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Nellie McKay: "Clonie"
Nellie McKay chante "Clonie"
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L'auteur-interprète Nellie McKay chante cette chanson mi-drôle mi-sérieuse "Clonie", sur la création du compagnon ultime.
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio
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But anyway, this is about the evils of science, so I think it’s perfect.
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Puisque nous parlons des maux de la science, je pense que ma chanson tombe à point nommé.
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♫ My oh my, walking by, who’s the apple of my eye? ♫
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♫ Oh mon Dieu, qui passe par ici, qui est la prunelle de mes yeux? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very own Clonie. ♫
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♫ Mais c'est ma Clonie à moi.♫♫
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♫ Oh, if I should stroll the hood, who knew I could look so good ♫
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♫ Oh, si je me baladais dans le quartier, qui aurait dit que j'étais si belle ♫
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♫ just talking on the phone to Clonie. ♫
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♫ rien qu'en parlant au téléphone avec Clonie ♫
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♫ We are pals, it's cool, 'cause we're not lonely, ♫
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♫ Nous sommes amies, c'est cool, parce que nous ne sommes pas seules, ♫
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♫ shallow gene pool is nothing to my only Clonie. ♫
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♫ réservoir de gènes ne signifie rien pour ma Clonie. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustling through, holding on through thick and thin, ♫
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♫ Toi et moi, bousculées, on se serre les coudes pour garder,♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNA, so the Olson twins got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ jour après jour, notre ADN, alors les jumelles Olson n'ont rien sur nous ♫
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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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♫ Nous survivrons, côte à côte, Mère Nature, ne t'avise pas de dire qu'elle est bidon, c'est ma Clonie. ♫
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♫ Was wealthy, but not healthy, had no one to dwell with me, ♫
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♫ J'étais riche, mais malade, toute seule,♫
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♫ so look who I got born -- Clonie. ♫
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♫ regardez qui j'ai fait naître - Clonie.♫
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♫ Far from broke, bored, rich folk, we don't need no natural yolk -- ♫
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♫ Loin des riches oisifs fauchés, pas besoin de jaunes d'œuf naturel♫
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♫ our babies come full-formed, Clonie. ♫
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♫ nos enfants arrivent formés, Clonie. ♫
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♫ We'll be huggable, get a publicist ♫
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♫ Nous serons adorables, nous embaucherons un publicitaire ♫
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♫ and show them, be the most lovable thing since fucking Eminem. ♫
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♫ et leur montrerons, que nous sommes les plus adorables depuis ce con d'Eminem ♫
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♫ Oh my friend, multiply, we’re a franchise, like Walt Disney or Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ Nous nous multiplierons, nous serons une marque comme Walt Disney ou Hannibal Lecter.♫
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♫ We can tell our cancer cells are more benign than old Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ Nos cellules cancéreuses sont plus bénignes que ce bon vieux Phil Spector.♫
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♫ We’ll survive side by side, should have signed with Verve instead of Sony. ♫
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♫ Nous survivrons côte à côte, on aurait dû signer avec Verve et non Sony.♫
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♫ You’re my Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, how I love you."
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♫ Tu es ma Clonie. ♫ Oh Clonie, que je t'aime.
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"Ha, I'm the only person I ever loved."
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♫ Je suis la seule personne que j'aie jamais aimée.♫
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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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♫ Oh, ça craint. Je crois que tu es mon attirance fatale. Tu es ma Clonie.♫
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Thank you.
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Merci.
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(Applause)
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(Applaudissements)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriterNellie 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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