(2) Cadet - A four piece Alternative/Shoegaze band from Philadelphia. After putting out a 3 song Demo in 2013, Cadet went back in the studio with Vince Ratti (Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer) to record their "Disconnect" EP released in early 2015 by Harvcore Records . Look for them on tour throughout the US during 2015.
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(3) The band, Cadet is made up of four guys from Eugene/Springfield, OR. Ryan Smith plays guitar, sings and writes about 95.7% of the songs. Chad Basom plays the drums and sings background vocals. Jason Kennedy plays bass and has been known to occasionally yell from stage. Matt Lenhart is the newest member of Cadet and he plays keyboards, guitars, sings and has been seen using a tambourine once or twice.
While leading worship for Campus Crusade for Christ at Oregon State University, Ryan felt the call to pursue ministry through music. He also thought it would be cool to do music for a living. Duh! He then turned to his friend and former drummer, Chad. Both he and Chad originally played together in the band, Narrowgate. Most of you won't remember Narrowgate. They never had a hit song and their album was only 16 minutes long. (Rumor has it, you can find their self-titled CD at various west coast, used record stores for the bargain basement price of one U.S. dollar.) Chad and Ryan then called on Jason to join the group after his band, Pillar broke up. (Jason was the only bass player left in Eugene who did not have a mullet.) Now, if you thought Narrowgate was obscure, they were a super group compared to Pillar. And that is no knock on Pillar. You can only be so big when you play music in the great state of Oregon. Now, please don't make the mistake of confusing this Pillar with the Dove award-winning group Pillar, who resides on Flicker Records. The band that Jason played for was split up before the Pillar that you now know and love even started to practice. But is this a history of the band, Pillar? I think not.
Soon after, the guys began working on the songs that Ryan had written and before they knew it, they were playing two shows every three months. After a year of playing youth groups and church camps, the guys tried to get a demo together to see if they had what it took to "be a real band." Anyway, they worked with their new friend and producer, Chris Stevens and recorded a 10 song demo which they peddled at various concerts and festivals. BEC Recordings founder, Brandon Ebel got word of Cadet through his younger brother, Seth who at the time was attending OSU with Ryan. After Brandon heard the demo, he was thoroughly impressed.
In September of 2000, the group signed a record deal with BEC Recordings and went into a Vancouver, B.C. studio that same month. There, they spent almost a month with producer Neill King (Green Day, Elvis Costello, O.C. Supertones, The Undecided) and recorded their self-titled debut. But before they released that to stores, they returned to Eugene and teamed up once again with Chris Stevens to record their worship album, Any Given Day: Earth to Heaven. Both albums released in the Spring of 2001 while the band was touring.
Fast forward to the winter of 2002 where the band called on Matt to join the group. Matt had long hair and dressed much cooler than the other guys so they thought it would be good for their image to add a fourth member. After touring for a few months, they decided to actually teach Matt the songs to make the concert experience "tighter." (That last part was a joke.) Soon after, they began working on their 3rd studio album, The Observatory. They returned to Fabmusic Studios to once again call on Chris Stevens to produce. After four months, the guys finished the eleven song album.
Fast forward even further and you get to today where the guys are awaiting the release of The Observatory.
(4) A future funk artist from Brady, Texas.
Stuck In A Song
Cadet Lyrics
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Lost in the love.
Stuck in a song.
Darling, darling,
Don't lead me on.
It's not your fault.
Darling, darling.
Don't lead me on.
Darling, whatever you do,
Dont try to keep me if I cant keep you.
Darling, whatever you say,
Don't be a hero if my heart must brake.
Lost in the love.
Stuck in a song.
Darling, darling,
Don't lead me on.
It's not your fault.
If you love me or you dont.
Darling, darling.
Don't lead me on.
Hey now, hey now.
Why do you cry?
Don't you know its impossible,
That you've lived more than I.
Oh somehow, it'll be for the best.
You'll be my future, or you'll be my past.
Lost in the love.
Stuck in a song.
Darling, darling,
Don't lead me on.
Darling.
Don't lead me on.
Ah-haw!
In Cadet's song "Stuck in a Song," the singer addresses a lover who is unsure of their feelings towards him. He describes feeling "lost in the love" and "stuck in a song" - caught up in the feeling of being in love with someone who may not love him back. He pleads with his lover not to lead him on, acknowledging that it's not their fault if they don't reciprocate his feelings. He warns them not to try to keep him if he can't keep them and not to be a hero if their heart must break.
Through the repetition of "darling," the singer emphasizes his plea and expresses his vulnerability as he begs for clarity and honesty from his lover. The song ends on a bittersweet note, with the singer telling his lover not to lead him on, but also holding onto the hope that they may be in each other's future even if it means they're only in each other's past.
Line by Line Meaning
Now, it's time to rock.
It's finally time to have some fun and enjoy the moment.
Lost in the love.
Feeling completely consumed and overpowered by love.
Stuck in a song.
Feeling trapped in a cycle of emotions, like being stuck on repeat listening to the same song.
Darling, darling, Don't lead me on.
A plea to avoid leading someone on in a relationship by giving false hope or promises.
It's not your fault. If you love me or you dont.
Acknowledging that it's okay to not feel the same way about someone as they do about you.
Darling, whatever you do, Dont try to keep me if I cant keep you.
A request to avoid holding onto someone if there isn't a mutual desire to be together.
Darling, whatever you say, Don't be a hero if my heart must brake.
A warning not to try and protect their feelings at the expense of one’s emotional well-being.
Hey now, hey now. Why do you cry?
Questioning why there is sadness in the relationship.
Don't you know its impossible, That you've lived more than I.
Reminding that they have not experienced as much as their partner.
Oh somehow, it'll be for the best.
Believing that the result will ultimately be positive regardless of the outcome.
You'll be my future, or you'll be my past.
Accepting that the relationship could go one of the two directions but either way, it will be in their history.
Darling. Don't lead me on.
A final plea to communicate honestly in the relationship.
Ah-haw!
An expression of excitement or satisfaction with the outcome.
Contributed by Henry D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.