1. A popular indie pop ba… Read Full Bio ↴There are several artists which use this name:
1. A popular indie pop band from Canada
2. A rock band from the United Kingdom featuring Syd Barrett
3. A rock band from Australia
4. A country rock band from Australia
For the Japanese psychedelic group, please see The Stars
1. Stars is a Canadian indie pop band signed to the Arts & Crafts label. Originally formed in Toronto in 1998 by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal. The band also includes singer-guitarist Amy Millan and bassist Evan Cranley. Drummer Pat McGee has toured with the band for years, despite not appearing on their albums until the release of Set Yourself On Fire.
The band’s breakthrough single was Ageless Beauty, from their 2004 album Set Yourself on Fire. While released to minimal fanfare in Canada in October of 2004, Set Yourself on Fire slowly gained a strong following and critical praise soon after its 8 March 2005 U.S. release.
Millan, Campbell and Cranley are also members of the indie band Broken Social Scene; Seligman, although uncredited, has contributed to past Broken Social Scene albums. Millan has since embarked on a solo career, releasing a record entitled Honey From the Tombs in July 2006. Campbell has a side-project with friend Chris Dumont entitled Memphis; their latest album, A Little Place In the Wilderness, was released in August 2006.
On their website, they have noted that their name was chosen, by coincidence, without prior knowledge of the short-lived project by Syd Barrett. They have cited a wide variety of musical likes and influences ranging from Berlioz to Outkast, citing among others Barrett, Paddy McAloon, New Order, The Smiths, Brian Wilson and Momus. They covered The Smiths’ This Charming Man on 2001’s Nightsongs and The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York in 2005. Other indie artists have been guest collaborators on many of their tracks, especially for an early period including the release of their first LP.
2. The Stars is a Japanese psychedelic rock band. It consists of ex-members of the legendary band White Heaven including Michio Kurihara (Ghost, Boris, Ai Aso) on guitar and You Ishihara on vocals. For more information see The Stars.
3. Stars, a short-lived British band in 1972. Its members were Syd Barrett on guitar, Twink on drums, and Jack Monck (of Delivery) on bass. They played three live concerts in Cambridge before Barrett left the group, thus (essentially) ending it. Shortly thereafter Syd Barrett left music altogether and began a life in seclusion, and this project is sometimes seen as the so called 'straw that broke the camel's back'. Recordings of their performances remain lost, though it has been attested that all three performances contained early Pink Floyd songs and different versions of tracks from Barrett's 1970 solo album The Madcap Laughs. It has also been stated in multiple accounts that in each show Barrett entered one of his somewhat trademark catatonic trances, the worst coming in their second concert, where Barrett became almost completely frozen and had to be carried off stage. This was not unusual, having happened many times while Syd was still a member of Pink Floyd.
According to Twink, the band ended when Barrett approached him in the street, carrying a scathing review of their third concert. He waved the paper in Twink's face and said, essentially, "That's it."
4. Stars, an Australian country rock band from the late 1970s, most noted for the songs 'Mighty Rock' and 'Look After Yourself'. The band's main songwriter, Andy Durant, died tragically from cancer at age 25, marking the demise of the band. Fellow band members and many other luminaries in the Australian music scene at the time including Jimmy Barnes and Renee Geyer played a memorial concert, the Andy Durant Memorial Concert, to raise money for cancer research in mid-1980.
05. Death To Death
Stars Lyrics
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Sipping cactus brandy from a china spoon
Coming in the morning in the afternoon, forgetting
So tired waiting for the end to come
Fully dead already but forever young
Hello, my dearest father
It's your favourite son
There's some things that I'm regretting
I am destroyer
I am lover
I am destroyer
I am lover
I love one thing destroy the other
I am destroyer
I am lover
A gypsy told my fortune then I told her hers
I said: "You'll die high in the moutains wrapped in silver furs
You'll be looking for your lover in the midnight sun
And you'll perish for your lover when the frost has begun"
I have a way of seeing and it's nearly gone
And nobody was listening so I wrote this song
And when you know the chorus you can sing along
You destroy the thing you love
Even though you know it's wrong
I am destroyer
I am lover
I am destroyer
I am lover
Why love one thing and not the other?
