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 kendon "Clonie"

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Kengetarja dhe kantautorja Nellie Mckay performon kengen gjysme-serioze "Clonie" -- rreth krijimit te shokut te fundit.
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But anyway, this is about the evils of science, so I think it’s perfect.
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Por gjithsesi, kjo eshte rreth te keqijave te shkences, keshtu qe mendoj se eshte e perkryer.
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♫ My oh my, walking by, who’s the apple of my eye? ♫
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♫ E imja oh e imja, duke ecur, kush eshte molla e syve te mi? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very own Clonie. ♫
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Pse eshte e imja Clonie.♫
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♫ Oh, if I should stroll the hood, who knew I could look so good ♫
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♫ Oh nese duhet ta leviz kapelen, kush e dinte se une mund te isha aq e mire ♫
00:37
♫ just talking on the phone to Clonie. ♫
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♫ vetem duke folur ne telefon me Clonie. ♫
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♫ We are pals, it's cool, 'cause we're not lonely, ♫
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♫Ne jemi shoke, eshte dicka shume e mire sepse nuk jemi vetem ♫
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♫ shallow gene pool is nothing to my only Clonie. ♫
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pishina e ceket nuk eshte asgje ne krahasim me Clonie tim.♫
00:48
♫ Me and you, hustling through, holding on through thick and thin, ♫
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Une dhe ti, duke u ngutur, duke u mbajtur nepermjet te trashave dhe te hollave, ♫
00:52
♫ just day by day, our DNA, so the Olson twins got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ vetem dite pas dite, ADN -ja jone, keshtu qe binjaket Olson nuk marrin asgje mes nesh.♫
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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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♫ Ne do te mbijetojme, krah per krahu. Nene natyre, mos i bini telefonit te saj, ajo eshte Cloni im ♫
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♫ Was wealthy, but not healthy, had no one to dwell with me, ♫
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Ishte e pasur, por jo e shendetshme, nuk kishte askend pervec meje, ♫
01:06
♫ so look who I got born -- Clonie. ♫
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♫ keshtu qe shiko se kush ka lindur -- Clonie.♫
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♫ Far from broke, bored, rich folk, we don't need no natural yolk -- ♫
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Larg nga ndarja, i merzitur, i pasur, nuk na nevojitet e verdhe vezesh natyrale --♫
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♫ our babies come full-formed, Clonie. ♫
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femijet tane vijne te plotesuar, Clonie.♫
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♫ We'll be huggable, get a publicist ♫
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♫ Ne do te ndahemi, merrni nje publicist ♫
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♫ and show them, be the most lovable thing since fucking Eminem. ♫
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♫ dhe tregoja atyre, behu personi me i interesuar ne krahasim me Eminen.♫
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♫ Oh my friend, multiply, we’re a franchise, like Walt Disney or Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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Oh shoku im, shumzo, ne jemi thyesa, sikurse Walt Disney apo Hannibal Lecter.♫
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♫ We can tell our cancer cells are more benign than old Phil Spector. ♫
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Ne mund ti tregojm se qelizat tona kanceroze, jane me te rrezikshme se Phil Spector.♫
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♫ We’ll survive side by side, should have signed with Verve instead of Sony. ♫
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Ne do te mbijetojme krah per krahu, duhet te kishit nenshkruar me Verve sesa me Sony.♫
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♫ You’re my Clonie. ♫ "Oh Clonie, how I love you."
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Ti je Clonie im. ♫ "oh Clonie, sa shum te dua."
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"Ha, I'm the only person I ever loved."
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"Ha, Une jam personi i vetem qe te kam dashur."
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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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♫ Gee, ajo eshte e bukur. Besoj se ju jeni vetem nje terheqje fatale. Ti je Cloni im.♫
02:02
Thank you.
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Faliminderit.
02:04
(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
Translated by Liridon Shala
Reviewed by Amantia Gjikondi

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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