Tim Minchin - The Youtube Lament (With Lyrics)

[magickid777]

Inflatable you: 2,041,126 views.

Kitten Waking up: 1,688,862 views.

Mwah ha ha ha ha.

[fokkhead]

The Youtube Lament: 93,432 veiws

Kitties waking up: 452,511 veiws

The Youtube Lament: 10 dislikes

Kitties waking up: 81 dislikes

Witch video is actually better? You decide.

[Darkcloyd]

@fokkhead yes however the likes for lament is a mere 627 while the likes for kittens is 2391.meaning a larger percentage of people liked kittens rather then the lament. poor Tim.

[Orangejuicegod]

I came to this from kitten waking up. Oh the irony...

[TheHiHatMan]

Support Tim Minchin: Do not click the link to Kitties waking up! ;)

[lesterclaypool1]

@TheHiHatMan

I don't know, man: I think that Tim may be projecting and actually spends many hours watching videos with kittens on this site.

[verylittleknowledge]

If it wasn't for YouTube, I wouldn't have stumbled across Tim Minchin.

[JekHazit]

Taboo has 200,000 more views than kitties waking up.

[StageHolder]

Should have chosen a less obscure video for the punchline. "... never get as many hits as Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up".

[antondevey]

sure it's not "proud, abandoned jokes"? As in, the jokes he liked but didn't feel they were good enough to make the cut.

[totoroben]

I apologize Tim, I just watched kitten waking up. I think when you told me not to it made me want to do it even more. Keep up the awesome work, and if your ever in Cleveland OH I will make an effort to go.

[pacanuck1]

Am fighting the urge to look up "kitten waking up"....yes...I can do it...:)

[sazrak]

This was hilarious now I am gonna go search for Kittens Waking Up that sounds so cute.

[xboxman79]

On the Kittens video Statistics and Data..

Date Link Views

09 Dec 2008 First referral from related video - Tim Minchin - The Youtube Lament 10,010

[MorbidWispers]

so damn jeailous you got to see him live.

[majorleaguefan]

i love this! i have seen him live three times, and met him twice- it was incredible!! :D it made me sooo happy when he let me touch his hair lol!

[036265]

LOL

[vghazard]

MAS

[mykey336]

scary

[majorleaguefan]

i know..i sound really weird dont i :D

[stupidfurnace]

Well i've at least watched this vid more than kittens waking up

[profjaykay]

hahaha

this is probably making kitties waking up get more views

[umpalumpa2oo7]

That is the irony of it...

[scarberianknight]

@profjaykay yeah I couldnt help it

[GinoZump]

@profjaykay spoiler!

[PrinceOfTheLandae]

I think this video might've contributed 80,000 of the 330,000 views that the "kitties wake up" video has.

Tim is awesome, and definitely has a point here...

[collidingworldz]

LOL ON THE SIDE THERE IS A KITTIES WAKE UP THAT HAS 330,00 VIEWS AND THIS CLIP HAD 60,000! tIM MY MAN STOP STEALING MY THOUGHTS..............U LEGEND!!!!!

[curvysam]

I'm here because of Kitties Wake Up ;-P

[superspecialxxkxx]

i was at that one too how amazing was the show! i loved the guy who dressed up as the bear he looked alot cooler than the primary school teachers i know though =)

[superspecialxxkxx]

i went to see minchin last saturday (17/10/09) at sheffield, he's the first person i've ever seen live and i can safly say nothin is ever going to come close to that experience he is a comic/lyrical/musical genius! i met him briefly after he signed my canvas bag and took a picture with me, he's soooo nice now i think i may have fallen for him though lol!

[God6on6dope6]

Going to see Tim on the 16th of October in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, can't wait

[gortbl]

Nottingham on the 28th :)

[TrAshBananas]

Dublin back in september. Unforgettable!

[flankspeed]

Glasgow on sunday! Muaar!

[m1ll10n1977]

Aberdeen on Monday! Muaaaaarrrrrrrrr!

[JennyA215]

He's just so great!!!!

I've seen him at southampton on the 12th of sept but im seeing hm again on the 30th oct at sounampton again! im so fucking ready for it!

[the69gringo]

Im watching him down at the Pavilion In Bournemouth on the 15th!

