Canvas Bags - Tim Minchin

[Crunchy68]

At 1:38 you can see his eyebrows furrow just a touch as the audience starts clapping. They're clapping just a little too fast, and I think he's annoyed that it's ruining the subtle, slow mood he's setting in this part of the song before HE'S ready to break out the big guns.

[Omnilegence]

Angelic hippy?

[XxSarahT8xX]

omg a video with tim minchin, paul mcdermott, and andrew hansen xD I'm pretty sure this is heaven :P

[BigBadNightWolf]

@XxSarahT8xX lol im sure... y'know... coz hes an athiest and all..... XD

[walenski2404]

We are child hood sweethearts. Fame will never change us. (my condoleezas in advance)  Guitar challenged mofo.

[1thinkexist1]

My cousin is in this. She's one half of Sista She. You can see her kneeling down beat-boxing at 2:35

[embrezar]

I love Tim Minchin, but 1:12 just makes me want to pluck that rogue hair in his mustache so bad.

[stcmarine]

@embrezar I think that is hair from the other side of head just sticking out past his lip.



[Emilsejer]

Haha :) like the lyrics aint funny here its just the entire song that is a big parody

[kylesalyer45]

Hardcore conservation.

[sally0sally]

Do you reckon he's a bit tipsy in this?

[sophisticatedhamster]

@nhonho23 @ToshiroDK australian english accent :) perfect :D

[sophisticatedhamster]

what an english accent :)

[nhonho23]

@sophisticatedhamster

he's australian...

[ToshiroDK]

@sophisticatedhamster Except that it's australian :-)

[Dannydosenpilz]

he is so genial tim minchin is the best

Tim michin 4 ever

[NatureLover987]

beatboxing rocks :)

[1emminem]

i love Tim minchen he is awsome n funny like me if anyone knows me

[ashmanchan1]

HEY!! The guy from the chaser's war at 3:06!! (to the right of tim) :)

[Markusmanarkus]

YoU SUCK!

[1hungrigerHugo1]

He looks like the killer of a bad thriller :D

[retteretter]

@1hungrigerHugo1 He's like Jack Sparrow.

[HayleToTheHammer]

@retteretter Ja, nur ohne den Rum ;)

[1994cg]

omg andrew hansen in background. MEOW

[hadikchik]

'Angelic Hippy' LOL

[MrRCwiz]

Is he Scotish? British? Or Australian haha.

[decimalsummer]

@MrRCwiz australian

[hslcon]

@MrRCwiz Australian xD

[hadikchik]

I was waiting for him to get his shirt off! :P

jks :P

[poochie6]

i was watching the axis of aweosme :four chord song and this song was in it and i was like wtf is this song but now i know it :) just a bit of pointless information [:

[paulsu27]

@poochie6 Lol, that's what brought me here too!

[TheAnjelHarte]

his hair is even more disheveled than usual.

[beeble26]

seeing him like this makes me fall in love even more,, prooves how real he is ,, love him so bloody much!!!!

[doyly909]

its funny when hes singing the canon live loop bit, to pretend hes so talented he can sing 4 different pitches at once xD

[BibleStorm]

He looks even more like a lion when he has a beard

[nonutsnorris]

poor darl looks worn out.

[atlchopper2008]

FOUR FUCKIN CHORDS...

[NooTeeth]

@atlchopper2008

LOL yeh!!!! four chords saw that!!

[McChyron]

@atlchopper2008 What about it? Have you never heard anyone say: "less is more" ? Retard..

[artha14]

This guy is awesome.

[scheisssse]

WHATS THE REAL SONGNAME?!?!

[Jayke1981]

@scheisssse its just called Canvas Bags. its not a spoof of any other track

[tommyk77]

@Jayke1981 But is DOES use the same 4 chords as a shit load of other songs :-P

[dragonyoshi]

@tommyk77 There's more than 4 chords in the first minute of the song.

[tommyk77]

@dragonyoshi Yes, I know.

[Nataleigh09]

wow, few familiar faces in the back ground, Paul McDermott + Andrew Hansen :)

[GaryMc10]

definatly not his best version of the song.. poor guy must have been so tired by that song lol. Still lovin it though.

[midnightpuss]

@GaryMc10: yeah, you could tell throughout the performance, he looked so fatigued.

[rachelwedgiegirl]

saw him in st. albans couple of months ago was well goood!!!

[berryrandomxxs]

omg he is wearing baggy trousers!!! what happend to his usual skinny jeans!!

[walkingdisaster72]

I really need to go and see him live. he's mint

[watchmeorelse]

The Sex bomb!

[DamnWhosASexiBiatch]

He is awsume!

