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.
Beginning After The End
Stars Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
And then losing it all
The time that we wasted
And the place where we fall
Will we wake in the morning
And know what it was all for?
Up in our bedroom after the war
The lyrics of "The Beginning After the End" by Stars are introspective and poetic, exploring the theme of loss and regret. The opening line, "O, the blood and the treasure," alludes to the idea of human sacrifice and the value we place on things we hold dear. The next line, "And then losing it all," introduces the notion of losing what we cherish the most, be it a person, a belief or a possession. The following line, "The time that we wasted," is a lamentation for the moments in life that we spend on things that aren't valuable or meaningful, leading to losing what we care about. The last line of the first stanza, "And the place where we fall," can be interpreted as a metaphorical reference to the low points in life where we face our failures and shortcomings.
The chorus shifts to introspection, where the singer wonders if, after everything, there will be a moment of realization, a moment of clarity where the purpose of everything that happened falls into place. The lines, "Will we wake in the morning / And know what it was all for?" express a longing for meaning and understanding, but it's left unsure if that's something we'll ever get to know. The final line of the chorus, "Up in our bedroom after the war," carries an idea of finding peace amidst tumultuous times.
Overall, the song is a contemplation of the human experience, and the emotions we face when looking back at our lives. It's a reminder to cherish every moment, to hold onto what matters, and to strive for purpose and meaning.
Line by Line Meaning
O, the blood and the treasure
Oh, the sacrifices and valuable things we've given up for something.
And then losing it all
Only to lose it all in the end.
The time that we wasted
The minutes and hours we spent in vain without purpose.
And the place where we fall
The spot where we hit rock bottom in life.
Will we wake in the morning
Do we have the chance to start anew and re-evaluate our priorities?
And know what it was all for?
And finally understand the reasons behind our choices and actions?
Up in our bedroom after the war
In the quietness of our private life when the chaos has subsided or after facing a difficult experience.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Patrick McGee, Torquil John Campbell
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind