Jackson Browne: "If I Could Be Anywhere"

[music77ify]

why so many dislikes??

[Spasatcom]

goods video friends

[ghostbustersbl]

coolds video

[donalbl]

nice video friends thanks

[andreeaweed]

People are such great mysteries. Just when we think we have understood them, a wonderful new aspect shows in them.

[linebreeze]

he is talking about the environment. He says if there is no oceans then we cant exist on our own. So if you want to do anything the time to act is now.

I love his thoughts.

[SpencerOstrowskyTV2]

I don't know what you guys are talking about this is still an amazing song.

[dryan22]

Is his fly down?

[morrossey]

jackson, get back to the love songs!

[dswellhauser]

what the hell does this have do with TED???

[axelaael09]

@dswellhauser He is telling a story through music.

[heiki1234]

I want to listen to ted live

[fyruz4]

i like it!! if i could be anywhere, i wanna go n listen to this live!!!

[absolite]

I can't listen to this song. It doesn't appeal to me.

If TED is taking entertainment to this, then they should concentrate on songs that a lot of people would listen to. The point of this is the message, therefore the point of this is how much audience you can get. Art is relative.

[gunnargerhardt]

@absolite

Seems like intellectual or challenging topics are not for a big audience either if they are made as simple lectures. I like it, but look at the numbers of views TED gets compared to all the consumer friendly low level BS that is just around the corner on youtube or out there in the interwebs. You are right, art IS relative, but this is a classic singer songwriter/protest song. With this heritage and a certain quiet attitude and severity it fits perfectly on topic.

[Tamemoe]

fucking moving lyrics.

[Neylonx]

that is an amazing sounding guitar

[djamorpheus]

I didn't know Brian Cox could play guitar

[OregonCoastGhost]

People always bitching about the "entertainment" portion of TED. Chill...

[sabymoon]

@OregonCoastGhost Some of us get a huge thrill out of sharing ideas and thinking positively about solutions. It gets harder and harder to entertain people, so movies get more and more violent. If I see previews of a movie that features lots of violence and car chases, I don't go. I don't think it is right to be "entertained" by witnessing other people's destruction. I violence should shock and disturb. Citizen armies always have to be taught to hate this year's "enemy." kids shouldn't watch.

[axelasdf]

meh.

[Urglab]

The world can damn well take it, whether we will like how it ends up looking while we occupy it... well probably not.

The world has been around for 4.5 billion years and it'll still be there when our sun becomes a red giant. A big ass pile of plastic won't matter one bit.

[limbotemp]

Jackson Browne starting to sound more and more like Tom Petty :S

[JamesEzSecretChannel]

i really liked this song

liked, added to my sing playlist on theJamesPope

[HamsterPants522]

Well this song pretty much summarizes my general desires.

[mindnumber9]

here. let me GIVE this one away, too (ideas, truths, facts, beliefs, guidance, "notions"... whatever word fits)

GREED = A-GREED

time to break some agreements, some that people might not even be aware they're in.

if it's greed we can do without... which agreements needs abandonment and which agreements need to take place?

the english language has all the answers. GREED = A-GREED

you brilliant people... take this piece (peace) piece ... do what you can & will.

i hope it's a GOOD - WILL.

[jASTDK]

@mindnumber9 Considered writing a book? .. I'm sure it would be a lot better waste of time than writing youtube-comments :-)

[mindnumber9]

@jASTDK you're right... it is a waste of time to interact with *some* humans.

[kmica2008]

what a waste of bandwidth and hard drive space!!!

we might be a year away from TED consisting exclusively of coombaya my lord new age hippie crap.

[mindnumber9]

@kmica2008 you never know what it brings about ...

[rintintinas]

one of the worse TED "talks"?

[OregonCoastGhost]

@rintintinas did you mean "worst"? The "E" part of T.E.D. stands for Entertainment. They've had Imogen Heap sing, among several other musical performers. It's a wide menu that TED serves up.

[rintintinas]

@OregonCoastGhost Well if it were good quality Entertainment, i wouldn't say anythings, but then it's far below TED standards, then it makes me sad. And I'm watching TED for a really long time, and i know that they DO entertainment videos. Still It's more of a Entertainment to watch good TED talk, with some facts, with great talent. But then there is frazes like :"They say nothing ever made is forever, but all the plastic ever made is still here" What a crap. I know you will say - it's Art...

[OregonCoastGhost]

@rintintinas I hear what you're saying.

[Pumbrnatrr]

@rintintinas stupid, u should be ashamed of yourself, It's among the best, my guess is that your English is not sufficient to understand this wonderful song...

[rintintinas]

@Pumbrnatrr A person from Mongolia says that my English is not sufficient ;D . It's SO GOOD, that I do not want to listen to this crap ever again. Still if you like it you can listen to it...

By the way, you should be ashamed of yourself, not me, because calling other person stupid, even when you know nothing about me proves, that you down there in Mongolia are only riding horses and have never heard about etiquette. So grow up little man...

[Pumbrnatrr]

@rintintinas so Racist, I will not talk about your country, cuz' I don't care. But I am sorry that I said u stupid, but at that time I felt that way, I couldn't help. What proves about u is that, u don't know anything about Mongolia and the world. And what's funny about your comment is that it's obvious that I don't ride horses all the time. But I ride it whenever I want.

[rintintinas]

@Pumbrnatrr Obviously you UNDERSTAND, that this was using hyperbole, good luck reading more... And you don't talk about my country, because you know nothing about it, while I have little bit knowlage about yours. And I know that hosrse riding is one of your national sports, so I mentioned it, and it's definitely obvious that you can ride it whenever you want ;D, who can force anyone to do that? ;D

Good luck. Still this song is crap.

[Pumbrnatrr]

@rintintinas don't u understand the word racist? you said "that u down there in Mongolia" and it's offending, u say about etiquette and read ur comment again cuz it doesn't reflect ur opinion and I don't have time to reply a bastard like u. I said you stupid and bastard cuz u really deserve it. And I don't judge people by where they come from, I judge people by their thoughts and opinions. I will not gonna reply u because the smarter one always stops first in arguments so dont feel like u won

[rintintinas]

@Pumbrnatrr ;DD, Ya your spelling and semantic trail proves, that you are very "very" smart and well mannered. And what is so offending that I mentioned some facts? It's not MY oppinion it's a fact...

[Ramsez]

more talking less whining

[TakanashiYuuji]

Like right now is such a good time ..

He looks like his best time is behind him.

I appreciate the awareness but this is silly.

[Neanderthalcouzin]

loved it

[Bocbo]

Yeah yeah he's a great artist bla bla bla, still sounds like every other marginally talented college student at any backyard bbq.

[dhseaywl]

@Bocbo This isn't American Idol. I think we should focus on the message and backstory behind this song. 

[Bocbo]

@dhseaywl I'm guessing that this TED is about entertainment. I was just expressing my disappointment at being only marginally entertained. And what does American Idol have to do with anything? I have never seen the show (dont own a T.V.) some cultural put down or something like that?

[Bocbo]

@dhseaywl I'm guessing that this TED is about entertainment. I was just expressing my disappointment at being only marginally entertained. And what does American Idol have to do with anything? I have never seen the show (dont own a T.V.) some cultural put down or something like that?

[mazdaplz]

very awesome lyrics, they make you think

[gaiagale]

@mazdaplz ...they make who think?!?

[Omatunto]

why TED videos went mono?

[rakketakke]

Good stuff that you are uploading these vids to youtube, i like this mediaplayer a lot better