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.

More profile about the speaker
Matthew Brookshire | Speaker | TED.com
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Boy Girl Banjo: "Dead Romance"

Boy Girl Banjo: « Dead Romance »

Filmed:
304,716 views

Un duo acoustique composé de Anielle Reid et Matthew Brookshire (connu sous le nom de Boy Girl Banjo) prend possession de la scène TED pour jouer leur chanson « Dead Romance » [Amour perdu], mélangeant des sonorités de musique folk américaine et de pop moderne.
- 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 playspièces)
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(Accompagnement au banjo)
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(BanjoBanjo and guitarguitare playjouer)
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(Accompagnement au banjo
et à la guitare)
00:33
(SingsChante) Is this what it's like
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(Chant) Est-ce ça l'effet que ça fait
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to be alivevivant?
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d'être vivant ?
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I reachedatteint the pointpoint of no returnrevenir
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J'ai atteint le point de non-retour
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and I don't know if I've been burnedbrûlé
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et je crois que mon âme se consume
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from the burnedbrûlé bridgesdes ponts in my life,
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avec les ponts de ma vie
auxquels j'ai mis feu,
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thinkin'pensée ' you were wrongfaux
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convaincue que tu avais tort
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and I was right.
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et que j'avais raison.
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Maybe I messedsali up,
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J'ai dû déconner,
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eithernon plus way it's too lateen retard for us.
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en tout cas
c'est trop tard pour nous.
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'CauseCause babybébé I'm oldvieux with regretle regret,
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Car, mon amour,
rongé par les regrets,
je rêve de te serrer dans mes bras
et de tout oublier.
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wishin'Wishin ' I could holdtenir you and just forgetoublier.
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01:00
SinceDepuis I can't I'll just be
home but homesickle mal du pays,
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C'est impossible alors je reste
à la maison, avec le mal de toi,
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wishin'Wishin ' you were minemien
and I didn't hurtblesser you like I did.
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souhaitant que tu sois à moi
et regrettant de t'avoir blessé.
Pas de retour dans le passé,
où tout était possible,
01:06
Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shotcoup
at realréal romanceromance.
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quand j'espérais pouvoir vivre
une vraie histoire.
01:10
Now I realizeprendre conscience de all the things
I could have had were in your colddu froid handsmains.
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Maintenant je réalise l'emprise
que tu avais sur moi.
01:15
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
01:17
GoneAllé, gonedisparu, gonedisparu.
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Fini, fini, fini.
01:25
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
01:28
GoneAllé, gonedisparu, gonedisparu.
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Fini, fini, fini.
01:36
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
01:38
Is this what it's like to fantasizefantasmer
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Est-ce ça l'effet de fantasmer
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about a love that never was alivevivant
outsideà l'extérieur my mindesprit or distancedistance?
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sur un amour qui n'a jamais existé
en dehors de mon esprit, à distance ?
01:49
With time I clearlyclairement lostperdu my sightvue,
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Le temps m'a fait perdre toute notion,
01:51
thinkin'pensée ' I was wrongfaux
to ever leavelaisser your sidecôté.
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pensant que j'avais tort
d'un jour te quitter.
01:54
But time'sdu temps the harshestplus rudes judgejuge,
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Mais le temps est le juge le plus cruel,
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makesfait du us think we were in love.
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il nous fait croire que l'on s'aimait.
01:59
And now
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Et maintenant,
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I'm oldvieux with regretle regret,
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Je suis rongée par les regrets,
rêvant de te serrer dans mes bras
et de tout oublier.
02:01
wishin'Wishin ' I could holdtenir you and just forgetoublier.
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02:04
SinceDepuis I can't I'll just be
home but homesickle mal du pays,
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C'est impossible alors je reste
à la maison, avec le mal de toi,
02:07
wishin'Wishin ' you were minemien
and I didn't hurtblesser you like I did.
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souhaitant que tu sois à moi
et regrettant de t'avoir blessé.
02:10
Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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Pas de retour dans le passé,
où tout était possible,
02:12
wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shotcoup
at realréal romanceromance.
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où j'espérais pouvoir vivre
une vraie histoire.
02:15
Now I realizeprendre conscience de all the things
I could have had were in your colddu froid handsmains.
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Maintenant je réalise l'emprise
que tu avais sur moi.
02:19
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
02:22
GoneAllé, gonedisparu, gonedisparu.
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Fini, fini, fini.
02:29
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
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(BanjoBanjo and guitarguitare playjouer)
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(Accompagnement au banjo)
02:52
And babybébé I'm oldvieux with regretle regret,
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Mon amour, je suis rongée par les regrets,
02:55
wishin'Wishin ' I could holdtenir you and just forgetoublier.
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rêvant de te serrer dans mes bras
et de tout oublier.
C'est impossible alors je reste
à la maison, avec le mal de toi,
02:57
SinceDepuis I can't I'll just be
home but homesickle mal du pays,
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03:00
wishin'Wishin ' you were minemien
and I didn't hurtblesser you like I did.
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souhaitant que tu sois à moi
et regrettant de t'avoir blessé.
03:03
Can't go back to when we had a chancechance,
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Pas de retour au moment
où c'était possible,
03:05
wishin'Wishin ' I could have a shotcoup
at realréal romanceromance.
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où j'espérais pouvoir vivre
une vraie histoire.
03:08
Now I realizeprendre conscience de all the things
I could have had were in your colddu froid handsmains.
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Maintenant je réalise l'emprise
que tu avais sur moi.
03:12
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
03:15
GoneAllé, gonedisparu, gonedisparu.
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Fini, fini, fini.
03:23
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
03:25
GoneAllé, gonedisparu, gonedisparu.
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Fini, fini, fini.
03:33
I'm a foolimbécile for a deadmort romanceromance.
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Cet amour perdu me fait perdre la tête.
03:35
Is this what it's like?
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Est-ce ça l'effet que ça fait ?
Translated by Steven Richebourg
Reviewed by Claire Ghyselen

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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