[MeManMk1]

Bradford !st October. Funniest thing i ever saw

[her1freak]

i love tim!!!! lol

he's so fantastically witty =D

i also love that this osng actually causes more people to check out that kitten waking up vid.... hahaha

[CrazyKayzee]

I saw him in Manchester on the 2nd, he was brilliant, and met him afterwards.

Going to see him again in Newcastle on the 7th October.

*is excited*

I would SO marry him, no questions!

[lalangosta]

related videos: "kitties, wake up~"

[phrawgg2]

he's got a wife? thats HER problem! He's mine now!

[ToastyDucks]

23rd October at Hammersmith Apollo

[dominictemple]

Thanks for the info.

[MintLeavesAndPumpkin]

i want to MARRY him.

[theloonylady]

i want more than that.....hmm...

[edwardelricomgsogud]

too late. hes already got a wife.

[mrspacman0dontripit]

11th October, Glasgow Pavillion, Scotland :D

[HudsonSopranoUkulele]

im off too see him in cardiff in an hour!

[Maksimfan]

I find this especialy funny as a lot of his videos have more vews than kitties waking up!

[SherlotteR]

8th of September, Swindon. Can't wait!

[rotinaj47]

Well, Thats Today!!!Was it good?

[SherlotteR]

Of course, I typo'd and meant the 9th. XD

But I'll let you know!

[SherlotteR]

It was awesome! Met him as well: lovely chap!

[LFiles48]

i'm gonna see him on october 24 in London

I live in southern france, I'm travelling for Tim (and for my girlfriend who lives there, actually )

[SpamBanjo]

Saw time last night in Derby... OMFG!!!! WOW!

Tim is fantastic!

[Aidensapro]

Saw him in Derby too =D Met him after the show, was great.

[ShLinGyPoPsIcLes]

i was in derby tooo :D

how come you got to meet him?

[Aidensapro]

Waited at the stage door for him to come out, got a signature and a picture =D

[powermetalprincess]

just bought my tickets for york :D

[pacmaninwrexham]

Gonna go and c the genius that is Tim Minchin on Halloween in Birmingham :)

[evolutionofdan]

I'm off to see him in Glasgow on 11th of October '09 :) can't bloody wait!

[artFandango]

amazing... look.. as of this moment now... Tim's got 54,095 hits and "kitties waking up", which is just there, on the related videos bit (amazing)... just down there on the right on the same page...has got 318,155 hits... and Tim's never gonna catch up to the kitties because everytime someone listens to Tim's punch-line about the kittens waking up.. they spot the kitties vid and go look at it !!! Thus making Tim a self full-filling prophesying psychic (of sorts) (in brackets)

[DinosaursAndDaisies]

TOMORROW IN SALFORD!!!! sooooo excited, my sisters seen him 5 times before and met him at least 3 times, so she said she will take me, so i might meet him!!! soooo cant wait i love him!!

[LeeParker101]

HELL YEAH IM GOING TO SEE HIM ON SEPTEMBER THE 11th in CARDIFF WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

TWO WEEEKSSS

[queenoftears]

Same here! 11 days! WHOOOOOOP! Ive been dying for it to come quickly since I ordered tickets! He is totally amazing!!

Hope you have a good time! I know I will be (Sitting there singing along)

[LeeParker101]

Singing? ill be playing my imaginary piano along with him

[queenoftears]

MAS =) I bet its gonna be one hell of a show!! (I'll make sure I keep my eyes open for a crazy man playing an imaginary piano)

[LeeParker101]

knowing my luck ill probably be sitting right next to you

[queenoftears]

Haha you never know, but it wouldn't be all bad, could have a little Tim'e'oke sing song.

[LeeParker101]

twould be grand

[MsHattieJ]

same here!

its going to me an amazing gig fair play (:

[Rubberchix]

1st of Sep.

[Tullz90]

reading festival!!!

[Neobanana391]

Friday 11th September at The St. Davids Hall & Centre in Cardiff :D :D

[weespecybloke]

I'm curious to know whether there had been any increase in viewing of kitten waking up after he wrote this

[missrp]

going to the one in warwick in september :)

[heva18]

i'm going on the 18th September in Brighton :)

i cant fucking wait!

[davidod2003]

Vicar Street in Dublin on the 17th of September......cant wait!

[jackdavis11]

watching him at leeds fest!

[Natzd]

don't take it personally, nobody can beat such videos

[xeractus]

This guy should tour with Bill Bailey; now there's a sell out tour in the making!!

