Zimmer wrote the instrumental score for the film, but his only writing credit on any of the songs is "Boom Shakalaka!". All of the songs, including this one, were written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.
I haven't even seen this film, but its music is already up there with the Pirates of the Caribbean scores and Bear McCreary's score for Black Sails in the perfect pirate music.
It’s one of my favourite books of all time, and somehow the muppet version is the closest adaptation I’ve seen, the same goes for A Muppet Christmas Carol. Which is odd for adaptations that include a talking frog as a main character in both.
@@Bones1701 Michael Caine said the trick is to not look at them as puppets, but as real actors. Some about MCC that doesn't get enough credit is the climax of the Christmas Yet to Come segment. Everything Scrooge had seen up to this point had been about him, but in every other adaptation, he's suddenly clueless about what's obviously going on. When the Ghost finally shows him a grave, other actors give a big cliche NO! or the score hits a cliche scare chord. In this "kiddie" adaptation, it's clear from Caine's mannerism that he knows what the Ghost is showing him but doesn't want to admit it. And when he finally reads the name on the tombstone, he just quietly sobs out his name as the score remains lowkey. That was the finest acting ever in a Muppet movie
To your credit, the tempo of the song actually goes very well with something like lawn mowing. Along with other forms of steady physical labor and heavy lifting.
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks.
@@stephanginther9051 Henson liked 'Mirroring' real life, Rather than just right-out censoring fantasy in media. And pirates were nooot 'Nice' people at all.. .. And he respected people's 'Intelligence.' Even as 'Kids.'
Fun fact about the line, 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag o' ginnies or a piece or eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar. In the 1600-1700's you could make change by cutting a coin into up to eight peieces. Eighths were the smallest pieces that were accepted. Oh, and a piece of eight was worth roughly 13 dollars. So that was what their shipmates lives were worth. (on and that's 13$ in *today's* money, not when 13 dollars could buy you a small ranch horses included)
It was not just the 1600-1700s, from antiquity up to the 18th/19th century coins were made of precious metals. Theoretically each coin was worth its weight (hence the scale being an important symbol of banking and trade), so half a coin was half the value, but since meddling with coins was usually heavily punished (and complete coins are just easier to handle) most other currency coins were just left intact. Spanish coins were particularily present in American-European trade - and their handling difficult to police - not only because of Spain having controlled much of the Americas, but because they found rich silver deposits which led to them minting copious amounts of silver coins (they mined so much silver that still in the 19th century China would massively suffer from it).
A MUPPET MOVIE wrote one of the most piratey pirate shanties to ever be sung. Let that sink in. And even more fittingly? It's a muppet adaptation of the book that legendary pirate song 'Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum' is from!
Im in the USMC and i hiked up Mt LeConte with some Marine friends and some army rangers, We all made a line and marched up the mountain singing this song. The looks we got from all the other hikers was priceless. It was the most epic win ever.
@@stephanginther9051because the line between epic and silly is *really* bloody thin to start with. And in film in particular , which side of that line you sit on is highly dependent on the tone of the music and lighting.
@ Your comment reminds me of the actor that plays Scrooge in Muppet A Christmas Carol. The actor said that he was going to treat the role like he was performing for The Royal Shakespeare Company. He was determined to act as though he *wasn't* performing alongside puppets...could his performance have been any more perfect? I doubt it. That's all a long winded way of saying I agree.
It's much more fun when you understand that "shiver my timbers, shiver my sides!" basically means, "holy shit, I think we're royally fucked". "Timbers" meaning the ship's masts, and "sides" meaning the hull. Both are kinda important parts of a ship.
+Jason Small Both Hensons insisted that the Muppets were intended to be family-friendly, but that didn't mean they were meant to be children's entertainment. While Kermit was teetotal in this movie, Fozzie obviously wasn't, though no Muppet was shown to drink on-screen. The only people actually shown drunk were the pirates (note: villains). Disney did a similar take on Captain Hook in the original Peter Pan, being murderous and obviously evil. Kids can take it, and even understand that this is how bad guys act. This might be a silly and family friendly pirate flick, but it is no "Jake and the Neverland Pirates".
