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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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July 2013
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I have only very recently been exposed to your work, and if I may say, the genius that is Tim Minchin. As a ginger, a coworker shared a YouTube clip of ‘prejudice’, and told me I simply had to watch it. From there I was hooked, and have watched every YouTube video, read every article, and watched any interview I could find about you. One of my particular favorites was a clip where you were in a bar (seemingly half cocked) and you sang a duet of Hallelujah. You and it were brilliant. Your performance literally gave me goosebumps. I’m not sure if it was the conviction of your singing, the raw emotion in your delivery, or the piece of your soul that you left in that song or a combination of them all, but it was stunning and so emotionally moving. I hope that you never lose that conviction, of singing what you believe in and never sensoring yourself. If there is someone who is offended by your material, or the way you expess it, in the works of ‘the pope song’, fuck the motherfucker. The messages that come across in your work are so important to remember and yet, virtually no one else is delivering them. Whether its a satire of the importance of saving the planet, or a silly song about ‘inflatable you’, the language that you use and the way you express yourself has an intellect that is largely missing from the entertainment world today. I hope you come to the states sometime soon, so I can come to see you live rather than via the Internet, but until then, I will keep sharing your work with everyone I know. It has been such a pleasure and an honor to be able to share some of your wisdom and humor with others. Thank you for everything you have contributed to the entertainment world!!
tim minchin is radical bye.
Thank you for being entertaining, inspiring, and simply fabulous!
I must see you perform “The Fence” before I die. I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard a more realistic representation of objective reality than that.
Your work does exactly what it sets out to do. You’re brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Sorry, I don’t speak english good enough to describe my oppinion about your music and…google translate says “image”, but i’m not sure that it’s what i really mean…so, my oppinion about what are you doing ande how are you looking.
I just want to tell you that you’re an awesome singer and you have some fans in Ukraine. :)
I also hope that my text doesn’t look grammatically terrible…
I know everyone probably says this, but there wrong! I’m your biggest fan. It’s actually rather disturbing how much I love you!! I think I need some kind of help to stop getting exited every time your on the telly or I see a clip of you on YouTube or someone says your name… Your a fantastic musician with original, clever songs and your music never fails to cheer me up. Thank you for being such a fantastic and entertaining person (and I will happily come to your house and bake you cookies!!)
Hi,
you know how James Blunt is impossible to listen to? It becomes better if your imagine him masturbating (my friend drew a good comic on this topic here: http://ihavenoteeth.com/2011/07/09/james-blunt-nsfw/) . So my congrats to you – I don’t have to use my imagination while listening to you.
Still I might stock you for a while, maybe put your photo as a screensaver and, as I have ginger have, bother my friends with that piece of yours about prejudice.
Anyway, you are good looking and that is what matters, right? :)
Best regards from Vilnius.
just a com(ple)ment for sure for sure: YOUR NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to my dear friends for making me a birthday cake with the face of Our Saviour miraculously appearing on a piece of toast. (Also spare a thought for her preschoolers, puzzling over why Mum is trying to sticky tape hairy-man’s face on a bit of toast).
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Tim………I first saw superstar 40 years ago… I know all the words and was very worried that I would sing louder than you !.. I was lucky to get tickets in the front row for Sydney…….I brought along my niece who hadn’t seen a musical before. Thank you for being the best Judas (which is saying a lot for a woman who loved Jon English so hehe…… Thank you for the a most memorable night xx
Good Morning,
At this place i should probably something about how much I love your music or something ass-kissing like that. But I wont, because if you want my opinion you will do some gigs on the other part of europe (the bigger not islandish one) and then we can chat at the after-party (dont worry, i wont try to get you to change your jesus/faggot song or ask you whether you have evidence for love). Somewhere in the vicinity of the more german speaking countries would be appreciated!
Karibu Vienna
Me and my boyfriend you!
come to the states soon!!
I would love to see you in Phoenix or Flagstaff!!!
Hi Tim I am a massive fan, I love all of your work, I was lucky enough to be in London last year and I went to see Matilda, and absolutely loved it . well done !
I would like to know if you are doing any comedy shows in Melbourne? and if so would there be an opportunity to meet you ?
I am a chocolatier I can not send you cookies but chocolates I can send ?!?!
Please let me send chocolates to you to show my appreciation of your work ! or please at least look at my web page :)
Thank you Tim for all that you are , and everything you have done for the entertainment industry !
Put Spicks and Specks on tonight and was so excited to Tim tackle Frank Woodley. Not only are you a great musician and comedian but have amazing drawing skills and would be a great back liner in Union. I love you Tim!!!
Matilda is my 10-year-old daughter’s favorite story. YOU are my favorite musician. We find ourselves unexpectedly in London for six days and I’m desperate for tickets to the show. I can pay, but they are sold out. Any hope?
Matilda is my 10-year-old daughter’s favorite story. YOU are my favorite musician. We find ourselves unexpectedly in London for six days and I’m desperate for tickets to the show. I can pay, but they are sold out. Any hope? July 18-July 23.
You sir have a honestly brilliant mind. That is all carry on.
Love your work. Please, please, do a gig in Seattle sometime…
I play piano. I love cynical comedy. The fact that I didn’t know you existed till three weeks ago makes me feel like I’ve just awoken from a ten year coma. Just so you know, Toronto and Montreal are not the only cities in Canada. Hope to see you in Vancouver some day. Take care.
Will you be selling Woody Allen Jesus as a studio recording at some point?
I had the absolute pleasure to see ‘Matilda’ last week in NYC and it was fabulous! The music and score were brilliant …. I loved the set design, acting, singing and the music.
Thank you for writing the score and sharing your talent and point of view.
I just wanted to say I’m a fan of your music (at least what I’ve heard so far) and you were excellent in season 6 of Californication. I was just wondering how were you inspired to write the So Long (As We Are Together) song? It really is a great song. But anyways thanks for the great music and comedy and would love to see you live in the states.
Hey Tim thanks for putting some great fun into being an atheist and skeptic. I’m a college student from South Louisiana, USA where 97% of people are religious and a majority of those are catholic, leaving very few of us who are sane. Your comedy makes me feel like I’m not alone in the world. Thank you very much Tim.
Best,
A fellow believer in the rational
i think i’m in love =) …and ur words r sooo yummy. i could eat them all day ;-)
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I have contacted several spell casters to help me bring back my lover and after my ex he left me and my son for 2 yrs and moved in with another woman and all this spell caster they usually promise me and at the end fail me.
MY NAME,MISS GRAHAM’
2 weeks ago i was in the street of 148 summit ave jersey city nj and a lady was sharing this hand bill so i collected one and the content was about this spell caster that brought back her lover and also in the hand bill she said she is sharing the hand bill to raise awareness that there are still real spell casters and also as a way to thank the great spell caster.
before i meet this lady who shared the hand bill had already given up on spell casters because they only promise and fail so this faithful day when i meet this lady and read the content of the hand bill was like before a lady will share this hand bill on the street it means the spell really works so contacted him and after 24 hrs my whole story changed my husband who had left without any reason came back.
using this post as my own hand bill to tell people how great DR.ODUBU is and also to share his contact with the whole world.
his email {odubuspiritualtempledr@yahoo.com} AND I CAN NEVER FORGET THIS MAN ON EARTH.
THANK YOU.
Tim, it would be most convenient of you to pop a show on in Brisbane just before the Test in November.
Then my avid Tim fan son could enjoy your most wonderful wit topped off with some boring old cricket.
This would far outweigh the mental and financial stupidity of schoolies.
Never mind your soaring career and Superstar shows in the old country.
You are needed here.
Thank you
Oi, Timbots! Just read that Matilda is coming to Melb. How come I had to read it in the Herald Sun first!!!!???
Ok, now you have some fans in Czech Republic too. :) Me and few of my friends and family love your work and enjoy everything we saw so far from you (Praise YouTube), so… yeah, you are awesome! Nothing new under the sun, I know, but hey… someone has to be perfect, right? :) Hope there will be a chance to see you live some day. That would be… just fantastic!
Tim, we are watching your Royal Albert Hall show from 2011 that is being shown on the Showtime network here. In the states. I must tell you, you are original and you are not a hack pianist as you said. You are good in your compilations. I hope that one day you make it across the pond to the U.S.