Of course, perhaps if it's made legal, they WILL be treated better. But what I'm on is how 'What's wrong with prostituion,it's a valid service?' generates a bunch of ethical arguments which Completely overlooks the fact that prostitution in its origins and current state especially, is steeped in a patriarchal-consumerist setup which never gave it the chance to be an authentic/independence choice in the first place. I join you in asking others not to look down on them but it doesn't stop there.
@variablast And as I've said this elsewhere but don't see the comment I'll repeat: in some cultural/economic conditions, the horror and seediness of these prostitutes' lives FAR overshadow the question of their illegal status. I'm Indian. My mum who belongs to an NGO has worked with retired prostitues here. None of them wanted to be in it, or were treated well and some were forced to sell off their children. Often people ignore the urgency of these issues in proving that prostitution is ok.
@variablast That is where I'm with you, completely with you! As I've already mentioned. I'm not here to counter you aggressively. But I do see a certain amount of breeziness and naivety in the way you assume that there's a lot of choice and regulation involved. And also, how in the exuberance of defending and exonerating prostitutes, their lack of choice gets completely sidelined and their profession takes on a pseudo-emancipated status instead.
After all, 'service' as it may be, they're often treated like slaves by pimps. Many (and most, in poor society) don't belong to an official, observable 'house'. There IS an anxiety that legal prostitution would make it easier for men to feel privileged and treat women like objects that can be 'enjoyed' with money. And that it would get difficult to prove whether a woman wanted it or not. Like how marital rape is tough to prove. You must have empathy for this if you want to be taken seriously.
Only then can we get heard when we prove our points in favour of making it legal. That way, it'll be obvious that the dangers of the profession are not glibly passed over in favour of the rights alone. Denying rights to sell your body is oppression, but it's not oppression on the same scale as contributing to a system where most of these women don't have solid alternatives. Nor is it the same as denying rights to drive/vote/drink which most women want. We must see the uniqueness in it.
AND. Last reply to you I promise. I'll be old fashioned and say: Today, when service provider-user relationships are so clinical, aggressive, privilege based and infiltrate upon most things, it's good to have some spheres of life which are preferred to be outside consumerism. Sex is one. It has WAY more to do with mutual gratification than with mechanised systems of livelihood based on skill/aid/infrastructure/gain. Sure, ALL have the right to make it a profession. But that has drawbacks.
@variablast Their rights are very limited, there're few ways of checking if 'customers' treat them right. There's nothing wrong with PROMISCUITY, but there's no point pretending that when women make money from it all their lives, they're mostly strong/free/independent. OR that systematic commodification of something essentially based on spontaneous desire is to be celebrated. One wants a world where it isn't oppressively necessary. Which can be ignored in the frenzy of defending prostitution.
To criticise prostitution in the way Nellie does it is not to look down upon prostitutes, but to realise the ugly, thoughtless, commodifying way in which it takes place. I too think that making it illegal incriminates the woman and that isn't fair. But it's really important not to see too much subversive or emancipating potential for liberty and sexual awareness in prostitution. A lot of them ARE asked why they're in it, and the answer is a RESOUNDING 'I was compelled to.'
@variablast 'Maybe she just wanted to be a prostitute.' That may be possible but we know that it's VERY rarely the case, and the point of criticising a certain system/mode of values is not to point out the exceptions, that gets too tedious and diverts attention from the real issues. The point remains, that in a world where no one cares about prostitutes, and certainly not enough to regulate proper conditions of treatment in a whorehosue/trafficking, choice recedes to the background.
Saw her last night opening for Madeleine Peyroux at Tarrytown. Absolutely fabulous! Amazing talent! Loved her! Last night, it was "This message was approved by Michelle Bachmann." Hysterical! Thanks for posting!
More than winning the lotto, I would want to spend an afternoon with Nellie having lunch (Big Mac perhaps) and playing some songs. This is the most intelligent musician to come from the US in decades, and a simply amazing mind that radiates great ideas. Bless you Nellie in every way you might be blessed.
@capedchameleon Yes, I do understand she is vegetarian and a big PETA supporter. I realize at your level you feel there is some benefit to going around criticizing and correcting people, and all I can say to that is there but for the grace of God go I. My comments are in the context of her song and are entirely appropriate to everyone who visits this posting, except you. For what it is worth, I am also vegetarian. I think you are missing the point entirely.
