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 sjunger "Klonis"

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Sångerskan och låtskriveren Nellie McKay framför den halv-allvarliga sången "Klonis" -- som handlar om att skapa den optimala partnern.
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But anywayi alla fall, this is about the evilsondska of sciencevetenskap, so I think it’s perfectperfekt.
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I vilket fall, denna handlar om vetenskapens ondska, så jag tycker den är perfekt.
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♫ My oh my, walkinggående by, who’s the appleäpple of my eyeöga? ♫
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♫ Kära någon, går förbi, vem är mitt ögongodis? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very ownegen ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Jo det är min egna Klonis, ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should strollStrosa the hoodHood, who knewvisste I could look so good ♫
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♫ Oj, om jag vandrade i kvarteret, vem anade att jag var så snygg ♫
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♫ just talkingtalande on the phonetelefon to ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ pratandes i telefonen med Klonis. ♫
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♫ We are palspolare, it's coolHäftigt, 'cause'cause we're not lonelyensam, ♫
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♫ Vi är polare, det är lugnt, då vi inte är ensamma, ♫
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shallowgrund genegen poolslå samman is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ en grund genpool betyder inget för min enda Klonis. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustlingstressade throughgenom, holdinginnehav on throughgenom thicktjock and thintunn, ♫
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♫ Jag och du, vi går på och håller fast i vått och torrt, ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNADNA, so the OlsonOlson twinstvillingar got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ bara dag för dag vårt DNA och Olsonsystrarna har ingen chans. ♫
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We'llVi kommer surviveöverleva, sidesida by sidesida. MotherMor NatureNaturen, donDon’t you call her phonyfalska, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Vi överlever, sida vid sida, Moder Jord ropar inte på dig fuskis, hon är min Klonis. ♫
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♫ Was wealthyrik, but not healthyfriska, had no one to dwellDwell with me, ♫
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♫ Var rik men inte frisk och hade ingen att bo hos mig, ♫
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♫ so look who I got bornfödd -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ se vem jag födde -- Klonis. ♫
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FarLångt from brokepank, boreduttråkad, richrik folkFolkmusik, we don't need no naturalnaturlig yolkäggula -- ♫
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♫ Långt från pank, trött på de rika, vi behöver ingen naturlig ägggula -- ♫
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♫ our babiesspädbarn come full-formedfull bildade-, ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ våra barn börjar helt färdiga, Klonis. ♫
01:17
We'llVi kommer be huggablehuggable, get a publicistInformatör
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♫ Vi är kramgoa, skaffar en publicist ♫
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♫ and showshow them, be the mostmest lovableälskvärda thing sincesedan fuckingjävla EminemEminem. ♫
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♫ och visar dem, blir det mest älskvärda sedan förbannade Eminem. ♫
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♫ Oh my friendvän, multiplymultiplicera, we’reRe a franchisefranchise, like WaltWalt DisneyDisney or HannibalHannibal LecterLecter. ♫
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♫ Oh min vän, förökas, vi är ett franschise som Walt Disney eller Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancercancer cellsceller are more benigngodartad than oldgammal PhilPhil SpectorSpector. ♫
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♫ Vi vet att vår cancer är mer godartad än den gamla Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’llll surviveöverleva sidesida by sidesida, should have signedsignerad with VerveVerve insteadistället of SonySony. ♫
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♫ Vi överlever sida vid sida, skulle skrivit på med Verve och inte Sony. ♫
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♫ You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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♫ Du är min Klonis. ♫ "Oh Klonis, som jag älskar dig."
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"HaHa, I'm the only personperson I ever lovedälskade."
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"Hah, jag är den enda jag någonsin älskat."
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GeeGee, that's swellsvälla. I guessgissa you're just my fataldödlig attraction-ieattraktion-ie. You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Oj, det är fint. Jag tror du bara är min slutliga attraktionis. Du är min Klonis. ♫
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Thank you.
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Tack så mycket.
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(Applåder)
Translated by Johan Cegrell
Reviewed by Matti Jääaro

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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

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