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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…
July 2012
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When I realized that I hadn’t discovered you in time to see you on your most recent tour of the USA I died a little inside. Wish I had known of you, wish I had been there. Here’s to hoping I will see you perform live someday!
Tim, I saw an advert about 20 mins ago which told me the bbc proms were returning. I spent 5 mins scanning their website for the comedy prom to no avail. Contrary to your song it was decided that the comedy prom is not to be a yearly event. I spent 15 mins on your website attempting to make myself happy again. Thankyou for not giving up on becoming a musician. Perhaps I will meet you one day on the infinate monkey cage… or comedy panel show… (unfortunately I has no money and while I would love to be a comedian I can only afford a proper job. I was thinking cosmologist, what do you think?)
Tim. I just want to say as a fan from down under you are pretty much the only reason I’m proud to be from Australia! :-) I’m a musican also and I only dream of being able to play piano like yourself and write lyrics as intelligent and as awe-inspiring as yours. I’m so, SO pooped I couldn’t see Matilda nor being able to see you as Judas in JCS … I’ve been watching you rise higher and higher! Congrats on everything in your life at the moment. I own every DVD by the way and I hope to see you live next I’m your here! Love your work! My family lord over you. Can’t wait to see Californication too ;-)
Thanks for the music and all the laughs!
Ebony x
P.S – I hope to meet you someday! :-)
Tim. I just want to say as a fan from down under you are pretty much the only reason I’m proud to be from Australia! :-) I’m a musican also and I only dream of being able to play piano like yourself and write lyrics as intelligent and as awe-inspiring as yours. I’m so, SO pooped I couldn’t see Matilda nor being able to see you as Judas in JCS … I’ve been watching you rise higher and higher! Congrats on everything in your life at the moment. I own every DVD by the way and I hope to see you live next tine you are here! Love your work! My family lord over you. Can’t wait to see Californication too ;-)
Thanks for the music and all the laughs!
Ebony x
P.S – I hope to meet you someday! :-)
Wow! Sorry about the grammatical mistakes. My iPad and it’s silly autocorrect thinks it knows better than I do and then posted it twice… apologies!
Come back to Aus soon :-)
X
My friend just showed me some *cough twenty cough* of your vids and (because I’m a bit fanatical at times and it doesn’t really matter whether or not you actually read this because my expression of appreciation is really just a means of some strange self gratification that afflicts the majority of the population as they attempt to convince themselves that they are noteworthy in the eyes of their objectified heroes regardless of the fact that those eyes have probably never actually seen them unless they passed by in a grocery store which isn’t likely, but of course none of that applies to me because I’m supposed to be unique and crap and how else would I invest meaning in life if I didn’t resist the crowd because HA! giving into the natural tendencies and desires of one’s own subconcious (which we really have to question is even totally ours to being with… probably isn’t… damn you society corrupting out thought processes like everything else we come into contact with but never blame) wouldn’t be worth our time enough in the first place)… shit… I forgot where I was going with all that… Anyway, you’re awesome man! Kudos (or whatever candy you like metaphorically speaking) from the USA! (Yes I’m aware that the majority of this comment is within the confines of parenthesis so if I was whispering in your ear you’d probably get an uncomfortable tingly sensation and not focus on what I was saying because whispering to people in their ears is never comfortable for the person expected to listen).
Tim, you’re definitely my favourite ginger ever. Sorry for calling you a ginger because I’m not. Greetings from Finland.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for yesterday at Yong Chamber, the bass player in the young band I teach and produce and brought along I didn’t realise was a massive fan of your work and I think the Santa Claus gag on his top made his day! Personally I was with you on the you obviously didn’t grow up in the 80s slant on it! :) I’ll be working on elves for him this week. Hope you enjoy my albums I gave you, fusions from my times in Ethiopia and Mali mixed with being back in the UK with my Malian family now. Like you I just kept at my self taught dream and did it all myself and finally got international recognition with those 2 Invisible Systems albums and EP, the new one out on Monday is released by Rough Guide / World Music Network and you have a hand burned pre-copy:) Big up to you. Dan
Dear Tim,
I only heard about you recently, but have spent the last few weeks watching everything I could find from you.
