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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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February 2015
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Mr Minchin,
This is a little bizarre, but I first watched you on Never Mind the Buzzcocks – and I thought “Oh he’s cool, I’ll have to keep a watch out”. I then saw you on the BBC Comedy Prom – loved the intro, the compeering, and the fact that you seemed like I’d be if I was given that opportunity (the organ, etc). And Not Perfect at the end….it’s struck a chord with me that no song has in a long time.
I then got onto your other stuff – watched your live shows on Youtube, etc, and you’re brilliant. Genuinely. And I found White Wine in the Sun and I just broke down.
Thank you so much. You’ve given me a little bit of hope for life, which I was giving up on; and you’ve helped me to realise a part of myself which I didn’t fully understand, about where I truly feel safe.
Thank you, once again.
Please come to the UK. I’d love to see you live.
Dear Tim, I heard a rumour that you were mildly ticked off about auto-tune being used on JCS and wanted to let you know that you stole the show with your charisma, not just your singing. It’s a shame you couldn’t play both lead roles, I would have loved to hear your take on Gethsemane. I don’t suppose you fancy doing a quick recording of it, to stick on YouTube? Nothing fancy, anytime you have a minute: in the bath or a traffic jam, whatever. People always seem to complain that modern performances aren’t “rock” enough and we all know exactly how “rock” you are…
So, will you do it? Please?
Hey Tim,
I bought Matilda sheet music for my sax and feel in love with it so I decided to search some of your other songs and absolutely adored them so I spent all my money on iTunes buying them!
Hey Tim,
I bought Matilda sheet music for my sax and feel in love with it so I decided to search some of your other songs and absolutely adored them so I spent all my money on iTunes buying them!
Hey Tim,
I guess you probably get this a lot but I’m a huge fan of your work and am keeping an eye out for when you’re touring the UK again, to hopefully book tickets for me and my friends who are also huge fans of yours! :D keep up the great work!
We had been discussing prejudice in my Catholic college in ethics and the teacher used the video of prejudice to introduce the lesson. It never gets old, I could watch it over and over again!
Hi Tim! (Or Tim’s web promotion manager staff leader)
I love your shows and songs (the ones available in Norway anyway. But probably some of the others as well. Most probably!)!
Hope to see you in Norway someday soon, I can promise you at least two people coming to your show (me and a friend) – but hopefully a score or more. Several dozens anyway.
Keep up your fantastic awesomness..esses, and rock the rock! Love your work!
xx
Hey Tim. You were a late night can’t sleep discovery for me. I encountered your joke about your wife from your are you ready tour and wanted a little more info. You are quite intriguing. I encountered this website and was pretty impressed by the autism friendly showing of Matilda. I am an early childhood educator and it is amazing to see individuals being advocates for things that are really important and not very well understood yet. So I wanted to say Bravo and you have a new fan here.
Hi Tim. (I apologize in advance for my verbosity, poor spelling and grammar!) I just wanted to say thank you. You have no idea how much you have helped me as of late. I have a genetic condition that causes body wide joint pain and other problems. Very basically my muscles don’t hold my skeletal system together properly. Which causes excessive wear and tear on my body and as a result, degeneration. It has gotten much worse much quicker than I anticipated it would. It has been tough for me to come to grips with. I’m 38 years old chronigically but my bones are structurally much closer to that of a person in her 70s+. Some days I can’t make it to the grocery store because of the pain. Dealing with this, the doctors, the insurance companies, the pharmacies, and the financial aspects…is depressing to say the very least. Between that and my mom telling me things like “You are so much more liberal than you ever have been. I’m really worried about you. You’re just not thinking clearly” when discussing politics I’ve felt at my wits end at times. That is where you come in. After seeing your commencement speech I checked out the links on youtube. Since I was a kid I’very coped with the day to day of things with books music and comedy. Sarcasm can be both a blessing and a curse (figuratively speaking of course). In my experience anyway, those are not the tools that people usually use to get through tough times. People tell you that you’re smart and then tell you that you think too much. Hu? My friends look at me like I’m the odd one because I don’t laugh at the twentieth fart joke in a movie we’re watching.
