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 spieva "Clonie"

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Speváčka a skladateľka Nellie McKay spieva poloserióznu pieseň "Clonie" o vytvorení sí najlepšej priateľky.
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But anywayv každom prípade, this is about the evilszla of scienceveda, so I think it’s perfectperfektný.
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Každopádne je to pieseň o diabolskej vede, takže myslím, že je dokonalá.
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♫ My oh my, walkingchôdza by, who’s the applejablko of my eyeočné? ♫
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♫ No páni, čože je to za moje dvojča, ktoré ma míňa? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very ownvlastný ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ A či je to moje druhé ja, Clonie? ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should strollprechádzka the hoodHood, who knewvedel I could look so good ♫
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♫ Kto by tušil, že pri prechádzke štvrťou môžem vyzerať tak dobre, ♫
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♫ just talkingrozprávanie on the phonetelefón to ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ už len samotným telefonovaním s Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are palskamaráti, it's coolchladný, 'cause'cause we're not lonelyosamelý, ♫
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♫ Sme priateľky, je to skvelé, pretože nie sme osamelé, ♫
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shallowpovrchné genegen poolbazén is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ plytký genofond pre moju jedinú Clonie nič neznamená.♫
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♫ Me and you, hustlingusilovne throughskrz, holdingdržanie on throughskrz thicktučný and thintenký, ♫
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♫ Stojíme pri sebe v dobrom i zlom ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNADNA, so the OlsonOlson twinsdvojčatá got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ my a naša DNA, dvojičky Olsenové na nás nemajú. ♫
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We'llBudeme surviveprežiť, sidebočné by sidebočné. MotherMatka NaturePríroda, donDon’t you call her phonyfalošné, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Spolu prežijeme, matka príroda, nevolaj ju falzifikát, je to moja Clonie. ♫
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♫ Was wealthybohatý, but not healthyzdravý, had no one to dwellbývať with me, ♫
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♫ Mala som majetok, nie však zdravie a niekoho po boku, ♫
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♫ so look who I got bornnarodený -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ a hľa kto sa pre mňa narodil -- Clonie. ♫
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FarĎaleko from brokezlomil, boredznudený, richbohatý folkFolk, we don't need no naturalprírodné yolkžĺtok -- ♫
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♫ Načo sú nám vajíčka, nám znudeným boháčom - ♫
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♫ our babiesbábätká come full-formedplne-tvoril, ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ naše deti sa rodia už hotové, Clonie. ♫
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We'llBudeme be huggablemôžete ho, get a publicistpublicista
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♫ Vyobjímate nás a dáte nám publicistu ♫
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♫ and showšou them, be the mostväčšina lovableroztomilý thing sinceod tej doby fuckingzasraný EminemEminem. ♫
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♫ a mi im ukážeme, budeme tou najzlatšou vecou od čias Eminema. ♫
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♫ Oh my friendpriateľ, multiplynásobiť, we’reRe a franchisevolebné právo, like WaltWalt DisneyDisney or HannibalHannibal LecterLecter. ♫
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♫ Moja drahá bunka, deľ sa, sme značka ako Walt Disney či Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancerrakovina cellsbunky are more benignbenígne than oldstarý PhilPhil SpectorSpector. ♫
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♫ Naše rakovinové bunky sú neškodnejšie než starý Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’llll surviveprežiť sidebočné by sidebočné, should have signedpodpísaný with VerveVerve insteadnamiesto of SonySony. ♫
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♫ Spolu prežijeme, mali sme sa spojiť s Verve a nie so Sony. ♫
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♫ You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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♫ Ty si moja Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, ako veľmi ťa milujem."
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"HaHa, I'm the only persončlovek I ever lovedMiloval."
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"Ha! Som jedinou osobou, ktorú som kedy milovala."
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GeeGee, that's swellSwell. I guesshádať you're just my fatalsmrteľný attraction-iepríťažlivosť-ie. You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ To je dobré, si proste moja osudová príťažlivosť. Si moja Clonie. ♫
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem vám.
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(Potlesk)
Translated by Martin Francis Gilbert Máik
Reviewed by Karol Batek

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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