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A true original. Thank you for sharing your genius with the world; you’ve made a lifelong fan out of this American lady
My Aunty in the UK went to get her grandson a copy of ‘You so F*****g Rock’ she couldn’t bring herself to say the word to ask for it so she phoned her daughter and got her to say it over the phone!!!
My daughter turned me on to you and said, “Don’t you think grandma would have liked him?” The answer was, “Yes, she would have loved him!” My mom was a professional piano player and her favorite stuff to play was silly, old songs from the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, but especially parodies. I grew up listening to her play crazy, little, unknown tunes, then sharing with my friends. I have so missed her and can’t begin to thank you enough for working hard to become famous so you could share this great musical niche.
I’m an agnostic in southern Oregon, USA…Maybe , I’m the only one. Today, I listened to White wine in the sun. It was the first time since I played it to the most wonderful Mum a man could ask for. She left this earth, last January. No, I don’t know where she went. But she sure did love that song. I played it for her last Christmas, when she was so ill. I just want to tell you thank you, for putting a smile and a tear to both of our faces.
I bought a park, this summer. No, its a first for me. I bought it, because Mum would have wanted me to. Mum used to swim there, with all us kids, in the best swimming hole in Oregon. . I’m naming it Merete’s Cove after my Mum.Its one of the worlds most beautiful places. I’m trying to build a beautiful bandstand there. Mum loved music. I welcome you to sing there someday. I know its a little crazy. But including you, there would be at least two Atheists near the stage. Three including my sweet daughter, Brook, who also loves your music. Maybe I dream too big……. Either way, My family will be listening to white wine in the sun, this Christmas, and thinking of Mum.
Hi Tim – My wife and I saw you in Thousand Oaks on Saturday and said “hello” afterwards. We’re the couple from Phoenix who mentioned to you that I played piano and sang at her over the Internet and in return she married me. Pretty good trade, honestly. We made it back safely, by the way. Anyway I just wanted to drop a note to say thank you for such a fantastic show, and your transformative influence on my life. I’m very very very happy to be able to say that I shook your hand, and I’m very very very sad that I declined to be in the picture that you took with my wife. Come back soon!
fuk yes but don eva fukn talk bout pregnat nuns cos they cum 2 yr hous n yr mums stops u usin yr fukn pc 4 a wile
ps mail me if ur hothahaha
luv grant
hi tim i put a revew of ur show on my site u shd chek it out its fukn wkd
hahaha
luv grant
Hey Tim&Co.
I first saw u(tim) @ moorabbin town hall in 05 and was soooooo fu***ng impressed-u r a genius. My sister thinks ur weird and even though i sort of agree, i still think u r awsome-kEEP IT UP.
Hey hey tim, the donut shop that I work at (Puffin Fresh Whitfords City, Perth) just started distributing Canvas Bags. Well not canvas as such, but those big reusable hard plasticy ones. I’m not too sure what they’re actually made of, but I’m very glad, because I was previously getting told off by my boss for not offering customers plastic bags to put their multiple donuts in. ‘It can’t be that hard to just *carry* them, guys, Do it for the environment.’ But apparently there’s no room for environmental friendliness in the world of donut retail.
Well g2g, I’m off to work :D
was the photographer at your radio recording at the drill hall london on the 2 nov which was great fun…loved the song about pigs very funny,hope to catch a show at the duchess got some great shots for the bbc too!!!!
To Blake:
I really meant that i dont think
We get circumsised
You get circumsised
Why not get circumsised togethor would sound as good as.
We dont eat pigs etc.
Maybe i was wrong…
Your music has been with me through some tough times in America. I am a Black woman. I don’t have much hope for changing my stars. But hearing your excellent voice rock n rolling my troubles away… at least for a day… keeps me sane. I know you do the same for millions around the world. It was my birthday a few days ago. I turned 46. I hope to see you live again before I reach 50. I promised my niece (she’s always challenging me) that I would chase one dream this year. I hope I don’t sound too weird when I say, I want to sit in that future audience of Minchin fans and scream my head off for you again. My humble dream. Much love from Portland, Oregon USA.
Thanks for the positive in this sea of controversy. I liked your message so much I bought the book!