In incorporating your critical thought and music with comedy you have made me laugh uproariously which was becoming more and more infrequent before I started watching your shows. It really and truly helps me get through day to day when I just need to laugh because otherwise all I’ll be able to do is cry. I feel I owe you more than just cookies, which I probably would not be able to deliver to you since I read you’re living in LA. However, I could send some to your management : )I do love baking. And I make chocolate truffles too. My Chamord truffles are particularly good if I do say so myself. So, if you’re ever on my side of the US, Feel free to stop and request some truffles, cookies, or any other manner of baked goods. I owe you at least that much!
PS “If I Didn’t Have You” – You’re wife must have either the best sense of humor ever or a high tolerance for smart-assery such as I have never encounter. Or, most likely, both. Please thank her for me as well!
You make my life better. I tell at least one person about you a day. I hope you start playing the College circuit so that you can change the lives of the “youth”.
Alex
I’m trying to defeat my fear of flying, so I can go watch your show in Australia, but until then, when do you come to Denmark? Or Scandinavia? I’d even cross the water to our arch-enemy Sweden if you went there. Or just somewhere Europe? What about Beijing? There are trains going there, just give me 8 days heads-up.
Hi, Tim! I adore your music, voice, humor, philosophy. (sorry if google translated someone incorrect) You have a many fans in Russia. I know my opinion like drop in ocean. Thank you for inspiration, for your great work. If there was a button “Thank u, Tim. We love you” I would have pressed.
Hello Tim
Dearest Tim,
I came upon you whilst at the lowest point of my life thus far, 9 months in hospital following my last baby’s birth, on SERIOUS hallucinegenic drugs, tubes everywhere, but seeing you I started to giggle. I remember months later telling my Mum about you, assuming you were part of the plethoria of phantom things I created whilist on ‘special K’. I was so heartened to find that you were real and I could enjoy you at whim (that God for Youtube and Iphones!). I am so excited to be priviledged enough to watch your talents at the Opera House next Monday – nervous too, you know that ‘vomit in your mounth’ kind of excitment! Lead on McDuff!! Tahnks for giving my life a smattering of sparkle! Em x
Dear Tim ,
I am sorry I am late to discover you …but what the heck , better late than never.
Any way, just to say as many others have, White wine in the sun is magnificent….funny ,witty , reflective and life affirming… moving in every way. So I just wanted to write a note to thank you.
It would be great to see you live in Ireland soon.
Mr Minchin, you sir are a genius! I accidently came across your DVD on Netflix with the Heritage Orchestra and forever my life has been changed. You have more talent in your pinky than most of the people having their music played on the airwaves put together. You were such an incredible find. Never stop performing and writing!
I just saw Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas a bit of a let down after seeing you in the role.
I think your gig at the Heritage was fabulous, I love your song White Wine in the Sun.
Thanks for your views, very refreshing and hilarious.
You are probably my favorite person.
Hi Tim,
Had my ticket to see you in Sydney as soon as they were available. Arranged friends to come, booked flights, accommodation and despite having the tickets incorrectly named so I didn’t get the confirmation email, the flights booked from one airport and return to another, the weather threaten to wash the show out…I was coming…until my son took ill in the car less than an hour from home. So here I am wishing you all the best for tonight and tomorrow night…sorry I won’t be there. Break a leg mate :-)
Just got back after a 3 hr drive from your Opera house steps show. So good – Coming back again tomorrow night if i can find tickets. Mate, You should have seen your show from where we were. You would have loved it! Thank you for coming back here and turning it on for us!
Hi tim Thank you for an outstanding Sydney show , was there Monday night, what a great venue . it was the first time I have seen you live and wahoo you did not disappoint in fact I wanted to stay in Sydney to see you Tuesday.. But after a flight from Melbourne and 2 days off work “sick ” my guilt overtook me and I had to return to Melbourne … Please come to Melbourne and perform. Thank you for my best night of 2015 so far !!! White wine in the sun made me cry xx you are an amazing !!!! Don’t make it too long before you return to Australia , u rock !!!! X
“On the steps of the Opera House”….one word..splendiferous !
OMG! You’re coming to Austin! Just ordered tickets, and will be driving in from Dallas. I could only get balcony tickets, but I’m stoked! I’ll be the old woman in the balcony lip-sinking to all the songs! Oh……here’s an idea: I would LOVE a T-shirt with you in a tux and barefoot, with the caption, “We’re just ******* monkeys in shoes.”