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Stars — Look Up
Album: Heart
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Released: 2003
Length: 4:18
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Your friends hold the lullabies
They watch the way the night lies
Soft sounds, heads like a radio
Hearts wrapped in blankets laying low
Hearts wrapped in blankets laying low

You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love

Your boy is like a memory
Some sense of touch and a melody
Your girl, she's a renegade
A hurricane that keeps you there, safe
Hurricane that keeps you there, safe

You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love


You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love

You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love

Rain is falling, looks like love
Rain is falling, looks like love
Rain is falling, looks like love...
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No comments for 8 years?  Guess I'll go first - I quite like this; the oboe is unusual in popular music (assuming it is an oboe, and not  a sample or synth - it's hard to tell through my laptop speaker)
Posted 1 year ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
Meanders all over the place without going anywhere
 
So do I; I guess that's why I like it.

You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love . . .
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I like the Symphonie Fantastique quote!
Posted 10 years ago by newfor    [ Reply ]
This feels very Imogen Heap to me.
Posted 10 years ago by jalexander    [ Reply ]
Stars fell off my radar many years ago, and this song surprises me, it's good
Posted 10 years ago by jktravl    [ Reply ]
Wow. One of the few Stars tunes I really don't like. How about Fixed, Changes, or even Wasted Daylight? 
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
A little too dancey for me. (Lazarus will like it, I suspect!!)
Posted 10 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
Fusion only adds to the con-Fusion.
Posted 10 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
Stars on 45.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

If stars look up, was'sup?


Posted 10 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
Meanders all over the place without going anywhere

 
Where is it supposed to go?  Music isn't required to have a "destination".  Formula is the enemy of creativity.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Time to put this one to sleep.
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Like driving west to setting sun and looking in the review mirror seeing her's town vanishing into a distance.
Posted 11 years ago by ingrizek    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
Meanders all over the place without going anywhere
 
True, but I've always loved this little shrug of a song.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
Meanders all over the place without going anywhere
 
if you're not in a hurry to get somewhere, it's quite pleasant. like a cup of tea on a rainy sunday morning.

Posted 13 years ago by chamrousse1450    [ Reply ]
Meanders all over the place without going anywhere
Posted 14 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]

First impression was: Boring.

Seceond impression now is: Boring.


Posted 14 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]

I'll be shocked if this song has never been used on Grey's Anatomy.


Posted 14 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I woke up with this song in my head this morning, but I didn't know the name of it... and was hoping Bill would play it today!  Thanks Bill for being a psychic DJ!  {#Sleep}
Posted 14 years ago by sfearll    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate}{#Jump}{#Music}
Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
 linz_bobinz wrote:
Yeah! One of my favourite bands!!!!!!!! Thanks for playing Stars Bill & Rebecca!
 

One of my favorites, too!!!  Makes me want to take off my shoes and dance on my desk!  {#Dancingbanana}{#Bounce}
Posted 15 years ago by pinklife    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this..  I was going through a pretty rough time a few years ago, and a friend of mine sent me this cd and it was exactly what I needed at the time.  First time since that I've heard it.. brought me back.

