ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teitur - Singer-songwriter
Whether they’re sung in in English or his native Faroese, Teitur laces his deceptively innocent songs with often stinging hooks.

Why you should listen

Teitur crafts songs with unexpected lyrical twists portraying everything from awkward love affairs to lost weekends. Although he’s written hits for singers like Seal and Corinne Bailey Rae, the best interpreter for Teitur’s songs is himself: his half-dozen solo albums have won him accolades from the Danish Royal family, the Guardian and fans around the world.

His album Story Music (recorded in a former ice factory) features contributions from legendary Beach Boys arranger Van Dyke Parks and 78 musicians gathered from his native Faroe Islands.

More profile about the speaker
Teitur | Speaker | TED.com
TED2015

Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered

Teitur: Dom je pesma koje se uvek sećam

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Za muzičara Teitura, pevati znači davati deo sebe drugima. "Ako je vaša namera da impresionirate druge ili dobijete veliki aplauz na kraju", kaže on, "tada uzimate, a ne dajete." Poslušajte ga dok svira na pozornici TED2015, pružajući vam sve pesme o ljubavi, udaljenosti i domu.
- Singer-songwriter
Whether they’re sung in in English or his native Faroese, Teitur laces his deceptively innocent songs with often stinging hooks. Full bio

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(GuitarGitara musicмузика)
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I was just thinkingразмишљање
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Razmišljao sam
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that I have been missingнедостаје you way too long
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predugo mi već nedostaješ
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There's something insideу this wearyumorni headглава
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Nešto je u ovoj umornoj glavi
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that wants us to love just insteadуместо тога
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što bi htelo da se ipak volimo
00:47
But I was just thinkingразмишљање,
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Ali razmišljao sam,
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merelyсамо thinkingразмишљање
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samo razmišljao
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I've got loadsоптерећења of picturesслике,
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Imam gomilu fotografija,
01:05
I've got the one of you
in that dancingплес dressхаљина
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Imam jednu tvoju
u onoj haljini za ples
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But man I feel sillyглупо in that dimZatamnjivanje lightсветло
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Ali čoveče osećam se ludo
na tom prigušenom svetlu
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Just after doing you
by the sightвид of my KodakKodak delightsужитке,
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Nakon što sam te ufotkao
svojim Kodakom
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I am sinkingtone,
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Tonem
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merelyсамо sinkingtone
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samo tonem
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I think about long distanceрастојање ratesстопе
insteadуместо тога of kissingљубакање you babeBejb
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Razmišljam o ceni međunarodnih poziva
umesto da te ljubim, draga
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I'm a singerпевачица withoutбез a songпесма
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Ja sam pevač bez pesme
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If I wait for you longerдуже
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Ako te budem čekao duže
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my affectionнаклоност is strongerјачи
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moja privrženost je jača
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and I ... I was just thinkingразмишљање,
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I ja... ja sam samo razmišljao
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merelyсамо thinkingразмишљање
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samo razmišljao
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that this boatброд is sinkingtone
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da ovaj brod tone
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I'm tiredуморан of postcardsразгледнице,
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Umoran sam od razglednica
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especiallyпосебно the onesоне
with cutesladak dogsпси and cupidsKupidone
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posebno onih sa slatkim kucama
i Kupidonima
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I'm tiredуморан of callingзове you and missingнедостаје you
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Umorio sam se od toga da te zovem
i da mi nedostaleš
02:34
and dreamingсања I sleptспавала with you
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i da sanjam da spavam sa tobom
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Don't get me wrongпогрешно
I still desperatelyочајнички love you
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Nemoj me pogrešno razumeti
i dalje te očajnički volim
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insideу this wearyumorni headглава
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u ovoj umornoj glavi
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I just want us to love just insteadуместо тога
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samo želim da se volimo
02:50
But I was just thinkingразмишљање and thinkingразмишљање,
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Ali samo sam razmišljao i razmišljao,
02:56
merelyсамо thinkingразмишљање
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samo razmišljao
03:04
I think about long distanceрастојање ratesстопе
insteadуместо тога of kissingљубакање you babeBejb
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razmišljao sam o ceni međundarodnih poziva
umesto da ljubim tebe, draga
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and time is runningтрчање me still
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i vreme me umiruje
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If I wait for you longerдуже
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Ako te budem čekao duže
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my affectionнаклоност is strongerјачи
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moja privrženost je jača
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I ... I was just thinkingразмишљање
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ja... ja sam samo razmišljao
03:30
I ... I was just thinkingразмишљање
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ja... ja sam samo razmišljao
03:39
that I'm tiredуморан of callingзове you onceједном a weekНедеља
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da sam umoran od toga da te
zovem jednom nedeljno
03:43
thinkingразмишљање of long distanceрастојање ratesстопе
insteadуместо тога of kissingљубакање you
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razmišljao o cenama međunarodnih poziva
umesto da te ljubim
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So babyбеба I'm sinkingtone,
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tako da, draga, tonem
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merelyсамо sinkingtone
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samo tonem
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(GuitarGitara musicмузика endsКрајеви)
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(Muzika na gitari prestaje)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
04:12
SingingPeva is sharingдељење.
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Pevati znači deliti.
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When you singпевати, you have to know
what you're talkingпричају about intimatelyintimno,
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Kada pevate, morate da znate
o čemu lično govorite,
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and you have to be willingспремни
to shareОбјави this insightна видику
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i morate biti voljni
da podelite tu spoznaju
04:23
and give away a pieceпиеце of yourselfсами.
