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.
stars 08 time can never kill the true heart
Stars Lyrics
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Looking down, you can see all
Hold my hand so you don't fall
Catch your breath as the gulls call
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
Last mile in the pale light
Take me home with you tonight
We'll touch 'til it feels right
You won't say "love" but I might
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
Made love and you muttered "we're through"
One heart but the mind was in two
One half filled with the dreams of a saint
The other filled with nothing but hate
I hope I die in the arms of a child
In a meadow where the thistles grow wild
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
One heart out of two
One life: me and you
The song "Time can never kill the true Heart" by Stars is a beautifully crafted melancholic love song reflecting on the idea of the unbreakable bond between two people in love that transcends time. The opening lines refer to two people standing at the edge of a sea wall, with one person holding the other's hand so they do not fall. The gulls calling and the pale light in the last mile walk to home creates a sense of foreboding about the future of their relationship. The chorus talks about the love shared by two people that cannot be separated by time. The repetition of the lyrics "One heart out of two, One life: me and you" elucidates the idea of two hearts as one.
The second verse reflects on the idea of the aftermath of a love affair that failed. The line "Made love and you muttered we're through," talks about the moment when love turns into hate. The mind is divided into two halves - one filled with dreams and the other filled with hate. The last lines of the song talk about the hope of dying in the arms of a child, suggesting that despite the failure of the love affair, they believe in passing on the essence of the love they share.
Line by Line Meaning
One step closer to the sea wall
Approaching a place where land meets the sea.
Looking down, you can see all
Observing everything from above.
Hold my hand so you don't fall
Supporting someone to avoid harm.
Catch your breath as the gulls call
Collecting oneself after experiencing something intense, while listening to bird sounds.
One heart out of two
Two individuals sharing a single heart.
One life: me and you
Two individuals sharing a single life.
Last mile in the pale light
Approaching the end of a journey in a faint glow of light.
Take me home with you tonight
Going back to a shared living space together.
We'll touch 'til it feels right
Engaging with each other physically until both are satisfied.
You won't say "love" but I might
One person refraining from expressing love while the other might be willing to do so.
Made love and you muttered "we're through"
Having physical intimacy followed by a negative statement about the future of the relationship.
One heart but the mind was in two
Feeling conflicted internally, with emotions pulling in opposite directions.
One half filled with the dreams of a saint
One part of oneself containing visions of a noble and virtuous life.
The other filled with nothing but hate
The other part of oneself containing only negative, malicious feelings.
I hope I die in the arms of a child
Wishing for a peaceful death embraced by innocence.
In a meadow where the thistles grow wild
Visualizing a serene natural space with a specific type of plant life.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Amy E Millan, Christopher Allen Seligman, Evan Whitney Cranley, Torquil John Campbell
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