1) An electronica duet… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 13 artists with this name:
1) An electronica duet from Los Angeles
2) William Oliver Swofford
3) Belgian Rock / Pop singer (Junior Eurovision)
4) Romanian rock band
5) Oliver Ching from Hong Kong
6) American band from the West Coast of the USA
7) Finnish rock band
8) Sydney, Australia rock band
9) Oliver (Vocaloid)
10) Oliver Dragojević, Croatian legend
11) An alternative teenager from Arizona
12) Oliver Chaplin
13) Oliver Francis, an indie rapper from Columbia, United States
1) Formed by Oliver “Oligee” Goldstein and Vaughn "U-Tern" Oliver, Oliver have found the beating heart inside the dance machine. Whether moving bodies at the world's biggest electronic festivals, or hand-crafting digital gems in the studio, the producer / DJ duo of U-Tern and Oligee are responsible for some of the funkiest, toughest, and most diverse dance music today.
After spending years writing, producing, DJing and digging for vinyl, U-Tern and Oligee linked up in LA to forge something groundbreaking. They took their shared '80s baby tastes - relentlessly groovy R&B, boombox worthy hip-hop, soaring electropop hooks - and mashed them together in remixes for everyone from Chromeo and Foster The People to Breakbot and techno godfather Juan Atkins. Original jams like "All Night" and "Dirty Talk" (supported by dance music luminaries like Alan Braxe and Busy P) took Oliver's back-to-the-future sound even further, while high-powered collaborations with A-Trak ("Disco Nap") and Destructo ("LA Funky") brought the duo to the festival circuit, where they kept hands in the air all summer.
With the release of their Fool's Gold EP Mechanical, Oliver push their hybrid sound to even funkier new horizons. The stadium worthy opener "MYB" perfectly segues into the moody strut of “Night Is On My Mind,” before shifting gears with the hands-in-the-air ecstasy of “Control” and riding off into the sunset on the title track’s cinematic pulse. With non-stop DJ sets on deck (complete with Oligee's live keyboard riffs) and even more new music, there's no telling where the beats will take them next. "Oliver is all over the map," says U-Tern. "But we're going to have a good time no matter what."
2) Born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, William Oliver Swofford began singing as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1960s. He was a member of two music groups: The Virginians and, later, The Good Earth.
Oliver's clean-cut good looks and soaring baritone were the perfect vehicle for his July 1969 #3 single "Good Morning Starshine", from the pop-rock musical Hair. In October 1969 Oliver reached #2 with Rod McKuen's melodious ballad "Jean", the theme from the Oscar-winning film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Oliver performed both hits on a number of TV variety shows and specials in the late 1960s, including the Ed Sullivan Show. Later recordings had much less commercial success: "Sunday Mornin'" peaked at #35 in December 1969, and "Angelica" stalled at #97 in April 1970. His follow-up "I Can Remember" from July 1970 missed the Hot 100.
Despite his vocal talents, Oliver could not sustain more hits and he later made a career in business. A short-lived attempt to team up with Karen Carpenter in the late 1970s was unsuccessful. In 1983, People magazine ran a feature article on Oliver, describing a happily married father who kept his distance from the music business. In the late 1990s Oliver was diagnosed with cancer, and he died in Shreveport, Louisiana, on the same date that Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Charles Schulz, and Tom Landry all died.
3) The Belgian Singer is the representative of Belium in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song 'Shup Up'. He won Junior EuroSong 2008 in Belgium which gained him the ticket to Limassol in November 2008 to represent his nation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
4) The Romanian rock band's story begins in 2005, when after four years marked by major member changes, the band 41 shed its skin to reveal what we know today as Oliver: four experienced musicians who are not afraid to experiment, mercilessly blending their uncensored ideas into music. Oliver oozes passion, energy, poetry and the band spares no efforts in making live shows a real treat. And if you’re confused about their lyrics, this might mean you understand them.(Doru Puscasu - vocals, Mircea Moroianu - guitar, Horia Gridan - bass, Mihai Zorca - drums)
5) Born in Hong Kong. Formerly vocalist and guitarist from the band Little Beautiful Brand and becoming a solo singer-song-writer now. Released two solo records "Grace" and "Freddie and King" under 89268 in Hong Kong. working on his third album which will also be his first ever chinese album. Singles released on www.89268.com and www.oliverching.com for free download.
