"There's too much light for stars anyway" is a good double-entendre

For context (If anyone's interested or didn't know already) Tim was to be largely involved with the production of an animated musical film called Larrikins that started production in 2013. It was going to star the likes of Hugh Jackman and Margot Robbie. He spent a lot of time and hard work on it, to the point where he and his family moved to LA. So when production was abrubtly cancelled in 2017... well... the song speaks for itself.

@WILLIFM.

4 жыл бұрын

@@jo3520e what are you saying

@jasonscott526

4 жыл бұрын

@@WILLIFM. Step back, man, a guy with no content and zero followers has advice for Tim Minchin about getting success

@OneFurlongTooLong

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the context. That adds an entire new dimension to the video too.

@dominicwong7569

4 жыл бұрын

Tim has a pretty massive fan base. I wonder if between us we could have bought the rights? I want to see the film, I bet it would have been awesome!

@mrmockatoo6786

4 жыл бұрын

Aaah...nice work. I had forgotten that salient information among all the other successes he's had recently. If the video's any indication, the film would have been well worth watching.

Tourism LA has heard your complaints and plans to make the sign more appealing: they're changing the font to Comic Sans.

@alarnahbliss3786

4 жыл бұрын

Hugh Tube 🤣🤣🤣 you win today’s interweb- brilliant 🥰

@forestgirl22

3 жыл бұрын

this is great, been told by my tutor to change my assignment font to comic sans to make it easier to read XD XD

This song reminds me of the disenchantment I felt when I dropped out of Oxford. I'm studying from home now, with the Open University, and I couldn't be happier. Home, family, community. These are what truly matter. Letting myself get starstruck by the myth, pomp, and prestige was my biggest mistake. Listening to this song and remembering how I felt then shows me how far I've come. It encourages me to keep going. Funnily enough, back then I'd listen to White Wine In The Sun when I got homesick. Which I did often. Should have seen the signs really. Hah And now I'm crying. Don't I feel silly!

@chrish7543

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing silly about doing what makes you feel your best :)

@ElenaFanelli

3 жыл бұрын

Hey for what is worth I fell you. I passed 10 years of shitty jobs seeking the myths of independent and stong women. Then I realized I wasn't happy to be strong, to be fighting constantly, to be so independent that I was really really lonely. Alone inside someone else dream. It's not silly. You have to do you. Nobody has the experience in advance so you have to live to see what it comes next. If there's something life has thought me is keep going but at your pace. Please stay safe :*

@MrDodgerdodson

3 жыл бұрын

Hey saltypork101 - hope things are going well for you. Would you recommend OU? Im thinking about doing a maths degree with them and would love to hear your experience with them.

@saltypork101

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDodgerdodson Hi Mr Dodgerdodson. Thanks for reaching out. I can honestly say that the OU is very worthwhile. The courses are extremely flexible, and all the tutors are very supportive. My spouse is pregnant now (our first), so I've dropped down to studying part time. The change has been seamless. Mature students are the norm at the OU, so as a student you get a lot more respect from your tutors than you would from somewhere that's used to dealing with 18-21 year old kids all the time. They're also very used to people having their own lives, careers, families, and other commitments to work around, so extensions are easily obtained when needed. Depending on your circumstances, you may (or may not) find the first few modules easier than most courses. This is by design, as they take in a greater diversity of ability levels. But don't worry, the work will become more challenging once they can be sure that all the students are at a level to meet that challenge. All the undergrad courses also include training is core skills, like time management, planning for the future, and self-appraisal. They are very thorough in this regard. The other thing to mention is that their fees are significantly lower than other brick and mortar universities. TL;DR: Without the OU's philosophy of lifelong learning, my life would not be what it is today. If you need a degree, I highly recommend them.

@MrDodgerdodson

3 жыл бұрын

@@saltypork101 Absolutely amazing - I appreciate you taking the time to reach out and write all that. All the best with your degree, and good luck with your first kid!

The next time someone asks me what Bojack Horseman is about, I'll just link them to this video.

@ciklopas598

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect choice

@URMUSIC97

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. Yes

“It’s just some fucking letters on a hill” has me dying every time

As a lover of practical filmmaking, I have to say this is one of the most impressive videos ever made. Tee Ken Ng is a fu-king genius.

Four years work binned is a dreadful waste... But you made your most beautiful song from it. PERMANENT asmr chills *every* time I listen. Thank you man.

tim has been a source of joy to my wife (who passed away recently) and i for a few years now and though its hard to listen to him alone without breaking down isn't easy i'm glad i found this song though. another in his long list of gifts that make us laugh, think, and in some instances question why some questions were deemed questionable by our those whose job it was to teach us to ask questions.

