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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 ??
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August 2010
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Hi Tim and your team
First discovered your god given talents last year whilst living in Melbourne, in Nottingham now and have bought tickets for your show in December. Would love to hear Darkside/Not Perfect/White Wine in the Sun on the night, on second thought maybe just one of those, hearing all three would leave me weeping in the aisle for hours.
Keep up the hilarious, intelligent, emotional and simply wonderful work
Tim, my hubby and I first heard you on the Jonathan Ross show, and we both adore you! We would love to see a show, however ticket prices “across the pond” aren’t cheap! Yep, that’s right, we’re in America. Wisconsin to be precise. It’s a great place, pretty countryside, full of cows, cheese and beer. You should stop by sometime!
Hey Tim!
I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your music and your talent and your honest approach to life. I was raised by evangelical Christian parents and with the notion that faith is everywhere superior to reason… but I was born to be a scientist. (I’m now in grad school doing research on engineering cells so that we can make vaccines better, cheaper, and faster.) Because it took me such a long time to reach the point where I no longer believed in God, I was left alone in my world, surrounded by friends who believe. I felt very alone sometimes, and you can’t imagine how much people like you mean to me. I had just accepted that the only way people will come to embrace reason is by becoming scientists, which gave me little hope for the world. By seeing that artists and musicians like yourself can appreciate the same things I do – the joys of science and reason and life and our little planet – you’ve helped me realize that I was just be a self-pitying wanker and I needed to move on and realize that lots of people are smart and able to see through nonsense when they encounter it. I love your music. I love the laughter it causes. I love seeing the passion in your face when you’re doing what you love. And your Canvas Bags extravaganza live concert is beyond words – that lone trumpet is just awesome. Anyway, I just thought I should share some love in case you could use it. Our summer is almost over which means it must be about spring time on your side of the globe! Cheers!
Thanks so much for Sonisphere – you made this metal head v happy indeed!
Ohhh Tim, you ginger legend!!
Saw your show in Glasgow in October, one of the best nights of my life!! Love your funny, sometimes sad and heartwarming, but mostly downright hilarious songs. Got my fingers crossed for an Edinburgh show; unless I have missed something important, and there is no longer any chance of an Edinburgh show, in which i will be very sad. *sniffles*
Keep up the outstanding work!! Love ya!!
Hey Tim, I am really excited about the Melbourne show in 2011, quickly went out and bought the tickets for myself and my best friend and he and I couldn’t be happier. How all is well. Don’t work too hard, I wouldn’t want you getting sick.
Stef x
Please come to Dublin?!!
Just discovered you on youtube ( I lead a shelterd life). My son lives in Brighton so I know what he’s getting for Christmas !! Fantastic stuff and great piano playing.
Where do you live..? What kind of cookies do you like the most..? :D
Hi Tim,my name’s Valentina,I’m 14 and I’m from Uruguay..
You’re G R E A T ! You always make me laugh,and I wanna thank you for that,and I’m studying piano,and when I grow up,I wanna play like you do,and be as funny as you are.. ♥
Just,thanks! :D
Thank You for taking on the pope-issue.
I would just like to re-confirm that fact that I am absolutely in love with you Tim and everything that you do, you utter utter legend!
I just made some cookies this morning, want to join me to share them? Speaking of, where do you live? Yeah, I just wanted to say hi, and tell you that are my God. No kidding. How anyone can be so intelligent, hilarious, and musically talented at the same time is beyond me, but I’m so glad it’s possible. You inspire me to be more. Thanks for being you.
Just one question…
Marry me? :-D
Got my tix for Melb, self, spouse, 2 kids. So close to the front I could be wearing the bear suit. Excitement!
One word. Big Fucking Chill. xx
Taboo/Prejudice …………..I insisted my daughter watch this video…she insisted I learn to spell…black nuts yeah…Brilliant!……………………………………………………………….
yes i think your brilliant with the piano and i never knew this so i had to ask you how did you learn to play the piano
Even though probably you won’t read this message (so why am I still adressing it to you? mmh) I just popped by to say that your work is brilliant, makes me laugh every time and that means a lot to me. Cheers from Argentina. I read a comment from Uruguay so hooray for us stranded-spanish-speaking-countries’-fans out there. I must admit at first I found your accent hard to understand since I’m used to a more “american” accent, but yours kinda grew on me (like meningococcal meningitis). A shame we’ll probably never see you playing live here or get your albums, but still it’s funny how someone from the other side of the world, literally, knows what you do and enjoys it, hooray for internet too!
