Prejudice by Tim Minchin

[jipsykid1998]

This dnt never gets old can't wait to see him live :)

[Aksz0]

that awkward moment when your teacher plays this video in class, pauses it at 1:33 and asks you "WHAT DOES IT SPELL? " ...fml

[OMHlogo]

Behumanbekind



[kiradoyouknow]

I like imagining how worried the entire crowd was getting, wondering if he was going to say the N-word. Once he said ginger they all let out a help breath.

[OfficiallyNishum]

Doing this for my GCSE music solo performance... Lets see how that goes...

[lordfordy014]

@OfficiallyNishum good luck

[kamillabronstad]

is he improvising?



[256kabir]

Fab pianist! He's great

[bullamarta]

laugh out loud

[Armydude655]

oh no 198 people missed the like button, i forgive them

[MicroWorldLover]

This 35 year old father of two married his high school sweetheart, and he is going to stay that way. This brilliant song underscores the fact that no one has a right to denigrade another human being. Tim is a favulous pianist, which makes this all the most easier. Enjoy!

[stonetemplepilot420]

FUCKlNG AMAZING

[ornlo]

It is so refreshing with some stand-up that is funny.

[CanaryRich]

OH GOD! I only just realised what word that combination of letters spells, I've only been thinking of G.I.N.G.E.R. all this time. WOW, how dense to I feel?

*embarrassedfacepalm*

[Quggum7]

Love tim minchin!

Anyone else notice the ninja under the piano at 4:25?

[Frozenkoldfury]

@Quggum7 Well Hot Daymn, you must be a ninja. I see him too, and now i have to worry about someone else who can see me.

[TheNewBreedOfTyphy]

Lol'd uncontrollably.

[Matthew2400]

I don't get what's with this guy... is he meant to be a comedian or a serious musician?

[blackfrancis789]

@Matthew2400 Yes.

[LittleMizzRandom]

@Matthew2400 Both! :D (He has some stand up comedy, but he likes making songs)

[cyanidebiscuit]

@Matthew2400 Well, he said that his songs "just happen to be funny".

[stonetemplepilot420]

IDONTTHINKTHATSAPPROPRIATE!!

I fucking lost it.

[256kabir]

Why does the crowd keep laughing at a serious song?

[AllAroundTheSun]

@256kabir please say you're not serious.

[256kabir]

@AllAroundTheSun of course I'm serious! it is a very tough issue worldwide.

[Gruuon]

Huh... I thought this song was called Taboo.

[CoreyJinxxWhittaker]

OMFG!! I've just noticed that you can spell Ginger with Nigger.... What a genius!

[FabioMarcone21]

One Word to discribe him: GENIUS

[angiepippi]

When asked as a kid "Where did you get your red hair from?" I would reply, "It grew out of my head."

[angiepippi]

I am a ginger and my 2 teenagers are non-gingers. We watched this together for the first time. They laughed but kept looking at me for permission to keep laughing. Other Ginger "names" I was called as a kid...Pippi Longstocking, Ronald McDonald, the girl on the Wendy's fast food sign (Wendy), and the ever classy "fire crotch". Oh, and the constant questioning about one's lineage, pales in comparison to the question about the carpet and the drapes.

[lilredfilmgeek]

@angiepippi I got all of those too! The fire crotch one was so embarrassing when I was a teen.

[cptOMFG]

Nice song, but... he's not even ginger

[ThisIsMcNasty]

@cptOMFG he so is a ginger.

[TheTzeestraten]

ITS A HOMOPHONE!

[lessfx]

only a ninja can sneak up on another ninja!

[rickster2k11]

@mghrh102 Me too wait I was the black one

[littlemissyyyyy]

we were learning about homophones in english the other day, and all i could hear in my head was tim minchin shouting 'its a homophone!', oh dear, i think i'm obsessed;L

[treszsen]

4:32 best part

[taldehboosh]

I've only just been introduced to Tim's talent, his piano skills are brilliant and his lyrics are just hilarious!

