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"

Džil Sobjul peva Al Goru

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Vesela pesma o globalnom zagrevanju u izvođenju Džil Sobjul.
- 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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Okej.
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StrollingŠetnji alongзаједно in CentralCentralni ParkPark
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♫ Šetnja kroz Central Park, ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out todayданас
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♫ Svi su izašli van, ♫
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♫ The daisiesMargarete and dogwoodskaranfile are all in bloomцвет
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♫ Krasuljci i dren u cvatu, ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousslavni day ♫
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♫ Oh, kako predivan dan, ♫
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♫ For picnicsizleti and FrisbeesAbsolutno and rollerВаљак skatersSkejteri, ♫
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♫ Za piknik i frizbi i roleranje, ♫
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FriendsPrijatelji and loversljubavnici and lonelyусамљен sunbathersKo bi
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♫ Prijateljstvo i ljubav i sunčanje. ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out in merryвесело ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryJanuara
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♫ Svi uživaju u čaru Menhetna u januaru. ♫
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(LaughterSmeh) (ApplauseAplauz)
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♫ I broughtдоведен the icedLedeni teaчај; ♫
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♫ Ponela sam ledeni čaj, ♫
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♫ Did you bringдовести the bugбуг sprayспреј? ♫
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♫ Imaš li sprej protiv buba? ♫
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♫ The fliesлети are the sizeвеличине of your headглава
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♫ Muve su kao tvoja glava velike. ♫
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NextSledeći to the palmпалме treeдрво, ♫
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♫ Gle tamo, palme kraj, ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators' aligatorima
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♫ Vidiš li aligatore, ♫
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♫ Looking happyсрећан and well fedфед? ♫
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♫ Srećne i uhranjene prilike? ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out in merryвесело ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryJanuara
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♫ Svi uživaju u čaru Menhetna u januaru. ♫
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(WhistlingZviћdanje.)
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(Zvižduk)
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EveryoneSvi!
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Svi zajedno!
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♫ My preacherPope said, ♫
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♫ Sveštenik mi kaže, ♫
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♫ Don't you worryзабринути
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♫ Da ne brinem, ♫
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♫ The scientistsнаучници have it all wrongпогрешно
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♫ Nauka pogrešno shvata šta se dešava. ♫
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♫ And so, who caresбрине it's winterзима here? ♫
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♫ I zato koga briga što je ovde zima, ♫
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♫ And I have my halter-tophalter-top on ♫
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♫ A ja nosim svoju majcu bez rukava, ♫
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♫ I have my halter-tophalter-top on ♫
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♫ Nosim svoju majcu bez rukava. ♫
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Everyone'sSvi su out in merryвесело ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryJanuara. ♫
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ChrisKris AndersonAnderson: JillJill SobuleSobule!
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Kris Anderson: Džil Sobjul!
Translated by Stevan Radanovic
Reviewed by Ivana Korom

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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