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.
temptation
Various Artists Lyrics
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Pero está dando vuelta detrás en mí.
En cada esquina puedo sentirla el esperar.
Apenas un momento, ningún conocimiento.
Podría deslizarme fácilmente lejos.
Y entonces me irán por siempre.
Estoy buscando...
Para darle vuelta ausente.
Es el esperar, intentando siempre.
Siento las manos del sino, ellos estoy sofocando.
Dígame cuál es la razón. Es todo dentro de mi cabeza.
No puede tomarlo no más!.
Todo alrededor de mí veo peligro.
Y se está cerrando adentro en mí.
Cada segundo puedo oírlo el respirar.
No puedo estar parado el miedo dentro de mí.
Causa me está conduciendo extraviado.
Y será mi conclusión
Estoy buscando.
Estoy luchando para una manera de conseguir a través.
Para darle vuelta ausente.
Es el esperar, intentando siempre.
Siento las manos del sino, ellos estoy sofocando.
Dígame cuál es la razón. Es todo dentro de mi cabeza.
No puede tomarlo no más!.
The lyrics of Various Artists’ song Temptation describe the internal battle one faces when confronted with the pull of temptation. The singer sings about escaping their final moment of surrendering to that temptation, but feels its pull lurking behind them at every turn. They know that they could easily slip away again and be lost forever. The singer searches and fights for a way to resist the temptation, to turn away from it and escape its grasp. The constant waiting and striving to resist the pull of temptation only make the singer feel the hands of fate suffocating them. They question their ability to resist and wonder if it is all in their head. The fear and danger surrounding them make it difficult to stand firm and the singer worries that this internal battle will lead to their demise.
The song sheds light on the universal struggle of human nature to resist temptation. We are often presented with irresistible desires, and the choice to give in or resist can shape our lives in profound ways. The lyrics show the powerful impact that temptation has on us, and how it can consume our thoughts and actions. The singer demonstrates how exhausting and consuming the struggle to resist temptation can be, and the fear and anxiety that comes with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Escapé mi momento final.
I narrowly avoided my ultimate fate.
Pero está dando vuelta detrás en mí.
But it's catching up to me.
En cada esquina puedo sentirla el esperar.
At every turn I can feel it waiting.
Apenas un momento, ningún conocimiento.
Just one moment, no awareness.
Podría deslizarme fácilmente lejos.
I could easily slip away.
Y entonces me irán por siempre.
And then it will be over for me.
Estoy buscando...
I am searching...
yo estoy luchando para una manera de conseguir por...
I am struggling to find a way through...
Para darle vuelta ausente.
To turn away from it.
Es el esperar, intentando siempre.
It's waiting, always trying.
Siento las manos del sino, ellos estoy sofocando.
I feel the hands of fate choking me.
Dígame cuál es la razón. Es todo dentro de mi cabeza.
Tell me what the reason is. It's all in my head.
No puede tomarlo no más!.
I can't take it anymore!
Todo alrededor de mí veo peligro.
All around me I see danger.
Y se está cerrando adentro en mí.
And it's closing in on me.
Cada segundo puedo oírlo el respirar.
Every second I can hear it breathing.
No puedo estar parado el miedo dentro de mí.
I can't stand the fear inside of me.
Causa me está conduciendo extraviado.
It's causing me to lose my way.
Y será mi conclusión
And it will be my end.
Contributed by Benjamin M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@Agonzalezfoodsafety
I put on my earphones and listen every instrument played in this masterpiece, and with my eyes closed, I feel every note caressing my soul, a classic
@lisaespinales4972
Yesssss indeed it does just that❤😊
@demdesilva5858
bad ass tune and message for the inner city lost world.. the forgotten people in the inner city blues.
@yogiman4293
The genius that Norman Whitfield was will forever live in his music!
@DRogers1
Those 70's violins and bass! This is and will be a masterpiece forever!
@muffs55mercury61
Yes it will. I was in high school when this came out in Feb, 1973. Great memories.
@Stellaaahhh
Hell yeah! That's what grabs ya
@gregwilliamsji8148
@Muffs 55mercury a
@amandamathabela109
Yo yo yo what a piece waoaw I still enjoy them all the motown work I love music soooooo much
@herbertwarren445
Masterpiece should be taught in music appreciation courses worldwide. The beauty of all the instruments speaking to each other ln such great harmony. The truth of the lyrics. It couldn't have been more appropriately named, Masterpiece.