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"

Nellie McKay Synger "Min klon"

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Sanger og tekstforfatter Nellie McKay framfører en halvseriøs sang "Clonie" (Min klon) -- som handler om å skape den ultimate følgesvenn.
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But anywayuansett, this is about the evilsonder of sciencevitenskap, so I think it’s perfectperfekt.
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Uansett, dette handler om de mørke sidene av vitenskapen, så jeg syns denne er perfekt.
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♫ My oh my, walking by, who’s the appleeple of my eyeøye? ♫
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♫ Jøye meg, går omkring, hvem er det jeg ser i øyekroken? ♫
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♫ Why, it's my very ownegen ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Jo, min egen klon. ♫
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♫ Oh, if I should strollspasertur the hoodhette, who knewvisste I could look so good ♫
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♫ Og, om jeg skulle spasere i nabolaget, hvem skulle tro jeg tok meg så bra ut ♫
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♫ just talkingsnakker on the phonetelefon to ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ jeg snakker med min klon på telefon ♫
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♫ We are palspals, it's coolkul, 'causefordi we're not lonelyensom, ♫
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♫ Vi er venner, det går greit, fordi vi er ikke ensomme, ♫
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shallowgrunt genegen poolbasseng is nothing to my only ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ et lite genbasseng er ingenting i forhold til min klon. ♫
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♫ Me and you, hustlinghustling throughgjennom, holdingholding on throughgjennom thicktykk and thintynn, ♫
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♫ Jeg og du, løper omkring sammen gjennom tykt og tynt, ♫
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♫ just day by day, our DNADNA, so the OlsonOlson twinsTvillingene got nothing on us. ♫
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♫ bare dag for dag vårt DNA så Olson tvillingene er ingenting sammenlignet med oss. ♫
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We'llVi surviveoverleve, sideside by sideside. MotherMor NatureNatur, donDon’t you call her phonyfalske, she’s my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Vi vil klare oss, side ved side, moder natur, ikke kall henne falsk, hun er min klon. ♫
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♫ Was wealthyrik, but not healthysunn, had no one to dwellbo with me, ♫
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♫ Var rik, men ikke frisk, hadde ingen som bekymret seg for meg, ♫
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♫ so look who I got bornFødt -- ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ så se hva jeg fikk født -- min klon. ♫
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FarLangt from brokeblakk, boredlei, richrik folkfolkemusikk, we don't need no naturalnaturlig yolkeggeplomme -- ♫
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♫ Langt fra blakk, rike folk som kjeder seg, vi trenger ikke naturens side -- ♫
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♫ our babiesbabyer come full-formedfull formet-, ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ våre barn kommer ferdig formet, min klon. ♫
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We'llVi be huggablehuggable, get a publicistpublicist
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♫ Vi vil være søte, få en PR-mann ♫
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♫ and showforestilling them, be the mostmest lovableelskelig thing sincesiden fuckingjævla EminemEminem. ♫
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♫ og vise dem, bli de skjønneste ting siden den forbannede Eminem. ♫
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♫ Oh my friendvenn, multiplymultiplisere, we’reRe a franchisetjen penger, like WaltWalt DisneyDisney or HannibalHannibal LecterLecter. ♫
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♫ Å, min venn, formér deg, vi er en franchisetaker som Walt Disney eller Hannibal Lecter. ♫
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♫ We can tell our cancerkreft cellsceller are more benigngodartet than oldgammel PhilPhil SpectorSpector. ♫
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♫ Vi kan si at våre kreftceller er mer godartet enn gamle Phil Spector. ♫
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♫ We’llll surviveoverleve sideside by sideside, should have signedtegnet with VerveVerve insteadi stedet of SonySony. ♫
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♫ Vi vil klare oss, side ved side, skulle ha signert med Verve isteden for Sony. ♫
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♫ You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫ "Oh ClonieClonie, how I love you."
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♫ Du er min klon ♫ "Å, min klon, hvor jeg elsker deg."
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"HaHa, I'm the only personperson I ever lovedelsket."
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"Hah, jeg er den eneste personen jeg noengang har elsket."
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GeeGee, that's swellsvelle. I guessGjett you're just my fatalfatal attraction-ieattraksjon-ie. You’reRe my ClonieClonie. ♫
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♫ Jøss, det er kult. Jeg tror du bare er en blind kjærlighet. Du er min klon.♫
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Thank you.
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Takk.
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(Applaus)
Translated by Kim Stiberg
Reviewed by Martin Hassel

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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