ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com
TED2003

Eddi Reader: "Kiteflyer's Hill"

Eddi Reader zingt "Kyteflyer's Hill"

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Singer/songwriter Eddi Reader brengt "Kiteflyer's Hill", een tedere terugblik op een verloren liefde. Met Thomas Dolby aan de piano.
- Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection. Full bio - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." Full bio

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die Kiteflyer's Hill heet.
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So this is anothereen ander one dedicatedtoegewijd to that guy ...
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who I've got over.
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But this is "Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer van HillHill."
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It's a beautifulmooi songlied writtengeschreven by a guy calledriep MartinMartin EvanEvan,
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Boo Hewerdine, Thomas Dolby.
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Hartelijk dank voor de uitnodiging. Het was geweldig om voor jullie te zingen.
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Thank you very much.
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Zeer hartelijk dank.
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♫ Do you rememberonthouden when we used to go ♫
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♫ Weet je nog, toen we ♫
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♫ up to Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer van HillHill? ♫
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♫ naar Kiteflyer's Hill trokken? ♫
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♫ Those summerzomer nightsovernachtingen, so still ♫
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♫ Die zomernachten, zo stil. ♫
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♫ with all of the citystad beneathonder us ♫
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♫ wreed en dwaas gezegd werden. ♫
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♫ Some nightsovernachtingen I think of you ♫
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♫ Er zijn nachten dat ik aan je denk. ♫
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♫ and then I go up ♫
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♫ Dan trek ik ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ My wildwild summerzomer love ♫
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♫ Mijn wilde zomerliefde, ♫
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♫ And do you think of me sometimessoms
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♫ En denk je soms aan mij, ♫
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer van HillHill? ♫
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♫ boven op Kiteflyer's Hill? ♫
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♫ Oh, I praybidden you one day will ♫
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♫ Ik bid dat je dat ooit zal doen. ♫
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♫ We won'tzal niet say a wordwoord
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♫ We zullen geen woord zeggen. ♫
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♫ We won'tzal niet need them ♫
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♫ Dat zal niet nodig zijn. ♫
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SometimesSoms silencestilte is bestbeste
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♫ Soms is stilte het beste. ♫
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We'llWe zullen just standstand in the still of the eveningavond
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♫ We zullen gewoon stil de avond ingaan ♫
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♫ and whisperWhisper farewellafscheid to lonelinesseenzaamheid
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ My wildwild summerzomer love ♫
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♫ Mijn wilde zomerliefde, ♫
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♫ Do you think of me sometimessoms? ♫
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♫ Denk je soms aan mij? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbbeklimmen? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ My wildwild summerzomer love ♫
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♫ Mijn wilde zomerliefde, ♫
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♫ Have the yearsjaar been kindsoort? ♫
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♫ Zijn de jaren mild geweest? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbbeklimmen
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer van HillHill? Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer van ... ♫
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♫ Where are you? Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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GraciasGracias. Thank you very much.
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Gracias. Zeer hartelijk dank.
Translated by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Wouter Valvekens

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com