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: "The Dog Song"

Nellie McKay canta "A canção do cachorro"

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Nellie McKay, uma fã dos animais, canta um tributo brilhante a um querido cachorro. Ela sugere que façamos o mesmo: "Vá direto ao abrigo de animais/ Ache um cachorro para você/ E o faça orgulhoso/ Porque é disso que se trata."
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Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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I’d like to dedicate this next song to Carmelo,
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Vou dedicar esta canção ao Carmelo,
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who was put to sleep a couple of days ago, because he got too old.
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que foi posto para dormir alguns dias atrás porque estava muito velho.
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But apparently he was a very nice dog
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Mas aparentemente ele era um cão muito legal
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and he always let the cat sleep in the dog bed.
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e sempre deixava o gato dormir na cama do cachorro.
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cães) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walking my dog, singing my song, strolling along. ♫
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♫ Estou apenas passeando com meu cão, cantando uma canção, dando uma volta. ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catching some sun. We can't go wrong. ♫
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♫ Sim, sou eu e meu cão pegando um sol, nada pode dar errado. ♫
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♫ My life was lonely and blue. ♫
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♫ Minha vida era solitária e triste ♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sad as a sailor, ♫
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♫ Sim, eu era triste como um marujo, ♫
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♫ I was an angry 'un too. ♫
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♫ E era zangada também. ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appeared when I was entangled with youth and fear, ♫
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♫ E então você veio -- apareceu quando eu estava em um emaranhado de juventude e medo ♫
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♫ and nerves jingle jangled, vermouth and beer were getting me mangled up. ♫
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♫ e nervos tilintando, vermute e cerveja estavam me destruindo. ♫
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♫ But then I looked in your eyes ♫
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♫ Mas então olhei em seus olhos ♫
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♫ and I was no more a failure. ♫
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♫ e eu não era mais uma perdedora. ♫
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♫ You looked so wacky and wise. ♫
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♫ Você pareceu-me tão tolo e sábio. ♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happy, 'cause I'm just a'walking my dog, ♫
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♫ E eu disse, "Senhor, tô feliz, porque tô passeando com meu cão, ♫
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♫ catching some sun. We can't go wrong." ♫
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♫ pegando um sol, e nada pode dar errado." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, singing our song, strolling along. ♫
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♫ Estou apenas passeando com meu cão, cantando uma canção, dando uma volta. ♫
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♫ 'Cause I don't care about your hating and your doubt, ♫
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♫ Porque eu não ligo sobre seu ódio e sua dúvida, ♫
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♫ and I don't care what the politicians spout. ♫
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♫ e não ligo para o que os políticos esbravejam. ♫
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♫ If you need a companion, why, just go out to the pound, ♫
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♫ Se você precisa de um companheiro, ué, vá ao abrigo de animais. ♫
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♫ and find yourself a hound, and make that doggie proud, ♫
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♫ e ache um cachorro para você e faça esse cãozinho orgulhoso, ♫
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♫ 'cause that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ porque é disso que se trata. ♫
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cães) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ My life was tragic and sad. ♫
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♫ Minha vida era trágica e triste, ♫
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♫ I was the archetypal loser. ♫
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♫ Eu era o arquétipo do perdedor, ♫
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♫ I was a pageant gone bad. ♫
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♫ Eu era uma concorrente que deu errado ♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and wagging your tail ♫
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♫ E você veio, na hora certa, balançando o rabinho ♫
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♫ in the cutest mime that you was in jail. ♫
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♫ do jeito mais bonitinho que podia de sua jaula. ♫
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♫ I said, "Woof, be mine!" and you gave a wail and then ♫
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♫ Eu disse, "Au au, seja meu!" e você ganiu ♫
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♫ I was no longer alone. ♫
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♫ E eu não estava mais sozinha. ♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozer. ♫
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♫ E eu não era mais uma bêbada. ♫
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♫ We'll make the happiest home. ♫
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♫ Vamos formar o lar mais feliz. ♫
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♫ And I said, "Lord, I'm happy, 'cause I’m just a'walking my dog, ♫
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♫ E eu falei, "Senhor, tô feliz, porque tô passeando com meu cão, ♫
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♫ singing my song, strolling along." ♫
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♫ cantando uma canção, dando uma volta." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dog, catching some sun. We can't go wrong, ♫
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♫ Sim, apenas eu e meu cão, pegando um sol, nada pode dar errado, ♫½
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♫ 'cause I don't care about your hating and your doubt, ♫
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♫ porque eu não ligo para o seu ódio e sua dúvida, ♫
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♫ and I don’t care what the politicians spout. ♫
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♫ e eu não ligo para o que os políticos esbravejam. ♫
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♫ If you need a companion, why, just go out to the pound, ♫
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♫ Se você precisa de um companheiro, ué, vá ao abrigo de animais ♫
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♫ and find yourself a hound, and make that doggie proud, ♫
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♫ e ache um cachorro para você e faça esse cãozinho orgulhoso, ♫
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♫ 'cause that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ porque é disso que se trata, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ é disso que se trata, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOW ♫
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♫ é disso que se trata - Au - Au - Au ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ é disso que se trata. ♫
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♫ (Dog panting noise) Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ (Barulho de cães) Heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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Good dog!
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Bom cãozinho!
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Thank you.
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Obrigada.
Translated by Alexandre Marcondes
Reviewed by Juliana Tomaz

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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
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