Posted 15 years ago by i4niblind    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Ingrid Michaelson for a sec...
Posted 15 years ago by lalalisa25    [ Reply ]
Ethereal...nice...pretty....
Posted 16 years ago by Zamoeba    [ Reply ]
Yeah! One of my favourite bands!!!!!!!! Thanks for playing Stars Bill & Rebecca!
Posted 16 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
Wow...this one is quite nice, I have never heard it before...I love hearing new things that are good. Once again, thanks B and R...
Posted 16 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
dlaumor wrote:
Je suis bien d'accord
Oye me pendejo. ¿Por qué usted no puede fijar en inglés?
Posted 16 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
Echinoderme wrote:
Vraiment beau, une belle ballade.
Je suis bien d'accord
Posted 16 years ago by dlaumor    [ Reply ]
This one warms me up...I love it LOOK UP
Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
..." Amy Millan 's gorgeous voice is the group's greatest strength — on the bouncy, propulsive "Elevator Love Letter," for example. It's not surprising that Millan has contributed to movie soundtracks ..." xkolibuul wrote:
Dude, get with it, it IS just one chick. Her name is Roz, she's got an apartment above the studio and moonlights with all the bands. I can't believe you didn't know that.
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Echinoderme wrote:
Vraiment beau, une belle ballade.
Mais non, c'est trop barbant.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Dude, get with it, it IS just one chick. Her name is Roz, she's got an apartment above the studio and moonlights with all the bands. I can't believe you didn't know that. jimoore wrote:
Hey - Why do all these chicks sound the same ????
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Vraiment beau, une belle ballade.
Posted 17 years ago by Echinoderme    [ Reply ]
Hey - Why do all these chicks sound the same ????
Posted 17 years ago by jimoore    [ Reply ]
bindi wrote:
Wow - not very often do you hear an oboe used in a song. Last one I remember was Peter and the Wolf - like a gajillion years ago. . . .
Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy, but maybe it was an English Horn?
Posted 17 years ago by folkalta    [ Reply ]
DavidOHilbert wrote:
Quite a cool little song
Posted 17 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Wow - not very often do you hear an oboe used in a song. Last one I remember was Peter and the Wolf - like a gajillion years ago. . . .
Posted 17 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
celadonstone wrote:
The background noise sample sounds like music from a movie or TV show in the 50s (here in the States)...wonder what the story is there?
Doubt it made it to the US ( too whimsical ) but I am reminded of a TV show of my youth called Noggin the Nog. The show opened with a similar horn sound... In the lands of the North, where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long the Men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and they tell a tale... And those tales they tell are the stories of a kind and wise king and his people; they are the Sagas of Noggin the Nog. Welcome to Northlands, a tribute to Noggin, King of the Nogs and the People of the Northlands.
Posted 17 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
The "Horn" in question here is an English Horn - i.e. an Alto Oboe in F. That's what Berlioz wrote for - not sure if what is playing here is an English Horn, sounds like an Oboe to me - but close enough!
Posted 17 years ago by ntoll    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
It's an oboe. The original from Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique is a duet between the cor anglais (hence the horn reference) and the oboe. This uses just the oboe bit. Quite a cool little song
Posted 17 years ago by DavidOHilbert    [ Reply ]
... take heart look up at the stars!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Freedonia wrote:
I'm an oboist myself, and that's certainly what it sounds like.
eggzaktly! look up 2 the stars!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
tnt_thomas wrote:
Any of you older Canucks here that old TV ad for those nature spots in the intro to this tune!!? Gets me every time! What's the instrument, BTW...?
Hinterland's Who's Who? I went to grade school with Amy Millan. Everyone used to think we looked like sisters. That shot in the billboard looks like it's her when she was a kid. We look nothing alike now, though!
Posted 17 years ago by sadierabbit    [ Reply ]
DigitalJer wrote:
hahah!! I *thought* it sounded familiar!!...and I think it's an oboe.
I am not a Canadian, but Wikipedia says the following: "The track "Look Up" uses a horn solo from the beginning of the third movement of Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz." The track "The Woods" contains quotes from the movie "Grey Gardens", the famed cult-classic documentary from 1975.
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
DigitalJer wrote:
hahah!! I *thought* it sounded familiar!! ...and I think it's an oboe.
I'm an oboist myself, and that's certainly what it sounds like.
Posted 17 years ago by Freedonia    [ Reply ]
tnt_thomas wrote:
Any of you older Canucks here that old TV ad for those nature spots in the intro to this tune!!? Gets me every time! What's the instrument, BTW...?
hahah!! I *thought* it sounded familiar!! ...and I think it's an oboe.
Posted 17 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
The background noise sample sounds like music from a movie or TV show in the 50s (here in the States)...wonder what the story is there?
