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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 เม.ย. 2010
- 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 www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 - เพลง
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When I feel anxious or depressed, I always watch this video and I can sleep with happiness. I love everything about this video. She is indeed a real musician and great woman. I’ll always thank her for creating those great music and lives.
Natalie Merchant seems to be the most authentic person and seemingly completely at peace with her place in the world
This woman is just amazing. I think she is like what we'll all be when we do a lot more evolving.
That is a good thought. She is really wonderful.
Natalie Merchant, you are an angel. What a wonderful idea. Beautifully executed. Absolutely brilliant.
This is great. I love what she did with The Janitor's Boy. I can just hear that being sung in a 1920s speakeasy!
This is such a beautiful video that demonstrates both her infinite compassion, respect and reverence for those that have passed as well as her hilarious sense of humor in getting the crowd to "Curb Their Enthusiasm" so to speak. (Larry David, another genius performer BTW) My blood nearly froze also when she mentioned she had put to music Mr. Gerad Manley Hopkins poetry to music just as he desired 130 years previous when it was written. For this and numerous other reasons I am honoring her legacy by naming my daughter due this July "Natalie Anne". (Yes that is Natalie and I in my caption, April 8th, 1999 SLC, UT. It only took another 15 years to get her to sign the photo.)
BEAUTIFUL comment, I hope your daughter is happy and healthy. ❤
Her stage presence is spectacular. Love this woman!
No matter how I feel, Nathalie Merchants music always fits. She's brilliant.
This video has made me fall in love with Ms. Merchant! I absolutely ADORE all of her pieces here, and how much life she brings to these old works. Absolutely amazing! I just can't stop listening :D
Spectacular it gave me goosebumps to realize the words she's singing are so old yet still valid and beautiful. Brava for being so emotionally in tune to those forgotten by most and giving them back there voice in such a heartbreaking way.
Am I the only one mesmerized in pure awe about how this woman owns the stage? Just a few moves and glances, mixing speech and songs with such elegance and command...I have to see this performance once a year at least.
after many years, listening this one again and again, gives me a good calm joy. some old tedtalks are so good it is worth repeat listening again and again. have heard this more than 20 times over the years.
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.
My favorite singer and also a bautiful woman. I have followed your career since 1987 i am forma Brazil.
Absolutely iconic. I have loved her distinctly beautiful voice and personality since I was in high school (1993). She still lived only a short distance away, in Jamestown, NY. Her parents still live there and the parents of a friend of mine are her next door neighbors. What a small world. I would love to meet her but how awkward would that be? Oh, Natalie, the people you have touched, near and far. Waiting in WNY for you!
this is just so beautiful, and appreciated. what a blessing that we have natalie merchant.
I heard this woman for the first time, 23 years ago ... and my life has been better ever since. THANK YOU NATALIE!
She's got one of those voices I could listen to read the phone book and just have to close my eyes and feel it.
💜 you Natalie!!! You still restore and revitalize my soul❤️
i was so moved by her live show... a magnificent lady
She had the audience in the palm of her hand with Thank You. Wow.
Poetry is certainly underrated among us.
This is why she left 10,000 maniacs. She has a lot to say and she loves to write and create and express herself on a solo basis.
Love love love her!!❤️
Always will!
Poetry works so well with music as the structure is so balanced, and all it took was a magical voice like Natalie to bring them to life.
@Packman They were already full of life, just forgotten.
Chillingly beautiful.
Went to go see her in berekley two weeks ago. Let me tell you that it was one of the very best shows I have ever seen of hers. at first she seemed slightly nervous not much talking in between songs. But after a couple of songs oh my god she was beyond words. She came out for two or three times on time she was out there for 30 plus mins. Signing old stuff with a new twist to it, telling funny stories. The show was over 3 hours and it was amazing I can' t even tell you how good it was.
I am so jealous
Always one of my favorites, Natalie, but this just shows so well her style, intelligence, musicality and grace. So smart, and so thrilled and involved with life...
I love it. I think it's gentle and appropriate in every sense and feeling. Pleasing to say the least. I am grateful to be reminded of these poems in such an original way and I commend the artists! To say it's beautiful is not doing it justice!
This is so awesome.
I have the deluxe 2 cd set with incredible book, explaining everything. LOVE!!!
+Irene Conley need to get them asap!
Still enchanting...................do people still get carried away by her lyrics (I see most comments are made 5 years ago)
Creo que la voz de Natalie simplemente es perfecta. Cuando toma las emciones en armonía... transporta!!! Gracias Natalie por aquellos minutos de vuelo, gracias!!!
Absolutely beautiful.
I am late to the party but this is a timeless piece by a creative genius
@ G 8 Geniuses plural, at least 12 not counting Natalie. She did a beautiful job setting the poems to music but she didn’t write them.
