The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.
Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.
Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.
Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.
Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.
Angelina
Various Artists Lyrics
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A te demander comment
Tu pourrais, juste un soir,
Partir autre part,
Changer un instant
Le sens du vent,
Et la course des nuages,
La couleur des images
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C′est écrit sur ton tatouage,
Gravé à l'encre bleue
Comme le ciel dans tes yeux
Angelina,
Si tu pars au bout du monde,
N′oublie pas
A chaque heure, à chaque seconde,
Que la vie n'attend pas
Et si la route est longue,
Tout là-bas
La vie t'apelle
Angelina
Tu supportes plus tous ces gens
Qui t′regardent comme un mutant
Et qui changent de trottoir,
Pour pas croiser ton regard
Et pour guérir ton mal
Certains ont sali ton âme
De substances chimiques,
De poisons d′Amérique
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C'est écrit sur ton tatouage,
Faire sortir de tes veines
Ce venin qui t′enchaine
Angelina,
Si tu pars au bout du monde,
Tout là-bas!
N'oublie pas
A chaque heure, à chaque seconde,
Que la vie n′attend pas
Et si la route est longue,
Tout là-bas
La vie t'apelle
Angelina
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C′est ecrit sur ton tatouage,
Plus loin que l'horizon
Tu pourras crier ton nom
Angelina,
Si tu pars au bout du monde,
Tout là-bas!
N'oublie pas
A chaque heure, à chaque seconde,
Que la vie n′attend pas
Et si la route est longue,
Tout là-bas
La vie t′apelle
Angelina
The lyrics of Various Artists' song Angelina describe the struggles of a person named Angelina. She spends her time contemplating how she can change her current situation and escape her troubles, even if just for one night. She wants to switch up the direction of her life and the world around her, to change the colors of her existence. Her desire for change is evident from the tattoo on her body that serves as a symbol of her determination to move forward. She yearns to leave everything behind and turn over a new leaf.
However, Angelina faces many obstacles. She is constantly judged and ostracized by people who consider her to be different or strange, which only exacerbates her feelings of isolation and vulnerability. A significant part of her past has also been tainted with drugs and toxins, which have left her struggling to find her way out of her troubled past. Despite all of this she wants to continue her journey and hopes to find meaning and purpose at the end of this road.
The song's lyrics try to convey that life is too short and unpredictable to get mired in problems that drag us down. Various Artists urge Angelina and everyone listening to their song to take control of their destiny, to embrace change and move forward towards a better future.
Line by Line Meaning
Tu passes tout ton temps
A te demander comment
Tu pourrais, juste un soir,
Partir autre part,
Changer un instant
Le sens du vent,
Et la course des nuages,
La couleur des images
You spend all your time
Wondering how
You could, just for one evening,
Go somewhere else,
Change for a moment
The direction of the wind
And the movement of the clouds,
The color of the images
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C′est écrit sur ton tatouage,
Gravé à l'encre bleue
Comme le ciel dans tes yeux
You want to turn the page,
It's written on your tattoo,
Engraved in blue ink
Like the sky in your eyes
Angelina,
Si tu pars au bout du monde,
N′oublie pas
A chaque heure, à chaque seconde,
Que la vie n'attend pas
Et si la route est longue,
Tout là-bas
La vie t'apelle
Angelina
Angelina,
If you go to the ends of the earth,
Don't forget
Every hour, every second,
That life doesn't wait
And if the road is long,
All the way over there,
Life is calling you
Angelina
Tu supportes plus tous ces gens
Qui t′regardent comme un mutant
Et qui changent de trottoir,
Pour pas croiser ton regard
Et pour guérir ton mal
Certains ont sali ton âme
De substances chimiques,
De poisons d′Amérique
You can't stand all these people
Who look at you like a mutant
And who change sidewalks
To avoid crossing your gaze
And to cure your pain
Some have tainted your soul
With chemical substances,
With poisons of America
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C'est écrit sur ton tatouage,
Faire sortir de tes veines
Ce venin qui t′enchaine
You want to turn the page,
It's written on your tattoo,
To let out of your veins
This venom that holds you back
Toi tu veux tourner la page,
C′est ecrit sur ton tatouage,
Plus loin que l'horizon
Tu pourras crier ton nom
You want to turn the page,
It's written on your tattoo,
Beyond the horizon,
You can shout your name
Angelina,
Si tu pars au bout du monde,
Tout là-bas!
N'oublie pas
A chaque heure, à chaque seconde,
Que la vie n′attend pas
Et si la route est longue,
Tout là-bas
La vie t′apelle
Angelina
Angelina,
If you go to the ends of the earth,
All the way over there!
Don't forget
Every hour, every second,
That life doesn't wait
And if the road is long,
All the way over there,
Life is calling you
Angelina
Writer(s): Alexandre Abaldonato, Gerard Vincent Tempesti, Rafael Gayoso Zuber, Gerard Ferrer
Contributed by Samuel B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.