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.
Phoenix
Various Artists Lyrics
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Sin saber que hay sueos que parecen ser reales.
Un testigo de excepcin te lo cuenta sin creer
Aun sigo estando fuera de mis cabales.
De repente
Algo se abre,
Ya no puedo escapar
Y mi cuerpo flota a travs del tiempo
Desde entonces me pregunto si fue cierto.
Diosa del
Bien y del mal,
Tu nombre se hara sonar.
Y es que
Es, es la magia de una esfinge
Es su piedra, Es su piedra,
Es su cara el secreto maleficio que guarda dentro de si.
Contemplando
Con placer
El misterio y el saber
Cuando alguin me conduce hacia la esfinge
Sus pasajes son oscuros
Largos como eternidad y una puerta nos descubre el final
La tumba del faran
Ahora ya no es ilusin.
Y es que
Es, es la magia de una esfinge
Es su piedra, Es su piedra,
Es su cara el secreto maleficio que guarda dentro de si.
Pero algo
No va bien
Todo empieza a temblar
Las piedras caen, este es mi final
Suspirando y sin saber miro hacia la pared
Y es un tren pasando por la gran ciudad.
Un sueo
Que marcara
La prueba la tienes ya.
Y es que
Es, es la magia de una esfinge
Es su piedra, Es su piedra,
Es su cara el secreto maleficio que guarda dentro de si.
Es la
Magia de una esfinge...
[Musica: M. Rodriguez / Letra: M. Rodriguez]
The song "Phoenix" by Various Artists talks about a dream-like experience where the singer is taken on a journey by a mysterious figure to see the Sphinx. The lyrics describe the city at night, where everyone is asleep, but the singer experiences a dream that feels real. The dream takes them to the Sphinx, where they contemplate its secrets and the maleficent power that lies within it. The Sphinx represents a mysterious force that the singer is trying to understand.
The lyrics describe a feeling of being out of control, as the dream seems to take the singer on a journey they cannot escape. The dream ends in chaos, with stones falling and the singer realizing that it was just a dream, represented by a train passing by in the city. The Sphinx represents the unknown and the secrets that lie within us, that we try to understand but can never fully do so. The song's message seems to be about the importance of embracing mystery and the unknown to expand our understanding of the world and ourselves.
Line by Line Meaning
Es de noche en la ciudad y todos duermen
It's nighttime in the city and everyone is asleep.
Sin saber que hay sueos que parecen ser reales.
Without knowing that there are dreams that seem to be real.
Un testigo de excepcin te lo cuenta sin creer
An exceptional witness tells you without believing it.
Aun sigo estando fuera de mis cabales.
I'm still out of my mind.
De repente
Suddenly
Algo se abre,
Something opens up,
Ya no puedo escapar
I can no longer escape.
Y mi cuerpo flota a travs del tiempo
And my body floats through time.
Me despierto en la ilusin de creer que ahi esta
I wake up in the illusion of believing that it's there.
Desde entonces me pregunto si fue cierto.
Since then, I wonder if it was true.
Diosa del
Goddess of
Bien y del mal,
Good and evil,
Tu nombre se hara sonar.
Your name will be heard.
Y es que
And it's that
Es, es la magia de una esfinge
It's the magic of a sphinx
Es su piedra, Es su piedra,
It's her stone, it's her stone,
Es su cara el secreto maleficio que guarda dentro de si.
It's her face, the evil secret that she keeps inside.
Contemplando
Contemplating
Con placer
With pleasure
El misterio y el saber
The mystery and the knowledge
Cuando alguin me conduce hacia la esfinge
When someone leads me to the sphinx
Sus pasajes son oscuros
Her passages are dark
Largos como eternidad y una puerta nos descubre el final
Long as eternity and a door reveals the end.
La tumba del faran
The pharaoh's tomb
Ahora ya no es ilusin.
Now it's no longer an illusion.
Pero algo
But something
No va bien
Is not going well.
Todo empieza a temblar
Everything starts to shake.
Las piedras caen, este es mi final
The stones fall, this is my end.
Suspirando y sin saber miro hacia la pared
Sighing and not knowing, I look at the wall.
Y es un tren pasando por la gran ciudad.
And it's a train passing through the big city.
Un sueo
A dream
Que marcara
That will mark
La prueba la tienes ya.
You already have the proof.
Es la
It's the
Magia de una esfinge...
Magic of a sphinx...
Writer(s): ANDY LOVE, SEBASTIAN ARMAN, SARAH RASMUSSEN, JOACIM PERSSON
Contributed by Leah L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.