+Jason Small "Who hired this crew!? This is undoubtedly the seediest bunch of cutthroats, villains and scoundrels I have ever seen, so WHO HIRED THEM!?"
I used to listen this when I was barely 4, dressed as a pirate, made of old pyjamas, swinging a sword around imagining I was hacking through some tropical island. I can still remember this Good memories ^^
I did the exact same thing at the same age... at the songs epic and punching conclusion, I would pretend to shoot whichever family member conveniently happened to be around...
Me and my best friend Jacob here in Denmark saw it and drank a bottle of rum he brought that was from taken up from the Northern Sea in Europe from a British shipwreck back from the 1870's
Oh, Aye... 15 men went ashore that day, and only Flint, his own self returned. Oh aye, and then old Flinty, up and died before he could get back to that cursed island, and dig up the treasure. No one knows to this day who has old Flint's map. Now isn't THAT a story worth hearing?
This song feels empty without the visuals to help it tell a story. I remember watching this scene as a kid and hearing the song and not once did I ever think that one could exist without the other. The song helps give the scene energy and the song can’t exist without the scene. And come on, when that final line “shiver my Timbers, shiver my sails, dead men tell no tales” comes around, you can’t end it without the sound and imagery of Flint firing off his flintlock pistols and killing his crew. Without it, the song feels incomplete.
I absolutely agree about the ending! I watched this movie so damned much when I was young (partly because it was one of the only Muppets movies we actually had 😆) that this scene and number lives in my head rent free. Along with bits of Sailing For Adventure and A Professional Pirate. 😉
@@KitaraStrife Same here, man! This was the only Muppet film I had on VHS when I was a kid, so I would watch it all the time. And these songs are imbedded in my brain forever.
I think that the song is (obviously) at its best in the context it was intended for - the opening titles of Muppet Treasure Island - but I think it's quite wrong to say that song doesn't exist without the scene. I think it's a great tune in its own right.
Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul Yo oh heave ho There are men whose hearts as as black as coal Yo oh heave ho And they sailed their ship cross the ocean blue A blood-thirsty captain and a cut-throat crew It's as dark a tale as was ever told Of the lust for treasure and the love of gold Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides Yo oh heave ho There are hungers as strong as the wind and tides Yo oh heave ho And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum The devil himself would have to call them scum Every man aboard would have killed his mate For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight A piece of eight A piece of eight Five, six, seven, eight Hulla wacka ulla wacka something not right Many wicked icky things gonna happen tonight Hulla wacka ulla wacka sailor man beware When de money in the ground dere's murder in de air Murder in de air One more time now Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones Yo oh heave ho There are secrets that sleep with old Davy Jones Yo oh heave ho When the mainsail's set and the anchor's weighed There's no turning back from any course that's laid And when greed and villainy sail the sea You can bet your boots there'll be treachery Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails Dead men tell no tales
Seriously, some of these lyrics are legit total fire. Shiver My Timbers, Shiver My Soul Yo Ho Heave Ho There are men who's hearts as black as coal Yo Ho Heave Ho. Really powerful opening, the mood is impeccable. I just love how the first statement isn't about treasure, or the sea. It's about the evil of man and his willingness to eat himself. It's a dark a tale as was ever told Of a lust for treasure and a love of gold... I love this line, because it's basically saying that this is just one of a million stories just like it. But this one is the best. Shiver My Timbers, Shiver my sides Yo ho heave ho There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides Yo ho heave ho I freaking love this line, again, I just love the fact that it's just telling you matter-of-fact that men can be evil, and not just evil, but powerful. And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum, The devil himself would have to call'em scum! Every man aboard would have killed his mate, for a bag of ginnies or a piece-of-eight. Just gorgeous imagery, the sight of these miserable salty pirates quietly murmuring, brutal bloody souls begrudgingly working with each other each with the intention of betraying everyone around him. Sailormen beware, when there's money in the ground, there's murder in the air. Again, I just love the simplicity of this line, heralding what's about to come. When the main sail's in and the anchors weighed there's no turning back from any course that's laid, and when greed and villainy sail the sea, you can bet your boots there'll be treachery. And at last, we have a final warning about the inevitable destiny of those who live by the sword. There's no turning back. Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails, dead men tell no tails. and then we switch to Flint's pov, like he himself is relishing in his own deeds, such a scoundrel.
