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: "Clonie"

Nellie McKay canta "Clonie"

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A cantora-compositora Nellie McKay interpreta a canção semi-seria "Clonie" -- acerca de criar o companheiro perfeito.
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But anywayde qualquer forma, this is about the evilsmales of scienceCiência, so I think it’s perfectperfeito.
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De qualquer maneira, isto é acerca dos males da ciência, por isso acho que é perfeito.
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♫ My oh my, walkingcaminhando by, who’s the applemaçã of my eyeolho? ♫
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♫ Meu oh meu, ao passar, quem é a menina dos meus olhos? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very ownpróprio ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫Porque é a minha própria Clonie. ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should strollpasseio the hoodcapa, who knewsabia I could look so good ♫
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♫ Oh, ao passear pelas redondezas, quem adivinharia que poderia ser tão bonita ♫
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♫ just talkingfalando on the phonetelefone to ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ apenas a falar ao telefone com a Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are palsamigos, it's coollegal, 'causePorque we're not lonelysolitário, ♫
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♫ Nós Somos companheiras, é tão bom, porque não estamos sós, ♫
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shallowraso genegene poolpiscina is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ genes fracos não são nada para a minha Clonie. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustlingagitadas throughatravés, holdingsegurando on throughatravés thickGrosso and thinfino, ♫
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♫ Eu e tu, a lutar e a aguentar através da fartura e da abundância, ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNADNA, so the OlsonOlson twinsgêmeos got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ dia a dia o nosso DNA, para que as gémeas Olson não falem de nós. ♫
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We'llNós vamos survivesobreviver, sidelado by sidelado. MotherMãe NatureNatureza, donDon’t you call her phonyfalso, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Nós sobrevivemos, lado a lado, Mãe Naturesa não a chame farsolas, ela é a minha Clonie. ♫
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♫ Was wealthyrico, but not healthysaudável, had no one to dwellHabitai with me, ♫
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♫ Era rica, mas não saudável, não tinha ninguém para viver comigo, ♫
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♫ so look who I got bornnascermos -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ então vejam quem fiz nascer -- Clonie ♫
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FarAté agora from brokequebrou, boredentediado, richrico folkfolclórica, we don't need no naturalnatural yolkgema -- ♫
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♫ Longe de quebrar, companheiro rico e aborrecido, nós não precisamos de gemas naturais ♫
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♫ our babiesbebês come full-formedcompleto-formado, ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ os nossos bebés nascem saudáveis, Clonie. ♫
01:17
We'llNós vamos be huggablehuggable, get a publicistrelações públicas
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♫ Nós seremos amadas, arranja um relações publicas ♫
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♫ and showexposição them, be the mosta maioria lovableadorável thing sinceDesde a fuckingfodendo EminemEminem. ♫
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♫ e mostra-lhes, que és a coisa mais adorável desde o caralho do Eminem. ♫
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♫ Oh my friendamigos, multiplymultiplicar, we’reRe a franchisefranquia, like WaltWalt DisneyDisney or HannibalHannibal LecterLecter. ♫
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♫Oh minha amiga, multiplica, nós somos um franchising como o Walt Disney ou o Hannibel Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancerCâncer cellscélulas are more benignbenigno than oldvelho PhilPhil SpectorSpector. ♫
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♫ Podemos dizer que as nossas células cancerígenas são mais benignas que o velho Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’llll survivesobreviver sidelado by sidelado, should have signedassinado with VerveVerve insteadem vez de of SonySony. ♫
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♫ Nós sobreviveremos, lado a lado, devia ter assinado com a Verve em vez da Sony. ♫
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♫ You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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♫ Tu és a minha Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, como eu te amo."
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"HaHa, I'm the only personpessoa I ever lovedAmado."
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"Hah, eu sou a única pessoa que alguma vez amei"
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GeeGonçalves de Souza, that's swellinchar. I guessacho you're just my fatalfatal attraction-ieatração-ie. You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ ♫
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Bruno Gomes
Reviewed by Rafael Eufrasio

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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