@allisonbergh4429

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss, and I think Tim would be glad to know his work brought you both joy🥰

@treenanewton

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing! Tim’s work is such an inspiration. He has a knack for speaking on serious things in a way that lifts the spirit and actually gives hope. Here’s to questioning freely 🍻

@juliegold9607

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you. ❤

@IIdemonII

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure she was feeling joy, but maybe solace.

@ozoglaz

4 жыл бұрын

All the best and good thoughts!

The whole time I was thinking "these must be CGI, but very well done to look like paper cutout zoetropes." But they're actually paper cutout zoetropes. What a mountain of work!

@mqjfsdlk

4 жыл бұрын

Just some really ugly coutouts on a pretty ugly mountain of work

@sarahthornton-smith1092

3 жыл бұрын

Tee Keng Ng is a master in this lost art - beautiful work 😍

@artemisxw8708

3 жыл бұрын

@@mqjfsdlk the message and artwork is lost on you...

@Anne--Marie

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the video on how this video was made? It's incredible!

Watching content like this, it really does hit home how this man is so obviously and painlessly brilliant at everything he turns any degree of creative attention towards. He is relatively well known but anyone who hasn't yet recognised his clear talent is desperately unlucky. Christ almighty. What a world

@seanrooney4847

3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment. What a world indeed!

The realization of the fact that "The best things in life aren't things" no matter what age it may occur to any of us is indeed a life-changing experience. If THAT doesn't get a person's attention, then I guess nothing else ever will.

The video is brilliant.

@RobMacKendrick

3 жыл бұрын

So are the lyrics. Dude's a master.

@discomfortzone

3 жыл бұрын

How good is it mate!! Also. Awesome to see you commenting. Love your videos and photography!!

@oranjelibertine

2 жыл бұрын

Agree so much

@quantummidget

2 жыл бұрын

This video is all legitimately done by Tee Ken Ng, who professionally does these sort of roundabout stop-motion style clips. None of this is is animated or cut video. Very impressive work. Edit: To clarify, by cut video I mean none of the stop motion parts are just video with frames removed, it's done with those spinning disks

You can never have too much Tim Minchin. ❤️👍

I'm starting to get the feeling that Tim Minchin didn't fully enjoy his time spent in LA.

@IonianGarden

3 жыл бұрын

His movie Larrikins was canceled during mid production. He wasted years of his life on nothing. You could have seen Hugh Jackman as a red kangaroo! deadline.com/2017/03/larrikins-scrapped-hugh-jackman-margot-robbie-musical-dreamworks-animation-movie-1202039809/

@volrath__

3 жыл бұрын

@@IonianGarden Whats worse (and he talked about this in his live shows last year) was when he signed on for the project he was a huge star, selling out arenas with his music, Matilda doing amazingly well, just off a run playing Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and it all stopped while he poured everything into this film only for it to get canned. I think that's where a lot of the anger comes from... All that time spent on something no one will ever see. None of the work can be used because of non disclosure agreements, when he could have been out there, writing, creating and building off the base that he had made...

@theholidaylady1

3 жыл бұрын

@@volrath__ What a waste and I can totally understand Tim's anger and frustration.

This would have to be my favourite song of 2020.

Beyond awesome. Tim Minchin is absolutely an amazing talent.

Left LA on March 16, 2020 and didn't look back. This is the song my soul needed. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@sgt.slapstick3996

3 жыл бұрын

Damn! You got out at the right freakin time! Talk about dodging a bullet.

@Anne--Marie

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you! I wish that I could leave this country, but I can't even leave Florida due to family obligations. This country is so full of stupid people that it is maddening.

Thank you dear Tim, just listened to your riveting interview on bbc radio, and then searched to hear your LA song for the first time. It says so much and will stick with me forever. I was born, bred, inbred in LA, but left for London 47 years ago and never looked back, for much the same reasons you whisper in your song. Never did visit that sign. It's just a bunch of letters on the hill after all. x

What a MAGNIFICENT video. To go with a brilliantly composed and performed song. Thankyou Mr Minchin. I am a BIG fan.

@mrmockatoo6786

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto every sentiment. I got a headache thinking about how much work went into that video. And Tim...if LA doesn't want you, the rest of the world does.

@shadowfreak71972

4 жыл бұрын

Took the words right outta my mouth!

Criminally underviewed

So excited to see this again, but I’m praying that “I’ll take lonely” comes out soooooon. This is brilliant though, hats off to you and your friend who made it

@stop94motion

4 жыл бұрын

God that song is amazing

@left8277

4 жыл бұрын

I’m looking forward to If This Plane Goes Down

@Barrystyles42

4 жыл бұрын

OneSided well that might end up being a birthday surprise. Awesome!