[magpiefabric]

Agreed. He's like a slightly more modern, intellectual version of Bill.

[spartanatreyu]

@xeractus this guy is the love child of bill bailey and russell brand

[TheRealBarnez]

@xeractus As long as it comes to Kent, yup I agree.

[spaghettiisFOB]

@xeractus OMG NO WAY That'd be so beastly

[XTheKatzchenGrenadeX]

@xeractus

That would be fucking fantastic...

Him and Bill are some of my fav comedians :)

[thecupdidit]

hes so bangable shiii lol x

[missfoxyable]

I also have done my duty for tim

[Rikuluva12]

I shall do my duty for teh Minchin. ^^

(Riku, avid feeter)

[MatchDare]

Such a creepy image.

[jaakeey]

Kitten waking up? never heard of it, is it australien?

[JustBecauz]

no. but if you type it into youtube you will see for yourself there is ALOT of views for the waking up of kittens. Not an Aussie thing lol

[pele220]

hehe i love his songs hes really good

[saurusmike]

Tim Minchin, please be aware that I have not watched anything remotely relating to felines and sleep (although I have watched some of the I Haz Cheezbrgr collations) - so strike one to you!

[MorganBCFC]

Meh, Inflatable You from his channel has 600,000 hits. :)

[LeeParker101]

come on watch this more there still isnt veiws kitties wakeing up still has more DAMNIT

[rainfallshard]

thirty seven thousands... its a few but not a lot.

[Released0]

The piano in the background is a take from Noah takes a photo every day for 5 years I think.

[BlueDraoi]

Anyone have the lyrics?

[dominictemple]

Saw Tim live recently, always give a good show.

[brickmastertube]

I don't wanna see a kitten waking up ever again.

[eca05jrc]

haha agreed.

[manufan1999]

pure genius

[anxietydecending]

Welcome to irony.

[brickmastertube]

IRONY MAGNUS

lmfao

[efagels]

its on the side, i just looked at it, not as god as this

[ali32yobo]

lament - mourning, cry of sadness

[pooage4]

funny but true

[racketychimp]

I couldn't help it - I also watched the kitties waking up! :(

[NoRules103]

I loved this on the weekend.

"Also, you can join the petition to have that changed to 'Two girls, One Cup'." x)

[Might27]

Well, no, you're not going to get as many hits as waking kitten mr tim if you're gonna advertise it. I've never heard of it but i'm gonna watch it now,

[micp4130]

LOL, allright that supriced me :)

[dominictemple]

So very true

[miakv]

"won't get as many hits as Kittens waking up" and then look to the right under Related Videos hahah ^^

[Viljarism]

And, it is also very true, as the kitty has >10x more hits than Minchin.

[LittleMissSpazz]

he's awesome i'd love to meet him :) x

[qaxxi2010]

keep watching this to get the views up!! LOVE tim!! going to see him live in 2 weeks!!!!

[JorealConners]

Not only will I not watch the kitten video, but I will go to my school's library later and get onto at least 5 computers to watch this video.

[umpalumpa2oo7]

thank you :)

[LP587]

What's ironic is that I would never have watched the kitten video, had I not heard this first...And, judging by the comments on the kitten video, neither would quite a few others.

If that was intentional on Tim's part, I'm even more impressed with him :p

[jmarcham]

i think that that situation will be the same 4 loads of people - it was 4 me!

[Geisharocks91]

luff him :)

[pauperjohn]

Genius, as always.

But Umpalumpa, can you change the info *please*?

I'm asking nicely because I'd guess you've completely fucked the punchline for at least half the 12,000 or so people who've viewed this and I'd rather no-one else experiences the bitter disappointment of a great ditty forever ruined by overenthusiastic description.

[umpalumpa2oo7]

Alright then, just for you ;)

[Unbunchkin]

I saw Tim perform this in the Camden Roundhouse and he called it "Kittens waking up", then held his head in his hands when he realised that he had in fact just said the punch line! He said that it was just about worth doing when he didn't let the punch line go before hand... but did the song anyway! We all ended up singing it back to him.

[c411um1]

As that was the third time i'd seen him i knew he'd mesed it up but trust me it made it better, and couldn't of asked for a better encore.