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks. Honestly though, how is a song both silly AND epic?? Whoever wrote this song somehow managed it.
When I was just a lad, looking for my true vocation... (around the age of 4 or 5) I watched this movie ad nauseam. During this opening sequence, I would dress up as a pirate, push around a large wooden treasure chest my grandfather constructed for me (I had a serious pirate phase). At the songs epic and punching conclusion, I would pretend to shoot whichever family member conveniently happened to be around... This movie helped instill my love for history, film, and most of all, music.
People say Muppets Christmas Carol is the best (Which yes that one is spectacular too) but this one is my all time favorite. This song alone was amazing and really set the tone for the awesome adventure that was to come from the movie.
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks.
I remember when the NC included this on his "Best Villain Songs" list, despite by his own admission he had never seen the movie. "Professional Pirate" was the real Villain Song
I've never watched the muppets as a child, so I don't really care about the movie, but I just love this soundtrack. Everything Hans Zimmer touches turns to pure gold!
I can not believe that I was 6 years old when I saw this at the cinema, this song at the beginning was just brilliant and I never excepted him to shoot the crew. I love the bit where the skulls are singing and this does sound like a seashanty and I love the end line "shiver my timbers, shiver my sails, dead men tell no tales"
I just listened to a treasure island audiobook on audible and my god Treasure Island is legendary. Such a classic, simple, yet well done pirate story. My god.
When I was 8, and my brother was 4, we watched this movie every Saturday and would always sing this song, Sailing For Adventure, Cabin Fever, and Professional Pirate when we would play on the swing set. Good times! :D
This song waa so good, they've changed some of the lines in the Disneyland ride to lyrics ❤ "Shiver my timbers shiver my spine" "When greed and villainy sail the seas.."
When the main sail's set and the anchor's weighed There's no turning back from any course that's laid And when greed and villainy sail the sea You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
I love this movie as a child I'm 24 and I still love this movie. I remember when I was younger I was scared of Sweetums the big Muppet that has long brown hair. I was so scared of him I would have to cover my face but the more I watched the movie the more I found out he was a good guy all along.
Fun fact: when I was 6 years old my dad would play this in his truck all the time. I've loved it but have never sat down and watch it. 15 years by the end of 2018, I noticed that Tim Curry was in I said to myself. "Guess what I'm watching tonight."
Pretty sure i've never even seen this film, at least not properly, and yet Shiver My Timbers, Shiver My Soul kept repeating in my head. So now i'm here to quell the ear worm.
You been missing it ^^ It's the original. Though it's an easy part to miss. If you listen close though, you can hear the the guitar for most of the rest - it's just under all the other instruments and vocals.
~*lyrics*~ Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul Yo ho heave ho There are men whose hearts are black as coal Yo ho heave ho And they sail their ship 'cross the ocean blue A bloodthirsty captain and a cutthroat crew It's as dark a tale as was ever told of the lust for treasure and The love of gold Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides Yo ho heave ho There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides Yo ho heave ho There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides Yo ho heave ho And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum The devil himself would have to call them scum Every man on board would have killed his mate For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight (a piece of eight [a piece of eight]) {Five, six, seven, eight} Hoola wacka Oola Wacka Somethin' not right Many wicked things gonna happen tonight! Hoola Wacka Oola Wacka Sailor man beware! When dere's money in de ground, dere murder in de air (murder in the air) [one more time now] Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones Yo ho heave ho There are secrets that sleep with ole Davy Jones Yo ho heave ho When the mainsail's set and the anchor's weighed There's no turning back from any course that's laid And when greedy and villainy sail the sea, You can bet your boots there'll be treachery {Yoweeaheeahiahiahhh} Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails, DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES...
I'm eighteen now, but I remember watching the movie when I was really quite young. I practically grew up with it (it came out when I was 1!) and it's still one of my all time favourite films!
I know this has probably been pointed out, but the lyric is: "And when greed and VILLAINY sail the seas you can ..." Oh, and btw, Crowning Moment of Awesome, anybody?
You know this is why Tim Burton called Disney hypocrites because of the dark things in their movies and them not excepting his movies because of the dark things.
