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Stars — Your Ex-Lover is Dead
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metod
(Canada)
Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 21:41
 
So proud to be a Montrealer...so proud of the music created in this parts of the world.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 17:03
 
 fredriley wrote:
Are this lot The Decembrists in disguise?

dogpound wrote:
predate them.
 
Only by 1 year.....  I agree with Fred — this band should be lumped in with Decemberists.  I hit the PSD button when either of them are played! 

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 16:55
 
such a weird/great song title.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 07:40
 
 bigcat wrote:
This set is so depressing, I may have to go watch golf. Or soccer
 


dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 19:09
 
 fredriley wrote:
Are this lot The Decembrists in disguise?
 
predate them.

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 10:28
 
I can understand why some people might have a strong emotional connection to it.  I find it just a little too precious, and pretentious.

Your mileage, of course, may vary.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 10:22
 
Are this lot The Decembrists in disguise?

DD ka-bluie
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 03:33
 
LOL  I wish hahahahaha

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 13:28
 
 robco1 wrote:
A song is what you bring to it. Great ones touch us and make us examine who we are and what we feel. As this one has done for me today.

 
Well written.  Bravo!

{#Clap}


bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 15, 2010 - 08:29
 
love the intro to this - sounds like Orson Wells.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 08:55
 
 bigcat wrote:
This set is so depressing, I may have to go watch golf. Or soccer
 
Wow.
Uplifting.
{#Cheesygrin}


bigcat
Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 14:24
 
This set is so depressing, I may have to go watch golf. Or soccer

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 11:59
 
 thewiseking wrote:
um, sorry, this one is not about death in any literal sense
 
Jeff Buckley wrote "Lover You Should Have Come Over" about his breakup with his girlfriend. I went to a memorial concert ten years after his death and one of the performers covered the song. I did okay until the bridge, and on the verse "It's never over / A kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder..." the guy in front of me collapsed in grief. Within seconds it was painfully clear for whom the central metaphor of the song was no metaphor.

A song is what you bring to it. Great ones touch us and make us examine who we are and what we feel. As this one has done for me today.


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 11:58
 
thewiseking wrote:
um, sorry, this one is not about death in any literal sense
doesn't need to be - the total nothingness regarding a person once granted entrance to the sanctum sanctorum is joltingly depressing.

Oh, great. The next song is Jeff Buckley's Last Goodbye.

Both beautiful, but I picked a bad week to give up ether.


andrewmi
(capitoltown)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 11:55
 
more stars!

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 12:55
 
um, sorry, this one is not about death in any literal sense

ksg
(Florida)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 06:53
 
 element1 wrote:
I really like this song, but I feel like it needs a good refrain.  It's a lot of verse and no hook.
 

I was just wondering the same thing!

cbahlai
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 06:51
 
Okay, this is one of my favourite songs ever. It takes me back to roadtrips I took in the summer of 2007.

I'm so happy that RP has picked it up! Yay for Canadian Content.



vivakitty
(The Girl Who Wrecks Your Dreams)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 06:51
 
Another great Radio Paradise song used to wonderful effect on "So You Think You Can Dance"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXtietJZr4

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 21:17
 
 musicology wrote:
love this tune
 
Yes, another great example of what is "special" about RP! 


musicology
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 21:14
 
love this tune

iscoot4peace
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 07:18
 
II really like this track.  Does anyone know if the whole CD is this strong?

element1
(boulder, co)
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 10:47
 
I really like this song, but I feel like it needs a good refrain.  It's a lot of verse and no hook.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: May 29, 2009 - 17:44
 
 TernaryBit wrote:
he's doing it again!! STOP the death!
 
{#Shhh} Don't mention Death, I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

TernaryBit
(O-town)
Posted: May 29, 2009 - 15:32
 
 anniebear wrote:
Man fcuk this set Bill, enough death.
 
he's doing it again!! STOP the death!


thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: May 18, 2009 - 15:43
 
Beautiful and artfully done. Really captures the end of a hopeless relationship; the sadness, the yearning, the hopes and dreams debased.

anniebear
(chapel hill, nc)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 10:34
 
Man fcuk this set Bill, enough death.

CortezTheKiller
(Vancouver, B.C.)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 10:33
 
Define eclectic:

10:31 am Stars
Your Ex-Lover is Dead 
 
10:26 am Jim Carroll Band
People Who Died 
 
10:21 am Butthole Surfers
Pepper Electric 
 
10:16 am Pearl Jam
Nothing As It Seems
Has to be one of my favourite sets ever, just because it's so out there. Awesome, Bill.

pinklife
(St. Augustine, FL)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 15:49
 
Please play "Reunion".  Or "The Aspidistra Flies".  Yum.

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 22:05
 
Live through this
and you won't look back . . .

