Tim Minchin: Dark Side

[Thetarantinomaniac]

Was just learning this song on piano, and it was all going well. Then I got up to the piano solo in the middle. Now I'm like FFFFFFFUUUUUU-

[CornwalltheOmni]

That man can kick a piano. In the air. In key.

[thebigzz]

He's just hitting the piano at points and it sounds amazing!

[AlexanderMazarakis]

that poor piano must get hit alot.

[AlexanderMazarakis]

I wish i could play like that.

[TheJohnnyFox1]

erm I'm 13 & i love tim minchin so yeah screw you sony

[Reidy48Pages]

Hopefully they leave thinking.. "Yeahh, that guy's really deep."

[tweakfreak87]

i love how he makes fun of scott stapp. in the version i have, people start clapping when he does his solo and he says "everyone starts clapping here (plays a bit) but i can't keep time...... so shut the fuck up." lol

[chickenflames]

I can have a dark side too... HEY!!!

[favredabest]

to expand if I may: he is more than a man, he's a shiny golden god (wrapped in ginger)

[chattymastermind2]

@favredabest only a ginger can call another ginger ginger

[TehWebby]

Such an amazing pianist!

[ToowoombaParkourCrew]

does anyone notice this sounds like my heart will go on from titanic in some places

[Watson690]

Yea, that guy is really deep....

[DormantWinner]

@Watson690 yea i noticed that, shit yea

[BloodSonicFlux]

@Watson690 Deep as, bro.

[Snorri81]

just brilliant

[VOldBunnyProductions]

Wow.... this guy is so deep.

[HeatherZ32]

This appels to me and i suppose im a member of the teenage market :)

[brawcarmes1357]

how can he do that with only 10 fingers?

[knuckles91444]

@brawcarmes1357 cause he is more than a man, he's a shiny golden god

[Superduperminime]

@knuckles91444 *slightly bronze

[FutureAbe]

I can have a dog side, too...

[viSprinkles]

@FutureAbe dark side, not dog side. All other media for this song have the title and lyrics listed as dark side.

[FutureAbe]

@viSprinkles that's just an illusion.

[thisismyname514]

FUCKING AWESOME!!!!

[natmok39]

3:50 wtf that voice

[TheJakeJarrell]

so Tim was the guy who wrote the mario kart music! Mario kart just got 100 times better

[metalburger2]

I like this and I'm a Pearl Jam fan

[Sozzie16MJ]

I advise everybody to go and see him live. He's even more amazing than what he seems on the videos. Trust me. He's an absolute lad! :D

[lemoniceluxe]

@Sozzie16MJ I went recently, it was beautiful.

[Jakiirod]

deep as bro

[shananM06]

I'm some what of a teenager and personally i think he is a fucking legend!

[Nikolai508]

@shananM06 You didn't need to tell us you are a teenager, you could have just incorrectly used "legend" as you did.

[Sciocc0]

@Nikolai508 There are plenty of older people who haven't yet realised they sound a little dense with their misuse of language, don't discriminate ^-^

[Unevaluated]

@Sciocc0 why would even say you're a teenager? why is that a suprise? Tim Micnhin's style is almost geared directly at teenagers, it isn't suprising, and if anything devalues whatever opinion you are trying to put forward

[Unevaluated]

@Unevaluated

that was at shananM06 by the way

[Nikolai508]

@Unevaluated I dont think he is targeting an age group though rather a certain frame of mind.

[ZakkyVengance]

This man, is a genius.

[TheAjdam]

This would have been kurt cobain playing the piano

[Disterric23]

Bo burnhams dad? ;)

[mathiasurup]

This is just the best version of this song ever!!!

[toal193]

Is that Pearl Jam he's mockering of? I though it was Nirvana, LOL.

[toal193]

@toal193 *thought*

[TrollingAround]

wasnt Voltaire in "SexWars" :-)

[Noldai21]

I don't think anyone with skills can do a solo ( doesn't matter what instruments ) without doing a silly face during it at least once

[tysej4]

Ponies sent me... But honestly mostly my own curiusity ^^

[ThePoeticPony]

@tysej4 Same here

[SenorCockblock]

@TheTzeestraten also Volt (electric) was named after Alessandro Volta

[SenorCockblock]

@TheTzeestraten uhh. sorry to inform you but you made yourself look stupid because the Voltaire you are talking about would be classified as intelligent but not clever. Tim was referring to Voltaire from the Enlightenment Era.