[berryrandomxxs]

dont mock tims hair!!!!!! love u tim!!!!xxx

[SabreRose333]

What went wrong with his hair?????

It's normally sooo purty!

Poor hair. Dx

[DCJellybean]

@SabreRose333 i think it was near the end of the night so i deflated

[Duchova]

Em, I love Tim but i don't really understand how this could be anyone's "favourite song" of his, it's not funny and i'm not sure it's even supposed to be. It's just there to make a point.

[Minority93amy]

Probably because the people that list this as their favourite Tim song just like the overall sound and its catchiness - which it is. But those people probably haven't heard many of his other songs, like 'The Phil Daoust Song', which is much funnier and catchier :]

[XWAlexanderWX]

great i love him but unfortunately he does not play in germany :(

[nemocherries]

i saw him at bradford and he was fucking amazing i wanna see him again

[1thinkexist1]

My cousin's in the group Sista-She. You can see her at 2:21. Awesome :-)

[CharIiePresents]

gonna see him on tour in birmingham, cant wait!

[acpsuperfly]

lol

[pistolpetethemeat]

Yeah I saw him at Reading Festival, just amazing the crowd went mad for him...

[Shaunyrawrs]

saw him twice at Lowry in Salford. best fucking time of my life.

[McToast900]

this guy is brilliant just seen him at leeds festival, was the best performance i saw all weekend

[botham16]

i was there, wiv an inflatable doll haha :D

[Blazen1126]

that was you? i pissed myself when i saw someone throw that up

[botham16]

mine wasnt the one that went on stage, i had one at the other side of the stage

sum fat woman gave me a ryt dirty look when i was walking round with it :)

[Blazen1126]

haha fair enough, good show though.

[4nn13g33]

i just saw him at leeds fest too! so brilliant, i loved the ginger song

[tjdabest90]

@McToast900 how many did you go to in that weekend?

[JustAnotherButterfly]

WHERE'S THE FAN??

He needs to do it with the fan xD

And he should really try... moving in some way xD

[Hollygon92]

Yeah, he totally needs the fan. It's epic amazing with the fan.

I love the fan X)

[missfoxyable]

Now i really really love tim i think hes amazing and canvas bag is one of my favourite songs but this version baffles me for 1 it seems he is lacking his usual umphh but i guess the most dissapointing part is ...... he doesnt do the bit with the fan and all at the end !!!

[amyloumusic]

could be coz it's a really early version. he seems to get more umphh as he performs it more and more. this is a hidden track on his cd with his old band.

[WarpedLilo]

hit it :D

[bozzioisgod44]

BLACK OUT! xD

[emayesm]

Hahahaha thats so cooool :D

[wiztantan]

that was awesome! :D <3

[FFF06]

Saw a show last night with him on it.

Fuckin' love him. Bought tickets to see him in October.

[TheSamBrunt]

I LOVE TIM!

[PandoraChun]

Lovehim.

Can't wait to see him in October!!!!

[MrTigeer]

YES

[abcfgr]

is it me or does he look like Fagin from 'Oliver' in that coat?

[mattk95]

hahaha totally!

[riordan32]

lol look how young andrew hansen is

[SexyCrazyINC]

lmfao to the max

always remember to take your canvas bags to the supermarket lol

[jlbohrer]

BLACKOUT!

[Shloppedfree1]

fuck yeah!

[IvyPianoMan]

Not my fave of his...

...but still frickin amazing

[leellaXflutterby]

ivypianoman, if u had seen the vid for it it would be one of your favs its brilliant!

[IvyPianoMan]

I've seen the actual vid. It's a good song, but there are so many I like more, Dark Side, Rock 'n' Roll Nerd, Peace Anthem for Palestine, Greed (Balsa Wood & Glue), Prejudice and the JLA song for a few

[STUNTS1516]

thats just his style he always does that on purpose,it makes him seem more awkward and ads to the comedy

[weallliveanddie]

like a mini live 8 just on the cause of plastic bags lol

[superherolynx]

I swear, I think I'm falling in love with him :)

[randomkitty273]

hes always like that though... thats just tim minchin

[tamara229]

hey tha guy from chasers is behind tim at one point lol 2:27 and so is Paul McDermott

[xTheDarkPilgrimx]

Fuck it, make it interscalastic......

[rajasmasala]

interscholastic. yeah i know... just in case you didn't get it...

[SCOTTYDOG26]

just been to tesco with me canvas bags....singing this in my head all the way round.....my life is so f***ing rock !!!

[dazal2005]

haha :) good on ya

[XblankXexpressionX]

Wooo!!! Goo Tim Minchin!! Woo!! No more plastic!! Lol

Love this!!

[InvadersMustDie1]

He is God !!!

[DementisVenustas]

"A yoga master or completely in-elastic!"

