I first heard this song on her Live at Last album in the very early 80s and it's a bit different from the Divine Madness concert film but that's the beauty of a Bette Midler performance - no two are ever alike but always astoundingly beautiful. She keeps it fresh and engaging.

Ladies & gentlemen, THAT'S how you perform a song!

It never fails to make me tear up. Traveling the globe as i do, i am forever saying goodbye to people. this song means a great deal to me.

@patriciabezema7520

7 жыл бұрын

Love you

@emilyflotilla931

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, cried like a baby when I took of in my Olds Cutlass in 78 to drive solo to Oregon from Michigan for a geographical cure (I wasn't aware of that term at the time though) as I played this cassette! 5 years later I got sober back home in Michigan. Still am, but Tom Waits can still make me cry!

@alicehenderson7983

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilyflotilla931 I had never heard this song til Bette sung it, & it makes me cry too, pretty song, the words get to me bad, going through some very sad times right now.

@emilyflotilla931

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicehenderson7983 Love and Light! 🙏

@kentxx12

Жыл бұрын

Good for You Sir :)

I've seen Bette perform live three times. Back in the 80s in Vancouver, and twice in Toronto (in the 90s and a few years back). .. Each time blown away. She is the consummate professional .. Love me some Bette!! :-)

She is a true original . ❤

My favorite Bette ballard and my emotional compass.

Bette Midler is one of these artists who always come up with good cover versions.............::))

Thanks to Tom Waits for writing such a great song!

@karl662

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Waits. I was going through the comments to see where he would be honored for this masterpiece. I actually like his version better. But, that's just my preference.

The Divine Miss M, uncomparable ❤

Such a beautiful songs it make me shivers!!....Just Bravo Bette!!!.....Thanks for every thing!.... You are incredible!... Love you!...

i had to BEG my mother to take me to see this movie when i was 17 and was sooo embarrassed while it showed. this was her favorite Bette song (although not in the movie) she loved when i played my album... happy birthday mom!

Wow, she is SOOOOO friggin good. I've heard this song from Tom Waits for years and really like his version. But, leave it up to Midler to do her version.

Delicate like a flower petal. .hard as nails. Love her repartee before she sings.

This is such a beautiful song, never heard it until I heard Bette sing it, but the more I hear it the more it gets to me, the words are so beautiful.

@RayasNegroOvejas

Жыл бұрын

By Tom Waits! (They also have a duet, I Never Talk to Strangers)

@michaelbarbano105

Жыл бұрын

Hi I'm mikeb ilove bette mitdler songs ilove all of her songs

In Memory of Joseph John Fifer Jr. Shiver me Timbers! Happy Birthday My Beloved Friend. R.I.P. You are never Forgotten😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

I want this played at my funeral.

I was at the Pasadena Civic with my boyfriend John Moss, and our dates Maud Adams and Britt Ekland. And yes, it rained like crazy that night. I think I'd seen every live performance you had given in Los Angeles up to that point, and most of your concerts and movies since then. This song is one of my favorites - still makes me cry decades later after "Songs for the New Depression" was released. Never got to meet you but came close once - went with Sandy Gibson to the premiere of "The Rose" in Century City. I feel I know you because you're so giving of yourself. No one compares to you and your performances. You command the stage like few others...the audience laughing their asses off one moment and absolute quiet the next - it's amazing how you do that. Thank you for being you. So glad we have these moments memorialized on film forever, to be enjoyed for generations to come, from IMO, the greatest entertainer of this or any generation. The amount of joy I've received over the decades from you has made my life worth living.

saw her do this at the Hollywood Bowl... awesome

Her early days....the Best!

On this day in 1980 {September 13th} the Bette Midler concert movie "Divine Madness" had its world premier at the Toronto Film Festival... Thirteen days later on September 23rd it went into limited release in the U.S.A. She received a Golden Globe nomination for 'Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy'. A song featured in the movie, "My Mother's Eyes", was released as a single and on Nov. 22nd, 1980 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #39 & spent 13 weeks on the Top 100.

Beautiful!

