# "Love Is a Loaded Pistol"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Thomas Dolby
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_dolby_love_is_a_loaded_pistol)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. ["Love Is a Loaded Pistol"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/thomas_dolby_love_is_a_loaded_pistol/d0b299ca5dbb), 5 min (TED's player)