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.
Counting Stars on the Ceiling
Stars Lyrics
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Revêtent les champs
Les canaux, la ville entière
D'hyacinthe et d'or
Le monde s'endort
Dans une chaude lumière
Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté
Luxe, calme et volupté
Took a taxi with Jean last night
It was late and it was raining
We live far away from each other
And there was no desire
I think it was more the dark night
Or some lonely feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
When we got home, we were alone
We fell in love with that feeling
Rain since Tuesday
Barely found my way to the shop
For the milk in the morning
And the news of the world had turned around
Then I heard you calling
Saw you turn the darkened corner
Then you were gone
When I've got home, I was alone
I fell in love with that feeling
When I've got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
When I've got home, I was alone
And I fell in love with that feeling
When I've got home, I was alone
And I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
When I've got home, I was alone
I counted stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
I fell in love with that feeling
The setting suns
Adorn the fields
The canals, the whole city
With hyacinth and gold
The world falls asleep
In a warm glow of light
There all is order and beauty
Luxury, peace, and pleasure
The lyrics of Stars's song Counting Stars on the Ceiling talk about the beauty of the setting sun and how it adorns the fields, canals and entire city with colours of hyacinth and gold. The world falls asleep in a warm glow of light, and everything is orderly with luxury, peace and pleasure. The lines "Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté/Luxe, calme et volupté" have been borrowed from Charles Baudelaire's poem "L'Invitation au voyage", which means "There, all is order and beauty, luxury, peace, and pleasure".
The second half of the song talks about being lonely and falling in love with the feeling of being alone. The singer spends time with their friend Jean during a late-night cab ride, but there's no desire between them. The singer then returns home, where they count stars on the ceiling and fall in love with the feeling of being alone.
The song's lyrics explore the paradox of feeling both lonely and in love with being alone. It also highlights the beauty of nature and how it can provide solace to a lonely soul. The combination of the two themes brings to light the idea that finding inner peace can bring one closer to the natural world and vice versa.
Line by Line Meaning
The setting suns
The sunsets
Adorn the fields
Decorate the fields
The canals, the whole city
The canals and the entire city
With hyacinth and gold
Adorned with purple and gold
The world falls asleep
The world goes to sleep
In a warm glow of light
Under a warm light
There all is order and beauty
There is only order and beauty
Luxury, peace, and pleasure
Luxury, tranquility, and pleasure
Took a taxi with Jean last night
I took a taxi with Jean last night
It was late and it was raining
It was late and raining
We live far away from each other
We don't live close to each other
And there was no desire
And there was no need
I think it was more the dark night
I think it was more about the dark night
Or some lonely feeling
Or some feeling of loneliness
When we got home, we were alone
When we got home, we were by ourselves
We fell in love with that feeling
We liked that feeling
Rain since Tuesday
It's been raining since Tuesday
Barely found my way to the shop
I could barely find my way to the store
For the milk in the morning
To get milk in the morning
And the news of the world had turned around
And the news of the world had changed
Then I heard you calling
Then I heard you call
Saw you turn the darkened corner
I saw you turn the corner
Then you were gone
And then you disappeared
When I've got home, I was alone
When I got home, I was by myself
I fell in love with that feeling
I liked that feeling
And I counted stars on the ceiling
And I looked at the stars on the ceiling
I fell in love with that feeling
I liked that feeling
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Torquil John Campbell, Christopher Allen Seligman
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Spotify not having this song is sickening
ursaminor
I agree but it does make listening to it extra special
davisneves
: ) this whole album is magic thx 4 posting xo
arxsyn
You can't get anymore literate and romantic by reciting a famous poem by Baudelaire! Total winner
unicornsandmorrissey
gives me chills every time.
The8thTree
God this is amazing
FasterThanSoup
oh how I love this album. check out "liar", same band, same album, totally different feel... kinda creepy quiet lil Canadian secret this outfit
Blue JaY
I love this
havrigo
merci ca m'aide trop cette chanson, et merci aussi a baudelaire
suizilla
wow, this comment box is so empty...... anyway, this album isn't on spotify, and that's criminal