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.
Treasure
Various Artists Lyrics
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mi sangre esta parada no
quiere mas circulacion
la ultima gota de luz se apago
los angeles eckos me miran diciendome adioos
inyectame un poco de tu suspirar
de exeso en exeso que no puede cicatrisar
las llagas del alma que nunca jamas cerraran
nooo me duele decir llega la muerte
transfucion para este amor enfermo
transfucion para poder acerlo
una vez mas
transfucion para mi amor enfermo de verdad
oooo me duele decir llega la muerte
y asi solo a los dos
infecta este fin ououoooo
uouooooooouuo
The lyrics of the song "Treasure" by Various Artists convey a deep sense of despair and longing for escape from the polluted world. The first two lines of the song express the singer's feeling of being trapped in an environment riddled with pollution, so much so that their blood feels stagnant and as if it no longer wants to circulate. The reference to the last drop of light going out suggests that the singer sees no hope left in the world. The metaphor of the angels watching over and bidding farewell to the singer further adds to the sense of impending doom and loneliness.
The singer then implores for someone to inject them with a "sigh" or a "forgetting serum" that could heal their wounds of the soul, which suggests that the despair they feel is more emotional than physical. The mention of scars that will never heal suggests deep emotional pain and trauma. The chorus repeats the notion of needing a "transfusion" for their "sick love," indicating that the singer is in a toxic relationship or emotionally attached to someone who may not reciprocate their feelings. The last stanza is about embracing the end of the world, with the reference to both speakers being infected, suggesting that it is only between them, and no one else matters.
Line by Line Meaning
En medio de tanta contaminacion
Amidst all this pollution
mi sangre esta parada no
My blood has stopped flowing
quiere mas circulacion
It doesn't want to circulate anymore
la ultima gota de luz se apago
The last shred of light has faded
los angeles eckos me miran diciendome adioos
The angels and echoes bid me farewell
inyectame un poco de tu suspirar
Inject me with a bit of your sighs
del suero de olvido que pueda curar
From the serum of forgetfulness that can cure
de exeso en exeso que no puede cicatrisar
From excesses that can never heal
las llagas del alma que nunca jamas cerraran
The wounds of the soul that will never close
nooo me duele decir llega la muerte
No, it hurts to say that death is near
transfucion para este amor enfermo
Transfusion for this sickly love
transfucion para poder acerlo
Transfusion to make it happen
una vez mas
One more time
transfucion para mi amor enfermo de verdad
Transfusion for my truly sick love
oooo me duele decir llega la muerte
Oh, it hurts to say that death is near
y asi solo a los dos
And so it's just the two of us
infecta este fin ououoooo
This end infects us
uouooooooouuo
Contributed by Ruby P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.