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"Shiver my top-sails, my Laſs, if I know a better way." "Shiver me timbers" (or "shiver my timbers" in Standard English) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction. It is employed as a literary device by authors to express shock, surprise, or annoyance.
Shiver My timbers (or My) Timbers may refer to: Shiver my timbers, an exclamation; Shiver My Timbers (1931), an Our Gang short; Shiver Me Timbers! (1934), a Popeye the Sailor cartoon short; Shiver Me Timbers, a song on a 1974 studio album by Tom Waits
Songs for the New Depression is the third studio album by the American singer Bette Midler, released in early 1976 on the Atlantic Records label. The album was released on CD for the first time in 1990. A remastered version of the album was released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1995. A limited edition remastered version of the album was ...
In 2006, Jerome left Tangerine Dream to concentrate on his solo career. His second solo album Shiver Me Timbers was released on 29 October 2007, and his third, Far Side of the Face, was released in 2012. Beginning in 2011, Jerome Froese joined with former Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and keyboardist Robert Waters to form the band ...
The album, however, does not contain any of Midler's comedy routines and features only her musical performances from the show and it in fact only provides half of the songs that appear in the film. The original live recordings were also to a large extent edited and re-recorded in the studio for the soundtrack album.
Later that year, his second full-length album Shiver Me Timbers was released, and because of an agreement between father and son, Jerome Froese's Moonpop label obtained the rights of over eighty Tangerine Dream titles, meaning that Jerome's and Edgar's works would be re-released separately.
Tom Waits has a song called "Shiver me Timbers". Would it be interesting to mention it as an example of a recent example of the expression "shiver me timbers"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.117.40.134 09:34, 28 November 2011 (UTC) I came here, expecting to see it referenced. Bette Midler covered the track, as well.
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