It's not easy writing a song talking about one thing without talking about that thing while actually talking about that thing while in fact talking about another thing. He's phenomenal.
Tim Minchin also does some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs dressed in comedy. Not Perfect, White Wine In the Sun and a few others never fail to bring a tear to my eye.
This is one of my favourite types of anything - people who are doing really technically proficient stuff to do really ridiculous or stupid stuff that also has a bit of interesting narrative or messaging to it. Tim Minchin is great for that. At least half his songs I've heard have made me sit back at the end and just go "Oh you clever bastard." :D
I saw him at the Perth Concert Hall (for the first time) in 2009, when he did his first proper tour - and the crowd was on the edge of their seats when he started this song, with the build up. Everyone absolutely erupted into laughter when he hit the punchline. It was really great.
I saw him last summer in Toronto and he was fabulous!! I cannot get enough of the sound of that piano; it is so beautiful and he can play for days. Just brilliant!!
As a ginger myself I absolutely love this song and Tim. Also the song "F sharp" of his is something i think you would really appreciate, Tim is a master at writing things right on the edge of being ok but still being funny and can be quite thought provoking.
He's a total genius. Check out the entire Groundhog Day musical (including Tim singing many of the songs on tv) and his big hits like "RocknRoll Nerd", "Darkside", "Not Perfect" and "White Wine in the Sun".
😮😮 so hyped to see your thoughts on Tim, he’s a musical genius in so many ways. He wrote the lyrics for Matilda and Groundhog Day musicals. Songs from either would be worth visiting if you ever do musical reactions.
My faves of Tim are Thank you God, Lullaby and the Pope Song (although that’s a tough reaction) But there are incredible gems all through his discography to discover
I saw Tim doing this live at a new material gig in Hammersmith years ago. The way you could feel the tension built around you as people cotton on to what he wants to think it's about was palpable, then the way it releases it with "only a ginger can call another ginger, ginger". It was utterly electric. Genius.
He's so good that after you'd talked about the upward key change, you straight-up didn't notice when he did an even bigger upward shift and still sounded effortless and playful. (and yes, enjoyable reaction and well-done analysis thanks Beth)
Was not aware of Tim until I watched his wonderful series Upright. He sang a beautiful song on the shoe called Carry You which you should definitely check out.
Comedy that makes you think and take a look at yourself along with brilliant keyboards that seem to get lost as you concentrate on the words. The brilliance of Tim.
If you like a little Jazz, then how about reacting to Tim's song called Storm, as a bonus to the Jazz you get some really vivid scene painting from the words, it's beautiful.
@@DJ.LakeSea I'm pretty sure your Perth was named from the original Scottish Perth as the guy that founded it was from Perth, Scotland. I've gotta stop saying Perth. Perth.
Tim Minchin is highly regarded and intelligent. He gave a speech to uni graduates. Suggest you look that up in your own time. Onya beautiful Beth! Love from Western Australia 😊
He's more than just a lyrical genius, honestly there's two kinds of musicians in the world, there's the ones that have studied insanely hard on musical theory (which he also has too), you can stick sheet music in front of them or play them a song and they'll play it back perfectly, any style, any genre, any level of complexity, they'll play it, but then there's people like Tim, it's far more than just technical skill or understanding of musical theory, dude is just naturally talented on top of everything else.
I keep watching reactions to this song because I love the song so damn much. This is, without doubt, the best and most insightful reaction video I’ve seen thus far. Well done.
You should do more of Tim Minchin songs! He is so great! An amazing artist 🙌🏼 He has a lot of funny songs and also the most heartbreaking ones! And we'll, he's a master at the piano 🎹 By the way, would be awesome if you react to him singing as Judas Ps: I love your videos ❤
@TeapotNinja I know it was intentional ffs, but apparently they're not a thing in the states so Americans dont get the joke. ...but it didn't seem like she did either.
Check out Play It Safe. He wrote this last year for the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary. Between the video and his song, I promise you wil be moved.
I LOVE it when people don't figure it out till the punch line! XD I certainly got hit with it the first time. I'd never thought about the fact that ginger is an anagram of the word that's being implied in the beginning. XD Also, side note, I was not aware of this for a long time so I didn't really get the joke but Ginger Nuts are actually a brand of cookie/biscuit in AUS that is popularly dunked in tea.
Welcome to the Minchin rabbit hole. Now to hear your take on _Inflatable You,_ or for a more serious side, _Rock And Roll Nerd_ and _Airport Piano_ are great.
