Thank God! Free video (and expensive merchandise) for Easter
Hi all, me here.
For some time I’ve been keeping certain tunes off t’internet in order to ensure audiences of my live shows get a few surprises. I like surprises.
However, as an Easter gift I’m putting the Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (UK, Aus) version of “Thank You God” up on the YouTubular for y’all to enjoy. I do hope you do. It’s embedded at the bottom of this bloggerage.
The vid has a bit of standup on it too, because the song requires a bit of context for ye first-time listeners. You can skip to 05:25 if you wanna just hear the song.
A wee warning – it ain’t suitable for work or for those who are sensitive to irreligious content.
I want to also take this opportunity to point you towards my new shop. My webman, Neil, has been working hard on getting the thing more efficient and easier to use. And there’s a few new bits of tatt there, with more to come soon. I don’t recommend you buy a tee shirt with a massive picture of my massive head on it, as I think it’s a weird thing to do. However, you people do shit that I think is weird all the time… so knock yourselves out: UK & Europe Shop, Australasia Shop and North America Shop.
Hope you get a break over Easter and eat an amount of chocolate that won’t trigger diabetes.
Peace out mthrfckrs.
tx
There, sorry!
This is an amazing song, Tim Minchin! I love listening to it, and it always puts me in a great mood. Thank you for voicing all the horrible side effects and shaming that comes with believing that their is a god, and that he’ll only help the good, and not the sinful. I am 10, and I think that this is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Tim that picture of you on the cross is pretty buff. Have you been working out?
I am in love with this song surely its not good the amount of times I’ve repeated this song… I’ve yet to find any merchandise with anything to do with this song? is there potential for any t-shirts??
Can’t stop listening to this song. Captures one of my biggest pet peeves of religious thinking. And the tune (and presentation with full orchestra) is absolutely perfect. Thank you for this nugget of brilliance. I will link it on Facebook every single time someone thanks god for intervening to help them in some trivial (or not so trivial) matter.
I want to preface this with saying I’m an agnostic. Typically this is a coward’s way around saying “atheist,” but I offer my own personal definition. I don’t care if there is a God. If there’s a God he’s often a cruel bastard.
“Thank You God” is simply one of the most brilliant pieces of music I’ve ever been exposed to. Maybe this is because I am also known for a dry and sarcastic sense of humor. It doesn’t hurt any that this is an extremely catchy tune. I’m pretty sure my neighbors are tired of me playing it way too loud every day for the past few months.
Aimed at the people that see the face of Jesus in a slice of toast as a miracle, when a real miracle would be a cure for AIDS. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Favorite lyrics – “Thank you Sam for the chance to acknowledge this omnipotent ophthamologist.”
Thank you for having the courage to stick up for your art despite your detractor’s attacks. My bucket list now includes seeing a live performance. Your two disk set is one of the best investments I’ve ever made for my mental health. Before you I thought the Capitol Steps political satire was the greatest.
Keep up the faith….er… lack of faith.
Loyal fan forever.
Jim
P.S. Fuck the punters.
Should be on The National Curriculum…globally. That’d sort out most of the world’s woes. Genius Tim. Thank you for posting.
Delicious genius. If Hitchens was in heaven, he’d be smiling down at you. He is, of course, either rotting in the ground or has been reduced to ashes, so has probably lost his sense of humour.
Delicious genius. If Hitchens was in heaven, he’d be smiling down at you. He is, of course, either rotting in the ground or has been reduced to ashes, so has probably lost his sense of humour.
Delicious genius. If Hitchens was in heaven, he’d be smiling down at you. He is, of course, either rotting in the ground or has been reduced to ashes, so has probably lost his sense of humour.
Многие люди относятся к вере в Бога как к магии. Удивительна их святая наивность)
Как метко, Тим!!!
