Tim Minchin - Rock N' Roll Nerd Live

[CharlotteWrench01]

when I went to one of his live shows he forgot the words and was like

"Fuuuck, this song has too many fuckin words anyway -.-"

and played an awesome piano solo, Tims awesome. 

[JamieCurrant]

One of the rare singers who are better live than pre-recorded.

[krucdfumv]

So funny

[ZzyzxLuke]

Im a Pantera fan. :)

[AlvahWatson1]

ironic that almost all of his 2012 shows are sold out

[eatmyrainbowfarts]

@AlvahWatson1 and I got tickets to them =D WOOOH

[indigobluu2]

Fantastic. Hope to see him play.

[hollowzack]

What's the song in 7:25 ?

[Tasproductions]

@hollowzack Stairway to Heaven.

[hollowzack]

@Tasproductions Thanks mate !

[Idasbo]

@hollowzack It is stairway to heaven :)

[thedeadlystoat]

Holy fuck, have I been listening to this song over and over for 1 and a half hours now? O_O

[MatthewNJDavis]

Lol

[ramajo]

this guy is a beast !

[lennydadog]

wow



[scott0350]

@jizzy2k you're kiddnig, that was great.

[seanandthat]

Skip to 1:50 to get to the music.

[scott0350]

@seanandthat its funny when he talks and rants.

[beautifulmidnight]

I'm not gonna lie. The first time I heard this, I got excited and went "I LISTEN TO BEN FOLDS TOO! YAY!" and did a little flail.

[Kersplattt]

This is the story of my life.

[lyusboy1]

i love jerry!!!

[MasterRancisis]

This song just .............. touches me for some reason

[TheGooshak]

@MasterRancisis i know what you mean, listening to his music inspires me to learn piano for some reason, his music is just awesome

[ElRihno]

I know he is a comic and so, but I still find it worse that when he expains he's singing about himself the audience laughs.. :(

[ThexLumosx]

8 people rock N roll nerds

[8ellybelly8]

this is my favourite version :)

[emtabby]

Awww, i think 'he' looks good with his t-shirt off hehe

[SunShineNotAvailable]

Saw this at Leeds Festival, whilst wearing my "I am so F**king Rock" tshirt :)

[MONST4II]

if he wasnt already famour, he could easily win BGT

[TheBurningMan98]

@MONST4II not hard to win that, all you need is a computer and a fake story :/

[ShrimpyBoy101]

@MONST4II no he couldnt. he's australian.

[MONST4II]

@ShrimpyBoy101 forein people are allowed on -.-

[ShrimpyBoy101]

@MONST4II only if your classed as a british citizen

[MONST4II]

@ShrimpyBoy101 a guy came from frace a day before his audition once ? :O

[NarcissisticGaming]

@ShrimpyBoy101 um...Australia still is under the English Monarchy......hence our allowance into the Commonwealth games and that Aussie's are eligible for the OBE

[theonlycolettebaby]

bling bling <3

[ellrua]

sounds like me :S

[TheBurningMan98]

@ellrua this is a very good thing, but why do you type :S? thats like saying "A musical "GOD" sounds like me"

[SecretTearDrop13]

he may not rock th music but he rocks my world :)

[dontactsuprised4]

@SecretTearDrop13 he rocks it better than the normal way, he rocks it his way

[KingPecan]

According to this song, the only difference between me and Tim Minchin, is his 11 years of private school, and, you guessed it, mine not.

[braveserrobbin]

@KingPecan according to this song the only thing i have in common with tim minchin is that i never shout a pantera fan.

still love his music.

[Harrylechat01]

KInd of Australian Bill Bailey (compiment!)

[Fullofills]

'the piano to their forte' is such a clever lyric

[ashcatkilljoy]

Tim, your a lyrical and musical genius :D

[MageMagix]

What the hell is this? How come I never heard of him before???

[multisiege]

He looks crazy

[lordbaylay]

Question worth a 100 points.

What is all that 'hood or blink blink' all about?

