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: "The Dog Song"

Nellie McKay pjeva "Pseću pjesmu"

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Obožavateljica životinja Nellie Mckay pjeva blistavu pjesmu u čast dragom psu. Predlaže da svi učinimo isto: "Samo otiđite do azila za životinje i nađite si psa i učinite tog psa ponosnim jer to je bit svega."
- Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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I’d like to dedicateposvetiti this nextSljedeći songpjesma to CarmeloCarmelo,
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Posvetila bih sljedeću pjesmu Carmelu,
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who was put to sleepspavati a couplepar of daysdana agoprije, because he got too oldstar.
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kojega su uspavali prije par dana zato što je bio prestar.
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But apparentlyočigledno he was a very nicelijepo dogpas
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Ali izgleda da je bio vrlo drag pas
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and he always let the catmačka sleepspavati in the dogpas bedkrevet.
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i uvijek je pustio mačku da spava u psećem krevetu.
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♫ (DogPas pantingzadihan noisebuka) HehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk psećeg dahtanja) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walkinga'walking my dogpas, singingpjevanje my songpjesma, strollingšetnje alonguz. ♫
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♫ Samo šećem svog psa, pjevam svoju pjesmu, lutam. ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpas, catchinglov some sunsunce. We can't go wrongpogrešno. ♫
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♫ Da, samo smo ja i moj pas, sunčamo se, ne možemo pogriješiti. ♫
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♫ My life was lonelyusamljen and blueplava. ♫
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♫ Moj je život bio usamljen i tužan.♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sadtužan as a sailormornar, ♫
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♫ Da, bila sam tužna kao mornar. ♫
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♫ I was an angryljut 'un'Un too. ♫
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♫ Bila sam i ljuta. ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appearedpojavio se when I was entangledisprepletene with youthmladež and fearstrah, ♫
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♫ I onda si se ti pojavio kad sam bila upetljana u mladosti i strahu ♫
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♫ and nervesživci jingleZvončići janglednapeta, vermouthvermut and beerpivo were gettinguzimajući me mangledoštećeni up. ♫
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♫ i živci su proradili, vermut i pivo su me oštetili. ♫
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♫ But then I lookedgledao in your eyesoči
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♫ Ali zatim sam pogledala u tvoje oči ♫
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♫ and I was no more a failureneuspjeh. ♫
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♫ i nisam bila više propali slučaj. ♫
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♫ You lookedgledao so wackyotkačeno and wisemudar. ♫
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♫ Gledao si toliko ćaknuto i pametno. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordGospodin, I'm happysretan, 'causejer I'm just a'walkinga'walking my dogpas, ♫
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♫ I rekla sam, "Gospodine, sretna sam jer jednostavno šećem svog psa, ♫
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catchinglov some sunsunce. We can't go wrongpogrešno." ♫
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♫ upijam sunce, ne možemo pogriješiti." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpas, singingpjevanje our songpjesma, strollingšetnje alonguz. ♫
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♫ Da, samo smo ja i moj pas, pjevamo našu pjesmu, lutajući okolo. ♫
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'CauseJer I don't carebriga about your hatingmrzi and your doubtsumnjati, ♫
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♫ Jer nije me briga za tvoju mržnju i tvoju sumnju, ♫
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♫ and I don't carebriga what the politicianspolitičari spoutžlijeb. ♫
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♫ i nije me briga što političari poriču. ♫
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♫ If you need a companiondrug, why, just go out to the poundfunta, ♫
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♫ Ukoliko ti je potrebno društvo, zašto, samo odi do azila za životinje ♫
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♫ and find yourselfsami a houndgonič, and make that doggiepsić proudponos, ♫
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♫ i pronađi si psa i učini tog psića ponosnim, ♫
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'causejer that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ jer o tome se radi. ♫
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♫ (DogPas pantingzadihan noisebuka) HehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk psećeg dahtanja) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ My life was tragictragičan and sadtužan. ♫
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♫ Moj život je bio tragičan i tužan, ♫
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♫ I was the archetypalArhetipski losergubitnik. ♫
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♫ bila sam arhetipski gubitnik, ♫
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♫ I was a pageantinscenacija goneotišao badloše. ♫
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♫ bila sam inscenacija koja je pošla po zlu, ♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and waggingmašući your tailrep
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♫ a zatim tu si ti, na vrijeme, i mašući svojim repom ♫
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♫ in the cutestnajslađi mimeMIME that you was in jailzatvor. ♫
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♫ u slatkoj mimici da si bio u zatvoru. ♫
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♫ I said, "WoofVau, be minerudnik!" and you gavedali a wailzid and then ♫
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♫ Rekla sam, "Vuf, budi moj!" i i zavijao si i tada ♫
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♫ I was no longerviše alonesam. ♫
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♫ nisam više bila sama. ♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozerpijanac. ♫
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♫ I nisam više bila pijanica. ♫
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We'llMi ćemo make the happiestnajsretniji home. ♫
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♫ Imati ćemo najsretniji dom. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordGospodin, I'm happysretan, 'causejer I’m just a'walkinga'walking my dogpas, ♫
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♫ I rekla sam, "Gospodine, sretna sam, jer jednostavno šećem svog psa, ♫
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singingpjevanje my songpjesma, strollingšetnje alonguz." ♫
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♫ pjevam svoju pjesmu, lutamo okolo." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpas, catchinglov some sunsunce. We can't go wrongpogrešno, ♫
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♫ Da, samo ja i moj pas, hvatamo sunčeve zrake, ne možemo pogriješiti, ♫
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'causejer I don't carebriga about your hatingmrzi and your doubtsumnjati, ♫
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♫ jer nije me briga za tvoju mržnju i tvoju sumnju, ♫
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♫ and I donDon’t carebriga what the politicianspolitičari spoutžlijeb. ♫
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♫ i nije me briga što političari poriču. ♫
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♫ If you need a companiondrug, why, just go out to the poundfunta, ♫
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♫ Ukoliko želiš društvo, zašto, odi samo do azila za životinje ♫
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♫ and find yourselfsami a houndgonič, and make that doggiepsić proudponos, ♫
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♫ i pronađi si psa i učini tog psića ponosnim, ♫
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'causejer that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ jer o tome se radi, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ o tome se radi, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOWAbou-luk-vau-vau-vau
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♫ o tome se rad- VAU-VAU-VAU ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ o tome se radi. ♫
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♫ (DogPas pantingzadihan noisebuka) HehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh, hehHeh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk psećeg dahtanja) Heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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Good dogpas!
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Dobar pas!
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.

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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