Hello Tim. We haven’t met. That may seem obvious but it’s hard to strike up a conversation with a stranger who isn’t there. Anyway, I’m a huge fan etc. A friend asked me to describe you to them during a conversation about possible cast members for ‘Godspell’. I said you were the main charcater in the Tim Minchin DVDs. The response was a raised eyebrow of the type usually reserved for ice cream vendors when asked for a big whippy by a child with a moustache, so I said ‘he’s like … a cross between Richard Dawkins, Bare Naked Ladies and Jimmy Carr.’ I just threw Jimmy in there because, well, the hair I guess. I thought I’d let you know that your songs have given me strength. I’m a dark haired man with a ginger beard. It’s hard being mixed race. Thank you.
Wonderfully magnificent!!!! I thought Sam had turned you for a minute…What was I thinking! LMFAO
Have loved your irreverent humour for a while now. Love the way your mind works :o) Brilliant musician/composer too.
Oh if I was 20 years younger and you were single I’d turn into a stalker and track you down. As Claire said “you sexy bitch”.
Hope to see JCS in May. Oh yeah, I find it ironic (hmmm is that the correct term) that you are playing Judas.
PS: FYI – I’m not a stalker nor about to turn into one…you can rest easy
Thank you so much Tim, I have waited and waited for this song to appear on YouTube and Easter perfect….Now I can send it too the few friends I have left that are not convinced of your comedy/composing genius….how rude!!
Read the article in the Observer today you consistently come across as a proper, good bloke.
I promise I not a stalker but I do love your work with a passion!
Wishing you all the best for success on Broadway with Matilda and hope to see you on a tour here again soon x (saw you in JCS last December ,couldn’t justify paying to see it again even though I thought the whole thing was magnificent)bought the DVD instead and was dismayed when I read they had auto tuned? your voice now that really is rude and unnecessary !!!
Tim Minchin that was fucking amazing. Thanks for posting!
Great song, But my question: IF you are an atheist, how can it be that you personalize God (you call Him many names like a sexist). If you are a non believer and personalize something you don’t believe in you are ready for some serious issues :). So are you in denie or… . I believe that searching for the truth is a very good goal. I’m a believer but not like the church want me too believe. So maybe God is good and exist but in history human wanted money, power and status so they maked God like a big santaclaus, but an angry one….So what is the deal here an Atheist of a Believer?
Ah Tim, this is a fantastic song – one in a million. It encapsulates so many clever ideas into one great performance. Well done! Keep well and keep up the good work – we need you to be there, plugging for rationalism over myth. You are such a breath of fresh air and we would really like to thank you for all that you do.
Brilliant.
Hilarious TRUTH, Tim! Keep popping the bubbles of the deluded… it’s a tough job but someone has to do it…
Unfunny rubbish!
If you’re as much of a fan of Tim (his brilliant mind and musical talent) as me it MAY be easy to think of him as “godlike” LOL
BUT CRUCIFIXION?
Oh Tim, Why have you forsaken us?
No Macca’s and DITCH the sugar and processed food America! Thanks Tim for being an advocate about Diabetes. Our children thank you!
Thanks Tim, a generous gift. Happy-chocolate-&-lamb-family-feasting from Fremantle. :-)
Thanks! I love this song! Will you be releasing Woody Allen Jesus as an itunes download? I really like it and would love to download it to add to my collection of your songs.
I’ve been waiting to hear this song again since the one and only time I heard it at your show in San Francisco. It is a tour-de-f*cking-force, Mister Minchin. Thank YOU, sir!
I saw this on the SSO special and have been searching for it ever since.
Love it , love it , love it !
Thankyou and happy Holidays !
This made lent so much more bearable. Jesus you are a superstar. Thank you Tim.
Just loved the “Personal Jesus”-scene in the last episode of Californication! Brilliant!
Love the stuff you do. Love this, love Storm, and love the opportunity to use your teachings.
I remember when I saw you play this at the Opera House, I was positively shitting myself right up until the break.
This is my favorite song, not just by you but by anyone. It never fails to make me laugh (or think), no matter how many times I listen to it…. in a row. Thanks for the Easter gift!
Had to listen 3 times, LOVE it !
So hilarious !
That was brilliant! [again, of course]
For a moment I thought you had been enlightened… Only Kidding…. of course. Yet another great Minchin creation. One beacon of rationality and empiricism in a world fogged by irrationality and the deluded…. I like to think I am another of those beacons….