As soon as you said that the topic of the song is specific to you, I knew what it was going to be about and what the word was. But when he listed off the letters, I was just as surprised as you were that they were the same. That is some very, very clever writing. And, of course, when he finally said it, your reaction was priceless.
I saw Tim play live in a small venue once, and I was pretty close to the stage. It was nothing short of electrifying. I'm something of a wordsmith myself, love writing stories, poems, setting crosswords - and I play piano too, so I really appreciate what he does. He not only writes the smartest, sharpest lyrics, he also makes soulful and accomplished piano playing while singing them look easy. And it really, REALLY isn't. He's a one-in-a-million genius.
Tim is a national treasure. Lol I'm biased, I had tim write some lyrics on my arm then got it tattooed. His latest is a track you should check out. Play it safe, released last year Tim was asked to write a song to celebrate the Sydney Opera house's 50th birthday...oh and ginger nuts are Australian biscuits 😂
I also have a quote of his tattooed! Unfortunately he didn’t write it himself, but a very clever friend of mine pieced it together from examples of his writing 😅
In the Australian accent we don't end words with an "R" sound. We post a lettah, try the do bettah, and season things with gingah. Tim is a singah. And incredibly talented performah.
Genius, you think he's talking about one word then hits the switch up. (He actually is singing about the other word). Confessions is another of his that I love
Yes he’s made it very clear in interviews that he is in fact still talking about the N word the whole song. That’s why most people don’t get this song, the concept of singing in comedic metaphor goes over their heads.
I honestly can't believe that you'd never heard this masterpiece of Tim Minchin's creative insanity...and his mastery of the English language. It's beautiful, funny, obscene, and entirely appropriate for all ages 🤪
My daughter has loved gingers since she was in preschool. She's now an adult and still loves them 🥰 I'd love to see your reaction to Lullaby, Dark Side and White Wine In The Sun.
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It's not easy writing a song talking about one thing without talking about that thing while actually talking about that thing while in fact talking about another thing. He's phenomenal.
Perfectly explained! Yes!! Exactly!
Well said.. he's a bloody genius
Hahaha 10/10 Exactly!
A lot don't get that...some even try to argue, unsuccessful, that that is not the case..well said Sir!
@@jemxs he is a wordsmith of the highest level. Must be his upper-middle class upbringing and his Grammar school education.
Being able to rhyme ginger with ninja is one of the perks of being an Aussie!
As a music person - you NEED to react to his song "F Sharp"
Oh God Yes!
Seconded
Oh yes! I played that to a friend of some musical talent and her response was: what did I do to you!?
That song made me realise a lot of Aussies talk in F shaaaaahp
Yes!!!!! I really screws with my head but I love it
5:20 Good at piano? Let's go for Tim Minchin - Dark Side (Awesome Version) next shall we?
The only thing better than the piano on that song was the killer Eddie Vedder impression.
Oh yes, Darke Side ia so a great Song ☺️
And those high notes... *chef's kiss*
PLEASE
@@kasperneedspeace yep, that will shift the opinion from "good" to "outstanding" especially since he composes all his own music.
Tim Minchin also does some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs dressed in comedy. Not Perfect, White Wine In the Sun and a few others never fail to bring a tear to my eye.
You Grew On Me is my favourite love song, perfect mix of humour and romantic sentiments
@@184Switch and that note he hits is amazing too.
Damn, I haven't listened to Not Perfect in a long time, and just reading the title in your comment caused my eyes to well up 😅 Tim has conditioned me!
For me the end of the year doesn't really hit u till I listen to white wine in the sun
@@184Switchif I didn't have you kinda gives me the same vibes
A very subtle staging thing is the lighting in the piano goes from blue to red right on cue with the first Ginger. Brilliant!
I have watched so many reactions to this and I've never noticed the colour change! Incredible 😂
Tim Minchin is just a gem. I like his style of comedy. He likes to go from serious to funny as oppose to many who do it the other way around.
This is one of my favourite types of anything - people who are doing really technically proficient stuff to do really ridiculous or stupid stuff that also has a bit of interesting narrative or messaging to it. Tim Minchin is great for that. At least half his songs I've heard have made me sit back at the end and just go "Oh you clever bastard." :D
Nailed it
More Tim Minchin,please. There is a lot more to discover! And not a bad song.
Well F# is a bad song but purposfully so.