[craig0907]

Anyone else noticed he plays barefoot? Strikes me as odd for some reason.

[chrisgee15]

i love how when he says tampon and it echos badly and hes like errrr :D

[kennykenkenz]

This guys is SUPER!! He looks a bit like he could be John Lithgow's younger brother and sometimes he sounds like James Blunt LOL!

[Nicholas265]

There are very few gingers in this world, only 197 gingers don't like this video...

[knightsman101]

@Nicholas265 im ranga and i freaking love it cause its so true

[tomtom21194]

I want to catch Gingervitus

[TheSolidJake]

@tomtom21194 Gingervitus is Gum Disease

[borgs68]

Genious!

[hughloscher]

You r the best performer ever

[mghrh102]

I was playing 'scrable' with three black dudes and only had the letters N.I.G.G.E.R you fucking saved my life

[etchkid]

@mghrh102 Did you forget to replace the letter you used on your last word?

[fyonista]

@etchkid Perhaps he had the blank.

[PhilBond]

@mghrh102 Is that like Scrabble?

[benjaminer]

@mghrh102 .....GINGER tada!

[SWflashproductions]

@mghrh102 where are you from that they play scrabble with 6 letters instead of 7?

[AmyKayGarf]

Tim Minchin is So brilliant... No one could ever come close to do what he does so well.

[MrDeadToast]

@stonewickison it really was a cunning stunt he pulled off there :D

[chrisljohnson92]

I feel like an idiot for just now having the epiphany that ginger and nigger are acronyms for each other and interestingly enough pretty much the only "racist" words left in society...but I guess most people knew that....yeah...

[lilredfilmgeek]

@chrisljohnson92 No worries, I've just realized it as well... What's said is that it's after being called both, I've never realized that they were acronyms.

[stonewickison]

"a tinge of the ginge in the minge!" bwahahahahahahaha

what a cunning liguist.....

[TheAntiphysics]

@stonewickison

Is it irony to spell linguist wrong?

[DanielAfroHead]

@TheAntiphysics No it would be Irony if a linguist mis-pronounced a word

[Meansofviewing]

For the first time in my life, I feel the "nigger" has been set free from grammatical slavery.

However, it still doesn't mean that it is appropriate to call the tampons by the G word.

[ottopalmerfuog]

Haha nigger

[No1RebelRebel]

how is this offensive? I don't get it, it's great.

[pharmtard]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[lenarita1]

it may be "ginger" but that's not the first word anyone thinks he's singing about...

[rhov233]

@lenarita1 Well thank you, Captain Obvious!

[Mattsimpson1991]

@lenarita1 thats the point

[LaureenTyleer]

@lenarita1 It's the first word I thought of.

[CosmicSpacePoo]

GD Great!!! This guy is amazing! I hope to get to see him at the Reason Rally

[Drichardson26]

Tim minchin is an absolute legend!

[vtsup6]

I wonder if coppercab (the spokesperson for gingers) uses this as his inspiration?

[borgs68]

PLATINUM!

[cyanidebiscuit]

I think it is about gingers primarily, but I also think it is about the old school saying that only a black person can call another black person a "nigger".

[cyanidebiscuit]

I didn´t listen properly the first time, so I thought he was talking about the word "nigger".

[2Addicted2YT]

I want him to perform this at the Apollo

[TheOssumPawesome]

I love how the spotlights turn orange the first time he says ginger

[chocolate11193]

@forgottentruth14 I think that it's rather ignorant and hypocritical of you to call other people stupid if you havn't realise by now that Racism is a form of prejudice. Don't just take things on surface value, learn to as they say "read between the lines"... now only Tim Minchin can say what the true meaning of this songis, but it is quite ok, for people to analyse it and speculate about a possible double meaning.

[misshazeleyesxx]

197 must not have a tinge of the ginge in their minge.

