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 spieva Pieseň o psovi

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Fanúšička zvierat Nellia McKay spieva pieseň pocty svojmu drahému psíkovi. Navádza nás, aby sme všetci urobili to isté: "Jednoducho choďte priamo do útulku / nájdite si svojho psíka / urobte ho pyšným a šťastným / pretože o tom to všetko v skutku je."
- Singer/songwriter
Nellie McKay sings, croons, raps, grooves and -- barks? -- to glowing critical acclaim. Full bio

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I’d like to dedicatevenovať this nextĎalšie songpieseň to CarmeloCarmelo,
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Chcela by som venovať túto pieseň Carmelovi,
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who was put to sleepspánok a couplepár of daysdni agopred, because he got too oldstarý.
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ktorý bol usmrtený pred niekoľkými dňami, pretože bol príliš starý.
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But apparentlyzrejme he was a very nicepekný dogpes
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Ale očividne to bol veľmi milý pes
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and he always let the catmačka sleepspánok in the dogpes bedposteľ.
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a vždy nechal spať mačku v psej posteli.
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♫ (DogPes pantinglapal po dychu noisehluk) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk ťažko dýchajúceho psa) heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ I'm just a'walkinga'walking my dogpes, singingspev my songpieseň, strollingprechádzky alongpozdĺž. ♫
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♫ Venčím svojho psíka spievajúc si moju pieseň, prechádzajúc sa ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpes, catchingnákazlivý some sunslnko. We can't go wrongzle. ♫
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♫ Áno, som to len ja a môj pes chytajúc slnko, nemôžeme sa mýliť. ♫
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♫ My life was lonelyosamelý and blueModrá. ♫
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♫ Môj život bol osamelý a depresívny. ♫
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♫ Yeah, I was sadsmutný as a sailorSailor, ♫
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♫ Áno, bola som smutným námorníkom, ♫
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♫ I was an angrynahnevaný 'un'un too. ♫
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♫ bola som tiež nahnevaná. ♫
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♫ Then there was you -- appearedobjavil when I was entangledzamotané with youthmladosti and fearstrach, ♫
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♫ Potom si prišiel ty - objavil si sa, keď som bola zamotaná v mladosti a strachu ♫
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♫ and nervesnervy jingleJingle jangledhrkotali, vermouthvermut and beerpivo were gettingzískavanie me mangledrozdrvený up. ♫
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♫ a nervy mi štrngali, vermut a pivo ma ničili. ♫
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♫ But then I lookedpozrel in your eyesoči
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♫ Ale potom som sa pozrela do tvojich očí ♫
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♫ and I was no more a failurezlyhanie. ♫
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♫ a nebola som už viac sklamaním. ♫
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♫ You lookedpozrel so wackyšialený and wisemúdry. ♫
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♫ Ty si vyzeral taký pojašený a múdry. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordPán, I'm happyšťastný, 'cause'cause I'm just a'walkinga'walking my dogpes, ♫
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♫ A ja som povedala, "Pane, som šťastná, pretože iba venčím svojho psa, ♫
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catchingnákazlivý some sunslnko. We can't go wrongzle." ♫
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♫ chytajúc slnko nemôžeme sa pomýliť." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpes, singingspev our songpieseň, strollingprechádzky alongpozdĺž. ♫
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♫ Áno, som to len ja a môj pes spievajúc si našu pieseň, prechádzajúc sa. ♫
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'Cause'Cause I don't carestarostlivosť about your hatingnenávidieť and your doubtpochybovať, ♫
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♫ Pretože mne nezáleží na tvojej nenávisti a tvojich pochybnostiach ♫
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♫ and I don't carestarostlivosť what the politicianspolitici spoutnáustok. ♫
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♫ a nestarám sa ani o to, čo politici chŕlia. ♫
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♫ If you need a companionspoločník, why, just go out to the poundlibra, ♫
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♫ Ak chceš spoločnosť, len choď von do útulku ♫
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♫ and find yourselfsám a houndchrt, and make that doggiepsík proudhrdý, ♫
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♫ a nájdeš si psa a spravíš toho psíka hrdým, ♫
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'cause'cause that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ pretože o tomto to celé je. ♫
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♫ (DogPes pantinglapal po dychu noisehluk) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk ťažko dýchajúceho psa) heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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♫ My life was tragictragický and sadsmutný. ♫
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♫ Môj život bol tragický a smutný, ♫
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♫ I was the archetypalArchetypálny loserstroskotanec. ♫
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♫ bola som typický stroskotanec, ♫
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♫ I was a pageantdivadlo gonepreč badzlý. ♫
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♫ bola som nepodarenou maškarádou. ♫
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♫ And then there was you -- on time, and waggingVrtí your tailchvost
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♫ A potom si tu bol ty - načas a vrtel si chvostom ♫
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♫ in the cutestnejroztomilejší mimeMIME that you was in jailväzenia. ♫
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♫ v najzlatšej pantomíme, že si bol vo väzení. ♫
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♫ I said, "WoofHaf, be minebaňa!" and you gavedal a wailkvílenie and then ♫
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♫ Ja som povedala: "Haf, buď mojím!" a zabedákala som ♫
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♫ I was no longerdlhšie alonesám. ♫
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♫ a nebola som viac sama. ♫
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♫ And I was no more a boozerochmelka. ♫
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♫ A už som viac nebola opilec. ♫
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We'llBudeme make the happiestnajšťastnejší home. ♫
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♫ My spravíme najšťastnejší domov. ♫
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♫ And I said, "LordPán, I'm happyšťastný, 'cause'cause I’m just a'walkinga'walking my dogpes, ♫
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♫ A ja som povedala, "Pane, som šťastná, pretože iba venčím svojho psa, ♫
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singingspev my songpieseň, strollingprechádzky alongpozdĺž." ♫
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♫ spievajúc si moju pieseň, prechádzajúc sa." ♫
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♫ Yeah, it's just me and my dogpes, catchingnákazlivý some sunslnko. We can't go wrongzle, ♫
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♫ Áno, som to len ja a môj pes chytajúc slnko. Nemôžeme sa pomýliť, ♫
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'cause'cause I don't carestarostlivosť about your hatingnenávidieť and your doubtpochybovať, ♫
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♫ pretože mne nezáleží na tvojej nenávisti a tvojich pochybnostiach ♫
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♫ and I donDon’t carestarostlivosť what the politicianspolitici spoutnáustok. ♫
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♫ a nestarám sa ani o to, čo politici chŕlia. ♫
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♫ If you need a companionspoločník, why, just go out to the poundlibra, ♫
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♫ Ak chceš spoločnosť, len choď do útulku ♫
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♫ and find yourselfsám a houndchrt, and make that doggiepsík proudhrdý, ♫
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♫ a nájdeš si psa a spravíš toho psíka hrdým, ♫
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'cause'cause that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ pretože o tomto to celé je, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about, ♫
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♫ o tomto to celé je, ♫
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♫ that's what it's all abou-BOW-WOW-WOW-WOWAbou-luk-WOW-WOW-WOW
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♫ to je to, o čom to celé je - HAU-VAU-VAU-VAU ♫
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♫ that's what it's all about. ♫
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♫ to je to, o čom to celé je. ♫
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♫ (DogPes pantinglapal po dychu noisehluk) HehHeh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh, hehheh. ♫
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♫ (Zvuk ťažko dýchajúceho psa) heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. ♫
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Good dogpes!
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Dobrý pes!
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.

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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