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.
Look Away
Stars Lyrics
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Never whine and forget about it this time
If you want what you've already got, look away
Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for my kind anyway
There's no leaving a forever thing, so look away
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us even for a little while
At Seventeen your hair was gold
You bet me once we never get this old
Nobody tells you that you might one day, look away
Through the door I can see the light
I'm not surprised he's always been a good guy
It's a game that we both learned how to play, look away
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us even for a little while
There's nothing to say, look away
Can your first still be your last?
A little bit of shame and a mountain of a past
Nobody wrote the perfect book on a life without a second look
I won't close the door with all this rain if there's nobody to blame
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us and for a little while, there is nothing to say
Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for our kind anyway
If you want what you've already got, look away
Look away [x4]
The lyrics to Stars’ song “Look Away” are introspective and philosophical in nature. The first few lines of the song brightly posit that there are two sides to every story, and that it’s better to move on from past mistakes to stop whining about them. The lines “If you want what you've already got, look away/Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for my kind anyway” read like a personal manifesto advocating against dwelling on the past and being complacent about present circumstances.
The song then takes a nostalgic turn, reminiscing about the good old times and the passing of youth with the lyrics, “At Seventeen your hair was gold/You bet me once we never get this old/ Nobody tells you that you might one day, look away.” This section of the song reflects on the passage of time, and how, in the grand scheme of things, everyone eventually has to accept change and move on from what they thought they knew.
“Look Away” is a song that offers insight to both the fickle and permanent nature of life's situations, and celebrates the different ways in which they can all be gracefully approached.
Line by Line Meaning
Two sides to three stories
There are multiple perspectives and opinions to situations
Never whine and forget about it this time
Don’t complain or dwell on the past, move on and forget about it
If you want what you've already got, look away
Appreciate what you have now and don't seek for something else
Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for my kind anyway
Be strong and don’t let societal norms or holidays bring you down
There's no leaving a forever thing, so look away
Accept the fact that certain things will never change or end
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Let’s face and confront our past errors and faults
Take me in to the fire, it's just us even for a little while
Let’s be vulnerable and intimate together, just the two of us
There's nothing to say, look away
There is no need to speak or communicate, let’s just ignore it
At Seventeen your hair was gold
A recollection of a person's past appearance and time
You bet me once we never get this old
A previous commitment to never growing old or changing
Nobody tells you that you might one day, look away
No one warned that you would eventually want to ignore or dismiss certain things
Through the door I can see the light
Hope or positivity is visible through a figurative door
I'm not surprised he's always been a good guy
The singer's lack of shock that a certain person is a decent person
It's a game that we both learned how to play, look away
Both parties are aware of a certain game or unspoken agreement to ignore certain things
Can your first still be your last?
Wondering if a first experience or relationship can also be the last
A little bit of shame and a mountain of a past
Slight embarrassment and a history of past experiences or mistakes
Nobody wrote the perfect book on a life without a second look
There is no guide or manual for avoiding mistakes or regrets
I won't close the door with all this rain if there's nobody to blame
The singer won't shut out others when hardships occur and there isn’t anyone to blame
Look away [x4]
Repeated plea or command to ignore certain things or situations
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Alexander McCarron, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Patrick McGee, Torquil John Campbell
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WellerT
Excellent.
Rag Top
Just heard this song on CBC. Beautiful. Hard to find, but I managed to track it down!
Lee Ponce
Two sides to three stories
Never whine and forget about it this time
If you want what you've already got, look away
Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for my kind anyway
There's no leaving a forever thing, so look away
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us even for a little while
There's nothing to say, look away
At Seventeen your hair was gold
You bet me once we never get this old
Nobody tells you that you might one day, look away
Through the door I can see the light
I'm not surprised he's always been a good guy
It's a game that we both learned how to play, look away
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us even for a little while
There's nothing to say, look away
Can your first still be your last?
A little bit of shame and a mountain of a past
Nobody wrote the perfect book on a life without a second look
I won't close the door with all this rain if there's nobody to blame
Take me out to the lake, break it down and dive into our mistakes
Take me in to the fire, it's just us and for a little while, there is nothing to say
Toughen up, Valentines Day wasn't meant for our kind anyway
If you want what you've already got, look away
Look away [x4]
Gary Houtz
Amy is always incredible
Dianah San Luna
🥰🥰🥰🥰
noreen bacolot
I hope matt berninger will cover this song. <3
grockcomedy
Amy Milan was not warmed up for this at all and gave zero passion.