@pocketsnatcher just so you know there is NO ONE in the WORLD who doesn't realize this is satire and the fact that you even thought it was a possibility is very sad.
And yes to answer your question you did just get owned.
Nellie McKay is a FABULOUS feminist. The ones in the media obviously don't say enough about feminists like her. They just show the dramatic, "unknowingly" sexist ones. Just like the tired old gay stereotype is overused in the media, so is the feminist one. :D
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I can only say that this song is very fair. It is pro feminism (obvious to those who understand satire) but only refers to the valid points in feminism. Not to the radical, testicle crushing femiNAZIs. I would also describe her as oddly attractive.
As long as Americans think that being serious is a liability and that everyone must constantly have a sense of humor, there is no hope for that country. What if anti-slavery activists, civil rights activists, anti-war activists had been told over and over that they shouldn't be so "serious", that they were turning people off? Before around 1980, people were motivated by seriousness and didn't expect every person to act like they were on a sitcom.
to me the problem is not with the freedom of providing a service. the problem is under what circumstances is the service of prostitution available. what brought the woman to prostitution? years of abuse, neglect, not knowing better? it's not like prostitution is some college major that normal healthy women choose. it's more likely that they went through some shit and supporting prostitution might be like supporting the ends but not the means. like a country built on slavery.
What makes Nellie so great is that she is fullly aware of how radical liberalism is effecting the causes she belives in (note her comment about her mother). Sure, she's a feminist and a vegan, but she's bright enough to see that the way she's going to get her message heard is by making fun and showing just how full of shit "the established norm" is. This is also make very clear in another great piece of her's "Identity Theft."
yes, of course! Nellie makes a lot of sarcastic humour in her songs. i actually think she's a feminist herself. but you could tell she's using some sarcasm in that song from when she says "Feminists don't have a sense of humour / feminists and vegetarians" because she herself is a vegan!
I'm 56 years old, but if I could find one like you my age I wouldn't be single any longer. It takes a special sense of humor to make me laugh...kind of sick on the funny side. Keep up he good work!
lol "Manhood 101"
I've been to that class.
It looks a lot like Swordfighting 101.
janetjaan 1 month ago
dear Ms. Nellie. you are fabulous. don't ever change.
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Of course, perhaps if it's made legal, they WILL be treated better. But what I'm on is how 'What's wrong with prostituion,it's a valid service?' generates a bunch of ethical arguments which Completely overlooks the fact that prostitution in its origins and current state especially, is steeped in a patriarchal-consumerist setup which never gave it the chance to be an authentic/independence choice in the first place. I join you in asking others not to look down on them but it doesn't stop there.
SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
@variablast And as I've said this elsewhere but don't see the comment I'll repeat: in some cultural/economic conditions, the horror and seediness of these prostitutes' lives FAR overshadow the question of their illegal status. I'm Indian. My mum who belongs to an NGO has worked with retired prostitues here. None of them wanted to be in it, or were treated well and some were forced to sell off their children. Often people ignore the urgency of these issues in proving that prostitution is ok.
SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
@variablast That is where I'm with you, completely with you! As I've already mentioned. I'm not here to counter you aggressively. But I do see a certain amount of breeziness and naivety in the way you assume that there's a lot of choice and regulation involved. And also, how in the exuberance of defending and exonerating prostitutes, their lack of choice gets completely sidelined and their profession takes on a pseudo-emancipated status instead.
SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
After all, 'service' as it may be, they're often treated like slaves by pimps. Many (and most, in poor society) don't belong to an official, observable 'house'. There IS an anxiety that legal prostitution would make it easier for men to feel privileged and treat women like objects that can be 'enjoyed' with money. And that it would get difficult to prove whether a woman wanted it or not. Like how marital rape is tough to prove. You must have empathy for this if you want to be taken seriously.
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SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
Only then can we get heard when we prove our points in favour of making it legal. That way, it'll be obvious that the dangers of the profession are not glibly passed over in favour of the rights alone. Denying rights to sell your body is oppression, but it's not oppression on the same scale as contributing to a system where most of these women don't have solid alternatives. Nor is it the same as denying rights to drive/vote/drink which most women want. We must see the uniqueness in it.
SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
AND. Last reply to you I promise. I'll be old fashioned and say: Today, when service provider-user relationships are so clinical, aggressive, privilege based and infiltrate upon most things, it's good to have some spheres of life which are preferred to be outside consumerism. Sex is one. It has WAY more to do with mutual gratification than with mechanised systems of livelihood based on skill/aid/infrastructure/gain. Sure, ALL have the right to make it a profession. But that has drawbacks.
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SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
@variablast Their rights are very limited, there're few ways of checking if 'customers' treat them right. There's nothing wrong with PROMISCUITY, but there's no point pretending that when women make money from it all their lives, they're mostly strong/free/independent. OR that systematic commodification of something essentially based on spontaneous desire is to be celebrated. One wants a world where it isn't oppressively necessary. Which can be ignored in the frenzy of defending prostitution.
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To criticise prostitution in the way Nellie does it is not to look down upon prostitutes, but to realise the ugly, thoughtless, commodifying way in which it takes place. I too think that making it illegal incriminates the woman and that isn't fair. But it's really important not to see too much subversive or emancipating potential for liberty and sexual awareness in prostitution. A lot of them ARE asked why they're in it, and the answer is a RESOUNDING 'I was compelled to.'
SpoookiePoookie 2 months ago
@variablast 'Maybe she just wanted to be a prostitute.' That may be possible but we know that it's VERY rarely the case, and the point of criticising a certain system/mode of values is not to point out the exceptions, that gets too tedious and diverts attention from the real issues. The point remains, that in a world where no one cares about prostitutes, and certainly not enough to regulate proper conditions of treatment in a whorehosue/trafficking, choice recedes to the background.
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HarpPlayer321 2 months ago
Absolutely incredible. Love this lady
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Saw her last night opening for Madeleine Peyroux at Tarrytown. Absolutely fabulous! Amazing talent! Loved her! Last night, it was "This message was approved by Michelle Bachmann." Hysterical! Thanks for posting!
daf827 3 months ago 5
Is that a Martin Uke? I love Nellie!
kyrgyzstanification 4 months ago
25 people don't have a sense of humour.
24Sabahat 4 months ago 2
she's opening for Madeleine Peyroux and I've got tix !!
garyaccess 4 months ago
More than winning the lotto, I would want to spend an afternoon with Nellie having lunch (Big Mac perhaps) and playing some songs. This is the most intelligent musician to come from the US in decades, and a simply amazing mind that radiates great ideas. Bless you Nellie in every way you might be blessed.
fretsbie 5 months ago 2
@fretsbie you know she is a vegetarian. :P
capedchameleon 5 months ago
@capedchameleon Yes, I do understand she is vegetarian and a big PETA supporter. I realize at your level you feel there is some benefit to going around criticizing and correcting people, and all I can say to that is there but for the grace of God go I. My comments are in the context of her song and are entirely appropriate to everyone who visits this posting, except you. For what it is worth, I am also vegetarian. I think you are missing the point entirely.
fretsbie 5 months ago
@fretsbie tell me, what is the point?
capedchameleon 5 months ago
I'm a feminist and this offends me ;)
properbeatz 6 months ago
sexiest voice ever.
Benwade90 6 months ago
Where can I get her version of this song!?!?!?! i need it.
SkankingJesus 6 months ago
Her voice is amazing...
egajahsiis 9 months ago
If you dislike this you shouldn't be watching
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Wow ...some proper music + pure talent + natural beauty + class +personality...
We don't much of this these days! ... TV full of talentless reality show bimbos promoting their plastic assets ...
Thanks for posting this, there is hope :)
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bulgletta 10 months ago
I am scared to share this video cause my friends are not all too bright.
lucasboden 11 months ago 75
@lucasboden haha. i know the feeling... lol
ahsplendour 11 months ago
@lucasboden get new friends then.
ThePaperFalcon 4 months ago
666 likes, ha!
ThineDoor3 1 year ago
sweet and funny - and crunchy.
TheParsleyPress 1 year ago 3
"If I Had You" just makes me smile and feel at ease.
thechaser1985 1 year ago
What is that annoying thing in the beginning of all her videoes?!
CarolineFroberg 1 year ago
this is hilarious.