[AllenQuatermain2de]

@lordbaylay the "hood" = "the street", "the getto"

"bling bling" = ugly over sized jewelry

[scott0350]

That was fucking brilliant, Tim Minchin is amazing, honest and very talented. One of his best songs :) Loved the stairway melody at the end <3

[mshanhan10]

I was organizing his songs on my iTunes recently, and was stumped on what to fill in for the genre field (bit OCD of me I know)...I settled with 'Minchinism' and called it a day :)

[rian19981]

I love the song o.O

[MrKenDunbar]

I like how he plays Stairway to Heaven at the end.

[ilikepeoplewithhats]

Looks like I have to kill 8 people

[sportsportsport]

"never shot a pantera fan" ........ 

[pivotgodxd]

@sportsportsport I better get my bullet proof vest then...

[Bright1592]

I hate these kinds of comments but whatever...

8 people disliked this video because it lacked the intrigue of transvestism.

[MeleeStormbringer]

the joke is on him. he is a rock star, if he knows it or not. ALL HAIL THE ROCK N ROLL NERD!!!!

[Rubadubshake]

He's so talented and so funny! I can't get over how good this is, I need to see him live!

[X360Modder445]

Fucking Amazing

[bloders1471]

Fair play Tim Minchin!!!!! i love you to bittssssss!!!! he will alllwaayyyssss be a rock 'n' roll stud!! :D XD i just want to.... to... ARGHHH i just want to jump him because he's soooooo epic!!! XD *there... i said it* xxx

[uberwhatagain]

Genius

[patnelson]

is he tryin to go for a beethovenish look?

[Jaded67]

@patnelson Tim has his own uniquely eclectic style - Don't pigeon hole him

[lucilka]

Omg this is so genius. I love Tim.

[TheLyricalGamerHD]

it's the opposite Tim, Bono and Bowie will Never be you !!! <3 :)

[thejewthatthrewamoo]

this song actually has one of my favorite crescendos in ALL of music, after "his mates would stay out late", incredible 90 seconds of music there, the whole things incredible dont get me wrong, but 430-6 mins just wrecks

[414rl]

hahahaha hilarious...."he has nothing important to say so he sings abouts himself, he doesnt wannna seem self obsessed so he rights in third person, to try to seem more rock n roll but he suspects its not working"....hahahaha i love it

[Terabyte1694]

his version when played on "Good news week" is better because he has a band to play with him.

[FtmfwId]

The incredible part is that he sounds this awesome live. No auto-tune. Just him and a piano :)

[Aaron95H]

8 people have misread dislike for - dis - I - likes

[np9490]

@Aaron95H

Good one...

[narutoxfunny10]

I love how every Live version is a new version, both musically and lyrically :)

[DeanVegaHope]

6:45 - 6:54 wow

[clawz99]

my fave part has to be 3:00 until 3:33

[xuten]

Fucking awesome



[NatalieAnnFox]

I think I'm like the female version of Tim.....only I'm not Ginger XD

He is the nicest bloke on Earth seriously, and I wish I was going to his concert tonight.. :(

[marinita333]

Hahah, I love how someone called him a tosser and said that Tim Minchin wished he were as talented as Mariah Carey. Clearly Mariah Carey doesn't have the balls to go up on stage and sing in her normal voice. On the other hand, Tim gets up there on stage, speaks his views, criticizes himself, plays his heart out on the piano, and is able to win the hearts of a ton of people. Tim shows his audience his real self, when tons of famous people (Mariah) are afraid to stain their media-driven images.

[MrAndyfox1987]

@marinita333 Isn't she so self aware of her lack of talent that she mimes.

[auroradamien]

This motherfucker here is a goddamn talented genius.

[MattyRayson]

'If you're gonna lip-sync, why would you do a Mariah Carey song' best thing Tim has ever said...

[MMatildaK]

Only his music is amazing!!!! Couldn't he pliiiiiiis come to Sweden?!!!

