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.
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
You took me to the woods to show me something
But I'll turn my face away
You touched me in the shade
But then it got darker
Let's save it for another day
That day we walked a little deeper
Breathless, lost and too alive to stop
I always know you'd be the one to show me
A grove to lie in
And cry into the treetops
You took me to the woods to show me something
But I'll turn my face away
You touched me in the shade
But then it got darker
Let's save it for another day
The lyrics to Stars's song Woods tells a story of a couple who went for a walk in the woods one day. The first verse describes how the experience was exhilarating for the singer as they were too alive to sleep afterward. It also highlights how the couple had different personalities, with the singer being a dreamer, and the other person appearing more practical. However, the second verse reveals that their time in the woods soon turned sour. The other person touched the singer, but once the shade turned into darkness, the singer decided to turn away and save the experience for another day.
The chorus reaffirms how the walk was an exciting experience for the singer, but something happened in the woods that made them pull back. The bridge of the song is an extension of the second verse. It speaks of how lost the couple became at some point in the woods, but the other person showed the singer a grove to lie in and cry into the treetops. This section of the song appears to be more reflective and introspective, with the singer trying to make sense of their experience.
Line by Line Meaning
That day we walked a little deeper
We wandered further into the unknown.
Breathless and too alive to sleep
Our excitement kept us awake and restless.
You always said I was a dreamer
You used to think I had my head in the clouds.
But now I know who's dreaming deep
But it turns out you have even bigger dreams.
You took me to the woods to show me something
You brought me to this place to reveal a secret.
But I'll turn my face away
But now, I'm not so sure I want to see it.
You touched me in the shade
You were kind and gentle at first.
But then it got darker
But things quickly took a turn for the worse.
Let's save it for another day
Perhaps this isn't the right time for us to explore this dark side.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Torquil John Campbell
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