@Dani-gf7cu

4 жыл бұрын

That is just what I was thinking, both the songs are beautiful but as soon as he finished 'I'll take Lonely' I wanted to hear it again

@tamsinh6022

4 жыл бұрын

There's a cover by someone called Alana on KZread who has done a very nice cover of lonely tonight, it's been getting me by waiting for the actual song to be released haha

Saw this performed live and you could feel the fucking emotion in the room. A perfect style for the music video, brought back a lot

Tee Ken Ng's work here is both flawless and EVERYTHING

Awesome. This is what music used to be....great lyrics, catchy tune and a video that's actually worth watching. Brilliant!

Saw this live. Just as good after the fact

@shannondupuis6127

4 жыл бұрын

I saw him perform it in Sydney last April. It was an amazing show. I wish I could go see him perform again.

@biggusdickus1779

4 жыл бұрын

It's a banger in every sense of the word

@auroralong5437

4 жыл бұрын

Same! The live performance was spectacular and this video is really cool!!

@LostWhits

4 жыл бұрын

@@auroralong5437 did they get the timing right first time? Took two cracks at the first Perth show.

It's bittersweet but definitely fucking great song. The video truly is mesmerizing.! Great job everyone who were involved in making this song and video!!

I've watched this multiple times, and the zeotrope animation is really impressive. There is so much creativity embedded in it and it is mind boggling to think of the calculations needed to pull it off with paper cutouts. Staggered museum street lights, piano key ramps, hats off to Tee Ken Ng. This is probably better than the animation Tim was working on, and a proper send off. Perfect capture of the Hollywood two dimentional superficiality as well.

You are my therapy Tim. Thank you for sharing your fantastic gifts. From a fellow musician, you inspire.

I feel the same about L.A. Please take me with you Tim. I've been stuck here for far too long.

@lisatruthful1369

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@neekfenwick

4 жыл бұрын

Totally feel you, but at the risk of sounding like a dick, this is a journey you're going to have to take yourself.

this song/video is criminally underrated

I saw this live, and it was one of the best songs in the show, though I hadn't heard it before.

Wow! Awesome to hear this again. Hoping ‘I’ll take lonely’ is next!!!!!

I'm not leaving LA, but I am leaving France after quite a bit of time of working there. And all I can say is...I feel you. 3:27 onward is my mantra right now that keeps me sane through the last few days. Thank you for this wonderful song!

Thank you for this beautiful piece of art ❤

This is our go too tune at the moment after seeing Tim this year.

This song holds a special place in my heart. I am a Californian who moved away around the time Tim did his Leaving LA tour and I got to see it. Months later I left. I feel each emotion of this song so strong even now.

One of the best song & video of all times !

Fresh and New with the essence of excited promise failing and return to sanctuary of home, with the truth always shocking us out of the complacency of rhyming and rhythm as it’s such some f@@@@@@ letters on a hill. Mastery and magic yet again thanks Tim

This was great. I had always wanted to see Tim Live and finally bought tickets to see him in Edinburgh. Unfortunately we couldn’t go in the end because I was a little busy giving birth to our son. In the end I suppose it was a reasonable excuse to miss it!

@honeybee3269

4 жыл бұрын

Surely you could have postponed... I'M JOKING CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SON

@Donna-nu8ul

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I wonder if we might have been sitting next to each other had you made it. I saw him in Edinburgh, and the two seats next to me were empty.

@gettingkilt

4 жыл бұрын

I saw him in Edinburgh. He did this song, and he was wonderful.A great show and a great man.

@JamesWooLF

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations)

@shadoweaglebear

4 жыл бұрын

There is no excuse! Yoy got to teach those kids not to be inpatiant or assholes. Teach them young! Kidding!!!!

Truism: A personal work will find a wide audience. Born and raised in Burbank, much of it in one of those boxes you see in a 'monkey-filled tube' landing/taking off from BUR... loved going to the Griffith Park Observatory - for the laser light shows and other exhibits of course, how on earth can you see anything in the sky with all the light pollution... occasionally seeing the Hollywood sign and thinking how ugly the hill and letters were... I live in a place with blue skies and four seasons now. "Squeezing out the sponge of friendships, plugging leaks" - how I love that line. Brilliant song.

This is fecking awesome and I'm going to watch it at least once a week for the rest of my life.

Now with the suffering of the film industry would be a good time for Larkins to make its way into fruition and bring us something good ❤

YES YES YES. I get this song stuck so freaking often and all I can do is read myself the lyrics, THANK YOU!!

