ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Anielle Reid - Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist.

Why you should listen

Music from Anielle Reid's album releases, Ain't Like 'Em and Free, have been featured in various shorts and film festivals including NYC's Katra. Performances include WNYC’s Greene Space, the American Folk Art Museum, City Winery and in other voice projects. Reid's voice and writing are not limited to songs, as she is also the creator of the Magick and Mediums Oracle and podcast of the same name.

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Anielle Reid | Speaker | TED.com
Matthew Brookshire - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina.

Why you should listen

Matthew Brookshire's collaborations with choreographer Keely Garfield include Wow and the Bessie Award nominated Twin Pines. With composer Curtis Moore, Brookshire wrote original songs for the film Palindromes (directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance, and created a musical about a woman's obsession with Lifetime Movies. Brookshire’s albums include 8 Songs and Best Friend, and he is featured on Kelli Rae Powell’s Live at Jalopy and on a compilation from the American Folk Art Museum. He is currently working on an album for Boy Girl Banjo, his duo project with singer Anielle Reid.

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Matthew Brookshire | Speaker | TED.com
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Boy Girl Banjo: "Dead Romance"

Boy Girl Banjo: "Romance muerto"

Filmed:
304,716 views

El dúo acústico formado por Anielle Reid y Matthew Brookshire (tocando juntos como "Boy Girl Banjo") toman el escenario de TED para interpretar su canción original "Romance muerto", tejiendo juntos sonidos de la música folk estadounidense y del pop moderno.
- Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist. Full bio - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina. Full bio