Fat chance.

petersontaylor
(Somewhere in time)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 08:13
 
 gabbadar wrote:
Please excuse me while I OD on pills, everyone.

Playlist:
Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Butthole Surfers - Pepper



 
That one was priceless!! LOL!


gabbadar
(40.475652,-75.265617 (Or in the field, by the playground, under the stars.. if dark))
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 08:10
 
Please excuse me while I OD on pills, everyone.

Playlist:
Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Butthole Surfers - Pepper




dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 08:08
 
Love the Friday morning death theme

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 14:59
 
 The_Enemy wrote:
Actually, I've got the opposite reaction. I love the quote. The song is meh.
 
How am I to know you aren't just being a contrarian, Enemy?


Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 14:56
 
I just love that spoken intro....

MediaGrrl
(Yank in London)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 09:37
 
wow, those lyrics hit me. Maybe it was the Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died" warmup, but damn...



robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 09:36
 
Wow.

"Live through this and you won't look back?" Fat chance.

sertarjos
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 21:27
 
auburntigerrich wrote:
Cool to hear Stars on RP - not my favorite track, but still eclectic. = )

I DISCOVERED THEM ON THE FILM QUIET CAOS FROM NANNI MORETTI... REALLY INTERESTING THE SCENE CHOOSEN
sertarjos
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 21:25
 
jenakle wrote:


winter wrote:
That opening bit about "set yourself on fire" sounds like a line from a movie - anyone know if it is?


It's the father of one of the band's members.


Amy Millan: Yeah, so it's just these things that we wing. It actually happened in mastering, but it had been an idea that Torquil had had for sometime, to have his father on the record in some capacity. I called him in Vancouver and was like, "We need your dad," and he was like, "Yeah, we do. Okay, call him up. He's having his eggs right now." (Laughter)

Amy Millan: "Get him to say 'When there's nothing left to burn, set yourself on fire.'"

http://www.splendidmagazine.com/features/stars/

ITHOUGHT IT WAS A PHRASE FROM ORSOSN WELLES ISN'T?

sertarjos
Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 21:23
 
greenighs wrote:


Wow, Torquil's dad is James Earl Jones?


ITS SOUNDS LIKE ORSON WELLES FINAL WORDS : REMEMBER ROSEBUD...
linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Jul 03, 2008 - 19:47
 
yeah! Thanks for playing an awesome band like Stars on RP!!!
auburntigerrich
(Edge of the 'Verse)
Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 07:24
 
Cool to hear Stars on RP - not my favorite track, but still eclectic. = )
nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Apr 14, 2008 - 07:59
 
papaman wrote:
I say that if you write a song claiming your ex-lover is dead then your ex-lover is not dead.

Wonderful point of existentialism, Papaman. Sartre wrote about the experience of being in the presence of an absence.
greenighs
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 09:48
 
jenakle wrote:
winter wrote:
That opening bit about "set yourself on fire" sounds like a line from a movie - anyone know if it is?


It's the father of one of the band's members.


Amy Millan: Yeah, so it's just these things that we wing. It actually happened in mastering, but it had been an idea that Torquil had had for sometime, to have his father on the record in some capacity. I called him in Vancouver and was like, "We need your dad," and he was like, "Yeah, we do. Okay, call him up. He's having his eggs right now." (Laughter)

Amy Millan: "Get him to say 'When there's nothing left to burn, set yourself on fire.'"

http://www.splendidmagazine.com/features/stars/


Wow, Torquil's dad is James Earl Jones?
zjustme
Posted: Mar 13, 2008 - 19:06
 
Reversed again for March. When a formula works use it.

tompoll wrote:


Odd... Same song list as in August, just reversed order.

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 11, 2008 - 07:54
 
Ouch.
jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 10:36
 
canadave wrote:
Anyone know what the sampled line from the beginning is?


winter wrote:
That opening bit about "set yourself on fire" sounds like a line from a movie - anyone know if it is?


It's the father of one of the band's members.


Amy Millan: Yeah, so it's just these things that we wing. It actually happened in mastering, but it had been an idea that Torquil had had for sometime, to have his father on the record in some capacity. I called him in Vancouver and was like, "We need your dad," and he was like, "Yeah, we do. Okay, call him up. He's having his eggs right now." (Laughter)

Amy Millan: "Get him to say 'When there's nothing left to burn, set yourself on fire.'"

http://www.splendidmagazine.com/features/stars/
DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 10:34
 
such a sad song :( ...a tale wonderfully told.
jbyrd13
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 - 11:11
 
This album is simply awesome.

tompoll
(Seattle WA USA)
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 - 11:07
 
Jamunca wrote:
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead

...does someone need a hug? Bill?


Odd... Same song list as in August, just reversed order.