Name: "Love Is a Loaded Pistol"
Uploaded: 2010-05-07T07:19:00Z
Duration: 4 min 40 s
Description: To write his first studio album in decades, "A Map of the Floating City," Thomas Dolby has been working in the inspirational setting of a restored lifeboat. At TED2010 he premieres a gorgeous, evocative song from that album -- about one night with a legend. He's backed by members of the modern string quartet Ethel.

To write his first studio album in decades, "A Map of the Floating City," Thomas Dolby has been working in the inspirational setting of a restored lifeboat. At TED2010 he premieres a gorgeous, evocative song from that album -- about one night with a legend. He's backed by members of the modern string quartet Ethel.

Thomas Dolby: "Love Is a Loaded Pistol"

"Love Is a Loaded Pistol"

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