Cast (2):… Read Full Bio ↴Cast (1): A Britpop band formed in Liverpool, England in 1993.
Cast (2): Progressive rock band from Mexico, active since the late '70s.
Cast (3): Norwegian rapper from the late '90s.
Cast (4): Russian IDM / Glitch project.
Cast (5): A Romanian hip-hop group.
(1): Cast was formed in 1993 by John Power, the former bassist of The La's. They released four albums between 1995 and 2001. Cast were at the height of their popularity during the mid-90's Britpop movements. Whilst popular, they were seen as one of the "lesser" bands of the moment, often overshadowed by the likes of more popular bands such as Blur, Oasis and Pulp. It has been suggested that the name "Cast" was taken from the final line of the final song on The La's eponymous (and only) album. The song "Looking Glass" ends with the line ""The stone is cast, the glass is smashed".
After the commercial failure of their final studio album Beetroot in 2001, Cast split in 2002. John Power would subsequently release a solo album. In 2005 it was announced The La's were reforming with John Power included, this would seem to preclude any comeback for Cast for the foreseeable future.
A 2004 greatest hits album - The Collection - also failed to chart. It was criticised as it failed to feature the hit singles "Alright" and "Walkaway" from their most popular release All Change and was comprised largely of album tracks.
Since 2002 Peter Wilkinson has recorded and toured with a number of artists including Ian McCulloch and McCulloch's reformed band, Echo & The Bunnymen. Wilkinson left Echo and the Bunnymen in mid 2005 and has now rejoined the Liverpool band Shack who are currently signed to Sour Mash , Noel Gallagher's record label. Shack are due to release their new album On the Corner of Miles and Gil in March 2006.
(2): CAST was founded in 1978 in Mexico. Like so many other progressive rock groups they have evolved through the years and the music and influences have been changing between each album. Generally you can say that they are playing melodic progressive rock with many long instrumental passages combined with influences from baroque, bossanova, classical music, Heavy Metal, Jazz and Tango. The lyrics are mostly based on fantasy themes.
They have a very keyboard oriented British Neo-progressive sound and although they are from Mexico there are no distracting accents. You can hear influences from many different progressive rock bands such as CAMEL, EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, DREAM THEATER, mid-period GENESIS (their main influence), JETHRO TULL, LED ZEPPELIN, MARILLION, PENDRAGON, PINK FLOYD, RUSH, SAVATAGE, UK and YES. All of the CD's are passing 60 minutes, with an average track length about 8 minutes long.
CAST is definitely one of the best neo-progressive bands together with MARILLION and PENDRAGON. It's very strange that they haven't gained more recognition in the neo-progressive genre. CAST is also said to be a very good live act.
3) Cast debuted as 50% of Norwegian rap group Equicez with the now-classic 2003 album "State of Emergency". He has always been one of the most controversial rappers in Norway, due to his former drug addiction and his expressed support to convicted criminal David Toska.
4) Denis Kaznacheev was born in 1983 in Tashtagol, in Siberia. Music was his greatest hobby since early childhood. His interest in hip-hop eventually evolved into an interest in electronic music; he was only 18 when he started his own IDM project, Cast. At about the same time he joins the Moscow minimal techno community and starts experimenting in the genre. The performance was a striking success which exceeded all expectations, and presently the Guttersnipe project can be heard at any of the chief Moscow dance floors, as well as in other Russian cities. The joint project of Denis Kaznacheev and Chizh, a well-known Moscow DJ, was published by Sender records, Germany, and received most favorable reviews from the critics.
Hideaway
Cast Lyrics
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What you took from me
Now you've got to give
What you took from me
Now you ought to know
What you do to me
Now you've oughta to show
What you hideaway from you
What you hideaway and keep
When you walk
When you talk
When you reach for me
When you wake
Through my day
Set these feelings free
You've got a look in your eye
You've got the love I can't find
And I want you to give it to me
And I want to drown in your sea
You've got to give
What you took from me
Now you've got to give
What you took from me
Now you ought to know
What you do to me
Now you've oughta show
What you hideaway from me
What you hide away from you
What you hideaway and keep
When you walk
When you talk
When you reach from me
When you wake
Through my day
Set these feelings free
You've got a look in your eye
You've got a love you can't hide
And I want you to give it to me
And I want to drown in your sea
What you took away from me
What you took away from you
What you hideaway and keep
What you hideaway from you
What you hideaway from me
What you hideaway and keep from me
From you, From me, To you….
The lyrics to Cast's song "Hideaway" are a plea for honesty and vulnerability in a relationship. The singer is asking their partner to give back what they have taken from them, which could be their trust, their love, or their emotional openness. They want their partner to reveal what they've been hiding and keeping to themselves. The verses suggest that the singer has been struggling with their feelings for the other person, but can't get them out into the open until their partner is willing to reciprocate.
The chorus repeats the message that the singer wants their partner to reveal their true feelings and emotions, rather than keeping them hidden. The lines "You've got a look in your eye / You've got the love I can't find" suggest that the singer believes their partner is holding back something special, and they want to experience it fully. The final verse ends on a note of ambiguity, with the repeated lines "What you hideaway from you / What you hideaway from me / What you hideaway and keep from me / From you, From me, To you." The meaning here could be interpreted in different ways - perhaps the singer is suggesting that they also have things they're hiding, or that they're acknowledging the complexity of sharing oneself in a relationship.
Overall, "Hideaway" is a song about the challenges of honesty and vulnerability in a relationship, and the desire for emotional openness and reciprocity from one's partner.
Line by Line Meaning
You've got to give
You need to return what you took from me
What you took from me
Referring to the love or affection that the subject took away from the singer
Now you've got to give
It's time for the subject to give back the love that they took away
Now you ought to know
The subject should be aware of the impact of their actions on the singer
What you do to me
This line emphasizes the importance of the love that the subject has and the impact it has on the singer's life
Now you oughta to show
It's time for the subject to be open and reveal what they have been hiding
What you hideaway from me
Referring to something that the subject is hiding from the singer
What you hideaway from you
The subject is hiding something from themselves as well
What you hideaway and keep
The subject is purposely hiding something from the singer and keeping it to themselves
When you walk
In any situation when the subject walks around
When you talk
In any situation when the subject talks to others
When you reach for me
When the subject attempts to contact or touch the singer
When you wake
When the subject first awakens in the morning
Through my day
Throughout the singer's daily activities
Set these feelings free
Allow the singer's emotions to be expressed and released
You've got a look in your eye
There's a certain expression that the subject has that captures the singer's attention
You've got the love I can't find
The subject has the love that the singer has been searching for
And I want you to give it to me
The singer desires the love that the subject currently holds
And I want to drown in your sea
The singer wants to immerse themselves fully in the love that the subject has
What you hideaway from me
Reiterating the subject's tendency to hide things from the singer
What you hideaway from you
Emphasizing how the subject is consciously hiding something from themselves as well
What you hideaway and keep from me
The subject is intentionally hiding something from the singer that they are keeping to themselves
From you, From me, To you….
Emphasizing that the love is present between the two individuals and requesting the subject to share their love with the singer
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JOHN TIMOTHY POWER
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