[chocolate11193]

Ginger is an anagram. for... well i'll let you figure it out......

[MrChaoscheese]

@chocolate11193 thats what he wants you to think. Its not an anagram. Its actually about gingers. Course, as soon as you hear gg er in the first thing you think is.... Well im not gonna say it, not out of political correctness, but i might get flagged or summin. Nahnah, its about gingers. Believe me.

[chocolate11193]

@MrChaoscheese The song obviously was about Gingers, but as it's an anogram for "the N word", I think Tim Minchin who is a very clever man, an loves to play on words, meant it to give the message about the prejudice surrounding the word N*****. Is there a rule against the song having a double meaning? Why could it not mean both? 

[MrChaoscheese]

@chocolate11193 its not an anogram for nigger, because its about prejudice, not racism. The first part hints at the word nogger. And everyone will think thats it. And then he says ginger. Believe me. You fell for the trap.

[chocolate11193]

@MrChaoscheese uhhh, yes it is an anogram, because wether you like it or not both words use exactly then same letters. I didn't fall fall this supposed trap, i just have the ability to look past somethings surface value. Now i realise that he sings about the word "Ginger", and not the word "Nigger" but that doesn't mean that the message he is sending about ones choice of diction can't also be intended to apply to the word "Nigger" aswell. Oh and by the way, Racism is a form of prejudice.

[MrChaoscheese]

@chocolate11193 look. I had youre opinion too, the first time I watched it. The exact same one. However, since it was the first i had ever seen of him, I watched more and had an epiphany and realised the triple meaning. Superficially, its about gingers, then we are supposed to think that its about the word nigger, and then , knowing tim minchin, we are supposed, or not, to come to the conclusion that superficially, its about the word nigger,but in deeper meaning its about gingers. My opinion!!!!

[chocolate11193]

@MrChaoscheese Don't try and patronise me, I have watched a lot of Tim Minchin's an I know his work well. I don't know how you could have logically come to the conclusion that it is superficially about the word nigger, and the deeper meaning its about gingers when all the lyrics are quite directly about gingers. My opinion is that the song is about words used to discriminate, he used ginger as a comical example. I'm tired of this though, post your rebuttal if you will,Goodbye.

[MrChaoscheese]

@chocolate11193 Hey, narcississm won't get you anywhere. I came to my conclusion through logical thinking, and reading between the lines. Of course he wants you to think its nigger, and those are the lines im reading between. And dont be a foolish egoistic narcassisstic person when discussing with others.

[lilredfilmgeek]

@MrChaoscheese Prejudice against other races is only racist if you have power over them, otherwise it's just plain prejudice. . .

[mateo4424]

this guy is amazing

[peyo001]

How the fuck can 197 people not like this 0.o!!

[metallicaJee]

jokes aside, first 2 minutes were pretty deep.

[damojulie]

Effing LUV IT!!!!!!!! what a champion!!

[Walabean]

Wow, these comments are quite the spoiler xP

[TheFakeyCakeMaker]

So glad I didn't read the comments before I listened, would have spoiled the joke. This is just brilliant, I love the breakdown at the end. xx

[misshazeleyesxx]

Did you know that only Gingers can call other gingers ginger?

[webbertee]

epic, purly epic

[walenski2404]

@webbertee call me, we'll do lunch.

[tyra347]

Fuck you guys this songs amazing!!!!

[walenski2404]

Tim was bagging Jesus in his xmas show on jonathan Woss, so one could safely conclude that his power and talent comes from the god of this world... ie satan. Nice , Good times!

[MavTheSavageMosher]

Lmao The face when he tries so hard not to laugh :D Priceless :p

[walenski2404]

Expensive wino's. Love the Keith Richards eyeliner! What rhymes with "little minnion of satan" . Good to see that you've 'sold out' all of your concerts! .... what?

[warlord1981nl]

196 gingers didn't get it...

