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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…
January 2013
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Unfortunally the language is a obstacle, but would be wonderful to see your perfomance in Brazil, specially in Belo Horizonte.
You have a lot of fans here, always looking for material in youtube.
A great 2013 to you and your family !!
Tim Minchin is epic!!!!!! a new meaning to comedy!!
Only one more week til the new season of Californication … counting the days.
And dreamed that Tim was in Toronto for an extended period and hired me as his assistant/housekeeper while he was here. Nice dream to have.
OMG! Live with heritage orchestra DVD $15 bargain bin at JB hifi. The shame to be bargain binned so soon….
Come to Canada…Toronto to be exact! :)
Tim, I just spotted you on google+ and considered starting another account under the name “The Pope” and then blocking you. Just to encourage you!! LOL!!! Added you to my circles instead! Go hard mate!
Next December, I hope you’ll find your way back to the States (specifically Las Vegas). ‘Cause your fans and your followers, the staunch and enthusiast, your rock-irony nerds, and fellow atheists will be waiting for you in the hot desert sun. Not quaffing as they say, the rouge Cabernet, but the lyrical en song, crisp Sauvignon Blanc.
Happy New Year!
Come to Canada please
Tim, I am probably one of the few Mexicans who understand – enjoy your work. I really think you are an excellent song writer and composer.
Don’t know if you ever plan to visit Mexico. I’ll surely be there!!!!!
I’d happily bring you cookies, or tacos…
Been a big fan of your work for years, and I have just watched Jesus Christ Superstar, amazing. I am now completely addicted to it, and a little bit in love with Judas, haha. Would love to see you perform live, hope you do another tour soon! :D
Love the pope song
I have been giving it a great deal of thought and I think you should write a song about gun control in the US. Along the lines of a mass shooting in a paediatric hospital. Initially, I thought an orphanage but that has both limited scope and sufficient rhyming words. I would do it myself but for two reasons, 1. I have no talent and 2. When someone un-famous (but hysterically funny) like me says outrageous things and wishes God would smite my bête noire expediently, my kids get kicked out of the local tee ball club.
Holy shit, it’s Tim Minchin’s website! This is, like, the closest I will ever come to actually having a conversation with The Man himself! Ok, Dan, keep your cool, you can do this. Oh man, Tim Minchin! Ohmygodohmygodohmygod, you are like, so totally awesome, and I think that you should be like president or something, because you’re so fucking smart and awesome and hilarious and oh jeez, I’m blowing it I have one chance to talk with the Tim Minchin and I’m acting like a total gibbering idiot fanboy, oh shit pull it together man!
Ok, so I noticed that in your early concerts you would pause songs in order to get a laugh from your audience. This usual came with an awkward stare at the audience that was at once both innocent and entirely self-aware, and I was wondering what changes you had to make in your mental approach to music once you started playing with orchestras and bands? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod I totally just asked him that I can’t believe I did that oh shit what if he thinks I’m loony or the question is dumb oh man what am I going to do!?!?!?!?! It’s ok, man, keep your cool, he’s just another dude just like any other dude on the planet except that he’s fucking TIM GODDAMN MINCHIN and he is absolutely awesome beyond belief and amazing I really really wish that he would
TOUR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Specifically Colorado, but I’m not picky.
Tim on Californication — awesome last night. Looking forward to many Monday nights watching Tim on the tv. Great job! (and it looked like you were having such fun).
Europe misses you. Come for a coffee and some gigs in between to germany ;)
Hey Tim!!! What’s you’re address? I would like to bring cookies…jk…I’ll bring red wine!!! Then we can jam on the piano!!!
Tim, I have a little confession to make. I’m an 18-year-old girl and I find you very attractive. Seriously. I know it’s wrong because you’re old enough to be my father and you have a lovely wife & beautiful kids – but I can’t help it!
I mean… you’re extremely funny, intelligent and handsome at the same time. Damn, I surely hope I find a man like you in the future! Sorry if I sound like a creep, haha.
I’ve just discovered your work here in Chicago, Illinois and I love it. Really enjoy “Storm” “The Pope Song” and ….well, pretty much everything I’ve seen so far. Keep doing what you do and being brilliant. Have a great one and can’t wait for your U.S.A. tour when you come through the Windy City. Best regards, Starr
You are fantastic, hilarious, wonderful, relatable, and just lovely.
Please never stop doing what you do.
Tim, you’re amazing dude! So bloody hilarious and really talented :) Watched you in Jesus Christ Superstar the other day and your performance was breath taking! Anywaaays, just wanted to say I love what you do. Oh and come and tour England soon yeah? :P
xxx
Thank you and your web fairies for the link to your actual facebook page. There are alone 15 facebook pages just named “Tim Minchin” (and countless others), which is a bit confusing. The official page claims to be official, but that is something everyone could do.
For example you, Mr. Minchin, could create a facebook account, naming yourself “The Pope” or “Benedict XVI” ord “God” and then insult “Tim Minchin”.
Afterwards you could defend the occasional bashing of religion as self.-defense. :)
Tim, i just wanted to say thank you.
You kind of saved my life a few years ago.
I was homeless and begging for money near the central square of Tallinn, Estonia, and heard your song on the stereos. It made me laugh so hard that it made me forget about everything that was bad about my life. That laughter was all i needed then. And what i still do.
I am now a events manager at a bar, have my own house and i honestly can say that without that one moment of laughter, when nothing seemed bad, or at least as bad as it was; i would not be here without you.
Hey Tim it would be great if you could do a tour or atleast a gig in sweden :)
In specific, Växjö would be awesome but Stockholm or Gothenburg would be great too :)
Hope to see you here and good luck with everything! You deserve to be way more famous than you already are :)
First at all: Kind greets from Germany.
It would be great if you would do a tour through continental europe. Obviously the language is a tricky part- ones english has to be quiete good if one wants to follow you- but one gig for each bigger country should do. I know that this is probably economically not the best thing to do, but it would be great if you did it. Me and my girlfriend would defenitely come to the german gig, we would even travel to france if necessary, as we live in the west end of germany.
HI,
Just want to wish you and family a very Happy (late) Australia Day…
P.S. Hope do you another Melbourne tour as every time I go to book tickets for your show IT’S SOLD OUT!!!!
Hi Tim – just wanted to let you know I took my daughter to see Matilda on Saturday for her 8th birthday and we absolutely loved it! She bought the CD with her birthday money and is driving us all mad by singing My Mummy Says I’m a Miracle non-stop. If you need an understudy feel free to borrow her :)
Hey, I just watched Jesus Christ Superstar, and I have to say that I was impressed with your performance in particular! I never thought any portrayal besides Carl Andersons would be able to give me goosebumps, but you managed to do it during “The Last Supper.” Bravo!
New Zealand needs you..well wants you…gigs and such would be appreciated greatly…assuming you can get past the sheep and the others…mwahahah.
N.
Greetings Tim! Please come to Hungary! It would be fantastic, I surely know! I don’t know if you are able to, but please, consider coming here and sharing some of your thoughts and songs with us! We badly need them! :)
Peter
I was introduced to your work by a friend and must say absolutely loved it!! i then got the chance to come see you in concert and wow what a concert it was!! i LOVED every single minute of it and don’t think i have laughed so much!!! please come do a gig in northampton, it would be absoultely amazing to see you again!!!
Hi!
A few days ago I watched the latest episode of Californication and was blown away by your version of “Shine a Light”!
Since then I have, via Youtube, watched the clip like 20 times a day (seriously, without exaggerating!)… As weird as that might seem, I hope you don’t find the whole “I really really really liked your version of the song so please make a full version availiable on Spotify-aura” too stalksih… but please do release a full version. “Snälla, snälla, snälla”
Much love from a newborn swedish fan