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 le canta a Al Gore

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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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Bien.
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StrollingVagante alonga lo largo in CentralCentral ParkParque
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♫ Estoy paseando en Central Park (parque central de Nueva York) ♫
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Everyone'sTodos estan out todayhoy
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♫ todo el mundo ha salido hoy ♫
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♫ The daisiesmargaritas and dogwoodscornejos are all in bloomflorecer
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♫ Las margaritas y los cornos están floreciendo ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousglorioso day ♫
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♫ Oh, qué día tan glorioso ♫
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♫ For picnicspicnics and FrisbeesFrisbees and rollerrodillo skaterspatinadores, ♫
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♫ Para un día de campo, los frisbees y patinadores ♫
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FriendsAmigos and loversamantes and lonelysolitario sunbathersbañistas
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♫ Amigos y amantes y asoleadores solitarios ♫
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Everyone'sTodos estan out in merryalegre ManhattanManhattan in Januaryenero
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♫ Todo el mundo salió en el feliz Manhattan de enero ♫
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♫ I broughttrajo the icedcon hielo tea; ♫
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♫ Yo llevé el thé helado ♫
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♫ Did you bringtraer the bugerror sprayrociar? ♫
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♫ ¿Trajiste el atomizador contra insectos? ♫
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♫ The fliesmoscas are the sizetamaño of your headcabeza
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♫ Las moscas son del tamaño de tu cabeza ♫
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NextSiguiente to the palmpalma treeárbol, ♫
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♫ Junto a la palma ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators'Gators
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♫ ¿viste cómo los cocodrilos... ♫
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♫ Looking happycontento and well fedalimentado? ♫
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♫ ...se ven felices y bien alimentados? ♫
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Everyone'sTodos estan out in merryalegre ManhattanManhattan in Januaryenero
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♫ Todo el mundo salió en el feliz Manhattan de enero ♫
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EveryoneTodo el mundo!
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¡Todos!
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♫ My preacherpredicador said, ♫
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♫ MI predicador dijo, ♫
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♫ Don't you worrypreocupación
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♫ No te preocupes ♫
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♫ The scientistscientíficos have it all wrongincorrecto
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♫ Los científicos están muy equivocados ♫
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♫ And so, who carescuidados it's winterinvierno here? ♫
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♫ Entonces, ¿a quién le importa aquí sea invierno?
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♫ And I have my halter-topcamiseta sin mangas on ♫
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♫ Y tengo puesto mi vestido de cuello halter ♫
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♫ I have my halter-topcamiseta sin mangas on ♫
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♫ Tengo puesto mi vestido de cuello halter ♫
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Everyone'sTodos estan out in merryalegre ManhattanManhattan in Januaryenero. ♫
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ChrisChris AndersonAnderson: JillJill SobuleSobule!
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Chris Anderson: ¡Jill Sobule!

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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