Rachelle Garniez and Thomas Dolby: "La Vie en Rose"

TL;DR

In this content, the speaker talks about their experience playing TED, restoring a ship's lifeboat, and their new song about Billie Holiday.

Transcript

I've been playing TED for nearly a decade, and I've very rarely played any new songs of my own. And that was largely because there weren't any. (Laughter) So I've been busy with a couple of projects, and one of them was this: The Nutmeg. A 1930s ship's lifeboat, which I've been restoring in the garden of my beach house in England. And, so now, when... Read More

Key Insights

• 🛳️ The speaker has been restoring a 1930s ship's lifeboat in his garden, which will serve as his recording studio when the polar ice caps melt.
• 🔋 The Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels and a turbine, providing ample power for the speaker's recording sessions at night.
• 🎶 The speaker shares that he has rarely played new songs of his own, but he has created one about Billie Holiday, whom he imagines spending a night with on his lifeboat.
• 🌙 The song speaks of Billie Holiday's temporary disappearance and her connection with the speaker, describing their encounter as love.
• 💔 The speaker portrays the complexities of love as a loaded pistol and expresses longing for Billie Holiday to stay with him again.
• 🌉 The lyrics mention crossing frozen rivers and the speaker being alone with Johnny Walker, symbolizing a new age of solitude. ⏳ The speaker reflects on the illusion of time and acknowledges that despite the passage of time, echoes of love remain in his heart.
• 👏 The audience expresses their applause and appreciation for the speaker's performance.

Questions & Answers

Q: How long has the speaker been playing TED?

The speaker has been playing TED for nearly a decade.

Q: Why has the speaker rarely played any new songs during their TED performances?

The speaker rarely played any new songs because there weren't any available at the time.

Q: What has the speaker been busy with in addition to playing TED?

The speaker has been busy with a couple of projects, one of them being the restoration of a 1930s ship's lifeboat called The Nutmeg in the garden of their beach house in England.

Q: How does the Nutmeg collect energy to power the speaker's recording studio?

The Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels on the roof of the wheelhouse during the day and from a 450 watt turbine up the mast. This ensures that there is plenty of power for the recording studio, even when it gets dark.

Q: What is the speaker working on in their recording studio on the Nutmeg?

In their recording studio on the Nutmeg, the speaker works on new songs. They specifically mention a song about Billie Holiday, who mysteriously disappeared one night in 1947 and reappeared in the morning.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The speaker has been playing TED for almost a decade and rarely played new songs of his own because there weren't any.

• The speaker has been restoring a 1930s ship's lifeboat called The Nutmeg in his garden, which will serve as his recording studio when the polar ice caps melt.

• The Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels and a turbine, providing plenty of power for the speaker to work on and play new songs.