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: "The Dog Song"

ネリー・マッケイ 「犬の歌」

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動物好きのネリー・マッケイが、お気に入りの犬に向けて、きらめく賛辞を歌にします。 彼女は、私たち皆が同じようにすべきだと言っています。 つまり、「迷子の動物の収容所に行って 犬を一匹連れて帰ってくればいいわ そしてその子の立派な飼い主になるの」
- Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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I’d like to dedicate捧げる this next song to Carmeloカーメロ,
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この歌をカーメロに捧げます
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who was put to sleep睡眠 a coupleカップル of days日々 ago, because he got too old古い.
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カーメロはもうずいぶん年をとっていて、数日前、安楽死で天に召されました
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But apparently明らかに he was a very niceいい dog
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カーメロは本当にいい子でした
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and he always let the catネコ sleep睡眠 in the dog bedベッド.
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自分のベッドをいつも 猫に貸してあげてたのよ
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♫ (Dog panting見苦しい noiseノイズ) Heh, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ. ♫
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♫(犬が息を吐く音) ハッハッハッハッハッハッハッハッ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walkingウォーキング my dog, singing歌う my song, strolling散策 along一緒に. ♫
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♫二人でお散歩よ あの歌を歌いながら、ぶらぶら歩いて♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catchingキャッチする some sun太陽. We can't go wrong違う. ♫
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♫二人きり、お日さまを浴びて 二人なら全てがうまくいくに違いないわ♫
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♫ My life was lonely寂しい and blue. ♫
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♫私の人生は寂しくて憂鬱なものだった♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sad悲しい as a sailor船員, ♫
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♫そう、海を渡る水兵みたいに孤独だったの♫
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♫ I was an angry怒っている 'un'国連 too. ♫
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♫腹を立ててもいたわ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appeared出現した when I was entangledもつれた with youth若者 and fear恐れ, ♫
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♫まだ若くて不安でいっぱいだったの いつもピリピリしてて♫
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♫ and nerves神経 jingleジングル jangled品買い, vermouthベルモット and beerビール were getting取得 me mangled絡み合った up. ♫
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♫ベルモットとビールに溺れかけてた そこにあなたが現れた♫
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♫ But then I looked見た in your eyes
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♫あなたの瞳をのぞきこむと♫
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♫ and I was no more a failure失敗. ♫
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♫自分はダメなんかじゃないって思えたの♫
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♫ You looked見た so wacky変な and wise賢い. ♫
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♫あなたはとても個性的だったし そしてとても賢そうだった♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happyハッピー, 'cause'原因 I'm just a'walkingウォーキング my dog, ♫
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♫私は言ったの 「なんて幸せなのかしら!」♫
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catchingキャッチする some sun太陽. We can't go wrong違う." ♫
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♫「お日さまを浴びてお散歩よ 二人なら全てがうまくいくに違いないわ」♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, singing歌う our song, strolling散策 along一緒に. ♫
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♫そう、二人きりで あの歌を歌いながら、ぶらぶら歩いて♫
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'Cause'原因 I don't careお手入れ about your hating嫌う and your doubt疑問に思う, ♫
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♫嫌ったり、疑ったり あなたはそんな感情とは無関係だし♫
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♫ and I don't careお手入れ what the politicians政治家 spout注ぎ口. ♫
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♫それに私、ゴマすり屋の人達の たわ言には関心がないから♫
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♫ If you need a companionコンパニオン, why, just go out to the poundポンド, ♫
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♫もし寂しいなら 迷子の動物の収容所に行って♫
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♫ and find yourselfあなた自身 a hound猟犬, and make that doggie proud誇りに思う, ♫
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♫犬を一匹連れて帰ってくればいいわ そしてその子の立派な飼い主になるの♫
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'cause'原因 that's what it's all about. ♫
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簡単でしょ♫
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♫ (Dog panting見苦しい noiseノイズ) Heh, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ. ♫
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(犬が息を吐く音) ハッハッハッハッハッハッハッハッ♫
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♫ My life was tragic悲劇的な and sad悲しい. ♫
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私の人生は悲惨で悲しいものだった♫
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♫ I was the archetypal典型的な loser敗者. ♫
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私は典型的な負け犬だった♫
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♫ I was a pageantページェント gone行った bad悪い. ♫
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コンテストでもてんで落ち目♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and waggingワギング your tail
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そこにあなたが現れた しっぽを元気に振ってね♫
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♫ in the cutestかわいらしい mimeマミ that you was in jail刑務所. ♫
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収容所の中でとびきり可愛いパントマイムをしてたの♫
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♫ I said, "Woof横糸, be mine鉱山!" and you gave与えた a wailうめき声 and then ♫
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私は言ったわ 「ワォ、あなたは私のもの!」そしてあなたは鳴いた♫
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♫ I was no longerより長いです alone単独で. ♫
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もう一人ぽっちじゃなくなったの♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozer酒場. ♫
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酔っ払いの自分ともおさらばよ♫
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We'll私たちは make the happiest幸せな home. ♫
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お家で素敵な時間を過ごすの♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happyハッピー, 'cause'原因 I’m just a'walkingウォーキング my dog, ♫
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私は言った 「神様、私は幸せ だってこの子と散歩してるんだもの」♫
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singing歌う my song, strolling散策 along一緒に." ♫
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あの歌を歌いながら ぶらぶらしてね♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catchingキャッチする some sun太陽. We can't go wrong違う, ♫
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そうよ、私とあなただけ お日さまを浴びて 二人なら全てがうまくいくに違いないわ♫
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'cause'原因 I don't careお手入れ about your hating嫌う and your doubt疑問に思う, ♫
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嫌ったり、疑ったり あなたはそんな感情とは無関係だし♫
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♫ and I donドン’t careお手入れ what the politicians政治家 spout注ぎ口. ♫
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それに私、ゴマすり屋の人達の たわ言には関心がないから♫
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♫ If you need a companionコンパニオン, why, just go out to the poundポンド, ♫
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もし寂しいなら 迷子の動物の収容所に行って 犬を一匹連れて帰ってくればいいわ♫
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♫ and find yourselfあなた自身 a hound猟犬, and make that doggie proud誇りに思う, ♫
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そしてその子の立派な飼い主になるの♫
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'cause'原因 that's what it's all about, ♫
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簡単でしょ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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本当に簡単なことなの♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOWabou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOW
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たったそれだけよ ワオワオワオ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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本当に簡単なこと♫
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♫ (Dog panting見苦しい noiseノイズ) Heh, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ, hehええ. ♫
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♫(犬が息を吐く音) ハッハッハッハッ♫
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Good dog!
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♫いい子ね!♫
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Thank you.
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ありがとう
Translated by Kumiko Miura
Reviewed by Yoko Morinaga

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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