ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Anielle Reid - Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist.

Why you should listen

Music from Anielle Reid's album releases, Ain't Like 'Em and Free, have been featured in various shorts and film festivals including NYC's Katra. Performances include WNYC’s Greene Space, the American Folk Art Museum, City Winery and in other voice projects. Reid's voice and writing are not limited to songs, as she is also the creator of the Magick and Mediums Oracle and podcast of the same name.

More profile about the speaker
Anielle Reid | Speaker | TED.com
Matthew Brookshire - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina.

Why you should listen

Matthew Brookshire's collaborations with choreographer Keely Garfield include Wow and the Bessie Award nominated Twin Pines. With composer Curtis Moore, Brookshire wrote original songs for the film Palindromes (directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance, and created a musical about a woman's obsession with Lifetime Movies. Brookshire’s albums include 8 Songs and Best Friend, and he is featured on Kelli Rae Powell’s Live at Jalopy and on a compilation from the American Folk Art Museum. He is currently working on an album for Boy Girl Banjo, his duo project with singer Anielle Reid.

More profile about the speaker
Matthew Brookshire | Speaker | TED.com
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Boy Girl Banjo: "Dead Romance"

Boy Girl Banjo: "Romance Morto"

Filmed:
304,716 views

O duo acústico Anielle Reid e Matthew Brookshire (tocando juntos como Boy Girl Banjo) subiu ao palco TED para apresentar a sua música original "Romance Morto," tecendo juntos os sons da música popular americana e do pop moderno.
- Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist. Full bio - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina. Full bio

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(Música de banjo e guitarra)
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(SingsCanta) Is this what it's like
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♪ Será este o efeito
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to be alivevivo?
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♪ de estar viva?
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I reachedatingiu the pointponto of no returnRetorna
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♪ Atingi o ponto de não retorno
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and I don't know if I've been burnedqueimou
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♪ Não sei se fiquei queimada
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from the burnedqueimou bridgespontes in my life,
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♪ pelas pontes queimadas da minha vida,
♪ pensando que tu estavas errado
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thinkin'pensando ' you were wrongerrado
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♪ e que eu tinha razão.
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and I was right.
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Maybe I messedmexeu up,
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♪ Talvez eu tenha estragado tudo,
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eitherou way it's too lateatrasado for us.
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'CauseCausa babybebê I'm oldvelho with regretme arrependo,
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♪ Porque, meu amor, eu estou
cheia de arrependimento,
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wishin'Wishin ' I could holdaguarde you and just forgetesqueço.
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♪ desejando poder abraçar-te
e esquecer tudo.
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SinceDesde I can't I'll just be
home but homesicksaudades de casa,
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♪ Como não posso, fico em
casa, com saudades tuas,
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wishin'Wishin ' you were minemeu
and I didn't hurtferido you like I did.
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♪ desejando que tu fosses meu
e não te tivesse magoado.
♪ Não posso voltar ao passado
quando tudo era possível,
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Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shottiro
at realreal romanceromance.
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♪ quando esperava viver
um verdadeiro romance.
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Now I realizeperceber all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrio handsmãos.
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♪ Agora vejo que tudo o que podia
ter tido estava nas tuas mãos frias.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
♪ Acabado, acabado, acabado.
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GoneSe foi, gonefoi, gonefoi.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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GoneSe foi, gonefoi, gonefoi.
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♪ Acabado, acabado, acabado.
♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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Is this what it's like to fantasizefantasiar
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♪ Será este o efeito de fantasiar
♪ sobre um amor que nunca existiu
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about a love that never was alivevivo
outsidelado de fora my mindmente or distancedistância?
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♪ fora do meu espírito, à distância?
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With time I clearlyclaramente lostperdido my sightvista,
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♪ O tempo fez-me perder toda a noção
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thinkin'pensando ' I was wrongerrado
to ever leavesair your sidelado.
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♪ pensando que estava errada
por te ter deixado.
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But time'sdo tempo the harshestmais severos judgejuiz,
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♪ Mas o tempo é o juiz mais cruel,
♪ faz-nos pensar
que estávamos apaixonados.
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makesfaz com que us think we were in love.
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♪ E agora estou velha e arrependida
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And now
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I'm oldvelho with regretme arrependo,
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♪ desejando poder abraçar-te
e esquecer tudo.
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wishin'Wishin ' I could holdaguarde you and just forgetesqueço.
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♪ Como não posso, fico em
casa, com saudades tuas,
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SinceDesde I can't I'll just be
home but homesicksaudades de casa,
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wishin'Wishin ' you were minemeu
and I didn't hurtferido you like I did.
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♪ desejando que tu fosses meu
e não te tivesse magoado.
♪ Não posso voltar ao passado,
quando tudo era possível
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Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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♪ quando esperava viver
um verdadeiro romance.
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wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shottiro
at realreal romanceromance.
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Now I realizeperceber all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrio handsmãos.
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♪ Agora vejo que tudo o que podia
ter tido estava nas tuas mãos frias.
♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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♪ Acabado, acabado, acabado.
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GoneSe foi, gonefoi, gonefoi.
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♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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(Música)
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(BanjoBanjo and guitarguitarra playToque)
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♪ Meu amor, estou cheia
de arrependimento,
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And babybebê I'm oldvelho with regretme arrependo,
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wishin'Wishin ' I could holdaguarde you and just forgetesqueço.
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♪ desejando poder abraçar-te
e esquecer tudo.
02:57
SinceDesde I can't I'll just be
home but homesicksaudades de casa,
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♪ Como não posso, fico em
casa, com saudades tuas,
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wishin'Wishin ' you were minemeu
and I didn't hurtferido you like I did.
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♪ desejando que tu fosses meu
e não te tivesse magoado.
♪ Não posso voltar ao passado
quando tudo era possível,
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Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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♪ quando esperava viver
um verdadeiro romance.
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wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shottiro
at realreal romanceromance.
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Now I realizeperceber all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrio handsmãos.
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♪ Agora vejo que tudo o que podia
ter tido estava nas tuas mãos frias.
♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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♪ Acabado, acabado, acabado.
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GoneSe foi, gonefoi, gonefoi.
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♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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♪ Acabado, acabado, acabado.
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GoneSe foi, gonefoi, gonefoi.
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♪ Este amor morto enlouquece-me.
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I'm a foolidiota for a deadmorto romanceromance.
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Is this what it's like?
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♪ Será este o efeito?
Translated by Pedro Garcia
Reviewed by Margarida Ferreira

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Anielle Reid - Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist.

Why you should listen

Music from Anielle Reid's album releases, Ain't Like 'Em and Free, have been featured in various shorts and film festivals including NYC's Katra. Performances include WNYC’s Greene Space, the American Folk Art Museum, City Winery and in other voice projects. Reid's voice and writing are not limited to songs, as she is also the creator of the Magick and Mediums Oracle and podcast of the same name.

More profile about the speaker
Anielle Reid | Speaker | TED.com
Matthew Brookshire - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina.

Why you should listen

Matthew Brookshire's collaborations with choreographer Keely Garfield include Wow and the Bessie Award nominated Twin Pines. With composer Curtis Moore, Brookshire wrote original songs for the film Palindromes (directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance, and created a musical about a woman's obsession with Lifetime Movies. Brookshire’s albums include 8 Songs and Best Friend, and he is featured on Kelli Rae Powell’s Live at Jalopy and on a compilation from the American Folk Art Museum. He is currently working on an album for Boy Girl Banjo, his duo project with singer Anielle Reid.

More profile about the speaker
Matthew Brookshire | Speaker | TED.com

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