Especially with how some of their villains get bumped off: Evil Queen gets crushed by a boulder. Maleficent gets stabbed in the heart. Ratigan falls from Big Ben's tower. Gaston falls from Beast's castle. Frollo falls (getting a little repetative here) into molten material (at least its spiced up). Scar gets EATEN ALIVE. Clayton gets hung by vines. Barbosa gets shot. Shan Yu gets blown up by fireworks. Favilier gets dragged to the Other Side. And, saving the most gruesome for last, the Horned King literally GETTING TORN PIECE BY PIECE BY THE A CURSED CAULDRON. Yeah, Disney should have had no complaints with Burton's work.
![Davy Jones [Lyrics]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n_LApFnTfP8/mqdefault.jpg)
"Okay Hans, it's a movie about pirates that are puppets. We don't need anything crazy."
Hans Zimmer:
Of course it's Han Zimmer, who else would come with such a legendary tune.
He wrote the score for the "Pirates of the Caribbean", don't expect anything less.
Zimmer wrote the instrumental score for the film, but his only writing credit on any of the songs is "Boom Shakalaka!". All of the songs, including this one, were written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.
"Hold my rum~"
Can we please give the people recognition, who actually wrote this song? Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil?
Easily the most unironically badass musical number in Muppet history.
MolemanNineThousand to
To quote Harley Quinn
YA DAMN STRAIGHT!!!
Yup
100%
MolemanNineThousand i agree, i especially love the rhymes throughout the song
It's amazing how a Muppets movie has one of the most hardcore pirate shanties ever.
And straight up murder. Was not expecting that.
I don't know, "Pirate's Scorn" goes pretty hard too, even the OG version let alone the Alestorm cover.
I haven't even seen this film, but its music is already up there with the Pirates of the Caribbean scores and Bear McCreary's score for Black Sails in the perfect pirate music.
@@ElvenRaptor That's what makes old kids movies so awesome.
They sugarcoat the murders lol@@superstarultra28
One of the more overlooked adaptations of Treasure Island.
It’s one of my favourite books of all time, and somehow the muppet version is the closest adaptation I’ve seen, the same goes for A Muppet Christmas Carol. Which is odd for adaptations that include a talking frog as a main character in both.
the only thing I don't like as an adult is that Jim was the only person on the ship (sailor or pirate) that thought to bring a compass
@@Bones1701 Michael Caine said the trick is to not look at them as puppets, but as real actors. Some about MCC that doesn't get enough credit is the climax of the Christmas Yet to Come segment. Everything Scrooge had seen up to this point had been about him, but in every other adaptation, he's suddenly clueless about what's obviously going on. When the Ghost finally shows him a grave, other actors give a big cliche NO! or the score hits a cliche scare chord. In this "kiddie" adaptation, it's clear from Caine's mannerism that he knows what the Ghost is showing him but doesn't want to admit it. And when he finally reads the name on the tombstone, he just quietly sobs out his name as the score remains lowkey. That was the finest acting ever in a Muppet movie
@@Viking_Luchador the ones of Michael Caine and Alastair Sim are two essential Scrooge portrayals
But undoubtedly the best
This might seem strange but this is the song that gets me motivated and moving. For example: when I mow the lawn.
Same. This is my physical labour song.
This song and the one from Lord of the Rings "Where there's a Whip there's a Way."
To your credit, the tempo of the song actually goes very well with something like lawn mowing. Along with other forms of steady physical labor and heavy lifting.
Or that gives one a healthy fear of god..
Now I'm going to try playing this when mowing the lawn.
This song did not need to go this hard, but I'm glad it did.
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks.
@@stephanginther9051 Henson liked 'Mirroring' real life, Rather than just right-out censoring fantasy in media. And pirates were nooot 'Nice' people at all..
.. And he respected people's 'Intelligence.' Even as 'Kids.'
RIGHT?! like damn its a muppet movie 😂. Love it, been a favorite since I was a kid
@@stephanginther9051thank you for explaining this!
