ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Browne - Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.

Why you should listen

Since his debut album in 1972, Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, he's defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He has released 19 albums; his latest, Love Is Strange featuring David Lindley, was released last year.

Browne has combined his four-decade-long music career with a passionate commitment to social and environmental justice. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org, and the Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Central Los Angeles.

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TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch

Jackson Browne: A song inspired by the ocean

Jackson Browne: "Dacă aş putea fi oriunde"

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La TEDxGPGP, Jackson Browne cântă o melodie pe care a început să o scrie în aprilie anul trecut, la bordul Mission Blue Voyage, excursia inspirată de Sylvia Earle cu scopul de-a găsi căi de a salva oceanul. "Dacă aş putea fi oriunde", cântă el, "oriunde, chiar acum, aş fi aici"
- Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. Full bio

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betweenîntre two worldslumi. ♫
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♫ dintre două lumi ♫
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StandingPermanent at the centercentru of time ♫
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♫ Stând în centrul timpului ♫
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♫ as it uncurlsuncurls. ♫
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♫ pe măsură ce se despleteşte ♫
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CuttingTăiere throughprin the veilvoal of illusionamăgire. ♫
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♫ Despicând vălul iluziei ♫
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MovingMutarea beyonddincolo pasttrecut conclusionsconcluziile. ♫
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♫ Depășind trecute concluzii ♫
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WonderingMirat if all my doubtîndoială and confusionconfuzie will clearclar. ♫
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♫ Întrebându-mă dacă îndoiala şi confuzia se vor mistui ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhereoriunde, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde right now, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde chiar acum ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ aş vrea să fiu aici ♫
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SearchingCăutarea for the futureviitor
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♫ Căutând viitorul ♫
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amongprintre the things we're throwingaruncare away. ♫
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♫ printre lucrurile pe care le aruncăm ♫
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TryingÎncercarea de to see the worldlume
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♫ Încercând să zăresc lumea ♫
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throughprin the junkdeșeuri we producelegume şi fructe everydayin fiecare zi. ♫
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♫ printre gunoaiele pe care le producem în fiecare zi ♫
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♫ They say nothing lastsdurează foreverpentru totdeauna, ♫
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♫ Se spune că nimic nu durează o veşnicie ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastic ever madefăcut is still here. ♫
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♫ dar tot plasticul fabricat vreodată e încă aici ♫
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♫ And no amountCantitate of closingînchidere our eyesochi
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♫ Şi nicio clipă a ochilor noştri închişi ♫
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♫ will make it disappeardispărea. ♫
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♫ nu îl va face să dispară ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhereoriunde, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în timp ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde in historyistorie, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în istorie ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ aş vrea să fiu aici ♫
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♫ The RomansRomani, the SpanishSpaniolă
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♫ Romanii, Spaniolii ♫
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♫ the BritishBritanic, the DutchOlandeză, ♫
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♫ Britanicii, Olandezii ♫
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AmericanAmerican exceptionalismexceptionalism, so out of touchatingere. ♫
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♫ Excepţionalismul american atât de neatins ♫
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♫ The follynebunia of empireimperiu repeatingrepetarea its coursecurs, ♫
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♫ Nebunia imperiului repetându-şi cursul ♫
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imposingimpozant its will ♫
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♫ impunându-şi voinţa ♫
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♫ and rulinghotărâri by forceforta
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♫ conducând prin forţă ♫
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♫ on and on throughprin time. ♫
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♫ mereu şi mereu prin timp ♫
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♫ But the worldlume can't take it very much longermai lung. ♫
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♫ Dar lumea nu mai poate îndura prea mult ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nu vom reuși ♫
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unlessdacă nu we're smartermai inteligent and strongermai puternic. ♫
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♫ decât dacă suntem mai deştepţi şi mai puternici♫
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♫ The worldlume is going to shakescutura itselfîn sine freegratuit of our greedlăcomie
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♫ Lumea se va elibera de lăcomia noastră ♫
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somehowoarecum. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde in time, ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde and changeSchimbare things, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde să schimb lucrurile ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ va trebui să fie acum ♫
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♫ They say nothing last foreverpentru totdeauna, ♫
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♫ Se spune că nimic nu durează o veşnicie ♫
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♫ but all the plasticplastic ever madefăcut is still here. ♫
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♫ Dar tot plasticul fabricat vreodată e încă aici ♫
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♫ And no amountCantitate of closingînchidere our eyesochi
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♫ will make it disappeardispărea. ♫
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♫ nu îl va face să dispară ♫
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♫ And the worldlume can't take it ♫
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♫ Şi lumea nu va mai îndura ♫
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♫ very much longermai lung. ♫
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♫ prea mult ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nu vom reuși ♫
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unlessdacă nu we're smartermai inteligent and strongermai puternic. ♫
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♫ decât dacă suntem mai deştepţi şi mai puternici ♫
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♫ The world'slume gonna shakescutura itselfîn sine freegratuit of our greedlăcomie
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somehowoarecum. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ And the worldlume can't take it, that you can see. ♫
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♫ Lumea nu va mai suporta, precum vedeţi ♫
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♫ If the oceansoceane don't make it, neithernici will we. ♫
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♫ Dacă oceanele nu supraviețuiesc, atunci nici noi ♫
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♫ The world'slume gonna shakescutura itselfîn sine all the way freegratuit
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♫ Lumea se va elibera până la urmă ♫
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somehowoarecum. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhereoriunde, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde in time, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în timp ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhereoriunde and changeSchimbare the outcomerezultat, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea să fiu oriunde să schimb rezultatul ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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Translated by Lucia Dobre
Reviewed by Ariana Bleau Lugo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Browne - Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.

Why you should listen

Since his debut album in 1972, Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, he's defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He has released 19 albums; his latest, Love Is Strange featuring David Lindley, was released last year.

Browne has combined his four-decade-long music career with a passionate commitment to social and environmental justice. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org, and the Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Central Los Angeles.

More profile about the speaker
Jackson Browne | Speaker | TED.com