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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Jill Sobule | Speaker | TED.com
TED2006

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

Jill Sobule Al Gore'a şarkı söylüyor

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- 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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Tamam.
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StrollingGezinme alonguzun bir in CentralMerkez ParkPark
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♫ Central Park'ta geziniyorum ♫
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Everyone'sHerkesin out todaybugün
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♫ Bugün herkes dışarıda ♫
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♫ The daisiespapatyalar and dogwoodsDogwoods are all in bloomÇiçek açmak
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♫ Papatyalar ve kızılcıklar, hepsi çiçek açmış ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousşanlı day ♫
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♫ Oh, ne muhteşem bir gün ♫
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♫ For picnicspiknik and FrisbeesFrizbi and rollerrulman skaterspatenciler, ♫
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♫ Piknikler, frizbiler ve patenler için♫
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FriendsArkadaşlar and loversaşık and lonelyyalnız sunbathersgüneşlenenbirileri varsa
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♫ Arkadaşlar, sevgililer ve yalnız güneşlenenler ♫
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Everyone'sHerkesin out in merryşen ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryOcak
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♫ Ocak ayında, Herkes dışarıda neşeli Manhattan'da ♫
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(LaughterKahkaha) (ApplauseAlkış)
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♫ I broughtgetirdi the icedbuzlu teaÇay; ♫
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♫ Buzlu çayı getirdim; ♫
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♫ Did you bringgetirmek the bugböcek spraysprey? ♫
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♫ Böcek ilacını getirdin mi? ♫
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♫ The fliessinekler are the sizeboyut of your headkafa
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♫ Sivrisinekler kafan kadar ♫
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NextSonraki to the palmavuç içi treeağaç, ♫
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♫ Palmiyenin yanındaki, ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators' gators
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♫ Timsahları gördün mü? ♫
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♫ Looking happymutlu and well fedfederasyon? ♫
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♫ Mutlu ve iyi beslenmiş görünen? ♫
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Everyone'sHerkesin out in merryşen ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryOcak
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♫ Ocak ayında, Herkes dışarıda neşeli Manhattan'da ♫
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EveryoneHerkes!
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Hep beraber!
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♫ My preacherVaiz said, ♫
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♫ Vaizim dedi ki: ♫
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♫ Don't you worryendişelenmek
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♫ Merak etme ♫
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♫ The scientistsBilim adamları have it all wrongyanlış
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♫ Bilim adamları her şeyi yanlış anladı ♫
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♫ And so, who caresbakımları it's winterkış here? ♫
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♫ Hem burada kış olduğu kimin umrunda? ♫
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♫ And I have my halter-topHalter-top on ♫
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♫ Ve boyundan askılı buluzum üstümde ♫
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♫ I have my halter-topHalter-top on ♫
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Everyone'sHerkesin out in merryşen ManhattanManhattan in JanuaryOcak. ♫
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ChrisChris AndersonAnderson: JillJill SobuleSobule!
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Jill Sobule!
Translated by Neil Buster
Reviewed by Naz Beykan

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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