We’re all glad
Fun fact about the line, 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag o' ginnies or a piece or eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar. In the 1600-1700's you could make change by cutting a coin into up to eight peieces. Eighths were the smallest pieces that were accepted. Oh, and a piece of eight was worth roughly 13 dollars. So that was what their shipmates lives were worth. (on and that's 13$ in *today's* money, not when 13 dollars could buy you a small ranch horses included)
It was not just the 1600-1700s, from antiquity up to the 18th/19th century coins were made of precious metals. Theoretically each coin was worth its weight (hence the scale being an important symbol of banking and trade), so half a coin was half the value, but since meddling with coins was usually heavily punished (and complete coins are just easier to handle) most other currency coins were just left intact. Spanish coins were particularily present in American-European trade - and their handling difficult to police - not only because of Spain having controlled much of the Americas, but because they found rich silver deposits which led to them minting copious amounts of silver coins (they mined so much silver that still in the 19th century China would massively suffer from it).
@@Nickname-ef9tv Good info
A MUPPET MOVIE wrote one of the most piratey pirate shanties to ever be sung.
Let that sink in.
And even more fittingly? It's a muppet adaptation of the book that legendary pirate song 'Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum' is from!
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum, is a shanty from the original book actually.
@@Spam1192 um... yeah. I said so. In that comment, in fact.
Im in the USMC and i hiked up Mt LeConte with some Marine friends and some army rangers, We all made a line and marched up the mountain singing this song. The looks we got from all the other hikers was priceless.
It was the most epic win ever.
Oh that would've been awesome to watch. xD
(Spoiler Alert) It's just not the same without the gunfire at the end.
Thank you!
Mouse Trap22 You're welcome.:-)
Mainly thank you as in "It isn't the same without the gunfire" but still love the song haha
Mouse Trap22 I knew that.
+Kevin Lane that gunfire makes the soundtrack better.
So the cute furry muppets singing a, really pretty dark, song about pirating and murder?
Man, I forgot how awesome childhood was!!!
dont forget the intro includes some pirates getting murdered by their captain slightly off camera
Pretty much a kid-friendly version of Black Sails
Christine Phipps ikr
ah what movies were allowed to get away with in the 90s and early 2000s, none of this modern day political correctness crap
And they use the word "Lust". Couldn't make this today I think. I goddamn love this movie.
This song has no right being this much of a banger
It really didn't have to go this hard, but it did didn't it. My question is, how can a song be BOTH silly AND epic?
And it ended with a bang if you get my meaning.
@@stephanginther9051because the line between epic and silly is *really* bloody thin to start with. And in film in particular , which side of that line you sit on is highly dependent on the tone of the music and lighting.
@ Your comment reminds me of the actor that plays Scrooge in Muppet A Christmas Carol. The actor said that he was going to treat the role like he was performing for The Royal Shakespeare Company. He was determined to act as though he *wasn't* performing alongside puppets...could his performance have been any more perfect? I doubt it. That's all a long winded way of saying I agree.
It's much more fun when you understand that "shiver my timbers, shiver my sides!" basically means, "holy shit, I think we're royally fucked".
"Timbers" meaning the ship's masts, and "sides" meaning the hull. Both are kinda important parts of a ship.
And that 'shiver' could be used synonymously with 'splinter,' i.e., _by cannon fire._
"And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum, the devil himself would have to call them scum!"
The Muppets, everybody!
You know, for kids!
+The Media Raptor A FAMILY picture.
+Jason Small
Both Hensons insisted that the Muppets were intended to be family-friendly, but that didn't mean they were meant to be children's entertainment. While Kermit was teetotal in this movie, Fozzie obviously wasn't, though no Muppet was shown to drink on-screen.
The only people actually shown drunk were the pirates (note: villains). Disney did a similar take on Captain Hook in the original Peter Pan, being murderous and obviously evil. Kids can take it, and even understand that this is how bad guys act.
This might be a silly and family friendly pirate flick, but it is no "Jake and the Neverland Pirates".
+Jason Small
"Who hired this crew!? This is undoubtedly the seediest bunch of cutthroats, villains and scoundrels I have ever seen, so WHO HIRED THEM!?"
+RelativelyBest Fozzie *points at finger*
This song sounds like how the Pirates of the Carribbean ride feels.
Yeah
Then I should try that ride
This true
Well, Hans Zimmer did write the score for this film, before the "Pirates" franchise.