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(BanjoBanjo playsobras de teatro)
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(Banjo)
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(BanjoBanjo and guitarguitarra playjugar)
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(Banjo y guitarra)
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(SingsCanta) Is this what it's like
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(Canto) ¿De esto se trata
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to be aliveviva?
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estar vivo?
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I reachedalcanzado the pointpunto of no returnregreso
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Alcancé el punto de no retorno
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and I don't know if I've been burnedquemado
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y no sé si he estado ardiendo
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from the burnedquemado bridgespuentes in my life,
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por los puentes quemados de mi vida,
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thinkin'pensando you were wrongincorrecto
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pensando que te equivocabas
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and I was right.
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y yo tenía razón.
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Maybe I messedensuciado up,
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Quizás lo eché a perder,
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eitherya sea way it's too latetarde for us.
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es demasiado tarde para nosotros.
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'CausePorque babybebé I'm oldantiguo with regretlamentar,
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Porque, querido,
estoy vieja y arrepentida,
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wishin'deseando I could holdsostener you and just forgetolvidar.
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deseando poder abrazarte y solo olvidar.
01:00
SinceYa que I can't I'll just be
home but homesicknostálgico,
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Como no puedo, estaré
en casa, con nostalgia,
01:02
wishin'deseando you were minemía
and I didn't hurtherir you like I did.
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deseando que fueras mío
y no haberte herido como lo hice.
01:06
Can't go back to when we had a chanceoportunidad,
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No puedo volver a cuando tuvimos
una oportunidad
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wishin'deseando I could have a shotDisparo
at realreal romanceromance.
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deseando que tuviéramos un momento
de romance real.
Me doy cuenta de que todas las cosas
que pudimos tener están en tus manos frías
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Now I realizedarse cuenta de all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrío handsmanos.
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01:15
I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
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GoneIdo, goneido, goneido.
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Muerto, muerto, muerto.
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I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
01:28
GoneIdo, goneido, goneido.
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Muerto, muerto, muerto.
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I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
01:38
Is this what it's like to fantasizefantasear
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¿Esto es fantasear
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about a love that never was aliveviva
outsidefuera de my mindmente or distancedistancia?
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con un amor que nunca estuvo vivo
más allá de mi mente y la distancia?
01:49
With time I clearlyclaramente lostperdió my sightvisión,
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Con el tiempo perdí el norte,
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thinkin'pensando I was wrongincorrecto
to ever leavesalir your sidelado.
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pensando que estaba equivocada
por dejarte.
01:54
But time'sveces the harshestmás duro judgejuez,
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Pero el tiempo es el juez más severo,
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makeshace us think we were in love.
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nos hace creer que estábamos enamorados.
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And now
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Y ahora,
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I'm oldantiguo with regretlamentar,
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vieja y arrepentida,
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wishin'deseando I could holdsostener you and just forgetolvidar.
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deseo poder abrazarte y solo olvidar.
02:04
SinceYa que I can't I'll just be
home but homesicknostálgico,
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Como no puedo, estaré
en casa, con nostalgia,
02:07
wishin'deseando you were minemía
and I didn't hurtherir you like I did.
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deseando que fueras mío
y no haberte herido como lo hice.
02:10
Can't go back to when we had a chanceoportunidad,
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No puedo volver a cuando tuvimos
una oportunidad
02:12
wishin'deseando I could have a shotDisparo
at realreal romanceromance.
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deseando que tuviéramos un momento
de romance real.
02:15
Now I realizedarse cuenta de all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrío handsmanos.
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Noto que todo lo que pude haber tenido
estaba en tus manos frías.
02:19
I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
02:22
GoneIdo, goneido, goneido.
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Muerto, muerto, muerto.
02:29
I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
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(BanjoBanjo and guitarguitarra playjugar)
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(Banjo y guitarra)
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And babybebé I'm oldantiguo with regretlamentar,
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Y cielo, estoy vieja y arrepentida,
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wishin'deseando I could holdsostener you and just forgetolvidar.
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quiero poder abrazarte y solo olvidar.
02:57
SinceYa que I can't I'll just be
home but homesicknostálgico,
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Como no puedo, estaré
en casa, con nostalgia,
03:00
wishin'deseando you were minemía
and I didn't hurtherir you like I did.
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deseando que fueras mío
y no haberte herido como lo hice.
03:03
Can't go back to when we had a chanceoportunidad,
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No puedo volver a cuando tuvimos
una oportunidad
deseando que tuviéramos
un momento de romance real.
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wishin'deseando I could have a shotDisparo
at realreal romanceromance.
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03:08
Now I realizedarse cuenta de all the things
I could have had were in your coldfrío handsmanos.
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Noto que todo lo que pude haber tenido
estaba en tus manos frías.
03:12
I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
03:15
GoneIdo, goneido, goneido.
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Muerto, muerto, muerto.
03:23
I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
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GoneIdo, goneido, goneido.
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Muerto, muerto, muerto.
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I'm a fooltonto for a deadmuerto romanceromance.
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Fui engañada por un romance muerto.
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Is this what it's like?
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¿Es así?
Translated by Sonia Escudero
Reviewed by Sebastian Betti

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Anielle Reid - Singer-songwriter, banjoist
Anielle Reid is an American singer-songwriter and banjoist.

Why you should listen

Music from Anielle Reid's album releases, Ain't Like 'Em and Free, have been featured in various shorts and film festivals including NYC's Katra. Performances include WNYC’s Greene Space, the American Folk Art Museum, City Winery and in other voice projects. Reid's voice and writing are not limited to songs, as she is also the creator of the Magick and Mediums Oracle and podcast of the same name.

More profile about the speaker
Anielle Reid | Speaker | TED.com
Matthew Brookshire - Songwriter, performer
Matthew Brookshire is a songwriter and performer originally from North Carolina.

Why you should listen

Matthew Brookshire's collaborations with choreographer Keely Garfield include Wow and the Bessie Award nominated Twin Pines. With composer Curtis Moore, Brookshire wrote original songs for the film Palindromes (directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance, and created a musical about a woman's obsession with Lifetime Movies. Brookshire’s albums include 8 Songs and Best Friend, and he is featured on Kelli Rae Powell’s Live at Jalopy and on a compilation from the American Folk Art Museum. He is currently working on an album for Boy Girl Banjo, his duo project with singer Anielle Reid.

More profile about the speaker
Matthew Brookshire | Speaker | TED.com