I thought you'd like it . I'm glad nobody ruined the surprise when they suggested it.
It's so hard to hype this song up without ruining it XD
Tim is a national treasure, everything he touches is just gold
You'll enter a deep rabbit hole with all his talent. Tim is a legend. 100% you gotto check out more of him 😎👌
I saw him at the Perth Concert Hall (for the first time) in 2009, when he did his first proper tour - and the crowd was on the edge of their seats when he started this song, with the build up. Everyone absolutely erupted into laughter when he hit the punchline. It was really great.
I love how at 1:29 you were like "Ok... this reaction is not getting uploaded. Maybe a Patreon special..." 😂
Ginger nuts is an Aussie biscuit thats a hard ginger biscuit that when you dip in a hot tea becomes soft to eat.
Same in the UK - I love them.
They’re actually from the UK lol
It's an English biscuit that we allow you crims to eat lol😂😂😂
It's an English biscuit
Me and my partner were just saying we hadn't had Ginger Nuts in a while. They're the best for dunking in a cuppa coffee! Mmmmm..…😋 🤣🤣🇭🇲
I love this performance. Tim shows off his piano-playing, his singing, his songwriting, his wit and his humour all in one go.
I just love the word play and piano on this song. Tim kicked it out of the park. Clever, clever man. 🇦🇺✨
I saw him last summer in Toronto and he was fabulous!! I cannot get enough of the sound of that piano; it is so beautiful and he can play for days. Just brilliant!!
As a ginger myself I absolutely love this song and Tim. Also the song "F sharp" of his is something i think you would really appreciate,
Tim is a master at writing things right on the edge of being ok but still being funny and can be quite thought provoking.
He has so many good songs. Such a talent! White wine in the sun is one of my favs
Dark Side (Awesome Version) is a great song for a vocal coach.
But F-sharp is better.
@@qwertyTRiG F-Sharp is kind of a gadget song, while "Dark Side/Awesome" is a masterwork
For range, it's Dark Side (awesome version) all the way.
@@BillTheScribe I'd just love to see a vocal coach coping with F-sharp.
The shock of JOY on my face when I saw you doing tim minchin!!!!!
More more more, pretty please? 😊
He's a total genius. Check out the entire Groundhog Day musical (including Tim singing many of the songs on tv) and his big hits like "RocknRoll Nerd", "Darkside", "Not Perfect" and "White Wine in the Sun".
😮😮 so hyped to see your thoughts on Tim, he’s a musical genius in so many ways. He wrote the lyrics for Matilda and Groundhog Day musicals. Songs from either would be worth visiting if you ever do musical reactions.
Not just the lyrics! All the songs in both shows were him (and orchestrator Chris Nightingale) 🥰
So many great lines in this song, and his onstage persona/performance really nails it.
His song thank you god is absolutely brilliant. It’s a definite must hear.
So glad you've found Tim Minchin. Such a legend!
My faves of Tim are Thank you God, Lullaby and the Pope Song (although that’s a tough reaction)
But there are incredible gems all through his discography to discover
I saw Tim doing this live at a new material gig in Hammersmith years ago. The way you could feel the tension built around you as people cotton on to what he wants to think it's about was palpable, then the way it releases it with "only a ginger can call another ginger, ginger". It was utterly electric. Genius.
The line about Ginger Nuts is about Ginger Snaps, it is just another name for them in Australia.
I know. We have them in the UK too. The double meaning is still gross!
@@BethRoars 😂
@@BethRoars like "groß"? ja-ja, or?
😂Sorry) the word also has a double meaning))
But overall the song is still "groß"...
@@BethRoarsmaybe don’t react to content of hateful bigots?
@@BethRoars You must listen to Ado’s new song Elf
He's so good that after you'd talked about the upward key change, you straight-up didn't notice when he did an even bigger upward shift and still sounded effortless and playful.
(and yes, enjoyable reaction and well-done analysis thanks Beth)
Was not aware of Tim until I watched his wonderful series Upright. He sang a beautiful song on the shoe called Carry You which you should definitely check out.
Comedy that makes you think and take a look at yourself along with brilliant keyboards that seem to get lost as you concentrate on the words. The brilliance of Tim.
Oh yeah, Tim is a genius on many levels. Dive in, you will love him.
If you like a little Jazz, then how about reacting to Tim's song called Storm, as a bonus to the Jazz you get some really vivid scene painting from the words, it's beautiful.
Mitsubishi Colt, too!