@@elizabethalvarado8698 Did not know that!
I used to listen this when I was barely 4, dressed as a pirate, made of old pyjamas, swinging a sword around imagining I was hacking through some tropical island.
I can still remember this
Good memories ^^
That's almost certainly what Robert Lewis Stephenson intended for the readers of his book! 😄
I did the exact same thing at the same age... at the songs epic and punching conclusion, I would pretend to shoot whichever family member conveniently happened to be around...
This song feels so anticlimactic without the gunshot at the end.
True
Maybe this will do
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My brother and I are 24 and 29 we bought this on DVD and Drank two bottle's of captain morganas rum watching this. best nostalgia trip ever
That’s how the muppets wanted you to do this
"DON'T BE GIVING HIM ANYMORE RUM!!!"
Me and my best friend Jacob here in Denmark saw it and drank a bottle of rum he brought that was from taken up from the Northern Sea in Europe from a British shipwreck back from the 1870's
What a good idea. I know what I'll do with my hubs as soon as the next salary hits the acc
Oh, Aye... 15 men went ashore that day, and only Flint, his own self returned. Oh aye, and then old Flinty, up and died before he could get back to that cursed island, and dig up the treasure. No one knows to this day who has old Flint's map.
Now isn't THAT a story worth hearing?
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES *Gunshot*
Isabelle Rayth I can see why they named the most recent POTC Dead men tell no tales
A FAAAAAAMILY PICTURE!
@@t.m.83 Good inspiration.
Dead men tell no tales. They make them.
Some men return from a war in a bag, and yet the world knows their story - Sabaton The Ballad Of Bull
'One more time now!'
When an unironic banger knows it's a banger
Shiver my Timbers, shiver my bones. There are secrets that sleep with old Davy Jones! Yo ho heave ho!
"...Does anyone else hear...well...everything around us singing about how doomed we are? Just me? Whatever then..."
This is one of the greatest muppets opening to their films
One of the best muppet movies period. They're all good (I don't count the ones his son did) but this one was really special.
This song feels empty without the visuals to help it tell a story. I remember watching this scene as a kid and hearing the song and not once did I ever think that one could exist without the other. The song helps give the scene energy and the song can’t exist without the scene. And come on, when that final line “shiver my Timbers, shiver my sails, dead men tell no tales” comes around, you can’t end it without the sound and imagery of Flint firing off his flintlock pistols and killing his crew. Without it, the song feels incomplete.
I absolutely agree about the ending! I watched this movie so damned much when I was young (partly because it was one of the only Muppets movies we actually had 😆) that this scene and number lives in my head rent free. Along with bits of Sailing For Adventure and A Professional Pirate. 😉
@@KitaraStrife Same here, man! This was the only Muppet film I had on VHS when I was a kid, so I would watch it all the time. And these songs are imbedded in my brain forever.
I think that the song is (obviously) at its best in the context it was intended for - the opening titles of Muppet Treasure Island - but I think it's quite wrong to say that song doesn't exist without the scene. I think it's a great tune in its own right.
@@PuissantAlgernon i prefer it without visuals.
Man that "DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES. *gunshot* " goes so hard for a kids movie with the Muppets.
It doesn't feel right without the gunshot at the end...
But that version with shot is censored :D "devil call him scum" part is not there.
@@Komotau4691 Funilly enough the yt kids version with the video isn't censored in any way
@@Shrimp_Insurance Ironic :D
Why does a Muppet movie have one of the most badass pirate songs I've ever heard!?
Okay so it's not just me who thinks if you did not know any better you would think this was from a gritty violent dark R rated pirate movie.
Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
Yo oh heave ho
There are men whose hearts as as black as coal
Yo oh heave ho
And they sailed their ship cross the ocean blue
A blood-thirsty captain and a cut-throat crew
It's as dark a tale as was ever told
Of the lust for treasure and the love of gold
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
Yo oh heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the wind and tides
Yo oh heave ho
And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum
The devil himself would have to call them scum
Every man aboard would have killed his mate
For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight
A piece of eight
A piece of eight
Five, six, seven, eight
Hulla wacka ulla wacka something not right
Many wicked icky things gonna happen tonight
Hulla wacka ulla wacka sailor man beware
When de money in the ground dere's murder in de air
Murder in de air
One more time now
Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones
Yo oh heave ho
There are secrets that sleep with old Davy Jones
Yo oh heave ho
When the mainsail's set and the anchor's weighed
There's no turning back from any course that's laid
And when greed and villainy sail the sea
You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails
Dead men tell no tales
0:57 That guitar, every time, just perfect.
