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"

吉雯麦凯唱"克隆"

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歌手吉雯麦凯表演不太严肃的“克隆” -- 关于建立最终的同伴.
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But anyway无论如何, this is about the evils罪恶 of science科学, so I think it’s perfect完善.
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这是对科学的邪恶,所以我认为这是完美的。
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♫ My oh my, walking步行 by, who’s the apple苹果 of my eye? ♫
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散步的,谁是我的眼中钉? --跟我擦肩而过的,谁会是我的最爱?
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♫ Why, it's my very own拥有 ClonieClonie. ♫
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为什么是我自己的"克隆".
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♫ Oh, if I should stroll漫步 the hood引擎罩, who knew知道 I could look so good ♫
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噢,如果我漫步邻里,谁知道我会那么好看
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♫ just talking on the phone电话 to ClonieClonie. ♫
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只能用电话和“克隆"聊天.
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♫ We are pals哥儿们, it's cool, 'cause'原因 we're not lonely孤独, ♫
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我们是好朋友,这很酷,因为我们不孤独,
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shallow gene基因 pool is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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浅的基因库对“克隆"不是什么.--我的“克隆”跟那些愚昧的路人完全不同
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♫ Me and you, hustling忙乱 through通过, holding保持 on through通过 thick and thin, ♫
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我们同甘共苦,
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♫ just day by day, our DNA脱氧核糖核酸, so the Olson奥尔森 twins双胞胎 got nothing on us. ♫
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只是我们每天的脱氧核糖核酸,因此奥尔森双胞胎对我们没有什么.--我们拥有一样的DNA,奥尔森姐妹跟我们比起来简直不算什么。
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We'll survive生存, side by side. Mother母亲 Nature性质, don不要’t you call her phony, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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我们会生存下去,肩并肩,大自然你不叫她假,她是我的"克隆"
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♫ Was wealthy富裕, but not healthy健康, had no one to dwell with me, ♫
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是富裕但不健康没有人和我居住在一起,
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♫ so look who I got born天生 -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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看出生了谁 -- “克隆”.
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Far from broke打破, bored无聊, rich丰富 folk民间, we don't need no natural自然 yolk蛋黄 -- ♫
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没有破产,腻烦富有的民俗,不需要什么天然蛋黄 --
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♫ our babies婴儿 come full-formed全面形成, ClonieClonie. ♫
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我们的婴儿全面形成,“克隆”--我们的孩子生下来就拥有一切,“克隆”
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We'll be huggable令人喜爱的, get a publicist公关
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我们会让别人拥抱我们,找个公关--别人可以拥抱我们,我们有自己的公关经理,
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♫ and show显示 them, be the most lovable可爱 thing since以来 fucking他妈的 Eminem阿姆. ♫
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让他们看到阿姆以后最可爱的东西.--他可以让人们看到既阿姆之后最可爱的东西
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♫ Oh my friend朋友, multiply, we’re回覆 a franchise专营权, like Walt沃尔特 Disney迪士尼 or Hannibal汉尼拔 Lecter莱克特. ♫
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我的朋友,乘,我们像迪斯尼或汉尼拔,是特许经营.--哦,朋友们,我们可以像连锁的迪斯尼或者汉尼拔一样不断复制自己
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♫ We can tell our cancer癌症 cells细胞 are more benign良性 than old Phil菲尔 Spector斯佩克特. ♫
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我们知道我们的癌细胞比旧菲尔斯派克特的更有良性.---我们发现,跟老菲尔斯派克特比起来,癌症细胞都不算什么
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♫ We’ll survive生存 side by side, should have signed with Verve气魄 instead代替 of Sony索尼. ♫
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我们会生存下去,肩并肩,应该签署神韵而不签索尼。
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♫ You’re回覆 my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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你是我的"克隆". “噢'克隆' ,我多么爱你.”
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"Ha, I'm the only person I ever loved喜爱."
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"我只喜欢自己"
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Gee啧啧, that's swell. I guess猜测 you're just my fatal致命 attraction-ie吸引力,即. You’re回覆 my ClonieClonie. ♫
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就是膨胀。我想你就是我的致命景点.你是我的"克隆".
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Thank you.
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谢谢.
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Translated by Chua Hsieh Li

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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