Hi Tim. Mike from Tampa here. Once you hit 70, you start thinking of things you’d like to do while you still can. My daughter and I saw your NYC TM & his Piano and London Songs the World Will Never Hear shows. Hard to to top that. Then it hit me. Dream big! Would you consider bringing back your Royal Albert Hall Orchestra show? I’m a tennis player. Your NYC and London shows coincided with the US Open and Wimbledon. It was much easier selling going across the pond to my velp, if I also got to attend one of the majors. Thanks. Mike
I’m thankful you came to Toowoomba. Watching real people with really amazing talent was a blast of fresh air, blowing away the junk that builds up from scrolling. Phew, you came in time. Thanks again xxxx
Dearest Tim, I just wanted to post a thank you / congratulations, to you and your team on the end of your tour; the gig in Toowoomba was the perfect finale! Thank you for sharing your new work with us tonight, we could all see what it meant to you, although I did have a pretty good view of your celebratory Hi-5 during the next number. I am just hoping that tonight you felt the love of an entire generation of students, from one of those special tax exempt organisations, here in Toowoomba. Starting them with ‘Storm’ in the middle years Philosophy elective, and always ending with your UWA speech for the Yr 12’s…I’m not saying that you are a ‘tool’, but you know what? You were a great tool! Someone, whose intelligence and wit opened the eyes of a generation, and more importantly, gave hope to those who thought, or were at a minimum, interested in thinking… Love your work – its importance simply can’t be measured!
Hi Tim, I was listening to White Wine in the Sun again today. It pops up in my social media memories all the time because I’ve shared it so much over the years. My Dad really loved Christmas — he loved having everyone around him. He passed away in 2019, on the 17th of December, at 80 years of age. He just wanted to make it to one more Christmas. Upright came out that same month. The song Carry You, and the series itself, absolutely broke me… but somehow carried me through as well. I don’t think I really grieved in the way I expected to until this year. Suddenly, it’s hitting me like a train.I really miss him. This Christmas it will be just my Mum and me. I’m towing my little 1986 Viscount caravan up to the lake at Wooroonook, Victoria, to try to make something meaningful of the day for her. She’s 81 now and struggling to get around. My brother, sister-in-law, niece, nephew, and even my sons won’t be there. It’s going to be a hard one. Christmas just doesn’t bring me joy anymore. But still, I’ll sip white wine in the sun, think of my Dad, and try to make a happy memory with Mum — because I know her time is drawing close too. I just wanted to say thank you. Your music has a way of touching people at their deepest places, and these songs have been a part of my healing more than you could know. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and I hope you keep writing the kind of music that reaches people when they need it most. Thank you ~ Megan xo
Dear Tim. We went to your concert in Canberra tonight. We have to drive 2 +1/2 hours and stay overnight. It was very well worth that effort. There were many moments that made us laugh and cry and think deeply about my life and where to from here. We are in our senior years and enjoyed it all immensely. We have followed your career from the beginning and as rusted on nerds will continue to do so. I saw Matilda the musical live in Sydney and enjoyed that very much. Would love to see Groundhog if it comes our way. Thanks again for all the music and the chat. Loved it all. Love to you and your family. Coral
I saw your show in Brisbane on Friday with my partner. I have never seen a crowd so obedient to putting their phones down. We all desperately wanted to photograph the real life Tim Minchin for ourselves. Many took the sneaky blurry shots that will forever be the bragging point over Christmas dinner. The recovery from accidentally entertaining the comedian in the crowd, to the perfectly balanced sound was amazing. Thank you for giving us almost an hour of extra entertainment. Absolutely worth it. I’m so glad I saw this before seeing Metallica tickets. It would have been a hard choice. Probably would have still chosen you. This is a big tick on my life bucket list.
Hi Tim. Mike from Tampa here. My daughter and I loved yer show at the Apollo. Matilda at Cambridge there’s… no words. The London sites and a day at Wimbledon after 7 hours on the que. Could’ve been perfect, butt…You didn’t do Airport Piano, so this is all your fault. I had to do it. I’m a 70, mediocre singer, though energetic and enthusiastic. I sang Airport Piano at Karaoke last night. Sounds ok but… I live in a nudist resort. My 70 y/o 140lb nekid scrawny bod singing my favorite song. I’d include a vid, except cameras are not allowed…
Hi. I just wanted to say. I’m finally listening to “Time Machine” (I was going to do it sooner, but it felt so weird to do so right after Tom died. I felt like I had to listen to him for awhile first). And I got to The Song of The Masochocist… and broke down crying. When “Apart Together” came out it was not a good time. For anyone really. I’m in the US and it was just. SO BAD. And then that album came out and I listened on repeat. And it made things better. I would just lay in bed as it felt like we were in the 10th, 11th, 12th month of the apocalypse and would cry as songs like “The Absence of You” comforted me against the absence of the WORLD. Because that was it, the whole WORLD was a hole and it was missing and everything was horrible. And “Apart Together” was what kept ME together. And listening to “Time Machine”, 4 tracks in, and I broke down sobbing because I had somehow forgotten just how much hearing your music when I’m in a dark place, like I am again, can just mend me and make it ok. Even for a little bit. And I had always hoped someday I could tell you that in person but, I’m an American, nope, so here I am. Anyway, thanks. For putting this box here and for making all the music you do. I’ve been listening for a long time, and you’ve gotten me through so much. Thank you for everything.
This is silly because I don’t really think you will read it in person but I still want to say Thank you for saving my marriage! We’ve been through a lot and there are so many times I’ve just wanted to walk away from everything. It took me a long time to discover you (since I live in Sweden where “everyone” says “Heh, Tim who?”) but the two first songs I heard were White wine in the sun (which reminded me of the importance of family) and Not perfect (which reminded me that I am pretty nice and can stand myself). Your rock ‘n’ roll nerding makes me happy and your love songs make me sad and happy at the same time and I confess the huuuuge confirmation biases ? My 50th birthday was coming up and I felt trapped, old and unloved. I thought about spending it in Paris all by myself. Then you unveiled your UK tour! Bam! I bought tickets to Edinburgh and told my husband that he could come with me if he promised to try to understand WHY I really had to go and he was not allowed ruin it! He prepared by listening to the songs and our kids gave him “clues and keys to mummy” and he nailed them all. I haven’t felt so loved in years! And to be there seeing and hearing you live, sharing tears of laughter and touched hearts, feeling his eyes on me when I was ALIVE for the first time in years and holding his hand to all the lovesongs (including the boobs ?)… yes, you saved us. Thank you ??
…and here is the rest…
February 2007
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Well! SOMEONE doesn’t know how to write a Haiku properly!
The world need never know that my last comment made perfect sense before you deleted the spam.
That’s right folks, I’m insane and just spout random sentances.
Sorry Kirsty, I removed the spam before seeing your response. I am sure the readers here will be forgiving of your non sequitur.
Tim’s site seems to be a favourite plaything of spammers at the moment. We have filters in place which strip out most of the spam, but every now and then one gets through… just ignore it and it will ‘disappear’ soon enough.
Cheers,
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Tim…Your the best man….Your so F*****g Rock !!!
Well, I’d make a comment on that last bit of spam…but I would end up looking as ‘insane’ as Kirsty did with her random sentence. (Her words- not mine!)
Oh and was it the shock of the spam that made you spell *that* word wrong? (Sorry but I had to mention it. Though I’m sure there are grammatical errors present in this comment. I’m not good with parentheses.)
Anyway, back to Tim. In a weird way I feel like I’ve just been to a Tim gig as my friend has been texting me this evening about how good the Derby show was, whilst I was sitting on a train back from London listening to Tim’s CDs on my MP3 player…
I dont speel god
The internet box did that to poor Kirsty.
It addled the spelling and grammar part of brain, at a pound for fifteen minutes.
Man, seen you at several comedy festivals (sadly I’m a common attender) and I must place you among my all time favorite comedians. Not only are you witty and intelligent, but your music has true skill to it. Of course, I’m not sure Palestine has heard your peace anthem yet, but I hope they take their canvas bags to the supermarket. YOU ROCK!
Hi Tim. Let me speak for the people of Aldershot (again :-) when i say your show last Friday was brilliant. You were the best act I saw at Edinburgh last year and it was great seeing you at a small venue like the West End Centre – so much more personal than the big Fringe theatre and I sould see your hands dancing on the keys!
I enjoyed the stuff from your Dark Side set, which I’d only heard on CD before. I had to make a consious effort not to sing along to it all and spoil it for those sitting around me! :-D
Best thing was I now know you’re a nice guy in real life too, so I’ll carry on telling all my friends how cool you are and that they should see your show!
Awesome.
I agree with Guy(Aldershot)… you are such a nice guy in the flesh… when i met you we had a great chat and you are without a doubt SO f@@@@@g Rock !!! Keep up the good work Tim…coming again to see you in High Wycombe!!!
Great gig at Aldershot on Friday Tim – never heard of you before we went so asked my 18/22/24 year old kids if they had as you were clearly something big in the alternative youth entertainment arena and yep, you guessed it, they’d never heard of you either. Anyway, they have now as we really bigged you up [yet another example of how l’m so in touch with youth cultureand patois] and l’ve told them to organise their friends to run some coaches to your next available shows. Knowing what l know about how my children generally ignore all my instructions, that may not happen but that is def their loss.
