ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com
TED2003

Eddi Reader: "Kiteflyer's Hill"

Эдди Ридер поёт "Кайтфлаерз Хилл"

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Певица и автор песен Эдди Ридер исполняет "Kiteflyer's Hill", нежный взгляд в прошлое - на потерянную любовь. Томас Долби играет на фортепьяно.
- Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection. Full bio - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." Full bio

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This is about a placeместо in LondonЛондон
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calledназывается Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность
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которое называется Кэйтфлайерз Хилл,
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where I used to go and spendпроводить hoursчасов
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куда я ходила и проводила там часы,
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going "When is he comingприход back? When is he comingприход back?"
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думая: «Когда же он вернётся? Когда же он вернётся?»
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So this is anotherдругой one dedicatedпреданный to that guy ...
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В общем, это ещё одна песня, посвящённая тому парню...
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who I've got over.
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которого я забыла.
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But this is "Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность."
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Это "Кайтфлерз Хиллl".
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It's a beautifulкрасивая songпесня writtenнаписано by a guy calledназывается MartinМартин EvanEvan,
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Прекрасная песня, написанная человеком по имени Мартин Эван,
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actuallyна самом деле, for me.
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для меня.
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BooБу HewerdineHewerdine, ThomasТомас DolbyDolby,
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Бу Хьюердин, Томас Долби,
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thank you very much for invitingманящий me. It's been a blessingблагословение singingпение for you.
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большое спасибо, что пригласили. Петь для вас — благословение.
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Thank you very much.
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Большое спасибо.
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♫ Do you rememberзапомнить when we used to go ♫
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♫ Помнишь, как мы забирались ♫
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♫ up to Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность? ♫
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♫ на Кайтфлайерз Хилл? ♫
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♫ Those summerлето nightsночью, so still ♫
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♫ Тихими летними вечерами ♫
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♫ with all of the cityгород beneathпод us ♫
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♫ весь город был у наших ног ♫
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♫ and all of our livesжизни aheadвпереди
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♫ и вся наша жизнь впереди ♫
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♫ before cruelжестокий and foolishглупый wordsслова
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♫ пока жестокие и глупые слова ♫
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♫ were cruellyжестоко and foolishlyглупо said ♫
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♫ не были жестоко и глупо произнесены ♫
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♫ Some nightsночью I think of you ♫
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♫ Иногда вечерами я вспоминаю о тебе ♫
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♫ and then I go up ♫
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♫ и тогда я поднимаюсь ♫
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♫ on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность
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♫на Кайтфлаерз Хилл♫
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wrappedзавернутый up againstпротив the winterзима chillпростуда
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♫ закутанная, чтобы не было холодно ♫
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♫ And somewhereгде-то in the cityгород beneathпод me ♫
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♫ А где-то в городе у подножья холма ♫
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♫ you lieложь asleepспящий in your bedпостель
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♫ ты спишь в своей постели ♫
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♫ and I wonderзадаваться вопросом if ever just brieflyкратко
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♫ а я все гадаю, хоть ненадолго ♫
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♫ do I creepползать in your dreamsмечты now and then ♫
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♫ появляюсь ли я в твоих снах ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Где ты теперь? ♫
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♫ My wildдикий summerлето love ♫
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♫ Моя безумная летняя любовь ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Have the yearsлет been kindсвоего рода? ♫
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♫ Пощадили ли тебя года? ♫
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♫ And do you think of me sometimesиногда
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♫ И вспоминаешь ли ты меня иногда ♫
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность? ♫
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♫ на Кайтфлайерз Хилл? ♫
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♫ Oh, I prayмолиться you one day will ♫
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♫ О, я молюсь, чтобы однажды ты вспомнил ♫
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♫ We won'tне будет say a wordслово
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♫ Мы не скажем ни слова ♫
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♫ We won'tне будет need them ♫
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♫ Нам слова не нужны ♫
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SometimesИногда silenceтишина is bestЛучший
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♫ Иногда молчание лучше ♫
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We'llЧто ж just standстоять in the still of the eveningвечер
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♫ Мы постоим в вечерней тишине ♫
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♫ and whisperшептать farewellпрощальный привет to lonelinessодиночество
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♫ и прошепчем: "Грусть, прощай". ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ My wildдикий summerлето love ♫
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♫ Моя безумная летняя любовь ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Где ты теперь? ♫
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♫ Do you think of me sometimesиногда? ♫
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♫ Думаешь ли обо мне иногда? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbвосхождение? ♫
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♫ И поднимаешься ли сюда? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ My wildдикий summerлето love ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Have the yearsлет been kindсвоего рода? ♫
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♫ And do you ever make that climbвосхождение
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♫ И поднимаешься ли ты сюда — ♫
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♫ up on Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х Hillвозвышенность? Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х ... ♫
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♫ на Кайтфлайерз Хилл? Кайтфлайерз... ♫
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♫ [FrenchФранцузский] ♫
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♫ Where are you? Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Где ты теперь? Где ты? ♫
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♫ Where are you now? ♫
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♫ Где ты теперь? ♫
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Kiteflyer'sKiteflyer-х ... ♫
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♫ Кайтфлайерз... ♫
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(ApplauseАплодисменты)
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GraciasГрэкиас. Thank you very much.
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Спасибо. Большое спасибо.
Translated by Oleg Shmelyov
Reviewed by Olga Volftsun

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com