I remember this live show when i was a kid,a very good performec by Bette Midler of a song made by her very good friend Tom Waits :)

Her song by Tom helped shape my teenage years. Thanks, Bette

She is fantastic

Beautiful with a perfect move for frosting on the cake. I'll forever be stymied as to what parts of this show are Bette and what parts are her invented character of "The Divine Miss M" as she revealed it on her "Inside the Actors' Studio" interview.

This is perfection.

This is one of the songs in Divine Madness that stood out to me. So imagine my disappointment when it went to home video and this number had been deleted! I was heartbroken Why? Did Waits want to much money? So pay it! It's a Mike Nichols film for cryin out loud! 🤩

@deliagolden3742

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I saw the entire video on HBO, later special ordered the VHS. Such a disappointment when this song was cut from the home video version. But now at long last here it is again! As wonderful as I remember....

@jasonpp1973

2 жыл бұрын

It's on the digital streaming version!

@kentxx12

Жыл бұрын

No No Tome love Bette they are very good old friends :)

@kristopherwilhite

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonpp1973 are you sure?

Amazing woman! Amazing talent!

Love this song.....love Bette,

Have always loved this song, thanks for posting, surprised at the low number of ppl who have watched. Oh well, sorry about their luck.

Bette.......Diva!.

I adore this woman's voice and my wifes hair is like hers lov ll

This number might have been eliminated later, but it was certainly in the version I saw when it was first released.

One of my all-time favourite Bette songs.

Beautifully done...like Tom Waits doing this also...

@ramonlong5463

8 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Thank you so much. I saw the entire show and can't figure for the life of me why they deleted these scenes on the DVD. Such a shame! She has been my favorite since the first time I saw and heard her!

@derekbotelho5682

3 жыл бұрын

It may be a case of not being able to clear the music rights with the composers. Every time something like this is reissued it has to get various permissions again for legal reasons.

master artist / masterful songwriting

"So, allow me. Don't follow me. I'm travelin' alone. Blue water--she's my daughter. I skip like a stone. Please call my family. Tell 'em not to cry. Goodbye is written by the moon in the sky. Nobody knows me. I got no reason to stay. So, shiver me timbers, I'm sailin' away."

@BeachesandTrees

7 жыл бұрын

suckittomcat: I believe it's: "Swallow me, don't follow me"

@TomCatFromMA

7 жыл бұрын

That makes no sense. Are you trolling me? I don't like trolls. T h e y a r e n o t f u n n y. You're half right. Bette changed the lyrics since the other was stupid.

@dankshadows

7 жыл бұрын

You are correct, Alicia. Bette sings "swallow me, don't follow me" just as written by Tom Waits.

@TomCatFromMA

7 жыл бұрын

dankshadows No. I believe she changed the lyric to "so allow me" which is almost phonetically identical. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. And "swallow me", like the Bible reference to Job is just plain stupid even tho it is correct for the original version. Notice she also changed the lyric "to be up in the crow's nest" to "come up to the crow's nest". Additionally, this is THE BEST arrangement ever. The off-key ship's bell is genius. She also did a medley of I Shall Be Released and You Can't Always Get What You Want and also changed some lyrics to the first song. Prove me wrong. "Every *WOMAN'S* got to have protection" also from Divine Madness.

Thank you SO MUCH FOR THIS UPLOAD! So rare.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! Haven’t seen it since it’s theatrical release!!

Oh I love this and the old drift

Wow. Just wow.

A master at her craft.

She loves to sing. :)

Beautiful

Simply divine !!!

Always hits me hard . ❤ you Bette ! Always will 😘

should have been included in the film, wonderful scene, goodness for youtube.

I saw Divine Madness in the theater when it first came out and this song was definitely in it. It was on the VHS tape as well (Be kind, Please Rewind).

@kristopherwilhite

Жыл бұрын

No it was not on the VHS release or DVD.

Why isn't this on the dvd? I have this show on VCR that I recorded a long time ago and the song is on it... just have to find it.😔

the divine miss m. 💖

Wow, just Wow !!!!!

