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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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October 2014
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Hey Tim. Big fan. Greetings from Vermont.
I just listened to a graduation speech you gave. It was so profound and thought provoking. I have read a lot and not come across something so eloquent, humane, moving, humble, gentle and far reaching. Incredibly insightful. Just unbelievable.
Hello Tim & (his fairies)
Warnng: I barely finished high school. I’m not stupid just not well educated – hense there may be some grammatical errors… Sorry in advance.
I too, recently saw your commencement speech. It’s what I love about FB even though I hate FB, twitter and the like b/c too often I feel … just icky after participating for what is sometimes too much time to mention (as it’s embarrassing) when I could have been reading a book or exercising
or meditating or making pictures … BUT ( I apologize, again as I’m not saying anything new here) your speech to the graduates was the best thing I’d seen in a long time. I’m gay btw. I shared it with my gf of 19 years (she is well educated- Yalie (abphd) and doesn’t participate much in social media- only when I show her something I think she’d appreciate) and she did, your speech.
“Be a teacher… And if your not a teacher be a teacher” I’ve shared that line a few times since. Brilliant you are. I wish we were friends. I’m a good appreciator of smart minds and silliness. I didn’t know who you were but after looking at your websites- aha! Matilda! Wow- fancy that! I saw it twice- once with a nephew and once with a niece ( and I don’t frequent broadway, in fact that may have been only the 5th show I’ve ever seen in my older than middle aged life – the first being Hair in the 70’s)
Anyway… Sorry to go on but …. I wish…. we were family. weird. Sorry.
Thank you for being my teacher.
( My 8th grade English teacher became my family… He married my mom
many moons ago. They’re divorced now of course but we’re all still family.
I hope, at least that my over sharing may have caused a smile, if instead it begot an eye roll than just consider me dead from embarrassment.
Thanks you ( ?)
I have just watched ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ on dvd (unfortunately I didn’t see it when you were live in London as I had only just had my second child!!!) and I was blown away by your amazing performance. You were fantastic in the role of Judas and I can’t stop singing ‘Heaven on their minds’!!! Is there any chance that you will be bringing it back to London? My husband and I are both musicians and we are big fans of your work! Any plans to do any more Musicals?
Tim you’re a motherfucker genius! Thank you for all the motherfucking poetic songs you delightful motherfucker. Motherfucking lover from the Netherlands. Hope to see you live on stage in the near motherfucking future!
Happy Birthday, Tim Minchin! Wishing you a year of love and vitality.
Hi Tim! Just occurred to me it’s been over two years since I saw you perform, and was wondering if you had any gigs lined up anytime in 2015. The “Gigs” calendar on this site is depressingly empty … :(
From a Filipina fan. :D
I can’t believe I’ve only found Tim now! I stumbled on him via Facebook and his graduation speech that’s going around. I teach molecular biology at University and will be using Tim’s work in my course. I imagine he has pissed off a lot of people and I commend him for it. I will be telling everyone I know (and all my students) about Tim.
Keep cutting through the bullshit. You are awesome!
Hi Tim
Thought you’d appreciate this. My 13 year old has just seen you on the ABCs Mental Health – Friday Night Crackup and pipes up and says “isn’t there an Olympic diver called Tim Minchin?”, and then after seeing you sitting at the piano, pipes up again and says “that guy’s in Metallica!”. Rock on James. Yeah!
What’s up with the gig calendar. It’s empty. Hope everything is ok and someone is just not keeping up with the calendar.
We need you to come to Arizona. I’ve just found you in the last year and LOVE your musical comedy. There is absolutely no one else like you that I’ve ever seen. Your are a phenom who cuts through with such pointed comical insight. God we need to see more of you. Please consider Tucson or Phoenix. We will be there when you are.
Hello Tim. With my three little ones tucked up in bed,
I had a moment’s inspiration: lay down and listen to the ABC Podcast
of Tim’s interview with Margaret Throsby that I missed today. Listen I did. With a smile on my face. Really enjoyed listening to your anecdotes – both personal and professional. Such a modest way of navigation. (Was picturing your performance of Jungle Boogie when we were studying together at the Con.) Pure Magic. Still. So glad Mathilda is heading this way – though am hoping you
might bring it further South to Wellington where we move to live in January. My 6 yr old daughter would love it! Hope to see you one day soon.
Hi Tim, just reminiscing of coming to see you in JCS last year and it got me wondering whether you’ll be coming back to the UK any time soon? Sadly, I was under the age restriction to come to your finale gig, and I live nowhere near London so coming to Hyde park wasn’t an option :( Any opportunity to see you live would be incredible, and I hope you will :) (if you could also possibly do some stuff with Ross Noble I know that I certainly wouldn’t be complaining xD) Hoping everything is good with you :)
Hi Tim,
Do you have any dates when you’ll be playing Sydney in 2015?
Cheers,
S.
I haven’t been a fan of anyone since high school and that was 10yrs ago.. However, after stumbling over one of your youtube videos I fell in love with your work! Everything you say just makes so much sense, even if it doesn’t at times it’s so well performed! I love the way you use your artistic talent to convey your thoughts/open people’s eyes.. You rock! love u
Just saw your graduation speech on FB. Fabulous! You have a new fan!
Just sitting around making cookies and dinner with the friends listening to your YouTube stuff. Thank you for sharing your humor, thoughts, and point of view with the world. Hope to see you perform live one day.
Hey Tim.
I’m a big fan from South America, Uruguay.
Might make no sense (because of the english vs. spanish thing) but any chance you come down to South America and do a gig sometime?
Hello! Hello! Hello!
I’m so tired. Can’t find lyrics of your song about fucking. Please help me sir! Please give me your lyrics. With best regards, your faithfully FFFAAANNN!!!)))))) You are the best!!!!
WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO THE “STATES”? Yes, I just yelled at you. Sorry, but I thought I would emphasize how emphatically myself and others over here would like to see and hear your brilliance. I think Philadelphia would be a great town for you to land in.
Hi Tim,
I know that you have done Matilda and everything, and I saw your ‘so fucking rock’ live on tv a year ago and then brought all your dvd shows! but I was wondering if you are doing anymore big tours because you haven’t done one since 2011 or is that it for big tours because now that you have a family and everything your just sticking to small things? just wanted to know?
thanks!
Hi Tim,
I just watched the YouTube clip of Genius with you and Alexei Sayle and it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The false teeth with the harmonica were hilarious.
Oh, yes, and of course I’m a big fan of your music; lovely, catchy melodies & clever lyrics.
Thank you, Cathrine Beaunae