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 śpiewa piosenkę pt. "Góra Latawcowa"

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Piosenkarka i kompozytorka Eddi Reader wykonuje piosenkę "Kiteflyer's Hill" (Góra Latawcowa), czułe wspomnienie straconej miłości. Fortepian: Thomas Dolby.
- 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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This is about a placemiejsce in LondonLondyn
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callednazywa Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill
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zwanym "Kiteflyer's Hill".
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where I used to go and spendwydać hoursgodziny
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Wystawałam tam godziny,
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going "When is he comingprzyjście back? When is he comingprzyjście back?"
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myśląc "Kiedy on wróci?".
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So this is anotherinne one dedicateddedykowane to that guy ...
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Napisałam o tym facecie niejedną piosenkę,
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who I've got over.
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ale już o nim zapomniałam.
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But this is "Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill."
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Piosenkę "Kiteflyer's Hill",
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It's a beautifulpiękny songpiosenka writtenpisemny by a guy callednazywa MartinMartin EvanEvan,
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czyli "Góra Latawcowa", napisał dla mnie Martin Evan.
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actuallytak właściwie, for me.
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czyli "Góra Latawcowa", napisał dla mnie Martin Evan.
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BooBoo HewerdineHewerdine, ThomasThomas DolbyDolby,
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Przedstawiam: Boo Hewerdine, Thomas Dolby.
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thank you very much for invitingatrakcyjny me. It's been a blessingbłogosławieństwo singingśpiewanie for you.
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Dziękuję za zaproszenie. To zaszczyt móc tu śpiewać.
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Thank you very much.
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Dziękuję bardzo.
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♫ Do you rememberZapamiętaj when we used to go ♫
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♫ Czy pamiętasz jak chadzaliśmy ♫
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♫ up to Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill? ♫
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♫ na Kiteflyer's Hill ♫
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♫ Those summerlato nightsnoce, so still ♫
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♫ W te letnie noce, nieruchomo ♫
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♫ with all of the cityMiasto beneathpod us ♫
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♫ całe miasto pod nami ♫
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♫ and all of our liveszyje aheadprzed siebie
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♫ a życie całe przed ♫
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♫ before cruelokrutny and foolishgłupi wordssłowa
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♫ zanim słowa głupie i okrutne ♫
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♫ were cruellyokrutnie and foolishlygłupio said ♫
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♫ powiedziano głupio, podle ♫
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♫ Some nightsnoce I think of you ♫
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♫ Czasem wspominam Cię nocą ♫
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♫ and then I go up ♫
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♫ wstaję i ruszam ♫
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♫ on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill
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♫ na Kiteflyer's Hill ♫
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wrappedowinięty up againstprzeciwko the winterzimowy chillChill
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♫ otulam się przed mrozem ♫
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♫ And somewheregdzieś in the cityMiasto beneathpod me ♫
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♫ a gdzieś pode mną w mieście ♫
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♫ you liekłamstwo asleepwe śnie in your bedłóżko
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♫ Ty leżysz sobie w łóżku ♫
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♫ and I wondercud if ever just brieflykrótko
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♫ i myślę, czy chociaż na chwilę ♫
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♫ do I creeppełzanie in your dreamsmarzenia now and then ♫
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♫ wkradam Ci się czasem w sen ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ My wilddziki summerlato love ♫
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♫ Dzika letnia miłości ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ Have the yearslat been kinduprzejmy? ♫
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♫ Jak obszedł się z Tobą czas? ♫
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♫ And do you think of me sometimesczasami
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♫ Czy myślisz czasem o mnie ♫
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill? ♫
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♫ tu, na Kiteflyer's Hill? ♫
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♫ Oh, I praymodlić się you one day will ♫
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♫ Modlę się, by tak było ♫
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♫ We won'tprzyzwyczajenie say a wordsłowo
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♫ Ni słowo nie padnie ♫
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♫ We won'tprzyzwyczajenie need them ♫
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♫ będą zbędne ♫
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SometimesCzasami silencecisza is bestNajlepiej
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♫ czasem milczenie jest lepsze ♫
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We'llMy będziemy just standstoisko in the still of the eveningwieczór
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♫ Staniemy wieczorem w bezruchu ♫
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♫ and whisperszept farewellpożegnanie to lonelinesssamotność
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♫ samotność żegnając szeptem ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ My wilddziki summerlato love ♫
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♫ Dzika letnia miłości ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ Do you think of me sometimesczasami? ♫
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♫ Myślisz czasem o mnie? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbwspinać się? ♫
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♫ Jeszcze wspinasz się z powrotem? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ My wilddziki summerlato love ♫
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♫ Dzika letnia miłości ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Have the yearslat been kinduprzejmy? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbwspinać się
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's HillHill? Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's ... ♫
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♫ [FrenchFrancuski] ♫
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♫ Where are you? Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie jesteś? Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Gdzie teraz jesteś? ♫
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Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer's ... ♫
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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GraciasGracias. Thank you very much.
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Gracias. Dziękuję bardzo.
Translated by Krystian Aparta
Reviewed by Kinga Skorupska

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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