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 cântă "Clonie"

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Cântăreaţa şi textiera Nelly McKay pune în scenă cântecul "Clonie" (Cloniţă) - o lucrare la graniţa dintre ironic şi serios despre crearea însoţitorului perfect.
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But anywayoricum, this is about the evilsrelele of scienceştiinţă, so I think it’s perfectperfect.
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Dar, în fine, acest cântec e despre relele ştiinţei, deci cred că e perfect.
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♫ My oh my, walkingmers by, who’s the applemăr of my eyeochi? ♫
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♫ Oh, Doamne, mergând agale, cine-i lumina ochilor mei? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very ownpropriu ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Ah, e a mea Clonie. ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should strollPlimbaţi-vă the hoodcapota, who knewștiut I could look so good ♫
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♫ Oh, dacă m-aş plimba prin oraş, cine-ar şti că pot arăta atât de bine ♫
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♫ just talkingvorbind on the phonetelefon to ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ doar vorbind la telefon cu Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are palsamicii, it's coolmisto, 'causepentru ca we're not lonelysinguratic, ♫
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♫ Suntem prietene şi e tare pentru că nu ne simţim singure, ♫
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shallowsuperficial genegenă poolpiscină is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ superficiala loterie genetică e un nimic pentru Clonie a mea. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustlinghustling throughprin, holdingdeținere on throughprin thickgros and thinsubţire, ♫
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♫ Eu şi tu, rezistând prin bune şi rele, ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNAADN-UL, so the OlsonOlson twinsgemeni got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ în fiecare zi doar ADN-ul nostru, aşa că gemenele Olson nu au nimic în plus. ♫
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We'llVom survivesupravieţui, sidelatură by sidelatură. MotherMama NatureNatura, donDon’t you call her phonyfals, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Vom supravieţui, împreună - Mama Natură nu o numi falsă, e Clonie a mea. ♫
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♫ Was wealthybogat, but not healthysănătos, had no one to dwelllocui with me, ♫
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♫ Eram bogată dar nu sănătoasă, nu aveam pe nimeni să stea cu mine, ♫
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♫ so look who I got bornnăscut -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ deci uite pe cine am zămislit -- Clonie. ♫
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FarÎn prezent from brokerupt, boredplictisit, richbogat folkfolk, we don't need no naturalnatural yolkgălbenuş de ou -- ♫
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♫ Departe de sărăcie, bogaţi şi plictisiţi, nu ne trebuie niciun gălbenuş natural -- ♫
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♫ our babiescopii come full-formedplin-format, ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ copiii noştri vin gata dezvoltaţi, Clonie. ♫
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We'llVom be huggablehuggable, get a publicistpublicistul
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♫ Vom fi adorabile, găsiţi un publicist ♫
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♫ and showspectacol them, be the mostcel mai lovableadorabil thing sincede cand fuckingdracului EminemEminem. ♫
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♫ şi arătaţi-le, să fie cel mai drăguţ lucru de la Eminem încoace. ♫
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♫ Oh my friendprieten, multiplymultiplica, we’reRe a franchisevot, like WaltWalt DisneyDisney or HannibalHannibal LecterLecter. ♫
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♫ Ah, prietene, înmulţeşte-te, suntem o franciză ca Walt Disney sau Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancercancer cellscelulele are more benignbenign than oldvechi PhilPhil SpectorSpector. ♫
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♫ Ştim că celulele noastre canceroase sunt mai benigne decât Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’llll survivesupravieţui sidelatură by sidelatură, should have signedsemnat with VerveVerve insteadin schimb of SonySony. ♫
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♫ Vom supravieţui împreună, trebuia să semnăm cu Verve în loc de Sony. ♫
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♫ You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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♫ Eşti Clonie a mea. ♫ "Ah Clonie, cât te iubesc."
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"HaHa, I'm the only personpersoană I ever lovediubit."
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"Ha, sunt singura persoană pe care am iubit-o vreodată."
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GeeGee, that's swellse umfla. I guessghici you're just my fatalfatal attraction-ieatractie-Adică. You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Uau, asta-i perfect. Bănuiesc că pur şi simplu eşti atracţiunea mea fatală. Eşti Clonie a mea. ♫
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Thank you.
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Mulţumesc.
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(ApplauseAplauze)
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(Aplauze)
Translated by ioana ferariu
Reviewed by Brandusa Gheorghe

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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