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
tnt_thomas wrote:
Any of you older Canucks here that old TV ad for those nature spots in the intro to this tune!!? Gets me every time! What's the instrument, BTW...?
You're hearing oboe and violins, I'm guessing. Some French horns toward the end. The way her voice is processed reminds me slightly of some of the stuff Imogen Heap does.
Posted 17 years ago by zenbob    [ Reply ]
A wonderful song in the most genuine sense of the word.
Posted 17 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Any of you older Canucks here that old TV ad for those nature spots in the intro to this tune!!? Gets me every time! What's the instrument, BTW...?
Posted 17 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
killer song....
Posted 17 years ago by fontainemusic    [ Reply ]
Great tune!
Posted 18 years ago by Duffalo    [ Reply ]
I don't know what the musical term is but I love the flat harmonies or whatever it is.
Posted 18 years ago by Hinkamp    [ Reply ]
I f'ing love this song
Posted 18 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Rockyinmyradio wrote:
I have one of Kristy's albums.... I guess I need to be brought up to speed with her... what happened? By the sounds of it, not good, eh?
Kristy MacColl Killed In Boating Accident
Posted 18 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
Yes. What a tragic loss.
I have one of Kristy's albums.... I guess I need to be brought up to speed with her... what happened? By the sounds of it, not good, eh?
Posted 18 years ago by Rockyinmyradio    [ Reply ]
Also good.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
Only on RP... Man, hook me up, to the ground of my being! Yeah, Bill. You da teacher, man. Hail, hail! to Bill, King of the digiStreams!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
MCKY wrote:
I like the Stars, and this song brings a welcome reminder of dear Kristy MacColl.
Yes. What a tragic loss.
Posted 18 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
nick_valensi wrote:
sadly overplayed
I only hear this song RP and I'm not sick of it yet. Actually quite the opposite, I'm liking it more every time I hear it.
Posted 18 years ago by bbHappy    [ Reply ]
I like the Stars, and this song brings a welcome reminder of dear Kristy MacColl.
Posted 18 years ago by MCKY    [ Reply ]
keemun wrote:
so many times I'll be listening to RP and this really cool song will come on, and I go to find the title and it's this. it gets played a lot, but I'm still surprised and delighted with it every time, so I don't mind. :-)
me too! the more I hear this song the more I like it.
Posted 18 years ago by jamm    [ Reply ]
so many times I'll be listening to RP and this really cool song will come on, and I go to find the title and it's this. it gets played a lot, but I'm still surprised and delighted with it every time, so I don't mind. :-)
Posted 18 years ago by keemun    [ Reply ]
sadly overplayed
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]
I like it
Posted 18 years ago by glassjawgrlxxx    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
Only on RP... Man, hook me up, to the ground of my being! Yeah, Bill. You da teacher, man. Hail, hail! to Bill, King of the digiStreams!
How bout I hook ya up to the ground o my house current? Bill you da electrician man!
Posted 18 years ago by wondertoofar    [ Reply ]
Only on RP... Man, hook me up, to the ground of my being! Yeah, Bill. You da teacher, man. Hail, hail! to Bill, King of the digiStreams!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Yea, reminiscent of countless breathy females singing sensitive lyrics, so many that they start to all sound the same after awhile. Too bad I love the genre so much and could listen to it ad infinitum... Speaking of copy cats, Sia just came on; is she Jewel's voice clone? Here we go again...
Posted 18 years ago by JJAB    [ Reply ]
Hmm, the first 3 seconds it started as King Crimson, but then:( Average primitive song
Posted 18 years ago by Pantagruel    [ Reply ]
Detlaps wrote:
I don't know if it was intentional, but the opening and recurring instrumentals in this are a direct quote from the Engish Horn solo that opens the third movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
I thought it was the from Saga of Noggin the Nog, < Peace be upon him > from the ubiquious TV show of the same name?
Posted 18 years ago by Paul_in_Australia    [ Reply ]
cptbuz wrote:
or ivy...sheryl crow...etc..etc... cookie cutter / assembly line music here...nothing special...the lyrics are ho-hum, the canned music awful, I give it a 2.
This from the guy who gave "Thunder Road" a 1...maybe you should tell me what else you think sucks, I think we're on opposite rating scales here or something.
Posted 18 years ago by TeoUCSB82    [ Reply ]
blackpebble wrote:
Sarah Harmer?Hem?Frou Frou? Suzanne Vega?Edie Freakin' Brickell? What are you people smoking? Maybe reminiscent of Kirsty MacColl, though ...
or ivy...sheryl crow...etc..etc... cookie cutter / assembly line music here...nothing special...the lyrics are ho-hum, the canned music awful, I give it a 2.
Posted 18 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
So is the woodwind I hear there an english horn? Nice.
Posted 18 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
GOD i see we have the good ol RPlaylist kickin
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
blackpebble wrote:
Sarah Harmer? Hem? Frou Frou? Suzanne Vega? Edie Freakin' Brickell? What are you people smoking? Maybe reminiscent of Kirsty MacColl, though ... What about Ami Mann??
Posted 18 years ago by jdpinball    [ Reply ]
