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 | Speaker | TED.com
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Nellie McKay: "The Dog Song"

Nellie McKay menyanyikan "Lagu Seekor Anjing"

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Nellie McKay, si penyayang binatang menyanyikan lagu persembahan untuk anjing kesayangannya. Dia menyarankan kita semua melakukan hal yang sama: "Langsung saja ke penampungan anjing/ Dan ambillah seekor untukmu/ Dan buat anjing itu bangga/ Karena itulah intinya."
- Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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I’d like to dedicatededikasi this nextberikutnya songlagu to CarmeloCarmelo,
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Saya ingin mempersembahkan lagu ini untuk Carmelo,
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who was put to sleeptidur a couplepasangan of dayshari agolalu, because he got too oldtua.
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yang dimatikan beberapa hari yang lalu karena sudah terlalu tua.
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But apparentlytampaknya he was a very nicebagus doganjing
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Dia anjing yang sangat baik
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and he always let the catkucing sleeptidur in the doganjing bedtempat tidur.
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selalu membiarkan kucing tidur di tempatnya.
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♫ (DogAnjing pantingterengah-engah noisekebisingan) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Suara anjing terengah-engah) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walkinga'walking my doganjing, singingnyanyian my songlagu, strollingberjalan-jalan alongsepanjang. ♫
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♫ Aku ajak anjingku keluar, bernyanyi, berjalan-jalan. ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my doganjing, catchingpenangkapan some sunmatahari. We can't go wrongsalah. ♫
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♫ Ya, hanya aku dan anjingku, di bawah hangat matahari, sempurna. ♫
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♫ My life was lonelykesepian and bluebiru. ♫
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♫ Hidupku duli sepi dan sendu. ♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sadsedih as a sailorpelaut, ♫
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♫ Ya, kesepian seperti pelaut, ♫
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♫ I was an angrymarah 'un'Un too. ♫
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♫ aku pun pemarah. ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appearedmuncul when I was entangledterjerat with youthpemuda and feartakut, ♫
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♫ Lalu kau datang -- saat aku tenggelam dalam masa muda dan rasa takut ♫
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♫ and nervessaraf jinglejingle jangledjangled, vermouthvermouth and beerBir were gettingmendapatkan me mangledhancur up. ♫
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♫ dan syaraf yang bergejolak, anggur dan bir membuatku semakin terjebak. ♫
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♫ But then I lookedtampak in your eyesmata
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♫ Tapi saat aku lihat matamu ♫
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♫ and I was no more a failurekegagalan. ♫
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♫ Aku tidak lagi merasa gagal. ♫
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♫ You lookedtampak so wackygila and wisebijaksana. ♫
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♫ Kau kelihatan lucu dan bijak. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordTuhan, I'm happysenang, 'causekarena I'm just a'walkinga'walking my doganjing, ♫
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♫ Dan aku berkata, "Tuhan, aku bahagia, karena aku bersama anjingku, ♫
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catchingpenangkapan some sunmatahari. We can't go wrongsalah." ♫
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♫ di bawah hangat matahari, sempurna." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my doganjing, singingnyanyian our songlagu, strollingberjalan-jalan alongsepanjang. ♫
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♫ Ya, hanya aku dan anjingku, bernyanyi, berjalan-jalan. ♫
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'CauseKarena I don't carepeduli about your hatingmembenci and your doubtkeraguan, ♫
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♫ Aku tak peduli lagi, bencimu dan ragumu, ♫
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♫ and I don't carepeduli what the politicianspolitisi spoutmoncong. ♫
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♫ dan aku tak peduli dengan ocehan politisi. ♫
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♫ If you need a companionteman, why, just go out to the poundpound, ♫
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♫ Kalau kau perlu teman, langsung saja ke penampungan anjing ♫
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♫ and find yourselfdirimu sendiri a houndHound, and make that doggieDoggie proudbangga, ♫
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♫ dan ambillah seekor untukmu dan buat anjing itu bangga, ♫
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'causekarena that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ karena itulah intinya. ♫
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♫ (DogAnjing pantingterengah-engah noisekebisingan) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Suara anjing terengah-engah) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ My life was tragictragis and sadsedih. ♫
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♫ Hidupku dulu tragis dan sedih, ♫
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♫ I was the archetypalpola dasar loserpecundang. ♫
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♫ Aku pecundang sejati, ♫
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♫ I was a pageantkontes gonepergi badburuk. ♫
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♫ putri yang jatuh berantakan, ♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and waggingbergoyang-goyang your tailekor
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♫ dan kamu datang, tepat waktu, menggoyang ekormu ♫
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♫ in the cutestlucu mimeMIME that you was in jailpenjara. ♫
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♫ berpantomim lucu dalam penjaramu. ♫
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♫ I said, "WoofPakan, be mineranjau!" and you gavememberi a wailmeratap and then ♫
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♫ Aku bilang, "Guk, jadilah milikku!" kau melolong dan ♫
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♫ I was no longerlebih lama alonesendirian. ♫
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♫ aku tak lagi sendiri. ♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozerBoozer. ♫
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♫ Dan aku bukan lagi pemabuk. ♫
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We'llKami akan make the happiestpaling bahagia home. ♫
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♫ Kita berdua akan selalu bahagia. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordTuhan, I'm happysenang, 'causekarena I’m just a'walkinga'walking my doganjing, ♫
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♫ Dan aku berkata, "Tuhan, aku bahagia, karena aku bersama anjingku, ♫
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singingnyanyian my songlagu, strollingberjalan-jalan alongsepanjang." ♫
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♫ bernyanyi, berjalan-jalan." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my doganjing, catchingpenangkapan some sunmatahari. We can't go wrongsalah, ♫
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♫ Ya, hanya aku dan anjingku, di bawah hangat matahari, sempurna. ♫
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'causekarena I don't carepeduli about your hatingmembenci and your doubtkeraguan, ♫
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♫ Aku tak peduli lagi, bencimu dan ragumu, ♫
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♫ and I donDon’t carepeduli what the politicianspolitisi spoutmoncong. ♫
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♫ dan aku tak peduli dengan ocehan politisi. ♫
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♫ If you need a companionteman, why, just go out to the poundpound, ♫
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♫ Kalau kau perlu teman, langsung saja ke penampungan anjing ♫
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♫ and find yourselfdirimu sendiri a houndHound, and make that doggieDoggie proudbangga, ♫
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♫ dan ambil seekor untukmu dan buat anjing itu bangga, ♫
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'causekarena that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ karena itulah intinya, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ itulah intinya, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOWAbou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOW
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♫ itulah intinya, GUK-GUK-GUK ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ itulah intinya. ♫
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♫ (DogAnjing pantingterengah-engah noisekebisingan) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Suara anjing terengah-engah) Heh, heh, heh. ♫
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Good doganjing!
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Anjing yang pintar!
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
Translated by Ade Indarta
Reviewed by Antonius Yudi Sendjaja

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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

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