Way to go Minchin! Always brilliant.

Anyone else sat here listening to this on repeat or is it just me?

@miskristee

3 жыл бұрын

Samael51760 Maybe, but THIS human from the heart of the Midwest loves this song and all of Tim’s work.

*If you love to travel a lot... LA is the place to live and then never leave because it always makes you feel like you're just visiting for a week* ..gw

Just when I thought Tim Minchin couldn't get any better. That was incredible.

I moved to LA 3 years ago, and have been trying to leave for almost 3 years. This song has become my anthem. In 16 days, I'm outta this strange diorama of unreal life.

Genius, but what can you expect from Tim. Great to hear this again! Brings back all sorts of memories from the tour . X

This kinda feels like a sequel to "Not Perfect"

@MuzzyBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Or a prequel

@rhuka03

4 жыл бұрын

But also it feels a bit related to both Rock and Roll Nerd and Dark Side

@Lumpiluk

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe, although probably not as much as "My House"…

@snufkin2245

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lumpiluk I think we're talktalking about the same song...

@MuzzyBarker

4 жыл бұрын

@@snufkin2245 "My House" is from Matilda. It has very similar sentiments to "Not Perfect."

I've loved Tim Minchin's work from the start, such comedic honest and technically amazing music. I'm loving this new direction of more pop edgy music, I really hope this reaches more people and gets him the recognition he deserves. Music genius should always be celebrated.

Amazing ♥️ I’ll Take Lonely Tonight next please Tim 🙏

My husband and I had the opportunity to catch your San Diego concert which we have been affectionately calling your “escaping US” tour. We wish we could do the same.

Genius.

This was great to hear live during your tour.

This song is visceral for me. I know all of it very well.

Brilliant

Just some fucking letters on a hill...wow. that hit me so hard

Thanks for renewing my faith in the creativity of the human spirit.

“Just some really ugly letters on a pretty ugly hill.”

Tim is great at pulling on the emotional strings in this otherwise superficial world.

So grateful to be able to witness so much beautiful creativity

Love these music videos, both for the music and the videos. "15 Minutes" was amazing as well.

I have been waiting to hear this again for so long, I have searched high and low. I'm so glad you published this and the video is an amazing work of art that compliments the song tremendously! Thank you so much Tim!

LOVE THIS !!!!! Been Waiting for something new!!!! Thank you !!! Great Video. Great lyrics ( as usual )!!!

watched this from quarantine due to COVID-19 after returning home from 2 weeks in LA

Another wonderful work of art. Thank you Tim Minchin for being awesome

Loved it. Thanks Tim. You’re a Mad Genius in the best way :)

All i can say is, 'YOU BEAUTY. 'your much too good for that lot. "lovin it.

Great song! I also absolutely love this video, beautifully done! Thank you, Tim :)

What an incredibly well crafted piece of work. His music and lyrics are to behold. Well done Tim and thank you for the experience, its a lovely gift!

Humbling. Thank you. It's perfect.

A great music video

This video is so beautifully crafted. I can’t stop watching it repeatedly. Mesmerizing!

i love your creativity and brilliance for a long time. Thank you for what you give.

That was spectacular to watch! And of course, I always love Tim. ❤️

So good. This sums up the world at the moment.

Nothing beats having watched this live in Perth, but it's still bloody incredible!!

This song is perfect! And the artistry of the video is awe inspiring! Never seen anything like it! Bravo!

I haven't seen a video this good with such a unique look in years. Great videos lift a great song and make it even more memorable. A last art.

This gave me chills.

Brilliant, love your music

The lyrics are pretty magnificent! Recommend following them on your second watch through. Stunning work.

Totally worth the wait.

This is beautiful! I had to just listen while reading the lyrics before I could fully appreciate both the words and stunning visuals!

This is very Hank Moody ❤️🔥

This reminded me of BoJack Horseman for some reason and it made me love it more.

@ciklopas598

4 жыл бұрын

*Hollywoo vibes*

@victorfink6796

4 жыл бұрын

*Hollywoob

Such a great song - and what a fantastic video. I'm blown away

All that zoetrope work was so beautiful!

So cool!

Thank you Tim.

so cool and unique!!! I love the freaking animation!!!👌👌👌

❤️this song is spot on esp spears of wit perfectly you & can't wait 4yr new album. Leaving LA describes our whole country 4me.

Love this. Soooo good.

that's really awesome

Holy shit this is so fucking great and amazing! Song, video, message, everything! A big thank you to everyone involved in this!!!!

Truly lovely, Tim. Thank you.

Awesome!!

What an incredible piece of art, both musically and visually.