Sarah Harmer? Hem? Frou Frou? Suzanne Vega? Edie Freakin' Brickell? What are you people smoking? Maybe reminiscent of Kirsty MacColl, though ...
Posted 18 years ago by blackpebble    [ Reply ]
dogpound wrote:
I just bought set yourself on fire, maybe I'll get this next
Me too.
Posted 18 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Why do I constantly hear this annoying tune? Not that big of a fan, 5/10.
Posted 18 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
On tour now
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
ill thank you to play some NEW music please!
was just thinking that it would be cool to bring back the RP playlist from X month, Y years ago & use it for a week now. (where X, Y is sufficiently long enough ago to be very different from Dec, 2005).
Posted 18 years ago by LLMikeJ    [ Reply ]
Play it enough, and it will grow on me.
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
ill thank you to play some NEW music please!
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
bkrontz wrote:
Maybe I'm crazy, but she kinda sounds exactly like Edie Brickell?
Edie Brickell? Hmmmmm, what about Suzanne Vega?
Posted 18 years ago by xavi    [ Reply ]
Detlaps wrote:
I don't know if it was intentional, but the opening and recurring instrumentals in this are a direct quote from the Engish Horn solo that opens the third movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
THANK YOU!!!! It was killing me not being able to remember that quote! --LittleMike
Posted 18 years ago by LittleMike    [ Reply ]
Maybe Hem? bkrontz wrote:
Maybe I'm crazy, but she kinda sounds exactly like Edie Brickell?
Posted 18 years ago by DarkStar    [ Reply ]
I just bought set yourself on fire, maybe I'll get this next
Posted 18 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
this is a cute little song. :)
Posted 18 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Maybe I'm crazy, but she kinda sounds exactly like Edie Brickell?
Posted 18 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]
I just love this song!
Posted 18 years ago by JonnyNismo    [ Reply ]
Darlington wrote:
Based on this and another song heard on RP, this is my next "new" band to explore. Any suggestions?
Both of their albums, "Heart" and "Set Yourself on Fire" are worth buying. From the first, Elevator Love Letter and Death to Death are my picks, along with Ageless Beauty, Sleep Tonight and Set Yourself on Fire from the album Set Yourself on Fire.
Posted 19 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
Based on this and another song heard on RP, this is my next "new" band to explore. Any suggestions?
Posted 19 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like Sarah Harmer. That's not a bad thing.
Posted 19 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Real beautiful voice, as well as an excellent sound coming across the instruments.
Posted 19 years ago by surreal1221    [ Reply ]
PatrickL wrote:
please play more from this band.
Two tunes are being reviewed on the LRC right now - Elevator Love Letter 63% and Soft Revolution 79%. Read in a Toronto newspaper that Amy Milan, one of the two lead singers, has a solo project due out in the next little while. Promises to be great...
Posted 19 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
I first heard this group on the Alias program in Season 2. "Going, Going, Gone" was a great song and I bought the CD. Also love "This Charming Man" cover (by Morrisey?). Great CD to mellow out to.
Posted 19 years ago by TheAax    [ Reply ]
jlind wrote:
This isn't Frou Frou?
No, but Bill has blended this one into "Let Go" on several occasions...perhaps that's what you're thinking? Nice tune, not incredible, but not bad either. Certainly pretty good.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
please play more from this band.
Posted 19 years ago by PatrickL    [ Reply ]
This isn't Frou Frou?
Posted 19 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
Really interesting voice - sounds like it has a lot of different colours. Liked it.
Posted 19 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
Detlaps wrote:
I don't know if it was intentional, but the opening and recurring instrumentals in this are a direct quote from the Engish Horn solo that opens of the third movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. :?
thats what it is. Not sure I like it much, but that quote was bugging me. edit: Cor Anglaise
Posted 19 years ago by callum    [ Reply ]
I don't know if it was intentional, but the opening and recurring instrumentals in this are a direct quote from the Engish Horn solo that opens the third movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
Posted 19 years ago by Detlaps    [ Reply ]
I find the album cover, jarring. :fight.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by labkpr    [ Reply ]
SCprof wrote:
Yuck. Boring.
Oh, I find it serene. I like the underlying gritty timbre of her voice. My standard today is -- can I write to it? Yes I can. So I liked it.
Posted 19 years ago by KitKat    [ Reply ]
Yuck. Boring.
Posted 19 years ago by SCprof    [ Reply ]
What does her voice remind me of... :-k Just can't think of it, but I'm going to start the song off with an 8.
Posted 19 years ago by serendipity_blue    [ Reply ]
Just discovered Stars, love them, and thought they'd be at home at RP so I uploaded this and Your Ex-Lover Is Dead. Interesting lyrics, rockin grooves, pretty melodies. I dig it.
Posted 19 years ago by coldatlantic    [ Reply ]
Wasn't expecting this today! Very very good. But then, I'm a sucker for 3/4.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]