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.
Tu Voz
Various Artists Lyrics
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como un fantasma necio sin perder la fe, salió de mi detrás de ti
no soportó el dolor que dejaste aquí.
En un rincón de esta ciudad
yo seguiré esperando resucitar porque
tu voz puede cambiar
estos sueños muertos
toda esta soledad sin rumbo
Ayer soñé que tu interior
abría una ventana y entraba yo
era feliz brillaba con tu luz
sin puntos cardinales
perdida en el azul
en un rincón de ésta ciudad
yo seguiré esperando resucitar
porque tu voz puede cambiar
estos sueños muertos
toda esta soledad sin rumbo
con tu voz pintas el mundo de color precipicios se abren a mis pies
infinitos y oscuros sin tu ser
me tiro a la nada
en espiral baja
mi alma sin la piel
como un papel
no estás aquí
todo en mi muere sin querer
no hay mas
no hay mas sin ti
porque tu voz puede cambiar
estos sueños muertos
toda esta soledad sin rumbo
con tu voz pintas el mundo de color
con tu voz puedes cambiar
estos sueños muertos
The lyrics of Various Artists' song Tu Voz describe the singer's deep longing for a person they have been separated from. The singer's soul follows this person like a stubborn ghost, unable to let go of the hope that they will be reunited. However, the pain of their separation is too much for the singer to bear, and they find themselves lost in a city without direction or purpose. The only thing that offers them any solace is the memory of the other person's voice, which they believe has the power to change everything, including the singer's dead dreams and colorless world. In their dreams, the singer imagines that they are happy again, bathed in the other person's light and free from their solitude.
The lyrics of Tu Voz are powerful in their simplicity, capturing the universal human experience of loss and the deep desire for reconnection. The song's message is ultimately one of hope, that even in the darkest moments, the sound of a loved one's voice can offer a way forward.
Line by Line Meaning
Mi alma va siguiendote como un fantasma necio sin perder la fe, salió de mi detrás de ti
My soul continues to follow you like a stubborn ghost, never losing faith. It left me behind you, unable to bear the pain you left here.
En un rincón de esta ciudad yo seguiré esperando resucitar porque tu voz puede cambiar estos sueños muertos toda esta soledad sin rumbo con tu voz pintas el mundo de color
In a corner of this city, I will continue to wait for a resurrection because your voice has the power to bring back these dead dreams and aimless loneliness. With your voice, you paint the world with color.
Ayer soñé que tu interior abría una ventana y entraba yo era feliz brillaba con tu luz sin puntos cardinales perdida en el azul
Yesterday, I dreamed that your inner self opened a window and I entered, I was happy and shined with your light, without any directions, lost in the blue.
Precipicios se abren a mis pies infinitos y oscuros sin tu ser me tiro a la nada en espiral baja mi alma sin la piel como un papel no estás aquí todo en mi muere sin querer
Cliffs open up at my feet, infinite and dark without your being. I throw myself into the void, spiraling down, my soul without its skin, like a piece of paper. You're not here, everything in me dies involuntarily.
No hay mas no hay mas sin ti porque tu voz puede cambiar estos sueños muertos toda esta soledad sin rumbo con tu voz pintas el mundo de color con tu voz puedes cambiar estos sueños muertos
There's nothing left without you, because your voice has the power to change these dead dreams and aimless loneliness. With your voice, you paint the world with color. Your voice has the ability to change these dead dreams.
Contributed by Brayden D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.