Haha, I love this guy!

TAKE THE SHIRT OFF, TIM.

[johnnydontcry57]

I agree on both counts.

[JessieSox]

Lol man! I so wish he had've taken his shirt off!! xP

[FeMkE210692]

the beginning did somehow remind me of yellow from coldplay ... or is that just me being completly wrong =/

[SilverNickel09]

yh it did sort of sound like yellow by coldplay

[Met54321]

Have you never heard of Mitch Benn?

Everything sounds like Coldplay :p

[happymilk09]

haha he's awesum

[Princesshobo]

Come on guys! Don't be arses about it! Do something drastic to rid the world of plastic!!

[TylerTearisol]

no comments about tim practically taking his shirt off?

come on people.

:]

[unigolyn]

I love how half the people here miss the point of the song. While, yes, reusable bags are a good thing, but this song is a biting satire of the foolish idea that using canvas bags and turning off your lights for an hour once a year will make any meaningful difference for the environment. It's a statement about how token bandaid measures don't change the world, just make people feel good about themselves.

[rap9man]

hello unigolyn. i'm sure that made you feel better for saying that. well done.

[vandanus]

its funny, but it´s not "EPIC"

[jakab11]

i love the kongregate game with this in it. EPIC

[ScaredofNothing]

Is that where I heard it? I've been wondering that...

[crazypenguinsband]

Take Your Canvas Bags To The Supermarket. on Kong

[Panadawn]

Those 'Green Bags' are made from Polypropylene, a petrochemical product, whose patent is held by Haliburton Corp. Every arch Lefty who rages against the Iraq war is helping make Haliburton rich while also buying 'Green Bags' which are actually bad for the environment by creating demand for petrochemicals.

It's the biggest con since bottled water.

[Panadawn]

I would also like to add the concentration on 'green bags', in addition to the facts above, has also stopped research into environmentally safe paper and plastic bags. Well done, all of you.

[ssyzr]

Research into paper bags has reached a low point due to other reasons. Research into environmentally safe plastics continues due to the overwhelming use of plastics in our society. Using canvas bags for groceries will not have much impact on research dollars.

[pjsmoulder]

surely the research into safe paper and plastics is driven by necessity and circumstance, if the circumstances change, the reseach is no longer required.

[ssyzr]

I just wanted to point out to you Panadawn that the name of the song is "Canvas Bags". You may be interested to know that canvas is generally made from cotton or other plant based products. Your fears of increased demand for petrochemicals can be alleviated and the lefties need not worry about making Haliburton rich.

[Panadawn]

In Australia green bags are often called canvas bags, its a holdover from when canvas bags were used in the past.

These bags aren't changing anything, using them wont eliminate plastic bags without charging a tax on plastic bags. Charging taxes on plastic bags to encourage people to use them most certainly does reduce research into corn starch and other alternatives. All that situation does is create a new industry with many stakeholders who have an interest in perpetuating it.

[RaymondCorrigan]

The company making the bags is probably getting 30c per bag. Then Haliburton is becoming rich by getting patent costs which must be a tiny portion of the materials costs which is a portion of this 30c?

Also, you have used a logical fallacy called "poisoning the well". Just because something is loosely associated with someone bad doesn't make it bad.

Everything is bad for the environment, but a one off cost of a few litres of oil for reusable bags is better than constantly making plastic bags.

[MarilynFilth]

UMMMMMMM HELLOOOO TASTE??? EPIC LOLZ lame ha ha tim is paying out bono you assfaces. HA HA HA and doing it well, your all so silly

[hblahzayblah]

i think he just wanted to get the message across. stop being so thick, take something reusable to get your groceries in. stop the waste.

[bumblesbounce54321]

wow, you fail.

[MoondropButtons]

I had this song in my head all day O.O

take your canvas baaaags!

[rjgoldstone]

he is actually amazing... lol

[tearsXonXBella]

i love him...

[livingdeadgirl2012]

he's right horrorshow ain't he?

[jeremiahslazyeye]

Tim has become my favorite comedian in like a matter of 10 inutes i love him! fuck all you hating asses who just don't have a sense of humor

[southchurch12]

i love how people try to be clever and witty on YOUTUBE commentaries.

i also love Tim Minchin....

[Bradz452]

i like him because hes really intelligent, but he can be pretty low brow at the same time lol

[neuraljam]

I'm really trying to understand...

what's funny about repeating the same thing over and over in slightly different ways..?

[skallywag99]

cause its tim minchin DERR FUCK BRAIN

[neuraljam]

1.) that's not a reason

2.) the term 'FUCK BRAIN' doesn't even make sense.

I think he's really witty, I've seen him do other stuff, I just don't get much out of his songs because they just repeat the same thing, mostly...

