Tim Minchin's take on love and relationships. Hilarious. For all official Tim Minchin stuff. (Which this isn't, I'm just a fan) Please be decent and visit www.timminchin.com or his official fan site at www.angry-feet.com
Possiby inspired by Voltaire, who wrote: "if I was not with you, my dear, I would no doubt be with someone else. But how nice that I have chosen you, and you have chosen me, instead of all those others."
Maybe, he is a genius but it's just a plain and simple fact, Voltaire is what nearly 500 yrs he's predecessor. I'm sure some one quoted something close as Voltaire 1000yrs prior, Tim would piss himself if he reads he is being compared to Voltaire and as ludicrous as myself
@@rowanaboat4523 Romance is in the brains and endocrine system of the beholder, though. (and don't believe those who say that this detracts in any way from the value of romance) Statistically, this could be the most romantic song in history for a large number of people.
This helped me through a really traumatizing breakup. I was sad because the woman I thought was my soul mate didn't want me anymore. I was miserable, then I saw this video, and it helped me heal. Tim, if I ever meet you, I'll make it a point to tell you just how much this means to me.
Tim Minchin, when he first started performing, took his shoes off as a way of dealing with the nervousness of performing in front of a lot of people. It's his variant of the "pretend everyone is naked" routine. It was different enough to where people took note of it, and now he does it because it is expected of him. That, and it still makes him comfortable.
+1000 for liking Tim Minchin (too bad I haven't seen anything new of him recently). About the song - I suppose he's quite right, theoretically... but I can't stop wondering whether I might just be on the "what if NOT" fork of reality - and how much longer do I get to wonder at forty. Anyway, tomorrow's friday - so cheers! ;)
+The Doctor. simply The Doctor. You have to admit, there's a certain irony there, given your username is "The Doctor". (Disclaimer: There is no reason for this thread to become an onslaught of Whovians who falsely believe they need to educate me about Timelords.)
Not mention everything else about Tim Minchin, but I'll just have to admire how he can memorize all these songs :D! I mean some 10 minute songs with such a verses!
Not that anyone cares about my opinion, but one more vote for "not sexist". I don't understand how it is sexist to say "If I was not dating you we'd both be dating other people and they might be better or they might be worse, but don't get me wrong I do really like you." Like, where does sex or gender even come into that?
+krrez Because sexism is the new fashionable thing to get into; most don't have a clue what they're talking about or what the ideology is all about therefore spurt bullshit out of their mouth at rapid succession in order to conform to the way society is going.
Haha, dude I will talk about sexism all day. I can talk your ear right off about male privilege. One could accuse me of having a hair trigger for seeing sexism in something. There just isn't any in this song. It's literally not there at all. I am the sort of bleeding heart liberal who owns multiple guns though, so I am quite a weirdo. (Yes today is the first time I looked at replies to my youtube comments in like two years xD )
@@chaosmastermind ok I'm bored. I didn't say anything about "finding something everywhere" so I have no clue what you are even talking about. I was a totally different person three years ago anyway, lol.
My wife found Tims music on RU-vid, and shared it with me, because she knew that I would think it was awesome. And I did of course, because it is. She often would say to me that if she was gone that I would have somebody else, and I would say that I would rather have a picture of her on my nightstand than to be with anyone else. She passed about two and a half years ago, her picture is sitting right here next to me and I'm alone. That's how I want it. She was the greatest woman ever, it was so hard to find her, it would be impossible to find someone even almost as good. That's ok. if you have that kind of thing, cherish it, you never know what will happen.
@ryanjones4150 I am so sorry for your loss. I do hope living with such a loss has eased to manageable now 🤗 Your comment is sad, beautiful and also really poignant. I'm glad you two found each other and shared time together. Take care and, in her memory, be happy 😊🌹
My husband and I did not have a "first dance" at our wedding. So when we do our renewal of vows we will be using this as our "first dance"! LOVE IT! LOVE YOU! This is phenomenal!
Everybody, hopefully, has things to be thankful for in this time of quarantine. Some have started gardening. Some are(trying yet again) to learn to knit. Me? I’m so thankful I found this guy. I laugh out loud a minimum of once per song. Minimum. That might not seem a lot to you, bit as someone with Clinical Depression, believe me when I say it’s a lot. What’s almost better is having something to pleasantly anticipate. I’m not even dreading running out of things to watch because I know when I repeat, they’ll be even funnier....and, I’ve realised yet again there are advantages to living alone. People don’t like to be told to shut up cos the good bits are coming, especially when they’re all good.