BEAUTIFULL

I hope to see her one day if she ever does another show

love love love love love

Just so excellent

@sommy38

Жыл бұрын

@Bette midler I have seen you...up near and Fr9m a distance..you're my millworker when I'm slow and my knight in black leather when I'm ready to go....you are my yellow beach umbrella on the sea, I make myself comfortable in your..blossom...did you ever know that you're my.....bette of roses...my turn to...my....believe 8n 😍..love from Scotland.xx

Both dropped songs were Tom Waits tunes. Can't help to think it was a label issue.

I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends My body's at home, but my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky My tears are salt water, and the moon's full and high And I know Martin Eden's gonna be proud of me now And many before me, who've been called by the sea To be up in the crow's nest, and singing my say Shiver me timbers, cause I'm a-sailing away And the fog's lifting, and the sand's shifting, and I'm drifting on out Old Captain Ahab, he ain't got nothing on me now So swallow me, don't follow me, I'm traveling alone Blue water's my daughter, and I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus, gotta tell her not to cry now 'Cause my goodbye is written by the moon in the sky Hey, and nobody knows me, I can't fathom my staying And shiver me timbers, cause I'm a-sailing away And the fog's lifting, and the sand's shifting, and I'm drifting on out And old Captain Ahab, he ain't got nothing on me So come and swallow me, follow me, I'm traveling alone Blue water's my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends My body's at home, but my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines upon a new front-page sky And shiver me timbers, 'cause I'm a-sailing away

@DippyHippie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you,so much bc I’m deaf & there’s no cc!😢❤️

My step son had a guitar from Tom Waits!

Oh Bette, still waiting for your call...

@stevesturdy4549

Жыл бұрын

@Bette midler If you are Bette, (and you're not) my comment was made before you turned into a complete psycho nut-job, Go back under the slimy rock you crawled out from under.

Love

Thank you! Thank YOU!! THANK YOU for this upload!!! :-D I've missed this so much. xxoo

good tune I have this movie why was this and Rainbow Sleeve deleted from the home video release??????!!!!!!!...I don't understand

Interesting that she says "Joe Conrad would be proud of me" rather than "Martin Eden" as in the original version.

Bette Midler Liked Me And I Screwed everything up ..! !

She sings so effortlessly

Tom Waits , right up there with Bob Dillon, Carole King, John Lennon, ... thanks, Bette Midler, rendition .... Divine!

Já assisti esse vídeo várias vezes, toda vez eu choro!!🥺😭 Essa mulher toca a alma da gente de um jeito inexplicável!!♥️♥️

@neiselanderson3932

Жыл бұрын

Love her voice but can't stand the Liberal, Bull S--t!

@jacquelinecorreia6794

Жыл бұрын

@@neiselanderson3932 como assim? Você se refere ao jeito dela no palco?

@neiselanderson3932

Жыл бұрын

@@jacquelinecorreia6794 say what?

@jacquelinecorreia6794

Жыл бұрын

@@neiselanderson3932 eu respondi seu primeiro comentário, mas não sei o que aconteceu que sumiu.. vc disse que gosta da voz mas não do jeito liberal.. bom, foi isso que entendi.

was this at the hollywood bowl? she was at her peak that night xxx

@kalmusc

Жыл бұрын

Pasadena Civic

Am I the only one feeling drained after this one?

Bette is the best and is a nice lady even if some people say she is not nice I never listen to the nasty rude mean comments about her as she has helped so many people sang at a 9/11 thing and sang to a lady who was dying and helped clean a town or city !

dear god

Captions 😭

I'm letting all of Bette's fans to know that i was with Bette Midler " And she asked to sit next to me . taking off her shoes saying oh my feet are so sore ? Then she rubs her legs and her feet right before my very eyes ! If anybody knows Bette ask her if she still remembers us being together . I wish we could meet again I think about her everyday ...oh yes there is more about us ....

How was this Bette Midler performance deleted?

J-Roc, ya know what I'm sayin..

“Don’t follow me. I’m travelin’ alone.” I lose it with this song. Does anyone else think it’s about suicide? And no, I’m not in any danger.