[TheWWEN1]

Tim Minchin if you happen to read this comment, do an act on nukes and all of those idiots who think nukes are bad. Thanks.

[walenski2404]

@TheWWEN1 you're taking the piss, surely?

[HarryDoesStuff]

PLEASE RELEASE A PIANO BOOK TIM MINCHIN, IM DESPERATE

[just2damsxy8]

i lost it at 4:50 xD fk hes the best

[CorvusCorone68]

only a ninja can sneak up on another ninja... usually i dun quote from videos but that was brilliant

[MrSickthing]

You're either feeding a troll or explaining something very simple to an idiot. Let it go.

[savetheguineaworm]

@MrSickthing You're right, sorry.

[savetheguineaworm]

For the small minority of people here who don't get it, the song is really making fun of the sensitivity we have about certain words. Tim Minchin is clearly not a racist, any more than he is a homophobe for some of his other songs. He is at the opposite end of the scale. But what is just as dangerous as racism or homophobia is the political correctness and censorship of thought we have now as a response. A word is a word is a word. Thoughts are not acts.

[Ginner59]

@savetheguineaworm Thank you Ghandi.

[savetheguineaworm]

@Ginner59 That sounds facetious. Look, people will be prejudiced assholes no matter what you do. Censoring thought is not going to change that, but education possibly will. I consider myself pretty liberal, but I think the emphasis we place on "feelings" is a little misplaced. I don't have an answer to prejudiced bigots, but I think the recipients could develop a thicker skin. I honestly think that the reason they don't is that people like to be victims. Too much honesty, sorry.

[guitargod21136]

@savetheguineaworm I agree completely, but not wanting to use the n-word is not as a dangerous as racism and homophobia. That's a bit absurd.

[savetheguineaworm]

@guitargod21136 I don't use the N-word or the G-word either, that isn't the point. I think what's ultimately important is the free exchange of ideas. Inherent in this is unpopular ideas. We as individuals have to be smart enough to reject them on our own. Right now, I think the pendulum has swung too far the other way. My opinion.

[walenski2404]

@savetheguineaworm Guinea worms taste nice with a bit of salt and pepper! tosser.

[savetheguineaworm]

@walenski2404 What is it about YouTube that turns everyone into jerks?

[walenski2404]

@savetheguineaworm No, Tim is a soft private school boy who is getting devoured on the world stage as we speak! Any questions?... dumbass...

[Superduperminime]

@walenski2404 I'd certainly devour him...he can dip his ginger nuts into my ginger tea any day.

[DrMaxiemon]

I love Tim Minchin

[ree9munity]

Alright, alright! We get it, ginger is the same letters as the N word. It's supposed to be like that to make the song even funnier. Holy shit. You can put 6 letters together. Hurray

[alphabetsoup121]

It's 2012, people. Words like "nigger" should be taken as seriously as "ginger."

[savetheguineaworm]

@alphabetsoup121 I think the point of the song is that neither should be taken seriously.

[walenski2404]

This fella looks like he's possesed by a very Foul spirit...... another train wreck waiting to happen.

[Bentacid12345]

Fucking funny....



[CrazyAussie13]

When he was spelling it I thought he was splling the N word!

[sillyrob]

@CrazyAussie13 OMG REALLY? IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY THOUGHT? I BET HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WHEN HE WROTE THE SONG!

[2MyTubes]

Such a wonderful song writer, performer but so funny ! From one ginger to another your a funking funny son of a ginger.



[bennyos1]

does anybody know the chords for this masterpiece?!

[charliediggle]

Why would someone press the dislike button?

[myblackheartxx8]

If you have a tinge of the Ginge in ya...minge...-.-

[Rocketmanscottoneye]

This has to be the worst song I've ever heard.

[sillyrob]

@Rocketmanscottoneye You're the worst song I've ever heard.

[Rocketmanscottoneye]

@sillyrob Your mum is the worst song I've ever heard.

