ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jill Sobule - Singer/songwriter
Jill Sobule isn't just another singer-songwriter with catchy tunes and smart lyrics, she's one of the more insightful satirists of our age. Each of her fanciful songs captures an issue or irony, an emotion or epiphany that helps us understand what it's like to live now.

Why you should listen

Jill Sobule first found her place in music history with the controversial 1995 hit "I Kissed a Girl." The song's silly sweetness masked its significance: It broke new ground as the first Top 40 hit to deal with overtly gay themes.

This approach -- packaging hard-hitting social commentary in a wrapper of whimsy -- has defined Sobule's career. Her endearing story-songs veer from fanciful storytelling to forceful satire and back again, covering a wide range of political and social issues from climate change to prostitution; anorexia to anti-semitism. Her winning combination of memorable characters, clever lyrics and catchy tunes has inspired comparisons that range from Burt Bacharach to Gertrude Stein. It also makes her performances and recordings a delight.

Sobule's candy-coated commentary can be found on her Huffington Post blog, as well as in her steady stream of stand-out albums, including Jill Sobule (1995), Happy Town (1997), Pink Pearl (2000) and Underdog Victorious (2004). Lately, Sobule has performed regularly with comedian Julia Sweeney (the two met at TED2006). They put on the "Jill and Julia Show," an utterly endearing evening of stories and songs. She's also recording an album with the string quartet Ethel (another TED2006 match).

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TED2006

Jill Sobule: Global warming's theme song, "Manhattan in January"

Jill Sobule zpívá pro Al Gorea

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Šťasná píseň o globálním oteplování od Jill Sobule
- Singer/songwriter
Jill Sobule isn't just another singer-songwriter with catchy tunes and smart lyrics, she's one of the more insightful satirists of our age. Each of her fanciful songs captures an issue or irony, an emotion or epiphany that helps us understand what it's like to live now. Full bio

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Okay.
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Dobře.
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StrollingProcházky alongpodél in CentralCentrální ParkPark
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Procházím se po Central Parku.
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Everyone'sVšichni out todaydnes
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Všichni jsou dnes venku.
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♫ The daisiessedmikrásky and dogwoodsdogwoods are all in bloomkvět
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Sedmikrásky a svídy jsou všechny v rozkvětu.
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousslavná day ♫
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Oh, jaký krásný den!
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♫ For picnicspikniky and FrisbeesFrisbees and rollerváleček skatersbruslaři, ♫
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Na piknik, házení létajícím talířem a bruslení.
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FriendsPřátel and loversmilenci and lonelyosamělý sunbathersopalování
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Přátelé, zamilování a osamělí lidé, co se opalují.
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Everyone'sVšichni out in merryveselý ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryLedna
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V překřásném Manhattanu jsou všichni v lednu venku.
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(LaughterSmích) (ApplausePotlesk)
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♫ I broughtpřinesl the icedledové teačaj; ♫
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Já jsem přinesla ledový čaj.
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♫ Did you bringpřinést the bugchyba spraysprej? ♫
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Přinesl jsi repelent?
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♫ The fliesmouchy are the sizevelikost of your headhlava
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Mouchy mají velikost tvé hlavy.
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NextDalší to the palmdlaň treestrom, ♫
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Viděl jsi vedle palmového stromu
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♫ Did you see the 'gators' gators
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ty krokodíly,
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♫ Looking happyšťastný and well fedkrmení? ♫
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co vypadají šťasně a dobře krmení?
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Everyone'sVšichni out in merryveselý ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryLedna
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V překrásném Manhattanu jsou všichni v lednu venku.
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(WhistlingHvízdání)
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(Pískání)
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EveryoneKaždý!
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A všichni!
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♫ My preacherkazatel said, ♫
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Můj kazatel mi řekl:
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♫ Don't you worrytrápit se
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"Nestrachuj se.
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♫ The scientistsvědců have it all wrongšpatně
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Vědci jsou úplně mimo."
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♫ And so, who caresstará se it's winterzima here? ♫
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A taky, koho zajímá, že přišla zima
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♫ And I have my halter-topHalter-Top on ♫
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a já mám na sobě svůj ramínkový top.
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♫ I have my halter-topHalter-Top on ♫
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A ja mám na sobě svůj ramínkový top.
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Everyone'sVšichni out in merryveselý ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryLedna. ♫
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jill Sobule - Singer/songwriter
Jill Sobule isn't just another singer-songwriter with catchy tunes and smart lyrics, she's one of the more insightful satirists of our age. Each of her fanciful songs captures an issue or irony, an emotion or epiphany that helps us understand what it's like to live now.

Why you should listen

Jill Sobule first found her place in music history with the controversial 1995 hit "I Kissed a Girl." The song's silly sweetness masked its significance: It broke new ground as the first Top 40 hit to deal with overtly gay themes.

This approach -- packaging hard-hitting social commentary in a wrapper of whimsy -- has defined Sobule's career. Her endearing story-songs veer from fanciful storytelling to forceful satire and back again, covering a wide range of political and social issues from climate change to prostitution; anorexia to anti-semitism. Her winning combination of memorable characters, clever lyrics and catchy tunes has inspired comparisons that range from Burt Bacharach to Gertrude Stein. It also makes her performances and recordings a delight.

Sobule's candy-coated commentary can be found on her Huffington Post blog, as well as in her steady stream of stand-out albums, including Jill Sobule (1995), Happy Town (1997), Pink Pearl (2000) and Underdog Victorious (2004). Lately, Sobule has performed regularly with comedian Julia Sweeney (the two met at TED2006). They put on the "Jill and Julia Show," an utterly endearing evening of stories and songs. She's also recording an album with the string quartet Ethel (another TED2006 match).

More profile about the speaker
Jill Sobule | Speaker | TED.com