It's great, but a little out of her wheelhouse, given that theres no singing in it.
Its that Perth accent, with his amazing training in music, comedy and his intelligence, that makes him soo good.
Him or me?! I’m from Perth Scotland!
@@BethRoars Oh wow! Wat a coincidence! Him I meant, he's from Perth Western Australia. Me too. Our city was named after your city.
@@DJ.LakeSea I'm pretty sure your Perth was named from the original Scottish Perth as the guy that founded it was from Perth, Scotland.
I've gotta stop saying Perth.
Perth.
@@rossshepherd9836 That's what they said, Perth, Western Australia was named after Perth, Scotland. There's also a Perth in Tasmania.
@@utha2665, I can't see them saying that. Also, I want giving anyone shit, or correcting them. I was just adding interesting conversation.
He hits a C6 in his song Darkside. Search for “Tim Minchin - Dark Side (Awesome Version)”
I concur
This is definitely a must for this channel.
I first listened to this song (and many others of his) years ago. Love it to this day, super excited to see you covering it here.
More Tim Minchin please!
Minchin is just brilliant
Tim Minchin is highly regarded and intelligent. He gave a speech to uni graduates. Suggest you look that up in your own time. Onya beautiful Beth!
Love from Western Australia 😊
Hi beth tim made a tv show here in Australia a few years ago called upright very funny it ran for 2 seasons should take a look.
Love what you do🫶
Fellow ginger here. I didn’t know you’d never heard this great song.
Tim Minchin is a lyrical genius... I'd absolutely love your reaction to "If i didn't have you" ... an amazing song about math 😊
He's more than just a lyrical genius, honestly there's two kinds of musicians in the world, there's the ones that have studied insanely hard on musical theory (which he also has too), you can stick sheet music in front of them or play them a song and they'll play it back perfectly, any style, any genre, any level of complexity, they'll play it, but then there's people like Tim, it's far more than just technical skill or understanding of musical theory, dude is just naturally talented on top of everything else.
I keep watching reactions to this song because I love the song so damn much. This is, without doubt, the best and most insightful reaction video I’ve seen thus far. Well done.
Genius !
The letters are prejudiced towards more than one group of people .
Nice reaction !
Thank you for not bleeping this! ❤
First video of the morning and worth waking up to. Glad you were finally able to hear it.
You should do more of Tim Minchin songs! He is so great! An amazing artist 🙌🏼
He has a lot of funny songs and also the most heartbreaking ones!
And we'll, he's a master at the piano 🎹
By the way, would be awesome if you react to him singing as Judas
Ps: I love your videos ❤
Just to let you know, gingernuts are biscuits in Australia 🇦🇺. I love this song 🎵 ❤️
We have them in the UK also so I was surprised she went with the other thought considering she said she grew in Scotland.
@@BrianMac2601 Because the innuendo was 100% intentional, she was just acknowledging it. lol
@TeapotNinja I know it was intentional ffs, but apparently they're not a thing in the states so Americans dont get the joke. ...but it didn't seem like she did either.
Tim is an amazing musician. More of his songs!
Fantastic reaction to a fantastic song. I loved how you enjoyed the song for itself as well as analysing.
Im glad you Enjoyed Tim. Aussie sence of humor.
I'm looking forward to this one 😊😂
I've been WAITING for you to react to this song, and you did NOT disappoint! Your purely delighted laughter is what we are here for! Big love!
Check out Play It Safe. He wrote this last year for the Sydney Opera House 50th Anniversary. Between the video and his song, I promise you wil be moved.
Thanks for sharing this Beth
Tim Minchin is an absolute bottle rocket of talent
💯♥️🇦🇺
One of my favourite reactions ❤️
The genuine laugh- wonderful
I LOVE it when people don't figure it out till the punch line! XD I certainly got hit with it the first time. I'd never thought about the fact that ginger is an anagram of the word that's being implied in the beginning. XD
Also, side note, I was not aware of this for a long time so I didn't really get the joke but Ginger Nuts are actually a brand of cookie/biscuit in AUS that is popularly dunked in tea.
Ginger nuts are also well known in the UK and Ireland.
You better dunk a ginger nut in something or you'll crack your teeth!
Your smile made this reaction better than most, wow, you could see the joy in it, it made it even more funny.
Beth should look at Darkside and Beauty by Tim just to get the contrast
So glad you've discovered Tim Minchin! I'd like to suggest 'Lullaby' and 'The Fence.'