[pauldunlop]

Yeah, I was the same. Had seen the show before, and seeing him mess it up was brilliant. Fantastic moment

[manufan1999]

I'm jealous of you all with your Minchin Live stories. The gig which is near where I live on the new tour sold out in no time, so I didn't have time to get a ticket :(

[Unbunchkin]

This was also the third time I had seen him perform this - 1st time in Edinburgh August 2008, Manchester October 2008 and again Camden January 2009! We have followed him up and down the country! I love it.

[sozishere]

I couldn't hear half of what he said after that as he was drowned out by the sound of my head hitting the table...

Twas still very funny.

[timbarclay]

The roundhouse show was amazing. Stairs indeed.

I met him yesterday and he said he felt it had been quite a weird show.

[fayeelizabethclark]

Ohh I was at Roundhouse too :) That was proper epic fail. I actually gasped before he'd noticed. :D Then he mentioned that us fans at the front should have done his intro.

[TheStig91]

The whole clothes thing...brilliant

[fayeelizabethclark]

*whistles* He does sing about drowning kittens. :D

[TheStig91]

Was at his gig at roundhouse on the 16th of january, and he messed this up, he named it "kittens waking up" then realised he'd said the punchline first, made a hilarious joke out of it though :P love him

[Kat6295]

It was such a shame to be honest, he looked so mortified and upset about it, though he joked over it. Good show, wasn't it? Stairs! ;)

[TheStig91]

Incredible, did you hear me shout "10 foor cock!" at the end when he was about to do hallelujah

[TheStig91]

foot rather

[Kat6295]

I did, yes. Heard lots of people shouting but I was being all good and quiet 'cause he looked a little...serious. Hallelujah was breathtaking.

[TheStig91]

I nearly cried lol

[Kat6295]

I posted it on PSC but then someone said it was crap and someone else got upset about him 'dissing' kittens. Those were the only responses I got.

XD Ahh PSC...

[umpalumpa2oo7]

coolness...tim rocks

[EltonBear]

I don't recall him "dissing kittens" at any point...

[Kat6295]

Nope, me neither.

[rainfallshard]

don't be so blind. Clearly he hates Kittens. And the internet won't stand for it.

[chrisofnottingham]

The thing is - now i have to go and look at kittens waking up!

Thanks for posting umpalumpa2oo7.

[Freefallfelixrulz]

Damn kittens waking up is still over 200000 ahead. Come on people!!

[ForestChav]

Goonst is cool!

[Kat6295]

Thank you chav. :P

[ForestChav]

found you! :D

[Kat6295]

I'm not difficult to find if you know anything about me. :P

[ForestChav]

lol, always nice to be able to find people on other sites. :D

[Kat6295]

Not so nice when you don't want to be found but I'm dreadful at keeping myself unrecognisable so ended up giving up. :P

[ForestChav]

Depends though. I just use this to store musics now. :D

[Kat6295]

Fairynuff.

[ForestChav]

I have a few DS-ers in my friends though, kinda unavoidable especially if you're mixing in close circles with them.

[Kat6295]

Yeah, also fairynuff. :) I have no friends, I've never accepted anyone in the history of me being on YouTube for a very good reason that I've absolutely forgotten. :$

[ForestChav]

~rarr~

[tattietumshie]

Bugger! Just had to watch 'kittens waking up'! Tim, your lament has had unforseen consequences---everyone now has to watch it too. mas

[SteGFrom30Yards]

I hope Goonst dies of HORRIBLE AIDS

[rjy8960]

That's not very nice...

[Kat6295]

*giggles*

Success!

[xxGrey]

Is this the video with the most views?

And where can I find 'kitten waking up'?

[fayeelizabethclark]

Hey Elton :) I've put it on my myspace. Hopefully we'll increase the hits! And I promise never to watch kittens waking up again ^^

[EltonBear]

It would be nice to have a proper video for this song, but I'm sure it will come in time.

[mooxim]

If Tim Minchin released a vid to go with this on youtube I can imagine it could well get featured

[Redrojarr]

Ironically of course, this has fewer hits than most of his songs

[umpalumpa2oo7]

lol, probably cos it was uploaded most recently

[stillcrazy123]

mas, Tim and his long words

[TheDoc1994]

Supposed to be seing him at the end of the month but my friends are taking forever to give me the money for their tickets and i think it might be sold out by the time we get tickets (if it's not already sold out)...

Keep Smiling!

[666nexus]

i love tim minchin he did this when i went to see him last mounth