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.
Weekend
Various Artists Lyrics
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De la sutil dulzura de su hipocresía
Aniquilando, cada rastro viviente de pasión, mil ilusiones, un alma destrozada, víctima de su cruel burla.
Cada latido desgarrado, ahora es su tortura
Sentía que tenía que gritar o morir, el vano sentimiento de amor a cobrado venganza.
A cobrado venganza
Mi pecho hirviendo en cólera mi corazón indignado, carcomido en dolor.
Su alma en sentencia
En silencio si pena devoraba, ahora su agonía me ha salvado.
La sangre irrumpe su aberrante cuerpo desmembrado.
Su sangre impregnando mi extasis
Me ha librado de toda tristeza y dolor
Ya no hay temor
No mas!
Lo confieso
El abandono de su dulzura demoníaca, me ha resucitado
He nacido otra vez
He nacido otra vez
Otra vez!
The above lyrics are from the song "Weekend" by Various Artists. The lyrics depict a story of a person who falls victim to the hypocritical sweetness of another person, ultimately destroying their passion and leaving them with a shattered soul. The victim's heart is now filled with anger, indignation, and pain, and they feel as though they can only scream or die. However, in the end, the victim's agony saves the person who was once under the veil of hypocrisy, and they feel reborn, liberated from sadness and pain.
The lyrics are filled with contradictions, with the sweetness of the hypocrite contrasted with their cruelty. The victim's pain ultimately leads to their salvation, suggesting that there can be hope even in the darkest moments. The use of violent imagery, such as the "aberrant body dismembered," adds to the intense emotion and depth of the lyrics.
Overall, the lyrics of "Weekend" are a powerful and emotional portrayal of the conflicting emotions that come with falling victim to someone's deceptive sweetness.
Line by Line Meaning
Oculta bajo el velo inocente
Hidden beneath the innocent veil
De la sutil dulzura de su hipocresía
Of the subtle sweetness of her hypocrisy
Aniquilando, cada rastro viviente de pasión, mil ilusiones, un alma destrozada, víctima de su cruel burla.
Annihilating every living trace of passion, a thousand illusions, a shattered soul, victim of her cruel mockery.
Cada latido desgarrado, ahora es su tortura
Every torn heartbeat, now is her torture
Sentía que tenía que gritar o morir, el vano sentimiento de amor a cobrado venganza.
She felt she had to scream or die, the vain feeling of love has taken revenge
A cobrado venganza
Has taken revenge
Mi pecho hirviendo en cólera mi corazón indignado, carcomido en dolor.
My chest boiling with anger, my heart indignant, consumed by pain.
Su alma en sentencia
Her soul sentenced
En silencio si pena devoraba, ahora su agonía me ha salvado.
In silence, she devoured her sorrow, now her agony has saved me.
La sangre irrumpe su aberrante cuerpo desmembrado.
The blood bursts from her aberrant dismembered body.
Su sangre impregnando mi éxtasis
Her blood impregnating my ecstasy
Me ha librado de toda tristeza y dolor
She has freed me from all sadness and pain
Ya no hay temor
There is no more fear
No mas!
No more!
Lo confieso
I confess it
El abandono de su dulzura demoníaca, me ha resucitado
The abandonment of her demonic sweetness has resurrected me
He nacido otra vez
I have been born again
He nacido otra vez
I have been born again
Otra vez!
Again!
Contributed by Penelope B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.