ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim.

Why you should listen

Playful, quirky, hilarious, endearing: not attributes of your typical political agitator. But singer-songwriter-producer-activist Nellie McKay merits the description. Her music is whimsical, colorful, catchy and as engaging as it is restless. Toying with antique genres and yet undeniably contemporary, it flirts with multiple styles of delivery while maintaining a sharp social conscience.

For these and other eccentricities, McKay has gained a devoted fan following. On stage and off, she's an outspoken advocate of animal rights, a friend and ally to any arch political quip and -- lucky for us -- artistically uncompromising. After cutting two major-label records, her own indie label, Hungry Mouse, produced her latest, Obligatory Villagers.

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Nellie McKay: "Clonie"

Nellie McKay kantas "Clonie"

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Kantistino-komponistino Nellie McKay prezentas la duonseriozan kanzonon "Clonie" - pri la kreado de la perfekta kunulo.
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But anyway, this is about the evils of science, so I think it’s perfect.
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Jen tiu ĉi estas pri malbona flanko de scienco, do mi kredas ĝin perfekta.
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♫ My oh my, walking by, who’s the apple of my eye? ♫
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♫ Ho, kiu estas, kiu estas mia plejkaraĵo? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very own Clonie. ♫
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♫ Ĝi estas mia propra Clonie. ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should stroll the hood, who knew I could look so good ♫
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♫ Ho, se mi promenus en la ĉirkaŭaĵo, kiu dirus, ke mi ŝajnas tiel bela ♫
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♫ just talking on the phone to Clonie. ♫
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♫ nur telefonbabilanta kun Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are pals, it's cool, 'cause we're not lonely, ♫
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♫ Ni estas amikoj, bonege, ĉar ni ne estas solaj. ♫
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♫ shallow gene pool is nothing to my only Clonie. ♫
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♫ malfortaj genoj estas nenio por mia nura Clonie. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustling through, holding on through thick and thin, ♫
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♫ Mi kaj vi, kune defendantaj kontraŭ ĉio ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNA, so the Olson twins got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ ĉiutage nian DNA-n -- ĝemelinoj Olson, vi ne komentu. ♫
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♫ We'll survive, side by side. Mother Nature, don’t you call her phony, she’s my Clonie. ♫
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♫ Ni postvivos, unu apud la alia, Patrino Naturo ne nomu ŝin trompaĵo, ŝi estas mia Clonie. ♫
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♫ Was wealthy, but not healthy, had no one to dwell with me, ♫
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♫ Mi estis bonhava sed ne sana, mi havis neniun por resti kun mi, ♫
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♫ so look who I got born -- Clonie. ♫
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♫ do vidu kiun mi generis -- Clonie. ♫
01:09
♫ Far from broke, bored, rich folk, we don't need no natural yolk -- ♫
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♫ Tute ne malriĉa, enuige riĉa, homoj, ni ne bezonas naturan ovoflavon -- ♫
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♫ our babies come full-formed, Clonie. ♫
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♫ niaj beboj venas plene formitaj, Clonie. ♫
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♫ We'll be huggable, get a publicist ♫
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♫ Ni estos prifestataj, voku reklamiston ♫
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♫ and show them, be the most lovable thing since fucking Eminem. ♫
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♫ kaj montru al ili, estu la plej aminda depost la damna Eminem. ♫
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♫ Oh my friend, multiply, we’re a franchise, like Walt Disney or Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ Ho, mia amiko, multobliĝu, ni fariĝu brandoĉeno kiel Walt Disney aŭ Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancer cells are more benign than old Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ Ni povas diri, ke niaj kanceraj ĉeloj estas pli benignaj ol Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’ll survive side by side, should have signed with Verve instead of Sony. ♫
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♫ Ni postvivos unu apud la alia, se ni subskribos kontrakton kun Verve anstataŭ Sony. ♫
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♫ You’re my Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, how I love you."
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♫ Vi estas mia Clonie. ♫ "Ho Clonie, kiel mi amas vin."
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"Ha, I'm the only person I ever loved."
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"Aĥ, mi estas la sola homo, kiun mi iam amis"
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♫ Gee, that's swell. I guess you're just my fatal attraction-ie. You’re my Clonie. ♫
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♫ Hej, pimpe 'stas. Mi vetas, ke vi estas simple mia fatala allogito. Vi estas mia Clonie. ♫
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Thank you.
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Dankon.
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(Applause)
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Translated by James Piton
Reviewed by Stéphane Brault

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim.

Why you should listen

Playful, quirky, hilarious, endearing: not attributes of your typical political agitator. But singer-songwriter-producer-activist Nellie McKay merits the description. Her music is whimsical, colorful, catchy and as engaging as it is restless. Toying with antique genres and yet undeniably contemporary, it flirts with multiple styles of delivery while maintaining a sharp social conscience.

For these and other eccentricities, McKay has gained a devoted fan following. On stage and off, she's an outspoken advocate of animal rights, a friend and ally to any arch political quip and -- lucky for us -- artistically uncompromising. After cutting two major-label records, her own indie label, Hungry Mouse, produced her latest, Obligatory Villagers.

More profile about the speaker
Nellie McKay | Speaker | TED.com