I hope you accept this as a complement (as I intend it): I felt a huge emptiness when Bill Hicks died. I thought he was great and I missed him. But now that I’ve heard your stuff, I am happy to see that lucid, rational, honest, clear-sighted, intelligent humour is not dead. May you live forever!
Preach on friend, we’re listening.
I first noticed you on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and decided to learn more. Glad I did. I’m interested to hear of your upcoming work on Jesus Christ Superstar. The first time I saw Jesus Christ Superstar was in the early 70’s (yes, before you were born) in an arena that is usually used for cow judging. Even with the faint bovine aroma in the air I knew I was seeing something special. I know your voice will fit very well in the role of Judas and will make it something special for someone that has never seen the play before. I look forward to more of your work being available on iTunes. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Tim, you were AMAZING last night at Somerset House! I was so happy to be there and loved every moment. I’ve been to a couple of your concerts before, and my parents, who were with me last night, have been fans for years (they were the ones who introduced me to your music, so I’m eternally grateful to them), and that one was truly amazing. I was especially happy when you responded to me (you made a joke about controlling the rain and I yelled “hallelujah!”). It was also the first time I’d heard a couple songs including the Pope Song and If You Really Loved Me live, which was awesome. Your 2 encore songs were also both amazing. I loved hearing your version of “When I Grow Up”, and the song you wrote for Sarah (I think it was called What’s Going On?) was really great as well. So yeah, I’d go through each song and say all the things I loved, but we’d be here til next week. But it was a truly fantastic concert, and I’m so happy to have been there and been a part of it. Love you Tim! You make me and all my family proud to be Crouch End folk!
Will have to go on google translator to understand the message! lol
Simplesmente fantástico *-* Uma pena estar tão longe e não poder ver seu show ao vivo! Mas daqui do Brasil acompanho seus videos e divido com vários amigos…
Parabéns… Você é esplendido!
So, what would be lovely is if you came to TexasWAITdon’tstopreading! You haven’t heard everything yet. Let me begin again. Please consider coming to Austin; Austin is in Texas, it’s true (nothing to be done about that), but it’s not *of* Texas. It is a good place with thinking, rational people who appreciate intelligent humor. At least consider thinking about it. Please. Thank you.
I’ve discovered recently Tim through ATEA’s page on Facebook.
It’s a shame that I couldn’t find any of Tim’s material in Brazil.
We loved your short show at the Henley Festival last week. It’s the sixth time we’ve seen you. But why were you second fiddle to Alfie Boe. You were miles better and got a better audience reaction. Having said that, if you believe what some people wrote to the local paper, you were crude, disgusting and blasphemous. Is that why we enjoy your songs so much!
Hi Tim,
Saw you at Larmer Tree Festival tonight and may I say, on behalf of the rest of the disenfranchised mass, you rocked our asses :) thank you for making the sun shine- the metaphorical sun, of course, as it was raining buckets!
Cheers x
I discovered you at the reason rally in DC, late to the game i know but I thought you were brilliant. Fairly angry that I bought a DVD of the Rally, advertised as the entire rally, but none of the paid performers were on it, they were all cut out including your set. no deal could be worked out to have you on the DVD? It was a historic moment I was proud to be at that I no longer have a complete record of, such a shame. Money wins I guess.
I saw you at the Larmer Tree Festival last night I thought I would just say you were amazing! The weather was pants but that didn’t matter in the slightest. Your lyrics are genius.. thanks again for a fabulous show.
Ive been a massive fan of yours for 4 years now and i finally got to see you live last night at larmer tree :D absolutely incredible :D love you :D come to bournemouth!!!!!