[scarskull5]

You suck tim rocks and I know fuck brain doesn't make sense but It's just amazing and if you don't like him then fuck the hell off and don't comment on his videos!!!

[neuraljam]

I'm just trying to understand the appeal. I'm allowed an opinion.

If you don't have anything constructive or intelligent to say, then don't say anything at all.

If you follow this suggestion, I predict a very quiet christmas for your friends and family..!

[pockets881]

There is some part of humor that comes from repeating a word or phrase to the point of absurdity. At some point it just becomes ridiculous. Very dry sense of humor

[Kingdemonpigfromhell]

I think the joke may partly be on how other songs are written.

First you make a point, then make it catchy and then repeat it endlessly. Now you have a song with depht.

[theegopunk]

You're right, its a musical joke, taking an overused song structure and parodying it for the sake of rather epic lulz.

[thesexbombdeda]

my dad does lol its soo funni

[partyboyedd]

Hey all, can you help me im looking for a Minchin vid, he gets the audience to shout back at him, and says all the women say, we cant read maps, i cant find it and cant remember what its called!! thanks

[Domtallica]

Tim Minchin - So Live

[PepsiStraw]

I love Tim

he is awsome

[LittleMissSpazz]

do something drastic

to rid the world

of plastic <3

[nayhasradshoes]

haha that was awesome

[xLouiseKristinax]

I'm in love with that man(L)

[redarrow141]

i love the way that all the comments are about plastic bags and not about the actual song

[fatmanprime]

When the plastic bags get to the landfill, they just stay there. They don't march out of the landfill and go destroy forests, or whatever the fuck you imagine. It just stays there.

[Shewaplayer]

lol yeah well no-ones suggesting they march out of the landfills, but making the plastic requires energy and resources which we really cant afford to waste, especially with the rate that were using them :)

[AllxIxAm]

also they degrade and ruin the environment

you really need to grow up

it gives off masses amount of methane and other poisoness gasses. None of it is recycled

etc.

[fatmanprime]

No, they don't. It's plastic. Plastic doesn't release methane or poison gases.

[AllxIxAm]

yeah but not just plastic bads are dumped stupid

also how do you make a posative out of the millions of bags ending up in the sea

[AllxIxAm]

wat ever. I never one said billions of bags. I never said landfill ended up in the sea. Methan is effecting the nevironment. Your pathetic. I cant be bothred. so shut up bassiclly.

[AllxIxAm]

also thousands of millions end up in the sea and kill lots of animals

so yeah. I cba to argue with cretins like you

[fatmanprime]

No, they don't, at least not in Britain. They go to the landfill.

And I am totally against dumping garbage in the seas, but it's just not happening.

[AllxIxAm]

o and btw. Millions are dumped. If you reply from now on im not going to answer. Because i cant be bothered to argue with you cause i no im right. O and btw A lvl's are exams for 18 yr olds ^_^

Bye then babe. nice talkng to ya Love YOU XX <333

[Pennywise125]

Cows give off more methane than anything else...

Perhaps we should cull all cows to protect the environment? We could all stop breaking wind too....

Dont show off with your A levels, a majority of people have A Levels these days they are practically impossible to fail. Especially that Gereral/Compulsary Studies excuse for an exam. I got 100% on the culture paper, yet here i am arguing on youtube. Do i seem 100% cultured to you?

[mattomeo]

...not really, maby like 95%

[SoulsinaJar]

inelastic :P

[AllxIxAm]

damn

am i the only one that wishes he took the jacket and top off lmao x

[hippyjohnny127]

FUCK YA CANVAS BAGS!!

[BornTubin]

go canvas/cloth bags!!!!

fuck plastic bags!!!!

[DeweyHafta]

subliminal hypnotism? Did you run out and make a purchase after hearing "Inflatable You"? ;-)

[Bendy4skin]

WTF did he do after hearing dark side then?

[fikievenaar]

hahahahahaha!

[slivererific]

i know i did

[eldirtyone]

I actually did buy canvas bags for my weekly shopping after I first heard this. Must be some subliminal hypnotism in his songs or something...

[LucieSweet]

same... i now feel tremendously guilty whenever i see a plastic bag. Shpws that he doesn't just sing for the hell of it.

[Saddamuel]

Surely he is taking the piss out of how people see using canvas bags as such a noble cause and now they can feel smug and satisfied that they are 'doing their bit'.

[exebabe]

love Tim's hair!! Aussie Aussie Aussie!

[criddsky]

best thing since flanders and swann!

[hippie00chick]

genius =) he rocks =) the version where he strips down to his pants is brilliant =)

[slivererific]

where can i see this version?

[iluv2laugh978]

heya ed