[abstractheory]

He looks like he should be asking be begging for money outside the co-op. If you think this guy is funny you must have brain damage from being fucked in your eye sockets.

[jimmybland99]

@abstractheory thats nice, i respect your entitled to your opinion, but your wrong.

[KylerDenton95]

@abstractheory If you don't like him then gtfo

[vismundcygnus27]

@abstractheory And your millions of views are where, pray tell?

(Not to say that popularity is directly correlated with comedic ability, but please, there's no need to be such an ass.)

[ree9munity]

@abstractheory someones a ginger...

[savetheguineaworm]

@abstractheory Wow, thanks, the brain damage and eye-socket thing...I never connected the two.

[borgs68]

Genius!

[borgs68]

Genius!

[Pam0284]

oh my GOD this guy is SO talented

[Guardgriffin]

It's comedy... About gingers... Why all the hating? Just listen, and love the song.

[free2BAtroll090]

@Guardgriffin no it about black people gingers same as Ni**ers

[greyngo]

@free2BAtroll090 A troll, yeah. It's not about "niggas". Even if you are a black skinned person yourself and mad about all the racism that your ancestors went through, it still isn't about that. It's about gingers.

[felicien93]

SO SO good

[haiz369]

lol only a ninja can sneak up to a ninja

[freewilliam70]

no i thought that

to but i dont actually talk to a girl i took the mick out of her and she wont talk to me

[KaHe95]

was I the only one who though he ment the word ni***r at first?

[rachelallencamus]

@KaHe95 *facepalm* that is the whole point of this song.

[LittleMissHonesty]

@KaHe95 that is the point :) its an anagram.

[PioneerOnSupercity]

omg i finally found it, my school played this in my year 9 in assembly (obviously edited out some of the rude parts) as part of anti bullying week, best thing my school has ever done :)

[NocturnalChocolate]

I love this song, but just to clarify to some people on here, I don't think there's anything wrong with calling a ginger ginger. Ginger hair is beautiful, but there isn't anything else to call it.

[LittleMissHonesty]

@NocturnalChocolate Its also known as being a redhead or having red hair. just saying. but i agree its really not offensive, seeing as i am a ginger myself :)

[dorwinrin]

192 people think they can sneak upon a ninja

[VentedGlitchMaker]

But... I'm blond... :(

[keepingmyeyesshut]

I think i've broken the replay button XD

[jroel2007]

Why do people read the comments before watching the video? I watched the video and still got to laugh at the revelation of the actual word he was spelling despite a top comment "ruining" it (because I watched it first, before reading the comments *gasp* - such a novel concept)

[preceeding]

Argh, I've been making stupid comments lately.

You guys are right.

*Smashes head against table*

[DNAmaze]

@preceeding well you didnt ruin it the people thumbing your comment up ruined it, you couldnt know that it would become the top comment, dont listen to the other heartless bastards harassing you :)

[lostmywings08]

I want this as my ringtone!!!

[FutureAbe]

The first 4 seconds of this video are the funniest seconds of my life.

[Toplesswarrior]

makes me proud to be ginger

[MichalekM91]

Fuck, where were I before I knew him? Great artist!

[ForeverSadieful]

@SamSchreiber12 ?

[ForeverSadieful]

I want to be a ginger just like the Doctor, except my chances are much lower that his/possibly one day hers

[SamSchreiber12]

@ForeverSadieful Ginger, please.

[ForeverSadieful]

We had to do a fill in the blank assignment in English Class and my word was "their"

My sentence was: "Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger because _____ brains may register it as prejudice, like Tim Minchin's"

My teacher skipped it because he didn't understand...stupid America

[ebbebom]

GINGERS RULE!

[DragonFly546]

I felt kinda down, but then one of my friends showed this to me and I laughed so hard I rolled around on my bed xD Totally made my night!!

[MrJoemanDUDE]

Have to be honest the quality of this guys writing is better that most of the comedy shows that are on TV now a days :P He is so talented