ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Browne - Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.

Why you should listen

Since his debut album in 1972, Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, he's defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He has released 19 albums; his latest, Love Is Strange featuring David Lindley, was released last year.

Browne has combined his four-decade-long music career with a passionate commitment to social and environmental justice. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org, and the Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Central Los Angeles.

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TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch

Jackson Browne: A song inspired by the ocean

Jackson Browne: „Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek"

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Na TEDxGPGP predstavil Jackson Browne pieseň, ktorú začal skladať minulý rok v apríli na palube lode Blue Voyage (Modrá cesta), výlet inšpirovaný Sylviou Earleovou ho doviedol k rôznym myšlienkam, ako zachrániť oceán. Spieva: „Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek, kdekoľvek práve teraz, bol by som tu."
- Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. Full bio

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Ďakujem.
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SlideSnímka into the shimmeringTrblietavé surfacepovrch
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♫ Vplávať do trblietavej hladiny ♫
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betweenmedzi two worldssvety. ♫
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♫ medzi dva svety... ♫
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StandingStály at the centercentrum of time ♫
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♫ Stáť v strede éry ♫
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♫ as it uncurlsuncurls. ♫
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♫ kým sa „nerozsvieti"... ♫
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CuttingRezanie throughskrz the veilzávoj of illusionilúzie. ♫
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♫ Prestrihávať sa cez závoj klamných predstáv. ♫
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MovingPresúvanie beyondmimo pastminulosť conclusionszávery. ♫
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♫ Pohnúť sa za úsudky dávno minulé. ♫
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WonderingZaujíma vás if all my doubtpochybovať and confusionzmätok will clearjasný. ♫
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♫ Zamýšľať sa nad tým, či sa moje podozrenie a zmätok vyjasní. ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek right now, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa práve teraz mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ Chcel by som byť tu... ♫
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SearchingVyhľadávanie for the futurebudúcnosť
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♫ Pátrať po budúcnosti ♫
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amongmedzi the things we're throwinghádzanie away. ♫
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♫ medzi vecami, ktorých sme sa zbavili. ♫
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TryingSa snaží to see the worldsvet
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♫ Snažiť sa vidieť svet cez odpad, ♫
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throughskrz the junkharaburdu we producevyrobiť everydaykaždý deň. ♫
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♫ ktorý produkujeme každý deň. ♫
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♫ They say nothing laststrvá forevernavždy, ♫
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♫ Tvrdia, že nič netrvá večne, ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastický ever madevyrobený is still here. ♫
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♫ ale všetky plasty, ktoré boli kedy vyrobené, sú stále tu. ♫
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♫ And no amountčiastka of closingzáverečný our eyesoči
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♫ Ak aj budeme privierať naše oči stále viac, ♫
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♫ will make it disappearmiznúť. ♫
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♫ nič z toho sa nestratí... ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek in historyhistórie, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek v dejinách... ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ Chcel by som byť tu... ♫
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♫ The RomansRimania, the Spanishšpanielčina
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♫ Rimania, Španieli, ♫
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♫ the BritishBritská, the Dutchholandčina, ♫
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♫ Briti, Holanďania i ♫
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AmericanAmerický exceptionalismvýlučnosti, so out of touchdotyk. ♫
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♫ Američania so svojím pocitom výnimočnosti... ♫
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♫ The follypochabosť of empireríše repeatingopakovanie its coursekurz, ♫
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♫ Pochabosť impéria sa neustále opakuje, ♫
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imposingimpozantný its will ♫
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♫ nastoľuje svoju vôľu ♫
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♫ and rulingrozhodnutie by forcesila
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♫ a vládne prostredníctvom násilia, ♫
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♫ on and on throughskrz time. ♫
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♫ stále ďalej naprieč časom. ♫
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♫ But the worldsvet can't take it very much longerdlhšie. ♫
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♫ Svet už ale dlho nedokáže ísť takto ďalej... ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nenapravíme to... ♫
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unlesspokiaľ we're smartermúdrejší and strongersilnejší. ♫
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♫ ledaže by sme boli viac prezieraví a rázni. ♫
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♫ The worldsvet is going to shaketriasť itselfsám freezadarmo of our greednenásytnosť
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♫ Svet sa oslobodí od našej chamtivosti... ♫
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somehownejako. ♫
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♫ Nejakým spôsobom... ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek in time, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť v akejkoľvek dobe... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek and changezmena things, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek a zmeniť to... ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ Muselo by to byť teraz... ♫
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♫ They say nothing last forevernavždy, ♫
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♫ Tvrdia, že nič netrvá večne, ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastický ever madevyrobený is still here. ♫
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♫ ale všetok plast, ktorý sme kedy vyrobili, je stále tu. ♫
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♫ And no amountčiastka of closingzáverečný our eyesoči
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♫ Ak aj budeme privierať naše oči stále viac, ♫
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♫ will make it disappearmiznúť. ♫
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♫ to všetko sa nestratí... ♫
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♫ And the worldsvet can't take it ♫
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♫ Svet to už ďalej ♫
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♫ very much longerdlhšie. ♫
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♫ nebude schopný zvládať... ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nenapravíme to... ♫
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unlesspokiaľ we're smartermúdrejší and strongersilnejší. ♫
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♫ ledaže by sme boli viac prezieraví a rázni. ♫
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♫ The world'ssvete gonna shaketriasť itselfsám freezadarmo of our greednenásytnosť
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♫ Svet sa oslobodí od našej chamtivosti... ♫
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somehownejako. ♫
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♫ Nejakým spôsobom... ♫
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♫ And the worldsvet can't take it, that you can see. ♫
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♫ Vidíš, že svet to nemôže ďalej vydržať... ♫
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♫ If the oceansoceány don't make it, neitherani will we. ♫
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♫ Keď to nedokáže napraviť oceán, ako by sme mohli my... ♫
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♫ The world'ssvete gonna shaketriasť itselfsám all the way freezadarmo
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♫ Svet sa oslobodí od našej chamtivosti... ♫
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somehownejako. ♫
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♫ Nejakým spôsobom... ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherekdekoľvek, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek in time, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť v akejkoľvek dobe... ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherekdekoľvek and changezmena the outcomevýsledok, ♫
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♫ Keby som sa mohol ocitnúť kdekoľvek a zmeniť to, čo bude nasledovať... ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ Muselo by to byť teraz... ♫
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Browne - Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.

Why you should listen

Since his debut album in 1972, Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, he's defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He has released 19 albums; his latest, Love Is Strange featuring David Lindley, was released last year.

Browne has combined his four-decade-long music career with a passionate commitment to social and environmental justice. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org, and the Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Central Los Angeles.

More profile about the speaker
Jackson Browne | Speaker | TED.com