Love your music! Are you coming to San Francisco? Puh-leeze?
Is there anything this guy doesn’t do?? He’s a genuis!! I particularly love the music/lyrics… clever, original, and one heck of a keyboard player…
I hope you last forever, making people laugh with your whacky sense of humour and those totally brilliant songs.
(How does it feel going from 40 seat places to 40,000 seat arenas?? Pretty wild I’d guess, but then hey, you have something that people REALLY appreciate… simple as that really…)
I hadn’t heard of Tim Minchin before I saw him in Toronto last time he was here, but it was absolutely brilliant; and after watching copious amounts of youtube videos he is now my all time favourite comedian/song writer. Come back to Toronto SOON!
Hey! I just wanted you to know that I think your songs are extremely funny! My top three are the pope song, prejudice, and rock and roll nerd. Congrats! your good at something!!!!!!
So funny. I’ve been watching and listening to everything I can find online. You are just wonderful and make me laugh. I suppose I am one of the 10 percent of Americans who are not caught up in the religion.
Hi Tim, Just wanna say your make of the Lenoard Cohen song Hallujah with the female artist, makes me weep, I was going to go to Lenoard Cohen when he came to Brisbane, but after hearing you sing htis song have decided to go to your concert in Bris, my partner told me if I could get you to sing at my weddign he would marry me. So in love with your style, yur intelligents and soul. Can’t seem to buy tickets for Queensland on ticketek, help
With our first baby, a one month old, keeping me awake at night, I was feeling pretty tired and miserable until I saw you on the telly the other night. Your baby jokes/advice eliminated any chance of post natal depression. I laughed so much that at one point I feared my c section scar might open up. Thanks! xx
Will you ever come to the US? I know there’s a TON of people who would be extremely excited if you came out this way, especially to Seattle, WA!
Please!
It’s funny… The more and more I look and dig through your songs and your pictures, I find myself more and more attracted to you, and your tunes… Huh… I know you get a screw ton of these little emails all the time, so let this little one be perhaps a small cheering peanut gallery of the many voices in your head. Mr. Minchin, you are doing a truly incredible job with what talents you have, and you have a truly faithful fan in me. Please don’t stop being the voice of reason, reminding us of how small this rock called Home really is. Come to the U.S. I’ll be the guy in the front row at any and every show close to NY.
Hey! Tim you gotta come to Vancouver!!!! it’ll be the biggest party since the winter olympics!!! although i dont know if i would be allowed to come anyway cuz my parents might object to that much profanity. It’s not that i’m not allowed to listen to your music it’s just that my parents won’t want to be with me when i do because it’s uncomfortable for them to be reminded i’m not five! Sucks to be me!!! but still Canada rocks especially BC.So you should come Eh? ;)
i have found out that your voice is hypnotic to todlers and every time i play canvas bags to my 1 year old nephew he falls asleep instatly you have saved me much time. you have inspired me so much that i am staring to learn the piano i have tickets to you newcastle show and me and my friends are right a the front hope you see us
bye
Why, oh why must all you over-talented fantabulous people be British (or at least living there). Even when you all eventually make it here to the US, very rarely do you make it here to Kansas…and there’s more of us here that would show up in droves than you think.
WHOA! Your online shop has a glitch! I selected “Ireland” (republic of) and it auto-refreshes and changes to “Northern Ireland”. Not cool. Love your work though!
Hi Tim,
just wanted to say how amazing you were at Sonisphere :D definately worth missing the bands on the main stages :)) thank you for playing, even if the crowd was pretty minging xD And I’d wanted to see you for so long, you really made my weekend.
(You were half the reason I came to the festival, believe it or not… the other half was Rammstein, but on reflection, I think that you were more awesome.)
Looking forward to the 17th December!
I can’t believe I found out about you only now! You’re awesome! Please come to Germany, Frankfurtish or so – I’ll be there and I’ll bring a friend or two and if that’s not enough we’ll buy all the other tickets so you don’t end up being broke – no wait, I guess it would be cheaper then to fly to Perth or so… Well, maybe other Frankfurters (not to confuse with Wieners!) would like to see you also? Think about it – we’ve got Beer and Strudel!^^
I shall be seeing you in Edinburgh in April and i CAN’T WAIT YOU ABSOLUTE GODDDDDD!!!!!!!!! my mission is to get your autograph, so watch out.
August 16th 2010.13:27 Caledonion Tube,Piccadilly line south bound.
Me (Mark): Your that Piano Guy!
Tim: Nods and Smiles and aks Do you Play?
