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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TED2008

Nellie McKay: "Mother of Pearl," "If I Had You"

Nellie McKay pjeva s bljaštavim humorom

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Prekrasna Nellie McKay pjeva "Majku bisera" (s besmrtnim prvim stihom "Feministkinje nemaju smisao za humor") i "Kada bih te imala" iz njezinog blještavog seta na TED2008.
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Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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FeministsFeministkinje don't have a senseosjećaj of humorhumor. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje nemaju smisao za humor ♫
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FeministsFeministkinje just want to be alonesam -- booBu hoohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje samo žele biti same. Bu hu, hu, hu. ♫
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FeministsFeministkinje spreadširenje viciouszačarani lieslaži and rumorsglasine. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje šire zlobne laži i glasine; ♫
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♫ They have a tumortumor on theirnjihov funnysmiješno bonekost. ♫
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♫ one imaju tumor na svojoj smiješnoj kosti. ♫
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♫ They say childdijete molestationzlostavljanje isn't funnysmiješno -- haha, haha, haha, haha. ♫
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♫ Kažu kako zlostavljanje djece nije smiješno. Ha, ha, ha, ha. ♫
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RapeSilovanje and degradation'sdegradacija je just a crimekriminal -- lightenOlakšaj up, ladiesdame. ♫
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♫ Silovanje i ponižavanje je samo zločin -- olabavite malo dame. ♫
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RampantBijesan prostitution'sProstitucija je sexseks for moneynovac -- what’s wrongpogrešno with that? ♫
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♫ Bijesna prostitucija je seks za novac -- što je loše u tome? ♫
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♫ Can't these chickspilići do anything but whinecvili? ♫
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♫ Mogu li te koke učiniti bilošto a ne da samo cvile? ♫
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DancePles breakpauza! DaDa, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada. ♫
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♫ Pauza za ples. Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. ♫
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DaDa, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada. ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. ♫
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Woo-hooZlo mi je! ♫
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♫ Vu-hu! ♫
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DaDa, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada -- ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♫
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♫ yeah, take it off. ♫
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♫ Da, skinite ih. ♫
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DaDa, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dumDum. ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, dum. ♫
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♫ They say cheapjeftino objectificationobjektivacije isnNije’t wittyduhovit -- it’s hotvruće! ♫
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♫ Kažu kako jeftina objektivizacija nije duhovta -- uzbudljiva je! ♫
01:52
EqualJednake work and wagesplaće worthvrijedan the fightborba -- ♫
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♫ Jednak posao i plaće vrijedne borbe. ♫
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singpjevati us a newnovi one. ♫
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♫ Otpjevaj nam neku novu. ♫
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On-demandNa zahtjev abortionpobačaj everysvaki cityGrad -- OK, but no gunpuška controlkontrolirati. ♫
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♫ Pobačaj svakog grada prema potrebi -- U redu, ali bez kontrole oružja. ♫
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WonJe osvojio’t these womenžene ever get a life? ♫
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♫ Hoće li te žene ikada imati život? ♫
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FeministsFeministkinje donDon’t have a senseosjećaj of humorhumor -- poorsiromašan HillaryHillary. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje nemaju smisao za humor -- jadna Hillary. ♫
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FeministsFeministkinje and vegetariansvegetarijanci -- make minerudnik a BigVeliki MacMac. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje i vegetarijanci -- napravite mi Big Mac. ♫
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FeministsFeministkinje spreadširenje viciouszačarani lieslaži and rumorsglasine. ♫
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♫ Feministkinje šire zlobne laži i glasine. ♫
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♫ They're fardaleko too sensitiveosjetljiv to ever be a hamšunka, ♫
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♫ One su preosjetljive kako bi ikada bile šunka, ♫
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♫ that's why these feministsfeministkinje just need to find a man. ♫
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♫ zato te feministkinje jednostavno trebaju pronaći muškarca. ♫
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DaDa, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada, dada. ♫
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♫ Da, da, da da, da, da, da, da, da, da. ♫
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I’m DennisDennis KucinichKucinich and I approvedodobren this messageporuka.
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Ja sam Dennis Kucinich i odobrio sam ovu poruku.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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I askedpitao my mothermajka, you know, should I say anything in supportpodrška of anyonebilo tko?
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Pitala sam svoju majku, znate, bih li trebala reći nešto u korist nekoga?
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And she said, "Oh no! Just disdis everybodysvi, exceptosim RalphRalph NaderNader."
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A ona je rekla, "O, ne! Samo zanemari sve, osim Ralpha Nadera."
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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♫ I could showpokazati the worldsvijet how to smileosmijeh, ♫
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♫ Mogla bih pokazati svijetu kako da se smije, ♫
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♫ I could be gladradostan all of the while. ♫
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♫ Mogla bih biti sretna to cijelo vrijeme, ♫
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♫ I could turnskretanje the graysiva skiesnebo to blueplava, if I had you. ♫
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♫ Mogla bih pretvoriti sivo nebo u plavo kada bih te imala. ♫
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♫ I could leavenapustiti the oldstar daysdana behindiza, ♫
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♫ Mogla bih ostaviti stare dane za sobom, ♫
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leavenapustiti all my palsprijatelji, I’d never mindum. ♫
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♫ ostaviti sve svoje prijatelje, ne bi mi smetalo. ♫
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♫ I could startpočetak my life all anewiznova, if I had you. ♫
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♫ Mogla bih početi svoj život nanovo, kada bih te imala. ♫
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♫ I could climbpopeti se the snow-cappedsnježnom kapom mountainsplanine, ♫
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♫ Mogla bih se popeti na snijegom prekrivene planine,
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sailjedro the mightymoćni oceanokean wideširok. ♫
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♫ preploviti široke moćne oceane. ♫
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♫ I could crosskriž the burningspaljivanje desertpustinja, if I had you by my sidestrana. ♫
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♫ Mogla bih prijeći goruću pustinju kada bih te imala kraj sebe. ♫
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♫ I could be a kingkralj, deardraga, uncrownedneokrunjen, humbleskroman or poorsiromašan, richbogat or renownedpoznati. ♫
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♫ Mogla bih biti kralj, dragi, neokrunjeni, skroman ili siromašan, bogat ili poznat. ♫
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♫ There is nothing I couldnNisam mogao’t do, if I had you. ♫
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♫ ne postoji ništa što ne bih mogla učiniti kada bih te imala. ♫
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Thank you. Well, thank you so much.
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Hvala vam. Pa, hvala vam najljepša.

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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