ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

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TEDSalon 2006

Nora York: Singing "What I Want"

Nora Jork (Nora York): Izvođenje pesme "What I Want"

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Nora Jork pruža neverovatnu izvedbu svoje pesme "What I Want" sa Džejmijem Lorensom (klavijatura), Stivom Taršisom (gitara) i Arturom Kelom (bas gitara).
- Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition. Full bio

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I'd like to beginзапочети this songпесма I wroteнаписао
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Želela bih da ovu pesmu koju sam napisala
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about ceaselessneprekidna yearningиeћnja and never-endingbez kraja want
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o neprestanoj žudnji i stalnom traženju
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with a poemпесма of popularпопуларно PetrarchanPetrarchan paradoxesпарадокси
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započnem pesmom
o popularnim paradoksima Petrarke
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by SirGospodine ThomasTomas WyattWyatt the ElderStariji:
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koju je napisao ser Tomas Vajat stariji:
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"I find no peaceмир, and all my warрат is doneГотово;
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"Nemam mira, a ne ratujem više,
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I fearбојати се and hopeнадати се, I burnгорети and freezeзамрзавање like iceлед;
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bojim se i nadam se, gorim i ledim se,
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I flyлети aboveгоре the windветер,
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letim iznad vetra
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and yetјош увек I cannotне може ariseПојављују се;
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a ne mogu se uzdići;
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And naughtnula I have,
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A ništa nemam
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and all the worldсвет I seizeUhvatite uponна."
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i hvatam se za ceo svet."
Želim ono što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
Što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
Što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
Što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
Što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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Imam, ali nemam
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♫ It feelsосећа like all I got is lossгубитак on a badлоше back ♫
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Kao da je sve što imam izgubljeno
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GoneNestao with the last trainвоз, honeyдушо don't you fretboj se
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Otišlo poslednjim vozom, dušo, ne boj se
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EverySvaki cloudоблак has a silverсребрна liningоблога
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Sve ima pozitivnu stranu
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♫ Just a little rainкиша, just a little rainкиша, just a little rainкиша
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Samo malo kiše, samo malo kiše
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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♫ Have but I don't have ♫
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Imam, ali nemam
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop, and my heartсрце saysкаже go ♫
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Um mi kaže da stanem, a srce da idem
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NobodyNiko nije knowsзна how to holdдржати me ♫
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Niko ne zna kako da me prihvati
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop, and my heartсрце saysкаже, ♫
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Um mi ne staje, a srce kaže:
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♫ "Good things come to those who wait" ♫
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"Dobre stvari dobiju oni koji čekaju"
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♫ And I can't standстој in ... ♫
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A ja ne mogu da stojim...
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♫ I can't standстој in lineлине foreverзаувек
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Ne mogu zauvek da stojim u redu
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StandStojim the coldхладно airваздух
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Na hladnom vazduhu
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Glad-handedGlad-handed
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Ljubazno pozdravljajući
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SickBolesna and tiredуморан of the "LaterKasnije, maybe" ♫
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Umorna od "Možda kasnije"
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♫ Take it, fakeлажан it, take it, take-it-or-leave-itUzmi-ili-ostavi-to life ♫
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Uzmi, isfoliraj, uzmi,
stil života uzmi ili ostavi
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♫ And I gottaМорам just tameukrotiti it ♫
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A ja samo moram da ga pripitomim
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♫ I gottaМорам just nameиме it ♫
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Samo da mu dam ime
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♫ I gottaМорам just seizeUhvatite, so please, oh please, oh please, oh please ♫
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Samo moram da ga zgrabim,
molim te, o molim te, o molim te
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♫ Oh please me right, 'causeJer
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Udovolji mi kako treba jer
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop ♫
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Moj um neće stati
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♫ And my heartсрце saysкаже go ♫
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A srce kaže idi
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NobodyNiko nije knowsзна how to holdдржати me ♫
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Niko ne zna kako da me prihvati
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop -- and my heartсрце saysкаже go-oooooIdi-ooooo ... ♫
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Um neće stati - a srce kaže idi-iiiii...
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♫ Good things mustмора be here -- yes, right here ♫
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Dobre stvari mora da su ovde -
da, baš ovde
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♫ Here, right here, right here ♫
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Ovde, baš ovde, baš ovde
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♫ I won'tнеће liveживи this life foreverзаувек
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Neću ovako živeti zauvek
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♫ One time roundокругли is all the offerпонуда is ♫
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Ponuda važi samo jednom
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SickBolesna and tiredуморан of the "LaterKasnije, maybe" ♫
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Umorna od "Možda kasnije"
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♫ Take it, fakeлажан it, make it, leaveодлази it life ♫
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Uzmi, isfoliraj, uspej, ostavi
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♫ And I gottaМорам just nameиме it, I gottaМорам just claimпотраживање it ♫
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A ja samo moram da mu dam ime,
da ga nazovem svojim
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♫ I gottaМорам just seizeUhvatite
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Samo da ga zgrabim
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♫ Oh please, oh please, oh please me right ♫
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O molim te, o molim te,
zadovolji me kako treba
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♫ I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Želim ono što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
Želim što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ Have but I don't have -- you know that ♫
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Da imam, a nemam - znaš to
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop, and my heartсрце saysкаже go ♫
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Um neće da stane, a srce kaže idi
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NobodyNiko nije knowsзна how to holdдржати me, no ♫
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Niko ne zna da me prihvati, ne
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♫ My mindум won'tнеће stop, and my heartсрце saysкаже go ♫
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Um neće stati, a srce kaže idi
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'CauseJer I want what I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Jer želim ono što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ Have but I -- have what I want ♫
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Imam, ali ja - imam što želim
Želim što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi što ne smem da želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Želim ono što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Želim što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi što ne smem da želim
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♫ Have what I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Želim što ne mogu imti,
treba mi što ne smem želeti
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♫ Have but I don't have, what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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♫ What I can't have, need what I can't want ♫
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Želim ono što ne mogu da imam,
treba mi ono što ne smem da želim
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♫ Have but I don't have what I want ♫
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Da imam ono što nemam, što želim
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Milenka Okuka

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nora York - Singer, performance artist
"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.

Why you should listen

Nora York is an adventurous jazz singer and performance artist whose genre-crossing work defies easy categorization. With a sultry, soulful voice and hypnotic stage presence, York has carved out a territory all her own — call her a "singer-songwriter-truthteller" (the Village Voice did). She brings a witty and literate twist to her performances, recombining songs and merging genres in thought-provoking ways.

Voice is at the center of York’s expression and creative invention, which emcompasses composition, live performance, and visual and multimedia arts. She's released four CDs: To Dream The World, Alchemy, What I Want (representing the outcome of the ‘02 NYSCA commission) and Power/Play. She has performed at universities and music festivals; most notably the Newport Jazz Festival, New Sounds Live series at Merkin Hall NYC, and Lincoln Center Out of Doors. York teaches musicianship and performance as member of the faculty at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, New York University. For her latest project, York received a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant to write and present the multimedia concert Water Water Everywhere.

More profile about the speaker
Nora York | Speaker | TED.com