Me: Whats with these Fat Fingers? No
End of coversation. Nice to meet you Tim.
Hi Tim
I just want to say that you’re awesome.
When I first heard you I said… DAMN, he really can play jazz!
You’re great. I think you’ve got the perfect mix with your jokes and your fabolous music.
Greetings from Mallorca, Spain
Hey Tim, I can play some of your songs, got them on my Youtube channel. As well as your musical genuis, you talk absolute sense, with a hilarious spin on things. You have inspired me to take my piano future career in a similar direction. I would love it if you could check out some of my stuff – who knows, we could maybe do a duet sometime!!
I’m on Angry-Feet, and as well as doing a few covers of your songs, I have contributed to other’s learning with tutorials and sheet music (on angry-feet) – done inflatable you sheet music except for the fast part of solo – done the dissonance part though and walking bass – feel free to have a look and tweak it!!
Thanks in advance,
Chris aka weterr123
Where might I be able to find the album “Sit”? Is it being sold online? I really want some of that music…
I don’t like socks. They’re like prison for feet.
Tim, your killing me softly…. cant get you lyrics out my head, can you let someone make Karaoke tunes from your masterpieces so humble followers can spread the fun
Tim, you say you’re not discriminating.. But us, Europe fans, would love to see a gig closer to us. I live in Belgium, and I’m not willing to move more than a mile so..
Make it happen!
Okay, okay, maybe I’ll travel to France.
Or bloody Switserland, but get it done!
Pretty please?
tim tim tim… what can i say, i first heard about you in a biology lesson last year and i haven’t stopped listening to your music since… is that sad :) pleeeaassee come back to bournemouth i missed you when you were here last year. :( i no all the words to all your songs… ok i admit it i am very sad!!! they definately helped me through my GCSE’s!!! the only thing is having canvas bags in your head in an english exam isn’t the most helpful of things!!!!! I’ll shut up now. :) lover you. :D x
Hey, hey Tim (or similar)
Yeah erm, you helped me with my GCSEs too. It’s because of you that i managed to get an A in Religious Studies when I (and everyone else) expected me to get an F. Go Tim! Congrats on the A :)
P.S. I didn’t use your lyrics in my exam or anything… “which suggests that God’s omniscience is nullified by his ambivalence” – “or that there is no reason, other than fear, to believe in any version of an afterlife” is that illegal by copyright? cos thats why i didn’t do it ;)
WTF Tim!!!
Why cant I buy any of your stuff here in South Africa or at least over the net from your site ? You Ausies have a permanent grudge against us?
When the hell you going to be here anyway?
Cheers.
its 5am ish and i have been sitting here all night watching youtube clips of you.. wondering if you will ever come to the very small town of Aberystwyth – Wet wales UK.. because Jimmy Carr Did and sadly i dint know he was comming so i missed him (*sadface*) and was hoping as i love every word that comes out of your mouth if you whould like to pop in for a cuppa and throw out a few gags and smash your feet on a piano ? think about it maybe…
Have fun i all other venues as you to famous now for us small town foke! x Loves ya Tim <3 Cathryn x
I dig your style of wit. I would have written similar comments and nuggets of personalized, self-referencing ridiculousness. Not that I’m one interested in “giving you ideas”, which generally means telling you stupid shit and hoping you think its cool and is generally followed with an idea. I’m not gonna daydream scenarios about us being friends or meeting you personally. I’m not going to ask you why you haven’t come to my town yet. I just appreciate what you do, brother, and would like to know what I could do, beside facebook-link marketing your material, to support you and your family.
I already have some videos, but I’d like some cd’s and dvd’s. Oh, I’m in America. If I sent you some money, could you send me some? Ebay’s really got the hookup. And shipping Air Mail to US was around $11. How do you feel bout me just downloading and burning everything I want and then just sending you a money order or some gold.
I am looking forward to seeing you in the great old city of manchester on dec the 17th, a year to the day since I was last there seeing depeche mode, so no electro stomp but still a guy with eye make up on stage so hurrah to that…..love you tim and your beautiful view of the world….you rock
Been, a big fan since I accidentally found you on E4. I have just booked my tickets for Manchester in December. I now can’t wait.
I watched in awe and laughter, your show on E4 and i can honestly say i haven’t stopped listening/watching you since. Would you ever come to Plymouth? Although it’s pretty much out the way from civilisation, it’s a lovely place, and generally, great! If not, i’ll go on an adventure to see you. :)
I hope you are well, i also hope i can see you in december!
Booked my ticket for your concert in Perth in March last week, cant wait!