Tim Minchin premieres new song for "Groundhog Day" musical in Hyde Park

[darquegk]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for "Groundhog Day" musical in Hyde Park#1

Posted: 7/17/14 at 2:30pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppvgd-1YBvQ

I don't know how much this will resemble the song's final form, but Minchin has long performed solo versions of his show tunes, particularly "When I Grow Up" and "Naughty" in concerts. So this is a ballad from his upcoming "Groundhog Day" musical.

[justincharacter]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #2

Posted: 7/17/14 at 2:37pm

Thank you for the link! I was looking for this after the article from yesterday and I just couldn't seem to find any footage of it.

[tazber]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #2

Posted: 7/17/14 at 3:30pm

The man is a genius.

....but the world goes 'round

[Sutton Ross]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #3

Posted: 7/17/14 at 4:39pm

I love him. The song sounds beautiful.

[jacobsnchz14]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #4

Posted: 7/17/14 at 4:45pm

He should've won the Tony... I'll say it again. He should've won the freaking Tony.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #5

Posted: 7/17/14 at 5:25pm

^Amen. 200% Robbed!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #6

Posted: 7/17/14 at 5:34pm

If Groundhog Day ends up coming to Broadway, maybe he'll win a Tony for that show...

[binau]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #7

Posted: 7/17/14 at 6:13pm

This is going to be a killer role for the guy who is lucky enough to play it.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[Hackasaurus_Rex]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #8

Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:19pm

The song is really pretty but far more somber and serious than I would have expected for "Groundhog Day". Very curious.

[darquegk]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #9

Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:33pm

I think that's the hallmark of Tim's work- building scores and songs where the ludicrously grotesque comic stylings and serious emotional introspection can work side by side.

[Hackasaurus_Rex]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #10

Posted: 7/17/14 at 7:37pm

I guess I would have expected some humor making it's way into the lyrics but I'm intrigued!

[binau]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #11

Posted: 7/18/14 at 8:19pm

This version also has his performance of "When I Grow Up" afterwards, which is pretty awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67pfbEWOxk

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[darquegk]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #12

Posted: 7/18/14 at 10:36pm

Of all the composer demo recordings that are regularly traded, no one seems to have Minchin's Matilda demo, which sucks, because I think I would like it just as much as I do the Broadway cast album, and more than the West End.

There are very few shows where I like the demo more than the real thing. Spring Awakening is one. I think this might be another. (I had high hopes for the Book of Mormon demo, but it turned out a little blander than expected.)

[devonian.t]

Tim Minchin premieres new song for #13

Posted: 7/19/14 at 2:59am

I found this song pretty bland actually