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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Jill Sobule | Speaker | TED.com
TED2006

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

Jill Souble śpiewa dla Al Gora

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Radosna piosenka o globalnym ociepleniu, autorstwa Jill Souble.
- 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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StrollingSpacerując po alongwzdłuż in CentralCentrum ParkPark
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♫ Spacerując po Central Parku ♫
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Everyone'sKażdego z nas out todaydzisiaj
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♫ Wszyscy wyszli na dwór ♫
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♫ The daisiesstokrotki and dogwoodsDogwoods are all in bloomkwiat
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♫ Rozkwitły stokrotki i derenie ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriouschwalebne day ♫
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♫ Och, co za cudowny dzień ♫
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♫ For picnicspikniki and FrisbeesFrisbees and rollerwałek skatersłyżwiarze, ♫
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♫ na piknik, frisbee i dla rolkarzy,
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FriendsPrzyjaciele and loversKochankowie and lonelysamotny sunbathersplażowicze
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♫ przyjaciół, kochanków i samotnych plażowiczów ♫
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Everyone'sKażdego z nas out in merrywesoły ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryStycznia
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♫ Wszyscy się dobrze bawią na Manhattanie w styczniu ♫
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(LaughterŚmiech) (ApplauseAplauz)
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♫ I broughtprzyniósł the icedmrożona teaherbata; ♫
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♫ Przyniosłam mrożoną herbatę; ♫
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♫ Did you bringprzynieść the bugpluskwa sprayrozpylać? ♫
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♫ Czy masz spray na robaki? ♫
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♫ The fliesmuchy are the sizerozmiar of your headgłowa
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♫ Latają tu muchy wielkości twojej głowy ♫
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NextNastępny to the palmPalma treedrzewo, ♫
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♫ Tam, obok tej palmy, ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators' pojazdy użytkowe
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♫ Czy widziałeś aligatory ♫
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♫ Looking happyszczęśliwy and well fedkarmiony? ♫
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♫ Szczęśliwe i dobrze karmione? ♫
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EveryoneKażdy!
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♫ My preacherkaznodzieja said, ♫
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♫ Mój pastor powiedział, ♫
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♫ Don't you worrymartwić się
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♫ Nie martw się ♫
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♫ The scientistsnaukowcy have it all wrongźle
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♫ Naukowcy się mylą ♫
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♫ And so, who caresdba it's winterzimowy here? ♫
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♫ Kogo obchodzi, że jest zima? ♫
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♫ And I have my halter-topHalter-top on ♫
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♫ A ja noszę letni top ♫
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♫ I have my halter-topHalter-top on ♫
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Everyone'sKażdego z nas out in merrywesoły ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryStycznia. ♫
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ChrisChris AndersonAnderson: JillJill SobuleSobule!
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Chris Anderson: Jill Souble!
Translated by Kinga Skorupska
Reviewed by Jakub Urbaski

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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