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i da date deo sebe.
04:26
I look for this intentionнамера
to shareОбјави in everything,
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Ja tražim tu nameru za deljenje
u svemu
04:30
and I askпитати: what are the intentionsnamere
behindиза this architectureархитектура or this productпроизвод
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i pitam: kakve namere stoje iza
ove arhitekture ili ovog proizvoda
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or this restaurantРесторан or this mealоброк?
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ili ovog restorana ili ovog obroka?
04:38
And if your intentionsnamere
are to impressимпресионирати people
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Ako su vam namere
da impresionirate ljude
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or to get the bigвелики applauseаплауз at the endкрај,
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li da na kraju dobijete veliki aplauz,
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then you are takingузимајући, not givingдавање.
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vi onda uzimate, ne dajete.
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And this is a songпесма that's about --
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a ovo je pesma koja govori o -
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it's the kindкинд of songпесма that everyoneсви
has theirњихова versionверзија of.
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Ovo je tip pesme za koju svako
ima svoju verziju.
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This songпесма is calledпозвани "Home,"
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Ova pesma se zove "Dom",
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and it's sortврста of a "This is where
I'm from, niceлеп to meetсусрет you all,"
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i to je tip pesme: "Ja sam odavde,
04:59
kindкинд of songпесма.
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drago mi je da smo se upoznali".
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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(PianoKlavir musicмузика)
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(Muzika klavira)
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Home is the soundзвук of birdsптице
earlyрано in the morningјутро
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Dom je zvuk ptica
rano ujutru
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Home is a songпесма I've always rememberedсетио
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Dom je pesma koje se uvek sećam
06:06
Home is the memoryмеморија
of my first day in schoolшкола
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Dom je uspomena
na moj prvi dan škole
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Home is the booksкњиге that I carryносити around
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Dom su knjige koje nosim sa sobom
06:16
Home is an alleyAlley in a farawaydalekoj townГрад
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Dom je uličica u dalekom gradu
06:20
Home is the placesместа I’veve been
and where I’d like to go
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Dom su mesta na kojima sam bio
i na koja bih voleo da odem
06:30
Home
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Dom
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I'm always gonna feel at home
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Uvek ću se osećati kao kod kuće
06:37
No matterматерија where I mayможе roamlutaju
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Bez obzira gde odlutam
06:41
I'm always gonna find my way back home
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Uvek ću naći put do kuće
06:46
No matterматерија how farдалеко I’m goneотишла
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Ma koliko daleko da odem
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I’m always gonna feel this longingčežnju
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Uvek ću osećati ovu čežnju
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No matterматерија where I mightМожда stayостани
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Bez obzira gde sam
07:07
Home is a featherpero twirlingkovitlanja in the airваздух
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Dom je pero koje leprša na vetru
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Home is flowersцвијеће in a windowsillprozorskoj dasci
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Dom je cveće na prozorskoj dasci
07:17
Home is all the things she said to me
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Dom su sve stvari koje mi je rekla
07:22
Home is a photoфотографија I never threwбацила away
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Dom je slika koju nikada nisam bacio
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Home is the smileосмех on my faceлице when I dieумрети
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Dom je osmeh na tvom licu kad ja umrem
07:32
Home is the tasteукус of an appleјабука piepitu
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Dom je ukus pite sa jabukama
07:44
I metиспуњен a womanжена, she always livedживели
in the sameисти placeместо
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Upoznao sam ženu, uvek je živela
na istom mestu
07:51
And she said home is where
you’rere bornрођен and raisedОдгојен
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Ona kaže da je dom tamo
gde si se rodio i gde si odrastao
08:00
And I metиспуњен a man, he satсат
looking out to the seaморе
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I upoznao sam čoveka, sedeo je
gledajući u more
08:07
And he said home is where you want to be
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On kaže da je dom
gde ti želiš da bude
08:16
I metиспуњен a girlдевојка in some downtownЦентар града barбар
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Upoznao sam devojku u baru u centru
08:23
And she said I'll have
whateverшта год he's havingимати
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I rekla je ja ću
isto što i on
08:32
And I askedпитао her how come
we never metиспуњен before?
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I pitao sam je kako to da se
nikada ranije nismo sreli
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And she said all my life I’veve been tryingпокушавајући
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I rekla je ceo život se trudim
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to get a placeместо of my ownвластити
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da nađem svoje mesto
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I’m always gonna feel at home
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Uvek ću se osećati kao kod kuće
08:53
No matterматерија where I mayможе roamlutaju
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Bez obzira gde odlutam
08:58
Always gonna find my way back home
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Uvek ću naći put do kuće
09:02
No matterматерија how farдалеко I’m goneотишла
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Bez obzira koliko daleko da odem
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I'm always gonna feel this longingčežnju
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Uvek ću osećati ovu čežnju
09:13
No matterматерија where I mightМожда stayостани
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Bez obzira gde sam
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(PianoKlavir musicмузика)
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(Muzika klavira)
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(PianoKlavir musicмузика endsКрајеви)
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(Muzika prestaje)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Aleksandra Stojanović
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Teitur - Singer-songwriter
Whether they’re sung in in English or his native Faroese, Teitur laces his deceptively innocent songs with often stinging hooks.

Why you should listen

Teitur crafts songs with unexpected lyrical twists portraying everything from awkward love affairs to lost weekends. Although he’s written hits for singers like Seal and Corinne Bailey Rae, the best interpreter for Teitur’s songs is himself: his half-dozen solo albums have won him accolades from the Danish Royal family, the Guardian and fans around the world.

His album Story Music (recorded in a former ice factory) features contributions from legendary Beach Boys arranger Van Dyke Parks and 78 musicians gathered from his native Faroe Islands.

More profile about the speaker
Teitur | Speaker | TED.com

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