[Daxim101]

EPIC PIANO SOLO!

Thought that had to be said.

[Rapeface666]

I would go gay for tim minchin.

[Futsimoto]

@Rapeface666 When I found him I thought the same but now that I'm used to him I think all I would do is some hand-action.

[Posthuman2003]

7.00 class Jeremy ;)

[akear1]

I have seen... 4.... maybe just 3... versions of this on youtube and i find this one to be by far the best.

[bigbestyboy]

@akear1 i personally like the one he done for his ready for this dvd :)

[Delta1382]

the funny thing about this song is that this guy can get really deep, his songs like Not Perfect and White Wine in the Sun are absolutely amazing

[technosasquatchfilms]

speed piano anyone?

[Diabl0pl]

I know that this comment can be boring, but click here for some M0:00RE! :D

[darkmisti]

if he did the whole song depressing that wouldve been better but this is good too :)

[Kinglear93]

speaking as a teenager, it does appeal so funny :')

[francepourmoi]

Just try following that act eh?

[pianomanEoin]

toe tap haha NICE

[Oman666444555]

I love the way he looks at the smoke all like wtf!

[TheSamuriel]

5:30 A split second of fur elise

[samd1996]

Clever appeals to the teenage market... ME! But... Only the few that can actually appreciate intellect... Which is around 10/100? Maybe... Or if you are in Essex then 1/250?

[Ijustwantstuffmyway]

@samd1996 I like to think I'm a clever little teenager ;)

[treehugger99999]

@samd1996 10/100 = 1/10. Sorry. I'm just being the smart-ass, clever lyricism-appreciating teenager that I am.

[Ijustwantstuffmyway]

@treehugger99999 Your not from england are you?

[treehugger99999]

@Ijustwantstuffmyway Toronto, Canada. How'd you guess?

[Ijustwantstuffmyway]

@treehugger99999 Hey my dad's from Toronto ;) yeah anyway, I could tell because if you lived in Britain, you would know why he said 1/250- because the people in that area of Britain aren't exactly... smart. They're chavs. Yeah.

[treehugger99999]

@Ijustwantstuffmyway No, I was talking about the unsimplified fraction...

[Ijustwantstuffmyway]

@treehugger99999 Oh. Yeah. Stupid me ;) even so, People from essex are still chavs.

[ecofreak9]

4:34 PIANO FACE!

[dorkasaur98]

anyone else madly in love with him?

[icklegb]

@dorkasaur98 completely!

[SenorCockblock]

uhhh is voltaire the one during the age of exploration or the musician?

[insectsinmyclothes]

@SenorCockblock lol, it's not going to be the musician, is it? Famous writer vs. relativeley unheard of but very popular within his own genre musician.. hmm, let's think ;P

[deanocunni]

22 peoples daddy's never came to their ball games

[TheGothicLogic]

Fuck Mr. Sony...I'm 16 and he is the best artist/comedian ever!

[TheFastolf]

Mr.Sony clearly has no idea what he's talking about. I'm 18 now and I've been listening to Tim since I'm 15 and guess what, I LOVE IT.

[23welshy]

22 people dont have darksides.

[koljin00529]

@KevStormJ you best be trollin'

[ElRihno]

Man, I just love his "dark voice", I just love his "dark voice", I just love his "dark voice"... whoo!

[jules4socca]

woah hes a greattttt piano player!

[maveguitar]

love the pearl jam reference at 7:00

[misato56]

Yay teenage market. I am sick and tired of music for the teenage market!

[LegoCritic]

When people start clapping along WITHOUT you asking them to... that's success.

[mariaxxx1995]

Holy Fuck!He's a great piano player!!

[PinkDickful]

Fuck Mr Sony im 16 and the only thing that doesnt appeal to me is the fact that u have to be 18 to get into most of his gigs! And also i cant get to hull for his gig there soon :( Please come to Middlesborough or Newcastle for a 16+ concert!!! It'll still take nigh on 2 hours to get to Newcastle but it would be worth it :D

[Confusedfurry]

@PinkDickful

grow a beard.

[m1ghtym1g1t86]

that note h hits is fucking amazing :D

[monkeyshine89]

@professor2442

You really don't know who Voltaire is? And you call yourself the professor?