I wonder if the songs Shiver Me Timbers and Rainbow Sleeve were cut from the home video release due to Tom Waites and copyright issues? Shiver Me Timbers was also cut from the video release (along with a few other great songs) of The Bette Midler Show (Live At Last). She seems to have a history of cutting things out of video releases due to expensive copyright issues, such as the Delores segment of Showgirl Must Go On. Hmmm..

Oh oh scary oh oh shiver me timber shut up men

Well it ain't Tom, but it ain't bad. Isn't that Katay Sagal backing her?

@markdupont7410

4 ай бұрын

No, this was not long after Katey left the group. This line up is: Jocelyn Brown Ula Hedwig Diva Grey Although Ula does bear a striking resemblance to Katey Segal.

I wonder that this song is about suicide.

@tombeckett8760

7 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful and thoughtful reply you wrote to leftatalbuquerque. Thank you. Of course the song is about suicide. Setting sail on an unknown ocean is always a metaphor for that. But as you said, because of the genius of Tom Waits as a writer and Bette as a performer, it's also a song about the possibility of rejuvenation through change.

@adamlarsson3828

6 жыл бұрын

I think that the song has many meanings and - specifically - interpretations, according to the singer /performer. I have heard Bette say that [when she sang this song] she was thinking of gay men leaving (travelling) from their hometowns in rural America ... to settle and find a 'home' in cities like San Francisco or New York. I find her version especially affecting. :)

@adamlarsson3828

6 жыл бұрын

I think that this is probably the most standard (famous) version, with this introduction. You get a lot more of Bette's personal interpretation of Shiver Me Timbers in this performance: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4R9j7inmK-XqJM.html

So the trick I did like the goa damn My mom said my Don't drink you the water you water been sitting couple days 1 liter What about her gallon of geysers what About 4 days Hypocrite

A pathetic rendition. Tragic.

Perfectly horrible version of this otherwise lovely Tom Waits song.

Kind of irresponsible of Bette to call it her song. It ain't.

@BruceVanHorn1959

8 жыл бұрын

+Justin Resnick I don't think anyone thought she wrote the song. She isn't known as a composer, but as a performer.

@deancornelius

6 жыл бұрын

Bruce Van Horn I agree with you.

@kriswilhite5539

5 жыл бұрын

@@deancornelius it is "her" song. It was on her third album. Sorry I meant to reply to the hater not Dean.

@kriswilhite5539

5 жыл бұрын

Almost all recording artists sing songs written by other songwriters. This was one of the highlights of her third album "Songs for the New Depression."

@deancornelius

5 жыл бұрын

Kris Wilhite thanks. Justin’s comment felt so cold and unnecessary. I love this version of “the song” so much!!! Also, Rainbow Sleeves, is so beautiful!!

This sucked. She took one of her best (and most beautiful) ballads and made it a shitty burlesque number. She sounds great but she tried to stick comedy in the performance where it wasn't needed or (hopefully) wanted.

@bebbchez1956

9 жыл бұрын

you HAVE been to one of her LIVE performances???

@jonldn

9 жыл бұрын

cheryl oakes lol....... yes the way that the divine miss m can switch between comedy and songs such as this is amazing...

@bebbchez1956

9 жыл бұрын

John Scahill you get it!

@justinresnick5744

9 жыл бұрын

Lance Lankford It's not her song though. It's Tom Waits

@lanclank

9 жыл бұрын

I know she didn't write it, Justin. I just meant it was one of the ones she sang so well and made sound so beautiful. I was just really disappointed by this clip.

OH MY GOSH.. SHE ABSOLUTELY DESTROYS THIS SONG AND THE WAY IT WAS SUNG BY TOM WAITS. IT IS A POWERFUL BALLAD AND SHE RUINS AND CHEAPENS THE SONG. ALL THE FAKE TEARS AND LA LA LA'S. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? SERIOUSLY?? BETTE MIDDLER SINGING THIS SONG ABSOLUTELY SUCKS!! SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS