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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…
June 2008
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I am still waiting for my song!
I Love you and always will Timmy :)
Hey there Tim
This is my first time writing to you so be gentle. My name is Nic Kaschke I’m 26 I live in Melbourne and my amazing girlfriend Sam ask one day if I know who Tim Minchin is? So she brought round her dvd and I have been a fan ever since.
I then showed my house mate who is a mad on the piano and the need to learn your amazing and beautiful songs grew in both of us. His fav is ‘not perfect’ but mine is ‘you grew on me’ it really kind of struck a note with me.
So thank you soo much Tim. Hope everything in your world just peachy.
Lots of Smiles for you Tim.
Nic
Oh please come back to Melbourne Tim
That was the point of my last note
I’ll keep my eye on the gigs till it says Melbourne.
see ya Nic
Where have you been all your life? My 8-year-old daughter recommended that I pay attention to you…so I have. BRILLIANT!!!
i saw you first in one of the pages of sceptics with “take my wife”. You gained interest of sceptics society with this song. Anyway, i would like to ask your address and take you cookies :-)
hey tim,
I suppose any kind of feedback can count, so I hope here is a little honey for your soul:
my sister sent me a link to your videoclips of you on youtube to cheer me up- listening to you and watching you, of course, completely saved the day for me. So thank you. Another big fan for you in Vienna.
I’ll keep watching out for you.
Nicole
Hey Tim, I just have to say, that I’ve been listening to you for years, and I love every single one of your songs, no matter the subject matter.
Also, nice feet.
Hi ya! i saw the live recording of never mind the buzzcocks you were on and since have been amazed with your brilliant work!! cant wait to see you in you very live show! :)
Quite simply … a living legend …
Hey Tim U ROCK! even if u are a nerd! could u please publish your music for piano in a book PLEASE! i really want to learn it even if it does take a bit of practice!
TIMMY, what a fuck’n champ, I love your work man, funny guy… keep it up, I love it!!!!
Hey, saw you last night at The Union Chapel, I haven’t laughed so much in ages. First time I have seen you and it won’t be the last! I loved Bears don’t dig dancing!!!
Is there anything you’re spectacularly bad at? Cos you can be a bit, y’know, sickening, with all your talents and that.
:P
There’s a compliment in there, I swear. x
Hey Tim,
Exciting stuff – Edinburgh Fringe box office opens tomorrow morning. Looking forward to seeing your all new show, which I am sure will be a highlight of the festival. Also my brother is sending me your DVD – he’s in Melbourne and so can buy it :-) Happy days!
Best wishes for your festival run – I hope your fingers don’t end up bleeding like in your last Edinburgh show!
Cheers,
mark
I was introduced to your genius last week and am hungry for more. I almost laughed my tits off. In fact they look smaller now.
Can’t wait to see you live! Until then an illegally copied dvd will take pride of place in my dvd player. (Only till I buy a proper one)
Cheers Mate! What a crack up!
oh yeah please make a notation/chord or any kind of book id buy one but woooooo Durham i cant wait my tickets are under 4 paper weights just in case
you kick asss
yer same thing as the guy below
notation or tablature would be so awesome
loving ur work
properly good musically and hilarious, thats pretty rare nowadays:)
cheers
Timmy, you’re site really is very pretty. Lovely contrast between the black and white bits (unsaturated, I think they’re called…?) and the lovely font colours. Mmm.
To Will and Samuel below me, the genius of Tim is such that he doesn’t need to write his music out because he has a beautiful brain that remembers it all. But if you head over to the Angry (Feet) forum that Tim has provided a link to above, you will find a thread with lots of his sheet music that I and a nice guy called Mikey Berman (and others) have arranged. Enjoy.
Hope you’re well, Timmy D.
Han
xox
tim…. i know you must hear this lot but i just wanted to say that i love your work……u r funny and witty but also with depth he he…… u have inspired me to pursue my dreams a a comdien…… though probably not as good as u……
thank you again and i look forward to the next installment
tim, r u da koolest guy eva! u r my idol. i hope u read dis. i watchd u evry time u were on sideshow. i luv ur angry (feet) poem da best. i no it off by heart, im 13 by da way. i hear ur from perth. so am i, that is pretty kool. my frendz say im rlly funny n i wanna b just like u wen im olda… accept a girl. lol. bein funny is da only thing im good at and without u, i wood be nutin! so thank u 4 ur insparation n i rlly wanna c u live.
luv samm xoxo
OH MY GOD TIM!
Saw you in Islington and actually thought you were delicious.
Your so talented and must hear it all the time!
I play the piano too, and you’ve inspired me.
Elena xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OMG! u answerd me! i feel luvd! lol. i joind sat mailin thing, had 2 get my mum to help me but yer. i cant wait to try n c u. mum will probly let me coz i alwayz talk bout u.
sam xoxo
Hey Tim,
ChristChurch Kevin G says ‘stop slackin and do some work’ :) Small world hey!!
Spewin i missed your last Londonn in show, but hoping to catch you in Scotland
Keep it up!
Jusitn
I just love your sense of humor, and your performances are truly epic. Also, greetings from Latvia where you probably will never be seen :( Even if I’ll have to spend all my savings, one day I’ll go and see you perform, because people like give those with similar sense of life hope that there are more of us. Thank you!
i’ve never seen you live but i’d love too
your performances are indeed amazing
your songs are both hilarious and full of talent
and i’m done before i start sounding like i’m hiding in your closet or something
….. i’m not….. dont check….. damn
I really, really like you x
Comics Do Karaoke. At the Fringe. Let’s do it. :D
I praise you for your sense of humour, your songs, your voice, your lyrics, your image and most of all your ability to make people laugh!
Hi Tim
You’re nice.
*hugs*
xx
Hey Tim =D
My name is Vicki Crabb (Yes, the name jokes ARE endless) and i’m 17. I have to say…From my heart, you ARE my Idol. You inspired me to take up piano, and to write songs ^^…i’m NOWHERE near as good as you though xDD but i’m trying REALLY hard and one day i want to make some sort of a sucess of myself through comedy and music.
I’m bullied alot at school, and the first thing i do when i get home is look you up on youtube, because you make me smile and when i watch/listen to you i forget about all those bastards at school and inspire me to do something good with my life.
Thanks For Everything, you mean alot to me.
Vicki.
Hey, I don’t exactly count as a hardcore I have your hair in my diary kind of fan, but I did enjoy the one performance I saw of you in 2006, so for courtesy’s sake and insominas pressure heres a postive little note to add to your pile : Witty insights, nice hair
Katya
Hey Vicki, just wanted to say stay strong, and the fact that you’ve chosen Tim to inspire you shows you’ve got taste and intelligence and generally kick ass. Keep on keepin’ on dude :) x
I LOVE YOU
AND YOU LOVE ME
AND MY THAT IS MY FANTASY
THE SONG YOU SHALL WRITE
WILL BE ABOUT ME
THE GIRL YOU NEVER KNEW
Sunlife clearly heard about your recent injury, Tim…. They’ve got your number :P
Cant wait to see you at the Fring with Kirsty ^^
Just like you to know that I spent fifteen euros on your damned CD, which had to be ordered from the friggin’ UK because you don’t seem to be signed over in the US yet. That converts to $30, man… But, it was worth it, especially for a deep man like yourself.
Your amazing, when is your next tour of live shows? Keep up the great work =)
Hey Tim
I’m really looking forward to Ealing now – I hope we get to hear yet more new songs.
You make me smile – thanks xx >>>Vicki – hang in there – as Anna’s said you’ve clearly got great taste in musician/comedians so you are smart – those bullies are losers. It’s great that Tim’s inspired you to take up the piano and write songs. Come and say hello on Angry (Feet) – Tim’s put a link above. It’s very friendly and there are lots of musical and creative people on there. >>>Jordan – if you click on the Gigs tab above it lists Tim’s 2008 UK dates. If you are in the UK hopefully there is a gig near you.
well HELLO MASTER MINCHIN********FIRSTLY ,
WE SAW YOU…… EH WELL? FEB IN THE MAIN ADUITORIUM AT THE GLASGOW TRON , Hmmm FAN-fu**king-TASTIC COULD YOU BE EVER SO KIND AND “RETURN” (WITH HASTE)!!! MIGHT I ADD ??….AND we so WE HAD TO SEND OUT FOR YOUR DVD!! (WAY OUT) ??
ALL THE WAY to THE LAND OF OZ…..
I KNOW IT AINT EVERY DAY SOME-ONE SAY’S THIS , BUT YOUR A REAL AMUSING GUY……
BUT HEY!!!
REMEMBER THAT “YESTERDAY IS HISTORY,TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY .BUT TODAY IS A “GIFT” AND THATS WHY WE CALL IT THE PRESENT……
ps. I NOW OWN 7 CANVAS BAG’S
*******TIM********
GO ON !! MY FRIEND !! MAKE A MOMENT ? ……….
THE GLASGOW RIVER FESTIVAL IS SWIFTLY APPROACHING.
“WHATS THERE” I HEAR YOU ASK ???
WELL it’s HOME to the BBc and the scottish television studios also THE GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE, THE PLANATITARIUM AND finally THE i-MAX CINEMA.
SO JUST GO MAD!!! SET UP STAGE or EVEN JUST EXPERIENCE A WALK ON THE CLYDSIDE !! MAYBE HAVE A MOMENT OF MADNESS?? SING ABOUT SOME CANVAS BAGS as the boats speed by************ GO ON YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!!!!!!!
…..100.000 VISITOR’S LAST YEAR.?*#
Hmmm HAVE a little FUN …..
Hello, just popping by to say I bought So Live the other day, and it has become my inanimate best friend. Also, I’m very excited about Rock and Roll Nerd at the film festival in Melbourne! How thrilling to have a whole doco dedicated to the awesomeness that is Tim Minchin.
xx
You’re a legend Tim!! Ten Foot Cock and Few Hundred Virgins is easily your best song!! Shame more people haven’t heard it!! Youtube it people!!