[AtaraxiaMedia]

@monkeyshine89 I'm not sure if I do or do not know who Voltaire is... is this the Beast of Pirate's Bay Voltaire or some other Voltaire?

[Grebnedlog55]

@AtaraxiaMedia Are you familiar with the name Francois Marie Arouet?

[AtaraxiaMedia]

@Grebnedlog55 'Fraid not... xP

[Grebnedlog55]

@AtaraxiaMedia That's too bad... If you haven't read Candide, you don't know what you're missing. Arouet, better known as Voltaire, is one of the wittiest writers I know.

[SgtAnon]

@AtaraxiaMedia He was a French Philosopher and civil rights activist of the 1700's, we studied him in my old school's philosophy class :)

[AtaraxiaMedia]

@SgtAnon Haha... definitely not The Beast of Pirate's Bay Voltaire then... XD

[SgtAnon]

@AtaraxiaMedia Lol certainly not soz bro

[TBarch]

There are some disgustingly talented people out there, and Tim Minchin is one! :-P

[TheLegendaryStudentX]

22 people can't hear the Dark Side XD

[puffypuffington]

tim does eddie vedder better then eddie vedder.

[typenamehere19]

Piano solo!

[agro0]

I really liked that song but....damn, that guy is deep.

[TheOriginalXmas]

@agro0 Deep as, bro

[SuperiorInfadel]

@agro0 deep as bro.

[forwhomthebelltrollz]

@SuperSmashyfication I know his name isn't Voltaire... philistine.

[KeithUnderneath]

Bill Bailey is shitting himself right now.

[Jadebolt7]

Aww, Tim. I'm a teenager and you appeal to me. XP <3333

[0MissPhoenix]

Hm. Yeah, that guy's really deep.

[sparklyAli]

This man is a genius!!!

[NoChelseaNo]

That voice he does in this song makes me want to bite him. <3

[junkyjunk60525]

Wow, this guy really has a ton of depth...

[roymackenzie]

boobies

[pastyhead80]

I first saw him play back in about may 2006 in the sydney opera house where the room was only about half full (if that maybe only about 50 or so people) and he blew me away now look at him playing massive venues glad I saw him before he became famous!!

[DarcyOwenRoberts]

I'm the teenage market, (well one person of the whole generation) but if its any condolence it appeals to me.

[daedra40]

so 240p..we meet again..

[ElKierano]

True man test 7:15 :) Tim passed!

[FreddieStourton]

21 people's daddy's never came their ball games

[VBALL12CHIK]

absolutely LOVE his voice!

[Psychman93]

If it makes you feel better Tim, my daddy never came to my ball games either. :/

[SuperSmashyfication]

I don't know where this teenage market guy lives but he has a lot of explaining to do.

[ASTAROTH13666]

ironic...i have such a big darkside that my gf can't take it no more.life,eh?..

[Avalongaurdian]

@ASTAROTH13666 Is that why you named your youtube account after Destruction personified? XD

[Adrelinen]

@Avalongaurdian I thought astaroth was modelled after the character "rock" (not to sure on the name"

[MrFamine69]

Mr. Minchin is rapidly becoming my favorite artist/comic.

[Killerzac]

@MrFamine69 for me its what u said - rapidly becoming

[Koru]

You have not convinced me that you can have a dark side, Mr. Minchin.

[RockMattStar1]

that was hilarious, the pearl jam bit was perfectly timed and i love it when people put just enough of a REALLY famous piece of classical music to get recognised in the middle of a song!

[Bleumange]

@RockMattStar1 point me to the pearl jam bit

[campex]

@Bleumange 7:00

[PotterRickmantic]

Im a teenager a he appeals to me ;) x

[sheepdog2c7]

Tim Minchen is a better pianist with his feet, than I am with two hands?

[jakebooo1]

was this at the Largo?

[coling1888]

My daddy never came to my ball games either this song relates to me so much xx

[draith007]

Yea, that guy's really deep...

[silsiller]

starting from 3:16 it sounded like Seether

[silsiller]

he can play piano, he proves that every song he pays, he can sing, this song proves it even more... also he can make fun of anything... perfect :P

[SuperSmashyfication]

6:06 High five for everyone who actually knows who Voltaire is.

[444malefic]

@SuperSmashyfication i do :D

[NiwaYuuma]

@SuperSmashyfication I really think he was talking about the philosopher. Not the singer. Though, the singer is very good.