Love you! Please come to Norway =)
Hi Tim, I’ve been a fan of yours for quite some time now, and i just recently heard you sing Hallelujah on youtube. It was absolutely amazing! You should record it so us Minchin fans can listen to it anywhere we go. That’d be wonderful. I wasn’t able to make it to a show with your USA Tour :'( Please come back sometime! Thanks :-)
Tim are you a fantastic artist and i love your work. Have watched your DVDs and online stuff many times, but hope to see you live soon! Stupid Sonisphere getting cancelled… Anyway, keep up the good work – big fan! Joe.
Love everything that you do keep it up
When I first saw you, i was googling ‘Scary people’. And for quite sometime it was just random picture for my assessment for high school. Then a friend told me about this comedian and he showed me a youtube video of him, I instantly said ‘Oh MY GOD! Its the scary guy from my assessment!’
So sorry Tim, I love your musical genius, but unfortunately you will always be remembered as… The scary guy picture.
Please bring Jesus Christ Superstar to OZ, or keep it going in UK for whole of 2013 when I visit family!!!
please come to Belgium or one of our surrounding countries
Tim, It’d be awesome if you could come to Sweden to do a show!
Awesome performance at Truck Festival! Thanks for making my Friday night!
you gotta see this-i saw you opening nite in chicago last year-one of the best nights of my life-greetings from nebraska -cant want to see you again-peace love and joy-safe travels-p.s come play nebraska and you can stay at my house
this is what you gotta see! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojuV9D3PzHk&ytsession=J_h1Bcgsp5BxTMc-vrHCF6iSpTTPLmJKFGCvj44rHC-T319EWn_tNlcuhjb1C6EMKNChXA7oMAwQAMEi7CwcgarensJBn_9g8IvPI7yYzsGE2Af0Pwzpqw4h-JxqhD_zAm72Fcm090-QnYCP25nt8VFM16cyd5A2ZFSmzaSWH3_OdgJUQSqHDARz-lAMVQAs3wSRUYqsbMmtweKbRPX9dUmWWd1YbztEtVmVDGSXTsLLuAHHlIrdw1f9oNi3lqKwmBC0gVlTlPZSH6Jk3noxLVfWwWrsRhz9jDRmhPGzx6dh9Z6gqHCEdDXGAu6QNNfISMqON5rFr9yD-IrXsSIRpYFfiUTC7cXILpdvfa90yUAEBmvP_bwvFlGA_bKGD5yecfXVyEzLUh-JJwoVzKUo8L2GSqyvTSYJNS1meWWBXKRSM2FebZYfvFprMeItj5fZyocpUC7PkOgbs9ZPilxB53wd2z6yN_Q-KdNGXoEL8xHvK0ZAJy0cNKNFshHPSusi3bx3-X7toRFiRlz3YSr4_DPaFVGZ852xMa20b8fu9zT40ixwyz-2pLDo0h6G4nl7PC6-tkt3QOMyUg5hT8wNTI6GKYPUC5qy41duVYo6d3iOAcPpkWNFsA
Ah man, I can’t wait to see you live (in Canada) someday =).
Have been wanting to e-mail you for a while and now, aided by wine, I shall.
Last year my best friend and I went to see you at the SECC in Glasgow. The concert was wonderful and we had an absolutely fantastic time. Roughly two months later my friend was killed in a motorbike accident.
My last memory of him was us attending your concert together and I suppose I just want you to know that you helped to make that last memory of him one filled with laughter and music. Strangely that idea has helped me through what has been a very hard time in my life. So, thank you.
A
Oh Man i wish there were an automatic translator that could make you show inmediatly understandable to spaniards and spanish speakers…and so you could come here and make a show and everybody could understand you and…that would be great.
Anyway thanks to the generous translators that make you youtube video accesible to us…and hope some day we could see you in Spain…and hope someday a Tim Minchinez could be born under our spanish dark bright sun
Congratulations and thanks