Starz In Their Eyes

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Sure, we can all recognise that the famed life is far from perfect but how are we to ever fully understand the pressures that these people face? What they don’t show on TV however is that these shows usually require video auditions and face-to-face off-camera auditions before people are even allowed onto the stage.

In the first verse, the lyrics suggest that once someone becomes famous ("VIPerson"), their problems worsen and their paranoia grows. What I had now was a song with two separate big choruses to alternate between, which I think explains at least some of it’s success. At some point my mate Sam got his little nephew to record the “When I grow up I’m wanna be famous” line, and that was pretty much it. I’m pretty sure the spark that started the lyrics was a story I happened to see about UK Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus.The celebrities are described as "bullshitters" wrapped up in fake glamour, chasing after fleeting fame. I sang an approximation of what I thought the guitar riff should sound like and Adam embellished it and played it beautifully. Just Jack’s 'Starz in their Eyes' in this way is the predecessor for Mike Posner; the upbeat and catchy tune is topped by a cockney vocal that makes it such an entertaining listen – but there is so much more to it than that. Yes, they get paid up to a point, but there is little concern for the mental pressure that is put on largely unprepared youngsters who are suddenly thrust into the media meat grinder.

Although I’d never worked that way before, everything flowed so naturally that day, all the parts complementing each other perfectly. Released on 15 January 2007, it was the lead single from his second studio album, Overtones (2007), which was released two weeks later.

It’s often been publicised by artists in songs or autobiographies that the glitz and the glamour is not as exciting as we have been led to believe, and you just need to glance at the tragic list of celebrities who have turned to drugs and alcohol and the infamous 27 club that is often a result of such abuse and turmoil to see this.

With lines such as ‘It’s a long way to come from the Dog and Duck karaoke machine’ and ’It’s a long way to come from your private bedroom dance routines’ being sung in a cheeky cockney accent, the song relates back to us; I think this does much more to help us understand.Whilst I could pick out more of the lyrics to dissect they all tend to suggest the same two things; that fame isn’t what it's cracked up to be and that the industry uses and abuses talent. The bridge emphasizes the contrast between a humble beginning and the superficiality of fame, using the imagery of a small karaoke machine at a local pub versus the extravagant dreams associated with stardom. I’d been listening to The Clash a lot at the time and decided I wanted a rawer more ‘band’ orientated sound for this song. The dance classic is upbeat and fun with a catchy riff that is bound to pull people onto the dancefloor. The main issue is that often the people who do take a stand are the rich and famous and it’s very hard for the general public to empathise.