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Title: Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life
Added: Apr 9, 2010
Author: TEDtalksDirector
Duration: 29:19
Description:
http://www.ted.com Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, "Leave Your Sleep." Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice for a performance that brought the TED audience to its feet.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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Youtube Comments: 207
Darrick11485 Says:
Oct 16, 2010 - Any one could convert this vid to mp3 and download at mp3tuber..net
2short2q Says:
Nov 4, 2010 - Serious artist. Brilliant concept. Excellent. For those who don't get it. Quit it.
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MARIELAPEREZ112010 Says:
Dec 7, 2010 - ERES UN ANGEL...! TIENES QUE HABER BAJADO DEL CIELO...!
Heidi19689 Says:
Dec 10, 2010 - No matter how I feel, Nathalie Merchants music always fits. She's brilliant.
nurisim Says:
Dec 22, 2010 - All I know is that people write to express themselves; to communicate some deep meaning to others. It takes courage and perseverance and brilliance and they don't do it to float into obscurity after a hundred years. I think that anything that keeps the conversation about their work going would be better than having it forgotten forever. Whether you liked this performance or not, you have to admit that you heard the voices of those long dead, and it had to have stirred something.
psmith41561 Says:
Jan 1, 2011 - She got in, I just could not shut her out,She drew me in! I truly feel more human! I could not run Thanks to her I got sucked in. I am in Love. I saw her live in Syracuse, N.Y. when she came out with Tigerlily at the Landmark Theater. I first fell I in Love at that concert
dlsheahan4 Says:
Jan 5, 2011 - For those who said she was pretentious, let me respond with this: As an artist, you have to respect and honor your work before anyone else does. Natalie is successful and she is one of the best writers and singers of our time. For her to honor her own work is not pretentious, but instead confident in her ability to reach to those of us who are willing to accept, which by past precedent, has been in the millions. Love this performance and this record.
zachary048 Says:
Jan 12, 2011 - What;'s the last song she sang? It's beautiful
Damienf77 Says:
Feb 4, 2011 - It would have been interesting to have seen how the authors of these poems would have responded to Natalie's musical interpretations of them. Very beautiful and thoughtful of her to do this.
NomenNescioNY Says:
Feb 10, 2011 - I am simply in awe of her brilliance. God Bless Her, In today's music scene, we so desperately need true artists like Natalie who aren't afraid to shine in the brilliance of their vulnerability, not lip-syncing, gyrating replaceable faces of the last few years...
NomenNescioNY Says:
Feb 10, 2011 - "Kind and Generous" :)
yumdedum Says:
Feb 14, 2011 - Pretentious? Is that what numerous comments said? Does the audience, which continues smiling, laughing, and looking delighted to be there as she curbs their noise level, look offended? No, she's being playful and witty and they 'get' this. It wasn't meant to turn into a rock concert at the end and Natalie takes the show in the direction she intended, while being playful with them. And when she says/sings 'thank you', to me it sounds both genuine and humble. I didn't see pretention, sorry.
hit004541 Says:
Feb 15, 2011 - I think the idea is genius but her sound is a bit monoton
2short2q Says:
Feb 23, 2011 - Guess some people will never understand each other. Bold concept, so not commercial.and Natalie's vocal range is certainly not monotonE.
SerachbatAsher Says:
Mar 20, 2011 - Awesome....love her....Never get tired of listening to her.
xamaranto Says:
Mar 26, 2011 - Amazing.
SenorMatthew Says:
Jun 30, 2011 - <3 <3 <3...need I say anymore?
neighborhaber Says:
Oct 19, 2011 - For hilarious poems about Middle Age .....Go to Middle Age Sucks by neighborhaber
TouchingAcrossTime Says:
Oct 28, 2011 - i think i like her version of "the sleepy giant" better on her than i do the actual recording. this version just sound more earthy and in tone with the lyrics and her voice, i find the recorded version`s tempo to be a little fast-paced and for me it kind takes away from the song.
happinesson Says:
Dec 4, 2011 - i was entertained.Good voice.
milanc11 Says:
Dec 23, 2011 - I wish I was there
bander9101112 Says:
Mar 18, 2012 - The couple at 9:15!!!! AWWWWWW!!! :')
carychen0509 Says:
May 15, 2012 - so cool! this makes the literature more related to life!
Martel1946 Says:
Oct 13, 2010 - reins, not reignsReign is something Natalie does as a goddess of sonic art.