[SawdustWeekly]

I know he's singing about himself but he could so easily be singing about me! Everything is so true up to the point where oone of my mates linked this to me in an email titled 'This is you'!

[bradboy98]

i didn't realize he was talking about himself untill right at the end. Man, I'm slow!

[bradboy98]

greatest song of all time. Get with the past!

[mrbeanaswell]

So nice of him to write a song about my life.

[xboxlivew8yne8]

i found tim whiles looking for the meaning of life. think i found it

[SOULEDGE449444944494]

THE MAGIC STARTS AT 1:41.

[mozmootar]

i love that noise he does at the end X)

[Plasros]

Anybody knows the song that he plays @7:28 please?

It's been killing me to find it. Thanks.

[Plasros]

@Plasros Nevermind..found it.. Stairway to Heaven.. Thanks anyways :) Great Performance By Tim <3

[SuperLumipallo]

@Plasros what..? you don't know Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven? SHAME ON YOU!

[Plasros]

@SuperLumipallo No I knew it, but I couldn't get the name in my head :)

[w1ckedCuB]

@1984musicman four words... you are a faggot

[Jakkduh78]

The 7 people that disliked this video are........(silly)

[Scatosu]

Tim, we do care about your songs. Plus your rock as hell.

Helloes from Finland. 

[MrJayjayjay666]

7 reasons to wear a condom

[IBigIManDixon]

...RIP dime...

[Splaboing]

Queen > Gunner

Beatles > Stones

Stevie Wonder > Ramones

Ben Folds > Metal/Thrash

Jackson 5 > Axl/Slash

Damn fucking right, Tim.

[lexriani]

@Splaboing Dislike. Are you kidding me? Well each to their own. Oh, and thrash is a type of metal and is very distinct.

[Torbjaaarn]

this song is about me..

[Tobsson]

@Torbjaaarn you and me both mate.. I actually get a little sad when I listen to this xD

[celestialsalamander]

wow he sings it realy diferantly hear.

[uberarticuno]

@celestialsalamander There seem to be a couple of different versions. The main difference is the beginning he either says rue or regret (about having tattoos) and then later on when he says who he will never be like there are different people for different countrys (Dunno where but one of them has Eskimo Joe, I have no idea who that is but the name is awesome)

[celestialsalamander]

@uberarticuno

Yeah I noticed the rue/regret thing. glad I'm not the only one I was worried i was one of those obsessive fans.

I think regret works better then rue but rue rhymes with do which works better then get.

Many though I was talking about the tone of voice.



[DarkDrakel999]

F(=D)ckin genius

i'm learning his cover on guitar

he diserve to be super famous

[MsNymeria]

The same 3 people felt angry because of "3 people are Mariah Carey fans" comment.

[CallFil]

6 People never shot a Pantera fan!

[clem070605]

@CallFil pantera are actually pretty good, so unless i had a pretty good reason i don't think i would shoot a pantera fan

[CallFil]

@clem070605 Thank you for ruining my joke.

[clem070605]

@CallFil there are plenty of other jokes out there

[gorilamagro1]

duh, of course it is (I made that comment before watching the entire video)

[gorilamagro1]

I think this song is about him

[tokiohotel0795]

@gorilamagro1

yess...that is kind of the main point lol. At least, i think so when he says 'he writes in third person' bit of a clue... 

[Sind93]

I got the thousandth like =o

[MushroomQueef]

london used to be smoggyier ... its shit. ... but tim isnt

[asahdo]

He actually has the best music taste ever. Queen, Stevie, jackson 5 & Ben folds practically are my iPod xx

[XXxxTigger76xxXX]

I loved the "I came straight on after her and played inflatable you!" classic lol

[dkeith109]

TM is a genius. Incredibly original humor, brilliant piano skills and a stunning singing voice. I've booked to see him live in Edinburgh in April 11. The show is him accompanied by a large orchestra. Not sure if it'll be as good as this stuff as there's something breathtaking about him just playing a piano and singing.

