached no.6 in the UK charts at the end of 1977.

They had a total of 12 single chart hits including three consecutive British No. 2's ("Come Back My Love", "The Boy From New York City" and the self-penned "It's Raining"), the only act to achieve this without ever reaching the No. 1 spot. They also released four albums; "Darts", "Everyone Plays Darts", "The Amazing Darts" (a "best-of" compilation) and "Dart Attack". "Darts" and "Everyone Plays Darts" reached the top ten in the album charts, no mean feat in a country where doo-wop was never a big craze.

Hegarty left the group in 1978 and was replaced by Kenny Andrews. The band recorded their fifth album but it remained unreleased until very recently; it has now become known as "Frantic Antics - The Lost Studio Album".

The band continued performing, including a tour of the USA and a Stateside album entitled "Darts Across America". Several personnel changes (including comedian Lenny Henry taking the role of bass singer for a short while) occurred until the band split in 1985. Since then, a variety of "best of" albums have been released, including a Warner's "The Platinum Collection".

Since 2005, the band sporadically reform for one-off concerts, with Griff Fender, Den Hegarty, Horatio Hornblower and others playing to great aplomb to sold-out venues.More information at www.amazingdarts.com

2) Melbourne based indie-punk band "Darts", kicked started their career when they won the chance to perform on the Groovin The Moo Festival main stage via triple J Unearthed. In 2012, their debut album ‘Habitual Slack’ was released in Melbourne with mastering duties left to the renowned Howie Weinberg. (Nirvana, Modest Mouse, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeah's) The well received album was enough to get them invited back to Groovin The Moo Festival a second time in 2012. http://dartsmusic.com

Young Blood
Darts Lyrics

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ako si sama
ako si noću
probdela sate videla zoru
seti se mene
seti se tada
ulice moje levo od parka
kućice trošne vrata od stakla

želeo bi da ooo
imena naša ponovo stoje
u kori divljeg kestena
da usne moje osete tvoje
u senci našeg kestena

ako si sama
ako na uglu
ugledas klupu osetis tugu
seti se mene
seti se tada
ulice moje levo od parka
kućice trošne vrata od stakla

želeo bi da ooo
imena naša ponovo stoje
u kori divljeg kestena
da usne moje osete tvoje
u senci našeg kestena

želeo bi da ooo
imena naša ponovo stoje
u kori divljeg kestena
da usne moje osete tvoje
u senci našeg kestena

želeo bi da ooo
imena naša ponovo stoje
u kori divljeg kestena

da usne moje osete tvoje
u senci našeg kestena

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Darts's song "Young Blood" are about longing for a past relationship and wanting to reconnect with the person they were with. The singer describes themselves as being alone at night, staying up until dawn and thinking about the person they used to be with. They ask the other person to remember them, specifically thinking about the streets they used to walk on and the houses they used to live in. The singer goes on to express a desire for their names to be written again on the bark of a wild chestnut tree, and for their lips to touch under the shade of that same tree.

The lyrics evoke a feeling of nostalgia and longing for a past love that was meaningful to the singer. They are yearning for a time when they were happy and in love, hoping to recreate those feelings again. The chestnut tree serves as a metaphor for their relationship, a symbol of the once strong and loved connection, which is now lost.

The song has been interpreted in different ways, but the common thread is a desire for connection and the hope that the memory of the past love remains alive. It portrays a sense of melancholy but also hopefulness that maybe someday, they can reignite that fire.

Line by Line Meaning

ako si sama
If you are alone

ako si noću
If you are at night

probdela sate videla zoru
Spent hours awake and saw the dawn

seti se mene
Remember me

seti se tada
Remember that time

ulice moje levo od parka
My street to the left of the park

kućice trošne vrata od stakla
Shabby houses with glass doors

želeo bi da ooo
I would like that

imena naša ponovo stoje
Our names stand again

u kori divljeg kestena
In the bark of a wild chestnut

da usne moje osete tvoje
That my lips feel yours