First, can I just say I want to walk on stage to that huge synth intro/bridge someday? Someone make that happen for me.
First three verses are glorious classic Stars. We are young and vital, but nonetheless nostalgic for a past that could never really be! "You call it luck, I call it tragedy" playfully references the title theme (relativity!). We are struggling for authenticity but afraid of our own power!
Then things get weird. A cybergirl? Haha, what the hell are you talking about, Torquil Campbell! And it's snowing in Hawaii!? One gets the impression that it's the future and climate change has totally boned Stars. That "new third world" reference, also pretty ominous! It's suddenly kind of weird that the Amy Millan character is so dismissive about '93, before whatever vague catastrophe must have struck. But it's also compelling that the two of them are still framing that difference in terms of their own personal histories -- we're mourning high school glory, not a way of life. But when Torq sings "Find someone close and and hold them like you care" you get a sense that bigger things have changed (with that typical half-pretended affectation).
Then we close, celebrating that even in their new privation, they can still choose to be individuals. Once again powerful and, potentially, free!
First, can I just say I want to walk on stage to that huge synth intro/bridge someday? Someone make that happen for me.
First three verses are glorious classic Stars. We are young and vital, but nonetheless nostalgic for a past that could never really be! "You call it luck, I call it tragedy" playfully references the title theme (relativity!). We are struggling for authenticity but afraid of our own power!
Then things get weird. A cybergirl? Haha, what the hell are you talking about, Torquil Campbell! And it's snowing in Hawaii!? One gets the impression that it's
the futureand climate change has totally boned Stars. That "new third world" reference, also pretty ominous! It's suddenly kind of weird that the Amy Millan character is so dismissive about '93, before whatever vague catastrophe must have struck. But it's also compelling that the two of them are still framing that difference in terms of their own personal histories -- we're mourning high school glory, not a way of life. But when Torq sings "Find someone close and and hold them like you care" you get a sense that bigger things have changed (with that typical half-pretended affectation).Then we close, celebrating that even in their new privation, they can still choose to be individuals. Once again powerful and, potentially, free!
Oh, Stars. I've missed you.