Thanks again, good luck with your quest for super stardom status and riches untold
Fab gig in Darlington, I’ve seen you before popping up here and there, and you are even funnier live.
Thanks for a great night out, and don’t forget to have gigs in the north east when you become big and famous, which, if there’s any justice, should be soon. Because you are so rock.
Yea, what Steph said…
My name is Steph too!
Why do I get the feeling that there’s only one girl called Steph here, but she has a short term memory disorder?
Im Steph at the weekends !!! :)
Hi Tim, not long now till Epsom, me and Sam have been spreading the Minchin word and are bringing some friends along! Also, good to hear Guy (speaker for the people of Aldershot) liked the gig as much as we did!! see ya on the 18th
hello tim.
when are you doing a show in austraila? maybe in sydney? pleeeeeease? pretty please?………with a cherry on top?
please, all my friends [plus me!!!] love you and would LOVE to see you live!!
Hi Tim will someone that’s deaf, yes me, understand anything at any of your shows? Weird request I know. But you may have noticed your ‘Adam song’ up on youtube with subtitles. I need more stuff like this! Don’t you dare put out a dvd without subtitles!
Well, Tim’s hair is QUITE funny.
I Luv you! lol
so get ur arse to leeds! =P
I’ll probaby be seeing you in Birmingham though – if my bro decides to come too =D
I’ll be the nutter hehe
byebye x
i cant wait for tomorrow at Leicester,very much excited, my dad is also all ready to sing along canvas bags! much laughs
Important notice from Phoenix, Leicester
Just so you know – tonight’s show (Thursday 15th February) in Leicester has been cancelled (Tim has flu). We are currently trying to contact everyone who has a ticket, to offer a full refund or tickets for the rescheduled gig on Friday 26th October.
We apologise for any inconvenience this causes, and wish Tim the best for a speedy recovery – see you in October).
David Pepworth
for Phoenix
Tim,
I hope you are better very soon…
Take great care,
Jamie x
Just got home from the Colchester gig. Bloody Fab!! haven’t laughed so hard in years, came very close to wetting myself!!!
couldn’t find the merchandise stall though!!
Hey Tim,
Great show in Colchester last Sat. Heard you thought the 1st half was too long. Not the case I can assure you. Seen you twice before (The Dutchess and some place in Soho a while ago) and enjoyed this one the most. Shame you dropped the Kylie joke though.
Please do come back to Colchester.
And maybe give us another bag ? (After all, we are poor, maybe gay, folk)
We’re having quite the domestic argument over who gets to keep it :)
I assure you its purely plutonic love for you – particularly the hair, and of the manly sporty kind!
Maybe.
Thank you very much for a very funny and special evening. We hope to see you (front row) again.
Teehee… plutonic love.
Tim, my love for you is entirely igneous.
Mmmmm… Love is a bit too strong for me… my admiration is great for you….thats sounds better !!!
my love is more metamorphic, sorry tim =\
Blake? Your love for Tim has been transformed due to extreme heat and pressure?
Oo-er! Don’t tell Sarah!
Richard you know your love for Tim runs much deeper than that. Don’t deny your heart
and learn to spell
That’s sedimentary my dear Watson.
har har
Well… Tim is So Rock, its only natural.
hehe… he is very hot kirsty… and sarah is an excellent source of pressure on the topic of tim. though, with me getting (forcing) so many people to come to see tim, you could say the same of me, hehe :P
Just got back from seeing Tim in Canterbury, Kent !!! So good, couldn’t stop laughing . . . . The man is a legend, i’d recommend anyone go and see him . . . The best act i’ve seen in a long time. P.S: Finally got my hands on a canvas bag, and i take it to Tesco !!!
Keep up the good work Tim !!
PPS.: When is there going to be a DVD out ???
Tim was spledid and ever so tremendous in Canterbury on friday..shame about the idiotic girl with the irrating laugh
Tim, you were great last night in Reading. Not everyone was quite ready for your style, though. Overhead a little old lady who we passed on the way to the bar, saying, “He’s not really like Richard Stilgoe, is he.”
I still have the Peace Anthem and (strangely) the Interval Song (why isn’t this on the CD? I could listen to that for ages) running round my head.
Got Darkside and So Rock, so no one is safe now! Any plans for a DVD?
Hope to see you on tour again.
Good luck in Apspen, Timmy. You’d better be AMAZING there to make it worth having cancelled those shows.
I’m sure you will be.
x
Oh, I SO know how to spell Aspen.
…
*sobs*
Just wanted to say thank you for a really great show last night in Warwick, UK. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to seeing you again.