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.

My favorite Bette ballard and my emotional compass.

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!! :-)

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.

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

She is a true original . ❤

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.

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

Thanks to Tom Waits for writing such a great song!

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!

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.

Her early days....the Best!

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

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

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.

She is fantastic

I want this played at my funeral.

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.

"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."

Love this song.....love Bette,

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! 🤩

Bette.......Diva!.

One of my all-time favourite Bette songs.

Beautiful!

Amazing woman! Amazing talent!

This is perfection.

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.

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

Thank you SO MUCH FOR THIS UPLOAD! So rare.

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!

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

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

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

master artist / masterful songwriting

Oh I love this and the old drift

Wow. Just wow.

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

Simply divine !!!

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

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

A master at her craft.

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

Beautiful

Just so excellent

She loves to sing. :)

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).

love love love love love

BEAUTIFULL

the divine miss m. 💖

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

Wow, just Wow !!!!!

She sings so effortlessly

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

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

Oh Bette, still waiting for your call...

Love

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 !

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.😔

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

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

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

dear god

My step son had a guitar from Tom Waits!

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

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

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

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?

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..

“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.

Am I the only one feeling drained after this one?

Captions 😭

Oh oh scary oh oh shiver me timber shut up men

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

I wonder that this song is about suicide.

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

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.

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.

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

Perfectly horrible version of this otherwise lovely Tom Waits song.

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