I just love everything she sings😍 Her beautiful voice is purely flawless ❤️
Natalie Merchant...still great after all these years!
Glad someone pointed this link, its amazing such a beautifull songs.
This is nothing short of amazing! Listened to Leave Your Sleep countless times, but seeing Natalie perform them with some of the back stories is pure gold!. Thanks for this.
The beauty of this performance moves me deeply.
the music brings the lyrics to life even more...her voice is amazng...
How I love and admire Natalie!!! Thank you!
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True...Maratel l946....you can never get her out...I like all her songs.... find myself listening a lot to "If No One Marries Me," Sweet and a Lullaby," and never get tired of the "The janitor's Boy." Be well.....
Beauty....... Thanks for sharing this.
I love how she dances during the "Sleepy Giant" cello solo.
Natalie Merchant totally rocks in all her music.
echoes in my soul
Natalie, an Angel walking amongst us. We are blessed for her amazing talent and kind humanity.
This is just so amazing!
Wonderful musicians. Quality !
Nice idea, well executed. Good choice of poems for singing, it sounds very natural. Her voice is nice and dynamic and the instrumental parts are well composed. Presentation might be a bit on the longside, but still very well done!
Lovely, this is wonderful.
they are all really good.
Love it.
For the NM haters - why did you even bother watching it? She's brilliant. Admit it.
Natalie - you are the best!
Wow, this was really great. Can't believe I haven't listened to her before.
i wish more people my age listened to music like this; it's so moving, and the way she combines music and poetry is beautiful. It's tough living in the generation of justin bieber and gangam style..
you must come to Portugal, my goodness, my princess
I really enjoyed this. ^^ Thank you for posting!
I love the first song
Marvelous! Marvelous! Marvelous!
She looks and sounds better than ever. So glad this is posted! :)
Very awesome, really enjoyed it.
Real great work natalie, good to see you again
Really great performer, instant love from me!
So creative and beautiful
Magnificent!
Amazing . . . .
Awesome....love her....Never get tired of listening to her.
it is amazing and beautiful, and in no way shape or form deserves constructive criticism for to criticize this is truly perfectionism it is as good as we could ever expect a performance to be and to want more without producing it yourself is entirely selfish
so cool! this makes the literature more related to life!
@Mei-Chen Chen I don’t understand your remark. Literature and life are inseparable. Literature reflects and transcends life.
Fantastic music and video - well done to all concerned - This is my introduction to Natalie
this artist is an artist
quieroo su discoooo
Fantastic!
I have never heard of her until Jill Delbridge from the Artists Lounge share. I love it. Natalie gave a great performance. JaeQwon
Amazing.
Thy will be done - peace, care, consideration, kindness - for the love of all 🙏
Miss natilie I want to thankyou for erily odd ways and sharing them with us.way to be miss natilie your gifts are not wasted namastae and harikrishna
Essa mulher é show!
Still lovin your music and art form 👋
Female Michael Stipe Her songwriting and voice are on a level of their own!
The couple at 9:15!!!! AWWWWWW!!! :')
I wish I was there
Estupendo!
wow this is good stuff!
@saemj She is clearly comfortably confident in her abilities, but she's far greater than she thinks she is...and everyone needs what she has done with this project.
@Zeldovich 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.
Such a very cool project.
@Martel1946 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
@padraigpurseal I saw her a few hours ago here in New York and loved every minute of the concert .
An Irish NM fan living in The Big Apple
Que, foi o maravilhoso que legendou? Muito obrigado ser! Muito obrigado mesmo!
Realmente, excelente !!!! Agradeço também. Essa cantora é simplesmente perfeita.
"You know what? I'll show you how to clap to this song." Ha! So true!
Brought to life for sure, great idea. A good song should have good words, where better to find them than in poetry.
Take a note pop producers.
Wow! Nice
lindo!!!
Who can blame the audience for showing their admiration for Natalie's performance?
This live version is loads better than the final album. Why can't producers just let good things be?
Natalie says that she has a lot of admiration for Bill Gates. But I feel a lot of admiration for José Saramago. I urge her to write and sing a song dedicated to him in which she mentions his latest novel that he couldn't finish and pleads with the universe to return him to Earth to finish his work. José is my favorite writer. I greatly admire him with extreme passion.
🌹🌹🥰❤❤❤❤
I so admire Natalie Merchant..She is so incredibly talented, beautiful voice, but I have seen her in concert many times and I do wish she would have a little more fun...she seems only serious, which is fine, great, probably a testament to her intellect and her soulfulness, but don't take away all fun away from your audience. Every concert I've been she has admoninished and even abruptly left the stage.