Tim does come to the US on tour. Saw him a few years ago and the show was brilliant!
Hey Tim,
Trying to buy some shirts but every time I order one shirt and move onto the next shirt to order, it resets.. do you have to buy the shirts one at a time?
Also, will there be some of your merchandise at Jesus Christ Superstar concerts or just the JC stuff?
Cheers,
James
Incredible! I am a new fan and absolutely love what you do. I hope you are coming to U.S. sometime soon. I think you are the person I would most like to see live!
Excellent easter pressie, thanks Tim.
Hilarious song Tim. We honour you each mealtime by ridiculing the sacred too: We sing: “Tim’s dead baby / didn’t go to heaven” to the tune of ‘Ten green bottles’.
What an inspiration you are!
Brilliant.. Please please, and please may I play trombone for your orchestra if you ever tour the US? I promise to hit all the right notes. Only problem might come when I miss my entrance from laughing. Seriously. Sign me up!!!
As Christian I would like to thank you Tim for always asking the questions that need to be voiced. Well done…as always .Happy Easter
Thanks Tim ,this has made me even more excited to see you in Sydney can’t wait .Have a great time with the family over the Easter ,longed for ,Break .KEEP BEING YOU NEVER CHANGE.
Magnificent magnificentness! I love your work. Thanks for the video.
Another brilliant combination of awesome music and spot-on lyrics. A perfect Easter present! PS. Saw Matilda last week and haven’t stopped listening to the soundtrack since, you are a frickin genius!
Hey, how about adding The Fence to the US iTunes store?
Outstanding, as usual. When will we see you at an Amaz!ng Meeting?!
Awesome – thank you Tim! (I hope I never get cataracts)
I wonder what Sam thought when he heard that.
That is all well and good, but when are you coming back to East Coast – North America?
You are an amazing person. I became very excited to hear this song as I have been wanting to hear it from you for a very long time. All I have to say is its just one more reason that I have to buy this dvd. Thanks Tim.
We of the North America/Japan areas still eagerly await NTSC versions of your DVDs.
The guys in the percussion section beaming through the ba-da-da dada bit of the chorus and Jules bopping make me happy. Tim’s bit’s good too, obviously.
I.C.T.I.M.!! Aaaaawsomeness! Thank you so so much! Enjoy the next couple of days –aiming to be word-perfect in time for your resurrection.
Some great stuff in the shop! It needs a way to share individual items on social media tho!
absolutely brilliant – you should teach in Sunday School!!!
Tim, I love you on Californication – you are a wild guy. Happy Easter.
The fact it sounded like he was going to admit the existence of god frightened me.
Absolutely amazing, love it. You never cease to inspire! xx
I love this song! it’s so catchy. I wish I could have seen the orchestra live though, Tim you’ve played Ontario a few times now could you please come back?
I just purchased a massive t-shirt adorned with a massive picture of your massive head. Your reverse psychology is as effective as ever. Well played sir.
OH and.. You were absolutely amazing on Californication… sooo fuckin’ good.
Ahh Minchin you sexy bitch
HUGE fan of you Tim. There isn’t a Youtube video, DVD or song of yours that I haven’t heard. I am actually listening to this song in between watching your amazing character Atticus Fetch on Californication and the Royal Albert Hall performance with the Heritage Orchestra. Long story short, you’re fucking awesome and anyone who disagrees can jump arse first into an unlubed dildo field!
Brilliant. I love you so much, Tim!!
Ohhhh nooooo credit card hands got all twitchy. Shiney new merch Very :-(:-( we aren’t going to see much of you this year in UK. Snifffllle XX Much love and good luck have fun. xx Jen
Love this one, and I agree with Ella, quite the earworm. Thanks for posting it!
Thank you, Tim, for fixing my jones of the video..for this song.
This almost makes me believe there’s a god.
Neato!! Thank you Go– I mean, Tim. And Neil. :)
Came to see the heritage orchestra tour in Edinburgh 2 years ago (!!) and I remember being a bit weirded out by the stand up preceding this song and the start of it… Then being delighted by it of course! Regularly gets stuck in my head