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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Jackson Browne | Speaker | TED.com
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch

Jackson Browne: A song inspired by the ocean

Jackson Browne: "Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje"

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Na TEDxGPGP, Jackson Browne svira pjesmu koju je započeo pisati prošlog travnja na brodu Misija Blue Voyage, putu inspiriranom Sylviom Earle gdje se promišljalo o načinima kako spasiti oceane. "Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje", pjeva, "bilogdje baš sada, bio bih ovdje".
- 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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SlideSlajd into the shimmeringljeskanje surfacepovršinski
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♫ Klizeći kroz ljeskajuću površinu ♫
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betweenizmeđu two worldssvjetovi. ♫
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♫ između dva svijeta ♫
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StandingStoji at the centercentar of time ♫
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♫ Stojeći u središtu vremena ♫
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♫ as it uncurlsuncurls. ♫
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♫ dok se ispravlja ♫
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CuttingRezanje throughkroz the veilveo of illusioniluzija. ♫
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♫ Režući kroz veo iluzije ♫
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MovingKoji se kreće beyondIznad pastprošlost conclusionszaključci. ♫
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♫ Odmičući se izvan starih zaključaka ♫
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WonderingPitate se if all my doubtsumnjati and confusionzbunjenost will clearčisto. ♫
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♫ Pitajući se da li će se sve moje sumnje i nedoumice razjasniti ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda right now, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje baš sad ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ Želio bih biti ovdje ♫
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SearchingPretraživanje for the futurebudućnost
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♫ Tražeći budućnost ♫
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amongmeđu the things we're throwingbacanje away. ♫
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♫ među stvarima koje bacamo ♫
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TryingTežak to see the worldsvijet
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♫ Pokušavajući vidjeti svijet ♫
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throughkroz the junkstarudija we produceproizvoditi everydaysvaki dan. ♫
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♫ kroz smeće koje proizvodimo svaki dan ♫
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♫ They say nothing laststraje foreverzauvijek, ♫
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♫ Kažu da ništa ne traje vječno ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastika ever madenapravljen is still here. ♫
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♫ ali sva plastika ikada napravljena je još uvijek ovdje ♫
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♫ And no amountiznos of closingzatvaranje our eyesoči
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♫ I niti jedna količina zatvaranja očiju ♫
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♫ will make it disappearnestati. ♫
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♫ neće je natjerati da nestane ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda in historypovijest, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje u povijesti ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ Želio bih biti ovdje ♫
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♫ The RomansRimljani, the Spanishšpanjolski
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♫ Rimska, španjolska ♫
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♫ the BritishBritanski, the Dutchnizozemski, ♫
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♫ britanska, nizozemska ♫
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AmericanAmerički exceptionalismExceptionalism, so out of touchdodir. ♫
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♫ američka posebnost, tako izvan dodira ♫
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♫ The follyludost of empirecarstvo repeatingponavlja its coursenaravno, ♫
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♫ Glupost carstva ponavlja svoj put ♫
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imposingimpozantan its will ♫
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♫ namečući svoju volju ♫
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♫ and rulingvladajuće by forcesila
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♫ i vladavinu silom ♫
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♫ on and on throughkroz time. ♫
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♫ u i kroz vrijeme ♫
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♫ But the worldsvijet can't take it very much longerviše. ♫
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♫ Ali svijet to ne može podnijeti više ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nećemo uspijeti ♫
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unlessosim ako we're smarterpametnije and strongerjači. ♫
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♫ osim ako smo pametniji i snažniji ♫
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♫ The worldsvijet is going to shaketresti itselfsebe freebesplatno of our greedpohlepa
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♫ Svijet će se otresti naše pohlepe ♫
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somehownekako. ♫
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♫ nekako ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda in time, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje u vremenu ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda and changepromijeniti things, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje i promijeniti stvari ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ to bi moralo biti sada ♫
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♫ They say nothing last foreverzauvijek, ♫
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♫ Kažu da ništa ne traje vječno ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastika ever madenapravljen is still here. ♫
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♫ ali sva plastika ikada napravljena je još uvijek ovdje ♫
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♫ And no amountiznos of closingzatvaranje our eyesoči
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♫ I niti jedna količina zatvaranja očiju ♫
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♫ will make it disappearnestati. ♫
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♫ neće je natjerati da nestane ♫
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♫ And the worldsvijet can't take it ♫
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♫ I svijet to ne može podnijeti ♫
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♫ very much longerviše. ♫
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♫ još jako dugo ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nećemo uspjeti ♫
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unlessosim ako we're smarterpametnije and strongerjači. ♫
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♫ The world'ssvijetu gonna shaketresti itselfsebe freebesplatno of our greedpohlepa
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somehownekako. ♫
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♫ nekako ♫
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♫ And the worldsvijet can't take it, that you can see. ♫
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♫ Svijet to ne može podnijeti, to se može vidjeti ♫
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♫ If the oceansoceani don't make it, neitherni will we. ♫
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♫ Ako oceani ne uspiju, nećemo niti mi ♫
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♫ The world'ssvijetu gonna shaketresti itselfsebe all the way freebesplatno
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♫ Svijet će se otresti sve do slobode ♫
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somehownekako. ♫
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♫ nekako ♫
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♫ If I could be anywherebilo kuda, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda in time, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje u vremenu ♫
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♫ if I could be anywherebilo kuda and changepromijeniti the outcomeishod, ♫
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♫ Kada bih mogao biti bilogdje i promijeniti ishod ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ bilo bi to sada ♫
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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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