"..that my wife is some kind of wilting flower of a woman, who cowers in the corner of my kitchen as I periodically beat her with bags of comedy oranges." That is some of the funniest shit I've ever heard 😂😂😂😂😂
This song has a lot to say in criticizing romantic love. The idea of 'soul mates', the 'one and only person that could possibly love you and desire you and that will meet all your needs' is cleverly bashed by this very clever man. We should all aspire to have that perspective, however great, irreplaceable and massively important someone is in our lives, we are all able to love more than one person in our life time and, yes, even at once.
Indeed. Assuming that soul mates are one in a million, what with 7,632,819,325 humans alive, that offers you 7,362 people you may love to the utmost possible extent that you are capable of, and that does not include adequate though lesser loves, all of whom are also there and even greater in numbers. In short, there are hordes waiting to capture your heart at any given time, and the idea of one soul mate is simply silly.
Even though I've wanted to meet Tim for a while now, I've always thought his wife must be an incredible person also, and would also love to have the pleasure of making her acquaintance. Now I'm pretty unsure... Unsure of who I'd rather meet because Sara(h?) sounds like she could be even funnier than Tim, either way I'd totally dig meeting Mr and/or Mrs Minchin.
+NobodyNowhereKnowhow Man...There are so many people that I'd like to meet...I thought I was the only one who thought about that. Dunno, to be with someone like Tim you have to be a very specific type of person. I mean, I don't know very much of how he's outside of the stage, so, yeah, I think, maybe.
I really like Tim Minchin, but I think I love Sarah! She already seemed awesome in the Rock n' Roll Nerd docu, and this just elevates her to a new level
'Never met or even saw Tim's wife, but I have MASSIVE respect for her. she has a LOT to deal with that most women would/could never even imagine." Good on ya', Mrs. Minchin!!
"Pentecostal? small bladder. .." lmao love it! reminds me of a joke, what's the difference between a Catholic and a Baptist? when a Baptist sees another Baptist in the liquor store they say hi to each other:D
haha yeah, I used to be a Catholic, which is nowadays FAR more common in regions like New England. and we new englanders are well known for our seemingly cold indifference towards others lmao. in the south, people are generally SO nice! it's like, you can strike up a conversation with somebody on the street and both people can have a good time of it! in the north, however, if you said hi to somebody they'd walk away thinking "why the hell did that person talk to me?" lmao I love that southern sense of extroverted attitude so much more!
No, you've got it exactly backwards. Catholics will acknowledge each other, because they are allowed to drink. Almost all Baptist sects are not allowed to drink, so if they see one another, they will pretend they don't, out of shame for being caught buying alcohol.
What a beautiful family Tim, Sarah and their children are, Got to admit got a big crush on Tim. May they all have many happy and healthy years together.
This bit always comes to mind when I listen to Telly because in the part about their little lives and their medium size sofa, and the quite a big telly you can tell how clever of a feller he is
Liked her before, of course, but now I like Tim's wife even more. May have to prove I'm psychic under reasonable scientific conditions and take Tim up on his offer because that's nothing short of awesome. And plus another piano would be great.
persnikity12345 That can't be right! If you were a "strident" feminist you would've found something to be offended about and blamed it on the patriachy :)
It's not sexist in the slightest, because the concept is equal in both directions. If I didn't have my wife I'd probably be with someone else that fit within the the bell curve of what I like, and likewise she would be with someone else that fits within the bell curve what she likes.
Any person that would think this song is sexist is the defining example of "you keep using that word, but it doesn't mean what you think it means". What's hilarious about this is if you've ever seen the Rock N Roll Nerd doc, there's a lot of footage with Sarah and she seems absolutely awesome. Those two are a brilliant pairing. A lot of comedians make up bits for obvious joke set ups, but having seen that documentary-I believe there's a 97% chance that baby in the cot convo (as well as the possiblilty of the cock/pussy convo) actually happened.
I watch this from time to time because it reminds me of myself and my husband; we have very similar humors to Tim and Sarah, and in fact, my husband introduced me to Tim's comedy when we first met. It was an interesting date, to say the least 😂
Hahaha, still love this song. Sounds like an awkward conversation where the guy is just digging himself a deeper hole, while still trying to explain himself. XD
Omg that's Sarah joke was my go-to for getting ppl. to quit checking on my babies🤣🤣🤣 (my babies are 23 & 27)!! I LOVE that Sara made me less monster-y!!🤣💖💖
I think he wrote this song to help people who think they can't get over someone and will be alone and miserable without them for the rest of their lives
i think that college student thought it was sexist because she thought tim was saying his wife was statistically insignificant because shes a woman and not because any one of us who is currently happy with a significant other would not also be happy with someone else
