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.
To Death
Stars Lyrics
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Shades of grey in-between
Recollections of foreign sites
Caught inside madman’s dreams
I’d do anything to hear the voice graveling off in capitals
Not veer into the void, his eye sockets are impractical
The hallway always extended
Nothing quite seems to scale
Hear the books write themselves
I’d do anything to hear the voice graveling off in capitals
Not veer into the void, his eye sockets are impractical
Mimicking is not creation
It’s a flawed artistic expression
Lungs deflate, know your station
And inside your cloak is sharpened perfection
I’d do anything to hear the voice graveling off in capitals
Not veer into the void, his eye sockets are impractical
A horse touches down beside your bed
Keep remembering things that haven’t happened yet
There’s no release even when you’re dead
Until he severs the mortal thread
Entire galaxies float in blue eyes
Where something mysteriously lies
I’d do anything hear the voice graveling off in capitals
Not accept the forces choice of permanent sabbatical
The lyrics of "To Death" by Stars describe an individual caught in the madness of their own dreams and memories. The singer mentions feeling trapped between the black and white of reality and the gray area in-between, possibly representing the confusion and uncertainty of their mental state. The person is haunted by a voice that they long to hear, one that speaks with a gravelly accent in capital letters, which could symbolize a desire for clarity and authority in their life.
The hallways mentioned in the lyrics are a recurring theme throughout the song, perhaps signifying a journey that never seems to end or a struggle to move forward. The laws of physics are bending, books are writing themselves, and a horse lands beside the person's bed. All of these surreal elements create a dream-like atmosphere that suggests that the world around the singer is not entirely real.
The refrain "I’d do anything to hear the voice graveling off in capitals
Not veer into the void, his eye sockets are impractical" is repeated throughout the song, reinforcing the importance of clarity and how it must be fought for to avoid being lost in chaos. The final line speaks to the idea of mortality and how even in death, there may be no release until the "mortal thread" is severed. The entire song creates an eerie and introspective mood that invites the listener to reflect on the complexities of the human psyche.
Line by Line Meaning
Everything’s all black and white
The singer is in a world without any nuance or complexity
Shades of grey in-between
Contrary to the first line, there are some gray areas in life
Recollections of foreign sites
Memories of distant places, possibly disconnected from reality
Caught inside madman’s dreams
The artist is trapped in a chaotic and possibly insane dream world
I’d do anything to hear the voice graveling off in capitals
The artist is desperate for guidance or direction
Not veer into the void, his eye sockets are impractical
The singer wants to avoid a dangerous and unknown realm
The hallway always extended
The environment seems to be constantly changing and uncertain
Nothing quite seems to scale
The typical rules and expectations of reality do not apply
Laws of physics here are bending
The artist is in a supernatural, surreal or dreamlike world where the normal rules don't apply
Hear the books write themselves
The artist witnesses something impossible and miraculous happening
Mimicking is not creation
Imitating something is not the same as creating something original or meaningful
It’s a flawed artistic expression
The artist values true art and creativity, rather than just copying what has come before
Lungs deflate, know your station
The singer is accepting their mortality and insignificance in the world
And inside your cloak is sharpened perfection
The singer has some hidden ability or talent that others may not see
A horse touches down beside your bed
The singer is experiencing a mysterious or mystical event
Keep remembering things that haven’t happened yet
The artist has a premonition or a sense of the future
There’s no release even when you’re dead
Death is not necessarily an end to suffering or struggle
Until he severs the mortal thread
The singer needs someone or something to release them from their pain or torment
Entire galaxies float in blue eyes
The singer sees a universe of possibility in another's eyes
Where something mysteriously lies
There is something unexplained and enigmatic going on
Not accept the forces choice of permanent sabbatical
The artist wants to resist the idea of being permanently separated from something important
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Written by: T. Bass
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Azer Draco
@Michael Brandon
Okay, let me see if I can explain this in simple terms:
You, as a scientist, recreate the moment of biogenesis in a lab. Within that container, the primordial "soup" evolves from simple proteins to monocellular, then to multicellular organisms.
After a while, the organisms evolve the ability to think and question and philosophize.
Those organisms become curious and start learning the basics of science and discover about evolution.
Despite learning about evolution, there are a core group of these organisms that believe in a "creationist diety" that made them and made everything around them.
So, which side is correct?
Margaret Peabody
I liked how excited the professor from Berkeley was, explaining star phenomenon.
Jared Lobb
He's in all their universe documentaries, and he always has the biggest smile whenever he's talking
Margaret Peabody
@Jared Lobb plus, you know Berkeley, the expert filled University giant full of liberalism and free thinking.
David Sheckler
That's bcs this paid shill has to convince you that this cartoon nonsense is real & of course you go full 🤤🤪🤡
David Sheckler
@Margaret Peabody"Free thinking" 😂😅🤣😂😅🤣😂😅🤷😂😅🤣 you Sheeple don't understand the meaning of that phrase
Harriet Harlow
@David Sheckler What do you know about the universe?
Harriet Harlow
When I was little, my mum woud tell me that before I came to them, I'd been a star and would point to the sky. Mum, you were more right than you ever knew.
Green Roc
What if the pillars of creation are actually stalactites in their orientation...
I dont think we know for sure which way is up, or if there is an "up" out there.
Jose Garcia
Maravilloso. Excelente.
Tariq leak
Can history get any better