IAmTheUnknownPunk 1 year ago
@SazzyIsSnazzy this makes me very sad, but I agree you're right
@uprockbiddy you're a dumbass
deadninga 1 year ago
Whoa, she did TED??! No wonder I love her.
janarosem 1 year ago
hands down the best version of If I had you ever!! For my taste then : )
Total class act!
RaRaLandEQ 1 year ago
Lighten up ladies
ahoy1sailor 1 year ago 3
24 feminists didn't get the satire...
sillysillyface 1 year ago
@sillysillyface feminists and vegetarians too : )
RaRaLandEQ 1 year ago
24 feminists so far arround here
uprockbiddy 1 year ago
@pocketsnatcher just so you know there is NO ONE in the WORLD who doesn't realize this is satire and the fact that you even thought it was a possibility is very sad.
And yes to answer your question you did just get owned.
deadninga 1 year ago
@deadninga There are definitely people who don't get it's a satire. Take "uprockbiddy" who commented on here, for example.
SazzyIsSnazzy 1 year ago
Nellie McKay is a FABULOUS feminist. The ones in the media obviously don't say enough about feminists like her. They just show the dramatic, "unknowingly" sexist ones. Just like the tired old gay stereotype is overused in the media, so is the feminist one. :D
Anonyfication 1 year ago 5
yah this is a satire. nellie is a vegan and a feminist! so don't worry guyz
pocketsnatcher 1 year ago
LOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooove!!!!!!
MrEllenwork 1 year ago
Someone needs to make her the Latisse spokes model 0.50
hipsterpad 1 year ago 4
masculist don't have one either..
DannysiTouchPlaylist 1 year ago 4
very creepy!!
DannysiTouchPlaylist 1 year ago
Nellie McKay is the main romaine woman.....man.
TheLoomisFargoGang 1 year ago
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Smug bitch.
FloydFlannigan 1 year ago
She's saying people that don't understand feminists are ignorant. =p Pretty much.
GodslayerYuri 1 year ago 2
Hilarious!
AlternateViewpoint 1 year ago
Nellie McKay is accually a feminist:) she's being satirical:)
Whereismymind1987 1 year ago 5
@Whereismymind1987 funny as fuck how many people dont get it : )
oojamaflipper 1 year ago 6
just awesome and hilarous (first part)
editarutha 1 year ago
why its on katy perry mix ?
Xellosification 1 year ago
My new favorite. Love her!
krisswenson 1 year ago 2
What a performer!
Kauffmann84 1 year ago
this is simply amazing! this is what should be apreciated and popular. Bravo for those that make a difference..
naistinali 1 year ago 4
/watch?v=uIbYGPjvY2M&feature=related
miguelmbm1 1 year ago
why is this in Katy Perry mix?
SugarLoveForever 1 year ago 13
@SugarLoveForever why would you watch/listen to a Katy Perry mix?
robcunn 3 weeks ago
@robcunn Well, for me, I had to choose a Katy Perry song to sing at a concert. For other people, I have no clue.
SugarLoveForever 3 weeks ago
im a feminist and a vegetarian :(
SugarLoveForever 1 year ago 5
@SugarLoveForever this song is satirical. I'm pretty sure Nellie McKay doesn't think that feminists and vegetarions don't have a sense of humor.
But maybe you didn't get it because you don't have a sense of humor.
FMota91 1 year ago 7
@FMota91 I was being sarcastic. I don't normal use 'emoticons' either.
SugarLoveForever 1 year ago
@SugarLoveForever lets start a club :)
hipsterpad 1 year ago
everyone that disliked this is a feminist.
realm042 1 year ago
@realm042 I'm a feminist and I thought it was amazing. :)
calilindsay 1 year ago
LOL so funny:)
Assaultdpretxel 1 year ago
She's a true artist.
evilmarc 1 year ago 8
lol
Scinery 1 year ago
Song only proves that feminists don't have a sense of humor - even a joke song has to have a sneering seriousness to them
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ouissemberkane 1 year ago
Her voice with that ukulele sounds like it is from another era... it is so light and wonderful in "If I Had You"... sigh...