I am destroyer
I am lover
And when I kiss I like to smother
I am destroyer I am lover
The song "Death To Death" by Stars is a poetic and introspective meditation on the human condition of love and destruction. The first verse sets the scene of a person, perhaps the singer, in a darkened room, drinking cactus brandy from a china spoon, and waiting for the end to come. This person is already fully dead within but forever young on the outside, and greets his father with some regrets.
The chorus of the song is a repetition of the lines "I am destroyer, I am lover," which highlights the duality of human nature. The singer, like every other person, has both the capacity to create and destroy. This is further emphasized in the second verse where the singer talks about having a way of seeing, which is nearly gone, and writing this song to express himself since nobody was listening.
Lastly, the song ends with a story about a gypsy who told the singer's fortune, and then he tells her about her tragic fate. Here, it is as if the singer is trying to capture the essence of what the gypsy told him/her, and finding a sense of purpose in it, even if that means predicting someone's tragic end. The song's overall theme is about the human struggle with love and destruction, and the tension between those two states of being.
Line by Line Meaning
Wide-eyed, grinning in the darkened room
Feeling excited and happy, while being in a gloomy room with dilated pupils.
Sipping cactus brandy from a china spoon
Drinking brandy made from cactus, using a fancy spoon made of china.
Coming in the morning in the afternoon, forgetting
Arriving late, at unusual times of the day, and then forgetting what happened.
So tired waiting for the end to come
Feeling exhausted while waiting for the inevitable end to come.
Fully dead already but forever young
Feeling like a lifeless person, despite being alive, and wanting to remain young forever.
Hello, my dearest father
Addressing one's father with affection and respect.
It's your favourite son
Informing the father about being his favorite son among all children.
There's some things that I'm regretting
Admitting to having regrets about some things done in the past.
I am destroyer
Acknowledging oneself as a force that destroys things.
I am lover
Accepting oneself as someone capable of loving things too.
Why love one thing and not the other?
Questioning why one should limit themselves to loving just one thing, while ignoring other things.
And when I kiss I like to smother
Expressing a preference for kissing someone by covering their nose and mouth.
A gypsy told my fortune then I told her hers
Recalling a time when a fortune-teller predicted future events for oneself, and then returning the favor by telling the fortune-teller about their future.
I said: "You'll die high in the mountains wrapped in silver furs"
The fortune one told the fortune-teller, about how they will die while being wrapped in silver furs in a mountainous region.
You'll be looking for your lover in the midnight sun
The fortune-teller's predicted scenario of looking for their lover under the sun at midnight.
And you'll perish for your lover when the frost has begun"
The concluding destiny of the lover they'd been looking for, in which they suffer for their lover's sake during frigid weather.
I have a way of seeing and it's nearly gone
Having a unique perspective on things that is fading away slowly.
And nobody was listening so I wrote this song
Feeling that nobody was paying attention to their insights, they took to making a song about it.
And when you know the chorus you can sing along
Encouraging listeners to join in and sing once they know the chorus of this song.
You destroy the thing you love, even though you know it's wrong
Explaining the phenomenon of how people tend to ruin the very things they love, even if they know it's not the right thing to do.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Torquil John Campbell
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@javiervargassoto3678
Descansa en Paz David Soul y QDDG, gracias por hacernos parte de tus aventuras como detective para padres e hijos,, Mucha resignación para su familia por tan lamentable pérdida.
@sandratorrez4377
Gran artista y cantante cálido con el público,al igual que sus compañeros,siempre será recordado,lo conocí con Salem's Lot❤❤❤❤❤❤
@pacificblue3955
Starsky & Hutch and "Don't Give Up On Us, Baby," were a huge part of my childhood. what a loss. rest in forever peace, David, you will be missed.
@albertalcozer7071
I remember the song loved it back in 1976 I was 12yrs old. I miss those days.
@willieboy3011
I loved his acting. The movie "Salem's Lot" and the TV show Starsky and Hutch are two of my favorites of him. He was so popular in the 70s.
@stevplant
I genuinely feel part of my childhood has died today. RIP, David. x
@siobhanoshea9979
Me to my friend me to
@alw1268
Me too.
@boomer3150
@@alw1268 Me too.
@dubbelhelix
I’m gutted! In tears. One of my favourite actors and performers back in the 70s. My prayers go out to his family. Rest in peace!