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.
No Better Place
Stars Lyrics
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It goes inside their shape,
You'll stay
When the rain changes the plan
And falls another day,
You'll stay
And if the sun's to set, who needs to hide
Won't come out to play, it's okay
There's no other place, there's no other place
There's no other place for us to find
There's no better place, there's no better place
There's no better place than by my side.
Just as the tree would stand in the wind
And better snow,
You can't go
And the river would round each hard and rock
Never stops its flow,
You can't go
And in the spring, when everything's alive again
We can watch it grow,
We'll take it slow!
There's no other place, there's no other place
There's no other place for us to find
There's no better place, there's no better place
There's no better place than by my side.
I know you don't know yet,
But I'm the one who's gonna get in your head
Let's pretend this is such a good party
'Cause you can leave over my dead body
I know you don't know yet,
But I'm the one who's gonna get in your head
Let's pretend this is such a good party
'Cause you can leave over my dead body
You can only, you can only
You can only, you can only
I wanna leave, I wanna leave
The song "No Better Place" by Stars speaks about the beauty of the connection shared between two people who have found solace in each other's company. It addresses the fact that the world is unpredictable, storms will come and go, and the sun will set, but being with the person you love makes everything better. The song starts by describing how the clouds move in close, creating an intimate space, where the two lovers can stay together. The rain may change the plans, but that does not affect their togetherness, and they will continue to stay by each other's side. The verse speaks about how the sun's setting should not make them hide, and it's okay if they don't want to come out to play. For them, there is no other place or better place than being with each other.
The following verse speaks about how they both can't leave each other, just like how the trees stand tall in the wind and combat the snow. The river keeps flowing, no matter how hard and rocky the surroundings might be. Even in the spring, when everything comes back to life, they will take it slow and enjoy their time together. The lyrics convey that the connection between two people is essential, and nature and the elements are a mere reflection of that. In the pre-chorus, the singer declares that they will get into the other person's head and pretend that it's such a good party. They want to stay close to the other person, and if they chose to leave, they would have to do it over the other's dead body.
Line by Line Meaning
It was the clouds moved in another close
The clouds have shifted and moved closer to us
It goes inside their shape, You'll stay
Despite the clouds moving, you will remain calm and still
When the rain changes the plan, And falls another day, You'll stay
Even if the weather changes our plans and it rains, you will remain with me
And if the sun's to set, who needs to hide, Won't come out to play, it's okay
If the sun sets and the day ends, there's no need to hide because it's okay to just stay inside
There's no other place, there's no other place, There's no other place for us to find, There's no better place, there's no better place, There's no better place than by my side.
Being by my side is the only place for us, and it's the best place to be
Just as the tree would stand in the wind, And better snow, You can't go
Just like a tree can withstand strong winds and heavy snow, you shouldn't leave
And the river would round each hard and rock, Never stops its flow, You can't go, And in the spring, when everything's alive again, We can watch it grow, We'll take it slow!
Just like a river that continues to flow and carve its way through hard rocks, we will take things slow and grow together, as nature does in spring
I know you don't know yet, But I'm the one who's gonna get in your head, Let's pretend this is such a good party, 'Cause you can leave over my dead body
I will make you fall for me, and we will pretend that this is a great time because leaving is not an option
You can only, you can only, You can only, you can only, I wanna leave, I wanna leave
You can only stay here with me, but I want to leave
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Alexander McCarron, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Patrick McGee, Torquil John Campbell
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