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johanessdum 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU NELLIE MARRY ME JOHNNY T
bigcityblues555 1 year ago
I can only say that this song is very fair. It is pro feminism (obvious to those who understand satire) but only refers to the valid points in feminism. Not to the radical, testicle crushing femiNAZIs. I would also describe her as oddly attractive.
kladivous 1 year ago
i wanna marry this woman
mjesh323 1 year ago
As long as Americans think that being serious is a liability and that everyone must constantly have a sense of humor, there is no hope for that country. What if anti-slavery activists, civil rights activists, anti-war activists had been told over and over that they shouldn't be so "serious", that they were turning people off? Before around 1980, people were motivated by seriousness and didn't expect every person to act like they were on a sitcom.
colibri1 1 year ago
why not use whatever weapon carries your message across the ramparts?
bongfodder 1 year ago
You have got to be kidding me.
The song is making a comment on the stereotyping of the feminist movement, as well as the usual response from the public.
This song in its humour manages to bring to light the current culture in America and its shortfalls.
Unless you just don't get satire, you'll understand what is really going on in this song.
Learn to satire.
unloads 1 year ago 21
LOLZ. This gal is too funny.
curiousted 2 years ago 2
There's no one like Nellie and never shall there be.
Daztents 2 years ago 10
@Daztents Simply but very well put.
choreforthelost 2 years ago 3
great song
alexanderthegreat117 2 years ago
F - Weird A then?
Kammerthonen 2 years ago
to me the problem is not with the freedom of providing a service. the problem is under what circumstances is the service of prostitution available. what brought the woman to prostitution? years of abuse, neglect, not knowing better? it's not like prostitution is some college major that normal healthy women choose. it's more likely that they went through some shit and supporting prostitution might be like supporting the ends but not the means. like a country built on slavery.
kingny17 2 years ago 2
This is lovely - thank you for sharing!
EvaNorrasco2008 2 years ago 2
ooooh i love her voice!!!
xTVROXx 2 years ago
Wow! What a beautiful singers. What a grand sense of humor. We're her fans forever. Eric And Victor
EWik2530 2 years ago 2
Brilliant!
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TheMickswagga 2 years ago
Gorgeous! Love her
baramuchi 2 years ago 5
I'm Dennis Kucinich and I approve this message
pancho8721 2 years ago 5
"If I had you" is one of the best love songs I've ever heard
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elkyuubi88 2 years ago
Shes got a awsome voice :o
Marcusandsuch 2 years ago 5
the laugh track is part of the song (the studio version)
lazlopanoflex 2 years ago
she has incredible personality :)
blah1866 2 years ago 41
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You actually think this funny?
It seems joyless and tiresome to me.
reddog543 2 years ago
Thus you conclude that everyone would have reached the same consensus?
MTheoryGuy 2 years ago
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I suppose so.
I do not believe that anyone actually laughed while watching this.
That claim does not seem likely.
Approving of the content isn't the same as laughing.
reddog543 2 years ago
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Not to grind the point, but
the song is a bitter, joyless and un-funny satire by a sarcastic and un-funny feminist about the fact that people think feminists are tedious.
Irony!
reddog543 2 years ago
I enjoyed this dry humor. Thanks
Miriam
HeavenlySpices 2 years ago 8
This is the first time I have heard of her. She's great ! She plays a mean piano also. 5 stars
johnny102marvin 2 years ago
ta ta ta ta -tataa -ta ta- ta -ta YEAH take it off :3
brianajs 2 years ago 3
so clever, so adorable, so talented. finally, some music worth paying for...
fartsygloss 2 years ago 102
@fartsygloss or braying for, depending on your species.
colbgrr1 6 months ago
absolutamente hermosa nellie!!!! ademas del piano toka perfecto el ukulele!!! perfecto cover de if i had you! perfect!
overtostao 2 years ago 4
i love both songs she played
especially If I Had You....its so soothing when we play it in jazz band
bravo to her
shes so cute too lol
ER052092 2 years ago
Aww those were both great.
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shortie0712 2 years ago
I love her she is the cutest thing--heard her on NPR great sense of humor.
wolfiesocrates 2 years ago 3
It is re-donk-u-lous how good she is! Absolute perfection!
DakidImetnhighschool 3 years ago
aw, she's got such a cute voice~! :]
scrip7ki77y 3 years ago
Witty, biting satire delivered with an endearingly sweet voice. She's fabulous!
