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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TED2008

Nellie McKay: "Clonie"

奈麗‧麥凱演唱「Clonie」

Filmed: 2008-02-29

Readability: 4.3

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歌手兼作曲家奈麗‧麥凱演唱這首帶點嚴肅，述說打造完美拍檔的歌曲「Clonie」。（複製人）

Nellie McKay - Singer/songwriter
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But anyway無論如何, this is about the evils罪惡 of science科學, so I think it’s perfect完善.

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總之，這說的是科學之惡，所以我想夠完美了。

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♫ My oh my, walking步行 by, who’s the apple蘋果 of my eye眼? ♫

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♫ 親愛的，漫步走，誰是我最重視的人？ ♫

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♫ Why, it's my very own擁有 ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫ 那就是我自己的複製人。♫

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♫ Oh, if I should stroll漫步 the hood引擎罩, who knew知道 I could look so good ♫

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♫噢，如果我漫步鄰里，誰知道我會那麼好看♫

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♫ just talking說 on the phone電話 to ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫只能用電話和複製人聊天。♫

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♫ We are pals哥兒們, it's cool涼, 'cause'原因 we're not lonely孤獨, ♫

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♫ 我們作伴，真是酷，因為我們不孤獨， ♫

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♫ shallow淺 gene基因 pool池 is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫ 我獨一無二的複製人，管他什麼淺基因庫。 ♫

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♫ Me and you, hustling忙亂 through通過, holding保持 on through通過 thick厚 and thin瘦, ♫

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♫我們同甘共苦，♫

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♫ just day by day, our DNA脫氧核糖核酸, so the Olson奧爾森 twins雙胞胎 got nothing on us. ♫

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♫我們擁有一樣的DNA，奧爾森姐妹跟我們比起來簡直不算什麼。♫

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♫ We'll好 survive生存, side側 by side側. Mother母親 Nature性質, don不要’t you call her phony假, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫我們會生存下去，肩並肩，大自然你不叫她假，她是我的複製人。♫

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♫ Was wealthy富裕, but not healthy健康, had no one to dwell住 with me, ♫

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♫是富裕但不健康沒有人和我居住在一起，♫

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♫ so look who I got born天生 -- ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫看我生出了誰 -- 複製人。♫

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♫ Far遠 from broke打破, bored無聊, rich豐富 folk民間, we don't need no natural自然 yolk蛋黃 -- ♫

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♫沒有破產，膩煩富有的民俗，不需要什麼天然蛋黃 -- ♫

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♫ our babies嬰兒 come full-formed全面形成, ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫我們的孩子生下來就擁有一切，複製人。♫

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♫ We'll好 be huggable令人喜愛的, get a publicist公關 ♫

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♫我們會讓別人擁抱我們，找個公關♫

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♫ and show顯示 them, be the most最 lovable可愛 thing since以來 fucking他媽的 Eminem阿姆. ♫

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♫他可以讓人們看到繼阿姆之後最可愛的東西。♫

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♫ Oh my friend朋友, multiply乘, we’re回覆 a franchise專營權, like Walt沃爾特 Disney迪士尼 or Hannibal漢尼拔 Lecter萊克特. ♫

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♫哦，朋友們，我們可以像連鎖的迪士尼或者漢尼拔一樣不斷複製自己。♫

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♫ We can tell our cancer癌症 cells細胞 are more benign良性 than old舊 Phil菲爾 Spector斯佩克特. ♫

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♫我們發現，跟老菲爾斯派克特比起來，癌症細胞都不算什麼。♫

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♫ We’ll二 survive生存 side側 by side側, should have signed簽 with Verve氣魄 instead代替 of Sony索尼. ♫

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♫ 我們可以一起活下來；應該跟神韻合唱團簽約而非新力。 ♫

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♫ You’re回覆 my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."

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♫ 妳是我的複製人 ♫ 「Clonie，我真的好愛妳。」

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"Ha哈, I'm the only person人 I ever loved喜愛."

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「哈，我愛過的就只有自己。」

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♫ Gee嘖嘖, that's swell脹. I guess猜測 you're just my fatal致命 attraction-ie吸引力，即. You’re回覆 my ClonieClonie. ♫

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♫ 嘖，真棒，我想妳對我就是有致命的吸引力。妳是我的複製人。 ♫

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Thank you.

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謝謝。

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(Applause掌聲)

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(掌聲)

Translated by Steven Shi
Reviewed by Adrienne Lin

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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