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"

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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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Strollingпрогуливающийся alongвдоль in Centralцентральный ParkПарк
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♫ Гуляем по Центральному парку, ♫
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Everyone'sВсе это out todayCегодня
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♫ Сегодня на улице все ♫
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♫ The daisiesмаргаритки and dogwoodsкизилы are all in bloomцветение
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♫ Цветы и деревья — всё в цвету ♫
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♫ Oh, what a gloriousславный day ♫
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♫ Какой же чудесный день ♫
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♫ For picnicsпикники and FrisbeesFrisbees and rollerролик skatersфигуристов, ♫
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♫ Для пикников и игр с тарелкой и для роликов, ♫
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Friendsдрузья and loversлюбовники and lonelyОдинокий sunbathersзагорающих
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♫ Для друзей и парочек и одиночек загорающих — ♫
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Everyone'sВсе это out in merryвеселый ManhattanМанхеттен in Januaryянварь
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♫ Все скорее на улицы веселого Манхэттена в январе. ♫
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♫ I broughtпривел the icedзамороженный teaчай; ♫
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♫ Я захватила холодного чая, ♫
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♫ Did you bringприносить the bugошибка sprayспрей? ♫
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♫ Не взял что-нибудь от комаров? ♫
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♫ The fliesлетит are the sizeразмер of your headглава
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♫ Там мухи размером с кулак ♫
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Nextследующий to the palmПальма treeдерево, ♫
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♫ Видишь под пальмой ♫
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♫ Did you see the 'gators«аллигаторы
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♫ Лежат крокодилы ♫
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♫ Looking happyсчастливый and well fedкормили? ♫
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♫ Веселые и сытые? ♫
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Everyone'sВсе это out in merryвеселый ManhattanМанхеттен in Januaryянварь
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♫ Все скорее на улицы веселого Манхэттена в январе. ♫
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(Whistlingсвистящий)
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EveryoneВсе!
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Все вместе!
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♫ My preacherпроповедник said, ♫
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♫ Священник сказал мне: ♫
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♫ Don't you worryбеспокоиться
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♫ "Не бойся! ♫
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♫ The scientistsученые have it all wrongнеправильно
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♫ Всё врут эти профессора, ♫
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♫ And so, who caresзаботы it's winterзима here? ♫
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♫ И кому какое дело, что на улице зима?" ♫
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♫ And I have my halter-topнедоуздок-топ on ♫
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♫ И что я хожу в майке? ♫
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♫ I have my halter-topнедоуздок-топ on ♫
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♫ И я хожу в майке. ♫
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Everyone'sВсе это out in merryвеселый ManhattanМанхеттен in Januaryянварь. ♫
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♫ Все скорее на улицы веселого Манхэттена в январе. ♫
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ChrisКрис AndersonАндерсон: JillДжил SobuleSobule!
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Крис Андерсон: Джил Собьюл!
Translated by Olga Volftsun
Reviewed by Oleg Shmelyov

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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