WaAdJe 3 years ago 9
I like her style.
davidluk8 3 years ago
haha I love this song!
she is brilliant!
shellymf 3 years ago 2
What makes Nellie so great is that she is fullly aware of how radical liberalism is effecting the causes she belives in (note her comment about her mother). Sure, she's a feminist and a vegan, but she's bright enough to see that the way she's going to get her message heard is by making fun and showing just how full of shit "the established norm" is. This is also make very clear in another great piece of her's "Identity Theft."
danmcc08 3 years ago 5
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does she has any nudes out?
yay llama song ^^
TGCid20 3 years ago
she sang p.s. i love you on Fresh Air with that ukaleele...really sweet
septip123 3 years ago
She is funny, intelligent, very cute, and very talented.
I want to marry her... :)
thezenpizza 3 years ago 3
This song is awesome in so many ways!
evilmarc 3 years ago 4
that's a really nice ukulele!
bndeyo 3 years ago 4
A Martin ukulele no less!
3Kmartin 3 years ago 2
Aha--I WONdered why it sounded like no uke I'd ever heard before!
Zootallors 2 years ago
Indeed. A vintage style 0 ukulele from the 1920's.
3Kmartin 2 years ago
Mother of pearl is absolutely great! :D
missclareremembers 3 years ago 4
Yeah!!! It's too awesome!
renethel 3 years ago 2
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I mother of Pearl a joke?
WNcube06 3 years ago
feminists don't have a sense of humor.
newtokyoterror 3 years ago 48
@newtokyoterror poor Hilary...
TheCherryBomber1 1 year ago
are you a feminist? XD lol yes its all sarcasm im sure.
OpheliaThistle 3 years ago 4
(to WNcube06)
yes, of course! Nellie makes a lot of sarcastic humour in her songs. i actually think she's a feminist herself. but you could tell she's using some sarcasm in that song from when she says "Feminists don't have a sense of humour / feminists and vegetarians" because she herself is a vegan!
KnutFreakKid 3 years ago
She has a really lovely voice...:-)
sarahB898 3 years ago 5
madd skillz on this one
neibotlai 3 years ago 2
This girl has got a head on her. Bravo!
hgeldenhuys 3 years ago 3
She's fantastically adorable. :)
AuthenticPunkDance 3 years ago 4
I love how she's saying "thank you, thank you."
Cr0wsFeet 3 years ago
i thought the same thing!
CalicoCupcakes 3 years ago
Sweet. She's brilliant!
b1ngnx33 3 years ago
a white Billy holliday.superb.
tammylala1 3 years ago 3
This should get you started:
G-chord: 2nd fret C-string; 3rd fret E-string; 2nd fret A-string.
Am-chord: only 2nd fret G-string
D (actually D7): index on 2nd fret over all 4 strings and another finger on 3rd fret of A-string.
JohanCLont 3 years ago
I just started playing ukulele because of this video. Does anyone know the chords of Mother of Pearl?
kaile 3 years ago
It definitely starts with a G chord. The first part seems to go like
|:G G A D:|
I will look at it again tonight, but I will not be able to decipher the middle part completely. I can tell you that already.
JohanCLont 3 years ago
I was to hasty. It must be A-minor instead of A, of course. So,
|: G G Am D :|
JohanCLont 3 years ago
I have written the chords down and sent them to you separately.
JohanCLont 3 years ago
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B.S
midbluegreen 3 years ago
i love her.. she's so witty and funny.. would marry her, no doubt!
Tabris1990 3 years ago 4
I'm 56 years old, but if I could find one like you my age I wouldn't be single any longer. It takes a special sense of humor to make me laugh...kind of sick on the funny side. Keep up he good work!
parrotbill 3 years ago 6
a genius! xD
daderth 3 years ago
chick be hilarious
DigitB 3 years ago 2
i was ready to hate. but that was awesome
sacapiloa 3 years ago 3
Nellie McKay is amazing!
Harry122 3 years ago 5
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Political yes, funny? no
Geezyone 3 years ago
She is so brilliant. I love her facetiousness.
mindrunfree 3 years ago 3
She is so amazing
And I am seeing her on the 8th of August WHOO
david135 3 years ago 6