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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TED2006

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

Jill Sobule pjeva Alu Goreu

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Sretna pjesma o globalnom zatopljenju, od 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. Full bio

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StrollingŠetnje alonguz in CentralSredišnje ParkPark
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♫ Šetam kroz Central Park. ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out todaydanas
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♫ Danas su svi izašli van. ♫
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♫ The daisiestratinčice and dogwoodsdogwoods are all in bloomcvijet
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♫ Tratinčice i drijen u cvatu. ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousslavna day ♫
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♫ Oh, kako predivan dan. ♫
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♫ For picnicspiknik and FrisbeesFrizbi and rollervaljak skatersKlizači, ♫
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♫ Za piknike i frizbi i rolanje. ♫
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FriendsFriends and loversLjubitelji and lonelyusamljen sunbatherssunčanja
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♫ Za prijatelje i ljubavnike i sunčanje. ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out in merryveseo ManhattanManhattan in JanuarySiječanj
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♫ Svi uživaju u čarima Manhattana u siječnju. ♫
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(LaughterSmijeh) (ApplausePljesak)
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♫ I broughtdonio the icedLedeni teačaj; ♫
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♫ Ponijela sam ledeni čaj. ♫
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♫ Did you bringdonijeti the bugbuba spraysprej? ♫
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♫ Jesi li ponio sprej za kukce? ♫
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♫ The fliesmuhe are the sizeveličina of your headglava
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♫ Muhe su velike kao tvoja glava. ♫
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NextSljedeći to the palmdlan treedrvo, ♫
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♫ Pokraj palme, ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators' aligatori
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♫ jesi li vidio aligatore? ♫
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♫ Looking happysretan and well fedhranjen? ♫
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♫ Izgledaju sretno i uhranjeno? ♫
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♫ Svi uživaju u čarima Manhattana u siječnju. ♫
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(WhistlingZviždanje)
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EveryoneSvi!
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Svi zajedno!
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♫ My preacherpropovjednik said, ♫
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♫ Moj svećenik je rekao, ♫
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♫ Don't you worrybrinuti
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♫ Ne brini se ♫
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♫ The scientistsznanstvenici have it all wrongpogrešno
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♫ znanstvenici su pogriješili, ♫
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♫ And so, who caresbrige it's winterzimski here? ♫
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♫ i koga briga što je zima ovdje? ♫
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♫ And I have my halter-tophalter-top on ♫
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♫ A ja nosim majicu bez rukava. ♫
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♫ I have my halter-tophalter-top on ♫
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♫ Nosim svoju majicu bez rukava. ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out in merryveseo ManhattanManhattan in JanuarySiječanj. ♫
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♫ Svi uživaju u čarima Manhattana u siječnju. ♫
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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