Sooooo hope he does this song anyway. It's amazing.

[uberarticuno]

How the hell is he not more famous? This man is a genius. Wish he was on british tv more often.

[mexsesshomaru]

@uberarticuno I wish he was on American tv more often. I actually found out about him because he was on Craig Ferguson a couple of weeks ago.

[MrSickthing]

@mexsesshomaru Me too! In case you haven't heard, Tim's going to be on Conan tonight!!

[SpartanTraining7]

@uberarticuno I wish he were on American TV ever. lol

[DataCab1e]

@SpartanTraining7

He was on Conan in January. Google is your friend.

[djblitz31]

@uberarticuno because he is only a rock n roll nerd

[JAB63096]

@uberarticuno he is never on American TV :(

[lizardbutt16]

You can tell this song really hits home of him... he looks like he's going to cry towards the end... this man is amazing and he deserves to be famous.

[Solyuki]

Amazing voice plus sense of humor = want to marry him!

[leannalouisebuckland]

i agree with breathlesslovless why why why is he married?!?!?! yeah cause i could get him otherwise.......bahahaha

[breathlessloveless]

The only disappointing thing about this video is his wedding ring.

[clem070605]

@breathlessloveless theres always his near identical twin Alexi Laiho.

[Samurai416]

@breathlessloveless i know, i find myself focusing on that too :(

[DefyingSweetReason]

@breathlessloveless and this comment which brought my attention to this fact :'(

[breathlessloveless]

@DefyingSweetReason Aw I'm sorry. Be in denial like me and pretend that you're his wife!

[mrjuggles11]

If he's good enough to go after Mariah Cary, POWER TO HIM! gggooooooo tim

[AlexandraBrennan]

oh how I like this voice

[sockpuff]

It's actually quite a sad song :(

[chris5159]

I AM A ROCK AND ROLL NERD!!!!!

[rich2rock]

Fuckin' Rock n' Roll NERD!!!!!!!!!!

[JustJobeMY]

imho... Tim Minchin > Mariah Carey

[clockchaos]

@JustJobeMY :D when was that ever in doubt?

[WannabeSuperheroes]

I Mean all the Thumbed up comments are nothing to do with the actuall beast of a song,, sooooo if u looveee the Song itself Thumbs Up !

[Rizzle600]

@WannabeSuperheroes you do realise that 865 people HAVE liked the song?

[gothicphilosopher]

@WannabeSuperheroes what in good heavens do you MEAN ?

[JoeRowlandUK]

love it

[lastassassin95]

bears dont dig on dancin

[mrspacman0dontripit]

"It kinda felt like I was watching a cheap drag show...without the intrigue of transvestisism...to my knowledge..."

[eggbert4001]

Story of my life

[thisisbarnz]

..or bling bling

[bonzoshifferman]

@ KarakuraCool make it an international holiday!

[fathemi]

this guy is fucking cool!

[SarahAndJessExxDee]

I love the little squeak noise he does right at the end :D

[IdaSputum]

@SarahAndJessExxDee - YES, so sweet like an eeky mouse, appropriately nerdy & UN-rock

[lexacor]

That little bit of Stairway at the end was the icing on the cake, love it :P

[KarakuraCool]

I created an account on YouTube just to comment this song.. It is brilliant on so many levels, makes me shiver every single time. Tim Minchin's birthday should be made a national holiday :D

[MWcrazyhorse]

@KarakuraCool welcome to youtube then :D!

[KarakuraCool]

I created an account on YouTube just to comment this song.. It is brilliant on so many levels, makes me shiver every single time. Tim Minchin's birthday should be made a national holiday :D

[Nolansykinsley]

Your right Tim... You will never be Bono or Bowie, you have at least 3 levels of EPIC on them!!!

[gingy0vitus]

when i heard this i laughed at first then at the end i was like AWWWWWWWWW :( :L

[4apples]

3 people are Mariah Carey fans :P

[exterminater999]

@4apples 4 now, her fan base is obviously growing fast :P