[SuperSmashyfication]

@NiwaYuuma Er,,, I was on about the philosopher.

[NiwaYuuma]

@SuperSmashyfication Ah. Excuse my confusion. It's just... The philospher isn't exactly obscure, you know?

[GoldnDusty]

@NiwaYuuma You'd be surprised.

[SuperSmashyfication]

@NiwaYuuma As far as most audiences go he might as well be referencing nuclear fission.

[LordSia13]

@SuperSmashyfication Do you refer to François-Marie Arouet? Or Aurelio Voltaire Hernández? Because, honestly, both of them are pretty damn clever.

...

... Yes, I had to look up their real names. ^.^;

[SuperSmashyfication]

@LordSia13 Francois-Marie Arouet, pen name Voltaire, as that is the one I consider most likely for Tim to reference.

[Narutoisawesum]

@SuperSmashyfication *High fives*

[professor2442]

@SuperSmashyfication

I may not know who Voltaire is, but I will defend to the death your right to know who he is.

[TheTzeestraten]

@professor2442 Your name is professor, and you dont know who Voltaire is?

he is a scientist who did many experiments to work out what electricity is, how it works, what we can use it for etc.

ever thought why a volt was called a volt?

its named after it's inventor/discoverer Voltaire.

OK, RANT OVER!!!!

[megamosher1]

@TheTzeestraten ERM.. actually Voltaire was a famous writer arguably French literary equivalent to Shakespeare,

[Pierrotechnique]

@megamosher1 French Shakespeare would be Molière. Voltaire is more like... Dickens?

[megamosher1]

@Pierrotechnique yeah probably a far better comparison but to be honest i was just trying to show that he wasn't the guy who discovered the Volt but in fact a great french writer

[Pierrotechnique]

@megamosher1 Fair enough :)

[professor2442]

@TheTzeestraten Yes, I know who Voltaire is. That's why my comment is a parody of one of his more famous quotations. And at least 21 people got that.

[DrCroata]

@TheTzeestraten oh poor you... this comment is the biggest fail I've seen in many years on youtube... "volt" after "Voltaire" xDD I feel for you, i really do....

[mattjdrury]

@TheTzeestraten dude the guy who discovered the volt was allesandro volta not voltaire and benjamin franklin discovered electricity my god do u learn nothing when your at school watch storm and you will understand how stupid you really are why do you care anyway your arguing over a lyric in a song get over it and enjoy the music

[wolby2010]

@professor2442 that's a good one

[Phoenixforced]

@SuperSmashyfication People DON'T know who Voltaire is? Fuck this species, I'm out

[Joyhova]

@SuperSmashyfication To Wikipedia!

[Joyhova]

@SuperSmashyfication To Wikipedia!

[KevStormJ]

@SuperSmashyfication 5 tigers that form into a giant robot and defend the universe from evil! UP TOP!

[SuperSmashyfication]

@KevStormJ Erm... I'm gonna go with a what, a the, and a fuck.

[jadencore]

@KevStormJ ...that's VolTRON.

[staceyboz74]

@SuperSmashyfication Wait... There are people out there who DON'T know who Voltaire is?

[TMPRDX]

@staceyboz74 Theres two voltaires, one of them is an american gypsy goth musician.. the other one is quite the opposite..

[MrMayaMole]

4:05 to 5:34

You can tell by his facial expression that his fingers hurt...

[RickHignett]

Truly Legendary - this song (I believe) is the one that really encapsulates Tim's skills with lyrics, piano & vocals. Awesome!!!

[DazeyBobJim253]

21 people dont like Tim's dark side.

[idr22]

@DazeyBobJim253

What do they know?

[connorXbailey]

i love how in the middle of his songs he immitates eddie vedder

[differentpineapple]

Oh Tim, you appeal to my teenage market(:

[Quintinius]

@Minferda It's "Jeremy Spoke in" which is a reference from a Pearl Jam song called Jeremy. Shame on you for not knowing =P

[ConfusedHippos]

Goosebumps :)

[MrJDurao]

And he calls himself a mediocre pianist -.-

[sleaziac]

The solo work between 3:57 and 5:39 is so astonishingly good it made me want to weep. Partly because I can't play like that. Damn you Mr Minchin and your awesome fingers!!!