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.
Luz De Luna
Various Artists Lyrics
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para mi noche triste
para sentir divina
la ilusion que me trajiste
para sentirte mia
mia tu como ninguna
pues desde k te fuiste
yo siento tus amarras
como garfios como garras
k me ahogan en la playa
de la farra y el dolor
si llevo tus cadenas
arrastradas en la noche callada
k se aple mi lunada
azul como ninguna
pues desde k te fuiste
no he tenido luz de luna...
pues desde k te fuiste
no he tenido luz de luna...
si ya no vuelves nunca
provincianita mia
a mi selva querida k esta
triste y esta fria
k al menos tu recuerdo
ponga luz sobre mi gruma
pues desde k te fuiste
no he tenido luz de luna
yo siento tus amarras
como garfios como garras
k me ahogan el la playa
de la farra y el dolor
si llevo tus cadenas
arrastradas en la noche callada
k se aple mi lunada
azul como ninguna
pues desde k te fuiste
no he tenido luz de luna...
pues desde k te fuiste
no he tenidooo luz de lunaaa...
The lyrics of "Luz de Luna" by Various Artists speak of the desire for the moonlight during a sad night in order to feel something divine and resurrect the illusion that the person they loved brought to them. The singer longs for the person who left them, yearning to feel like she is his and his alone. The chains of sorrow that the absence brought about seem to be dragging him down into a dark, garrulous pit of heavy feelings. He desires for his loved one to return even if it's just as a memory that could shed light on his life, which has been void of moonlight since she left.
The lyrics are an embodiment of the feeling of being heartbroken and lonely, seeking to find comfort and peace from sources beyond oneself. The artist wants to reconnect with their significant other, giving us a glimpse of what they experienced, the effect that the separation had on them, and the yearning to bring back the relationship that was once there. Luz de Luna is a song that penetrates deep into the soul and leaves a lasting impression of love, loss and longing.
Line by Line Meaning
yo qiero luz de luna
I desire the light of the moon
para mi noche triste
for my sad night
para sentir divina
to feel divine
la ilusion que me trajiste
the illusion that you brought to me
para sentirte mia
to feel you mine
mia tu como ninguna
yours like no other
pues desde k te fuiste
since you left
no he tenido luz de luna
I haven't had moonlight
yo siento tus amarras
I feel your bonds
como garfios como garras
like hooks, like claws
k me ahogan en la playa
that drown me on the beach
de la farra y el dolor
of revelry and pain
si llevo tus cadenas
if I carry your chains
arrastradas en la noche callada
dragged in the silent night
k se aple mi lunada
that my moonlight gathers
azul como ninguna
blue like no other
si ya no vuelves nunca
if you never come back
provincianita mia
my provincial girl
a mi selva querida k esta
to my beloved jungle that is
triste y esta fria
sad and cold
k al menos tu recuerdo
that at least your memory
ponga luz sobre mi gruma
puts light on my grief
pues desde k te fuiste
since you left
no he tenido luz de luna
I haven't had moonlight
no he tenido luz de lunaaa...
I haven't had moooonlight...
Writer(s): Alvaro Carrillo Alacon
Contributed by Gabriel I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.