Its a wonderful case of projection 👏👏
Wow what an authentic first watch reaction.
Tim is a legends!
Welcome to the Minchin rabbit hole. Now to hear your take on _Inflatable You,_ or for a more serious side, _Rock And Roll Nerd_ and _Airport Piano_ are great.
Seen him twice live in Glasgow he was AMAZING!!!
Thank you! I love all his music especially 'Not Perfect' and 'White Wine in the Sun'
Thx for your Reaction. Plz more from Tim. Thx alot! ☺️
As soon as you said that the topic of the song is specific to you, I knew what it was going to be about and what the word was. But when he listed off the letters, I was just as surprised as you were that they were the same. That is some very, very clever writing. And, of course, when he finally said it, your reaction was priceless.
I saw Tim play live in a small venue once, and I was pretty close to the stage. It was nothing short of electrifying. I'm something of a wordsmith myself, love writing stories, poems, setting crosswords - and I play piano too, so I really appreciate what he does. He not only writes the smartest, sharpest lyrics, he also makes soulful and accomplished piano playing while singing them look easy. And it really, REALLY isn't. He's a one-in-a-million genius.
Funny you should mention 'Hit the Road Jack' - Tim does an AMAZING live duet cover with Jamie Cullum
Finally getting to Minchin. Fantastic! Dark Side awesome version coming up next I hope‽
You gotta do more minchin
Nice to see you again Beth!
Excited for this!
Please do more of his songs, I would love to hear more about them and seeing people enjoy the comedy too
I LOVE the fact that you referenced and showed Jesus Christ Superstar. He was INCREDIBLE as Judas in that production.
I cheered out loud at that clip! I don’t even like the show, but he’s SO GOOD in it!
He is amazing!
8:05 That was one of the finest modulations I've heard in a piano song. SO smooth, almost unnoticeable.
This was so much fun to watch! 💙
If I had a 10th of the talent of Tim Michin, I'd be so happy. He's special!
Amazing Tim❤
That really was just SO CLEVER !
Highly recommend "Thank You God", "Storm" and "Lullaby" by him. They're some of my favourites. "Dark Side" is great too.
Not only does he compose his own piano music, he composes a whole orchestra for many of his songs. Musical gem!
Fellow ginger. Love Tim Minchin. Growing up an Aussie--a ginger in the sunniest country, in the 80s when the standard was tans. Oy, the sunburns.
Ginger Nuts are an incredibly hard biscuit here in Australia. You can only eat them by dunking them in your tea...
We have them in the UK too, they’ve been a standard biscuit staple for decades 😄
F# please!!
That one is insane!!!❤❤❤
Watching the facial changes in this video was amazing and then the realization after the song changes was the best payoff
Tim is a national treasure. Lol I'm biased, I had tim write some lyrics on my arm then got it tattooed. His latest is a track you should check out. Play it safe, released last year Tim was asked to write a song to celebrate the Sydney Opera house's 50th birthday...oh and ginger nuts are Australian biscuits 😂
I also have a quote of his tattooed! Unfortunately he didn’t write it himself, but a very clever friend of mine pieced it together from examples of his writing 😅
I saw your face and knew you'd be a great reaction. Thank you for sharing this as I can never fire of him. 👵🇬🇧😅
In the Australian accent we don't end words with an "R" sound. We post a lettah, try the do bettah, and season things with gingah. Tim is a singah. And incredibly talented performah.
Genius, you think he's talking about one word then hits the switch up. (He actually is singing about the other word).
Confessions is another of his that I love
Yes he’s made it very clear in interviews that he is in fact still talking about the N word the whole song. That’s why most people don’t get this song, the concept of singing in comedic metaphor goes over their heads.
Brilliant !!!!!!
I honestly can't believe that you'd never heard this masterpiece of Tim Minchin's creative insanity...and his mastery of the English language.
It's beautiful, funny, obscene, and entirely appropriate for all ages 🤪
My daughter has loved gingers since she was in preschool. She's now an adult and still loves them 🥰
I'd love to see your reaction to Lullaby, Dark Side and White Wine In The Sun.
If anyone hasn’t watched his tv show Upright it’s SO GOOD!
His "Upright" was a great series fwiw. Very worth the watch if you haven't seen it.
Growing up in Scotland, especially Glasgow people will make fun of you for anything, even if your mum died. It’s a term of endearment..😏🤷🏻♂️🏴