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Nellie McKay: "Clonie"
Nellie McKay canta "Clonie"
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Nellie McKay è una cantautrice e ci fa ascoltare la canzone semi-seria "Clonie." Vogliamo tutti trovare il compagno perfetto, no?
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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Beh... questa canzone parla dei lati negativi della scienza, quindi mi pare perfetta.
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♫ My oh my, walking by, who’s the apple of my eye? ♫
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♫ Mamma mia, davanti a me, chi è degli occhi la mia luce? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very own Clonie. ♫
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♫ E' davvero la mia Clonie. ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should stroll the hood, who knew I could look so good ♫
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♫ Camminando nel quartiere, guarda quanto sono bella ♫
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♫ just talking on the phone to Clonie. ♫
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♫ se telefono a Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are pals, it's cool, 'cause we're not lonely, ♫
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♫ Siamo amiche, che bello non esser sole, ♫
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♫ shallow gene pool is nothing to my only Clonie. ♫
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♫ i geni imperfetti fan ridere la mia splendida Clonie. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustling through, holding on through thick and thin, ♫
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♫ Tu ed io, resisteremo, affrontando questo e quello, ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNA, so the Olson twins got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ proteggerò il DNA, gemelle Olson ma chi sono? ♫
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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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♫ Immortali, fianco a fianco, Madre Natura non dirle "finta", lei è Clonie. ♫
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♫ Was wealthy, but not healthy, had no one to dwell with me, ♫
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♫ Ricca sì, sana no, nessuno stava con me ♫
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♫ so look who I got born -- Clonie. ♫
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♫ guarda chi è nato... Clonie. ♫
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♫ Far from broke, bored, rich folk, we don't need no natural yolk -- ♫
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♫ Ricca sì, anche troppo, non ci servono le uova... ♫
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♫ our babies come full-formed, Clonie. ♫
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♫ i figli li creiamo, Clonie. ♫
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♫ We'll be huggable, get a publicist ♫
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♫ Adorabili, avremo un agente ♫
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♫ and show them, be the most lovable thing since fucking Eminem. ♫
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♫ che vedrà, la cosa più bella dopo Eminem. ♫
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♫ Oh my friend, multiply, we’re a franchise, like Walt Disney or Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ Amici miei, sempre più, una catena come Walt Disney o Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancer cells are more benign than old Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ Lo so che il cancro in me è più benigno di Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’ll survive side by side, should have signed with Verve instead of Sony. ♫
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♫ Immortali, fianco a fianco, meglio stare con Verve e non con Sony. ♫
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♫ You’re my Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, how I love you."
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♫ La mia Clonie. ♫ "Oh, Clonie, quanto ti adoro."
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"Ha, I'm the only person I ever loved."
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"Ha! Sono l'unica persona che ho mai amato."
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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, che bello. Sei la mia fatale attrazione. La mia Clonie. ♫
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Thank you.
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Grazie
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(Applause)
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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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