6) The American band was formed in 2000 by Eric Fischer, Stephan Hawkes, Ben Sprague, and Cory Van Name. They have three albums to their name: their self-titled EP, released in 2000; Quiet Life, released in 2002; and the 2-cd EP set Coming Back in Waves and Time Demands Pain, released in 2005. They are characterized by an upbeat, indie-rock sound.
7) Oliver is also a Finnish rock band.
www.oliverband.net
www.myspace.com/oliverfin
Album: Kauempaa sen tajuaa (2009, OMB-Records Finland)
8) A Sydney indie rock band founded by Jason Slattery and David Orwell with at least 2 EPs recorded:
Mr Blue Sky (1994, Ra Records, 4509988962)
Stars
Touchdown
The Conductor
Everyone's A Fool
Build Your Own Highway
Black Mountain Songs (1995)
Box Of Birds
Mr Blue Sky
Grate
Superfine
One Ninety
So You've Been Created
Cherry Shoes
9) Oliver is an English Vocaloid developed by PowerFX and new VOCALOID company, VocaTone. He is also the first to be released on the VOCALOID 3 product software.
En El Lago
Oliver Lyrics
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Me he perdido
Esperando un barco?
Que me lleve
Muy muy lejos
De esto que me ata
Porque aquí no puedo
Enfrentar de cara al vientoY perderle todo el miedo al tiempo
Aunque si, lo intento
No podría asegurarles
Que acaso no vaya
A matarme
Y me asusta pensar que la rabia
Pueda salir
Y aquí me pudro
Y me enfermo de nuevo
Esperando a que no me desmaye
Aunque si lo intento
Nunca tuve las maneras
De hallarme y vivir en calma
Aunque si lo intento
Nunca tuve las maneras
De darte y darles las gracias
Ay
Por cuidarme
Tanto tiempo
Porque ya no podremos vernos
De nuevo
Ay, ay
In the song "En El Lago" by Olivér, the singer delves into the deep emotions of waiting and feeling lost. The lyrics open with a reflection on the passage of time, with the singer questioning how much time has been wasted waiting for a ship to come and take them far away from whatever binds them. There is a sense of longing for escape and freedom from whatever it is that ties them down.
The singer expresses a desire to face the challenges and uncertainties head-on, to confront the wind and conquer their fear of time. However, there is a sense of doubt and apprehension, as they admit that they cannot be certain that their attempts will not lead to their demise. The fear of anger erupting and causing harm looms large, adding to their sense of being trapped and deteriorating in their current situation.
There is a poignant admission of feeling stuck and falling back into a state of sickness, as the singer waits anxiously to not collapse. Despite their efforts, they acknowledge that they have never truly known how to find themselves and live in peace. This self-awareness is tinged with a plea for gratitude towards those who have cared for them for so long, as the possibility of not being able to see them again arises.
The closing lines of the song carry a heavy sense of melancholy and finality, with the singer lamenting the inevitable separation and the inability to reunite. The repeated exclamation of "Ay, ay" adds to the emotional weight of the lyrics, conveying a profound sense of loss and resignation. Overall, "En El Lago" captures the struggles of waiting, feeling trapped, and yearning for a sense of freedom and peace amidst uncertainty and fear.
Line by Line Meaning
¿Cuánto tiempo
How much time
Me he perdido
Have I wasted away
Esperando un barco?
Waiting for a vessel?
Que me lleve
To carry me
Muy muy lejos
Far, far away
De esto que me ata
From this that binds me
Porque aquí no puedo
Because here I can't
Enfrentar de cara al viento
Face the wind head-on
Y perderle todo el miedo al tiempo
And lose all fear of time
Aunque si, lo intento
Though yes, I try
No podría asegurarles
I can't assure you
Que acaso no vaya
That perhaps I won't
A matarme
End up destroying myself
Y me asusta pensar que la rabia
And it frightens me to think that anger
Pueda salir
Could erupt
Y aquí me pudro
And here I rot away
Y me enfermo de nuevo
And fall ill once more
Esperando a que no me desmaye
Waiting for the moment I won't faint
Aunque si lo intento
Though I do try
Nunca tuve las maneras
I never had the means
De hallarme y vivir en calma
To find myself and live in peace
Aunque si lo intento
Though I do attempt
Nunca tuve las maneras
I never had the ways
De darte y darles las gracias
To give you and others my gratitude
Ay
Oh
Por cuidarme
For taking care of me
Tanto tiempo
For such a long time
Porque ya no podremos vernos
Because we can no longer see each other
De nuevo
Again
Ay, ay
Oh, oh
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Víctor Stanger Rojas
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