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.
The Woods
Stars Lyrics
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Breathless and too alive to sleep
You always said I was a dreamer
But now I know who's dreaming deep
Took me to the woods to show me something
But I turned my face away
Touched me in the shade, but then it got darker
Oh, it's a sea of leaves
If you lose something, you can't find it again
It drops to the bottom
That day we walked a little deeper
Breathless, lost, and too alive to stop
I always knew you'd be the one to show me
A grove to lie in and cry into the tree tops
Took me to the woods to show me something
But I turned my face away
You touched me in the shade, but then it got dark
Let's save it for another day
Oh, it's a sea of leaves
If you lose something, you can't find it again
It drops to the bottom
It was my scarf
I'll never get it again
The best scarf I ever owned
The most beautiful color blue
It dropped
You know it fell out of my hand
Hello?
The lyrics to the Stars song "The Woods" are very evocative and conjure up images of a romantic, dreamy walk through a forest. The first verse talks about walking deeper into the woods, presumably to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The singer is breathless and too alive to sleep, and it's clear that the forest has enchanted them. The second line is interesting because it shows that the singer's companion has always thought of them as a dreamer, but now they're both caught up in the dream world of the woods.
The next verse takes a darker turn, as the singer's companion shows them something in the woods, but they turn their face away. It's not clear what exactly was happening, but it's clear that it's something that the singer wasn't comfortable with. This verse is interesting because it suggests that the forest isn't always a peaceful, idyllic place - there are dark corners and things that can make us uncomfortable. The use of the sea of leaves metaphor is also effective; it suggests that anything lost in the forest is lost forever, buried at the bottom of a vast ocean of foliage.
Finally, the third verse takes us back to the dreamy, romantic theme of the first verse. The singer and their companion are lost in the woods and feeling too alive to stop. This time, however, the woods offer a sense of comfort and solace - the singer knows that their companion will be the one to show them a grove to cry into. The repetition of the second verse reinforces the idea that the encounter they had earlier in the woods was too intense to deal with at the time, but can be saved for another day.
Overall, "The Woods" is a very evocative song that uses a simple story of a walk through the forest to explore themes of enchantment, discomfort, and solace.
Line by Line Meaning
That day we walked a little deeper
We went further than we usually did
Breathless and too alive to sleep
We were excited and couldn't settle down
You always said I was a dreamer
You thought I had unrealistic expectations
But now I know who's dreaming deep
Now I realize you are also a dreamer
Took me to the woods to show me something
You brought me to the forest to reveal something to me
But I turned my face away
I avoided seeing what you had to show me
Touched me in the shade, but then it got darker
You started to touch me in a private area, but then the situation became uncomfortable and dark
Let's save it for another day
We should put this aside and revisit it at a later time
Oh, it's a sea of leaves
There are an overwhelming number of leaves on the ground
If you lose something, you can't find it again
Once something is lost, it's gone forever
It drops to the bottom
It falls to the ground and becomes part of the forest floor
That day we walked a little deeper
We went further than we usually did
Breathless, lost, and too alive to stop
We were overwhelmed and couldn't bring ourselves to stop
I always knew you'd be the one to show me
I had faith that you would reveal something important to me
A grove to lie in and cry into the tree tops
A quiet place to lay down and gaze up at the trees while crying
It was my scarf
I lost a sentimental item
I'll never get it again
I will never find it or have it again
The best scarf I ever owned
The lost item was of great sentimental value
The most beautiful color blue
The lost item was a very attractive shade of blue
It dropped
The item fell out of my grasp
You know it fell out of my hand
You are aware that the item fell out of my hand
Hello?
An unrelated interjection
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Torquil John Campbell
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