Hans Zimmer just knows when there should be a rock orchestration!
I just realized, for a generation, since Treasure Planet bombed, THIS is still the main adaptation of Treasure Island.
It did bomb but it has attained cult status much like The Black Cauldron.
Still one of the best intros to any movie ever. ^^
Yup
Only outran by Pirates of the Caribbean ironically
Well, Hans Zimmer composed for both Muppet Treasure Island and Pirates of the Caribbean.
ReyaitheShadowWolf It's one hell of an opening song
+Alex Gu (darkmagician2521) they are kind of the same.
Seriously, some of these lyrics are legit total fire.
Shiver My Timbers, Shiver My Soul
Yo Ho Heave Ho
There are men who's hearts as black as coal
Yo Ho Heave Ho.
Really powerful opening, the mood is impeccable. I just love how the first statement isn't about treasure, or the sea. It's about the evil of man and his willingness to eat himself.
It's a dark a tale as was ever told
Of a lust for treasure and a love of gold...
I love this line, because it's basically saying that this is just one of a million stories just like it. But this one is the best.
Shiver My Timbers, Shiver my sides
Yo ho heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides
Yo ho heave ho
I freaking love this line, again, I just love the fact that it's just telling you matter-of-fact that men can be evil, and not just evil, but powerful.
And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum,
The devil himself would have to call'em scum!
Every man aboard would have killed his mate,
for a bag of ginnies or a piece-of-eight.
Just gorgeous imagery, the sight of these miserable salty pirates quietly murmuring, brutal bloody souls begrudgingly working with each other each with the intention of betraying everyone around him.
Sailormen beware,
when there's money in the ground,
there's murder in the air.
Again, I just love the simplicity of this line, heralding what's about to come.
When the main sail's in and the anchors weighed
there's no turning back from any course that's laid,
and when greed and villainy sail the sea,
you can bet your boots there'll be treachery.
And at last, we have a final warning about the inevitable destiny of those who live by the sword. There's no turning back.
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails,
dead men tell no tails.
and then we switch to Flint's pov, like he himself is relishing in his own deeds, such a scoundrel.
*BANG*
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks. Honestly though, how is a song both silly AND epic?? Whoever wrote this song somehow managed it.
@@stephanginther9051 get a life bro instead of replying to every comment on this video.
Like the song, you didn't have to go that hard (with your analysis), but also like the song I'm glad you did.
The flute piping up right before the electric guitar sends shivers up my spine everytime!
When I was just a lad, looking for my true vocation... (around the age of 4 or 5) I watched this movie ad nauseam.
During this opening sequence, I would dress up as a pirate, push around a large wooden treasure chest my grandfather constructed for me (I had a serious pirate phase).
At the songs epic and punching conclusion, I would pretend to shoot whichever family member conveniently happened to be around...
This movie helped instill my love for history, film, and most of all, music.
People say Muppets Christmas Carol is the best (Which yes that one is spectacular too) but this one is my all time favorite. This song alone was amazing and really set the tone for the awesome adventure that was to come from the movie.
‘And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum’
7-Year-Old-Me: Ah, the tragedy of human greed…what’s rum???? Oooo! GONZO!
This was my favourite song from the movie.
It was the most serious and chilling. With the muppets, the other songs were too comedic.
One thing that makes the song even better for me is some context for the line 'Every man aboard would'a killed his mate for a bag of ginnys or a piece of eight.' Yeah...a piece of eight was a literal eighth of a Spanish silver dollar (back then you could literally cut up a coin into up to 8 pieces to make change) and in todays economy a piece of eight would have the buying power of approximately $12.50. So these guys would kill their shipmate for just over ten bucks.
I remember when the NC included this on his "Best Villain Songs" list, despite by his own admission he had never seen the movie. "Professional Pirate" was the real Villain Song
Yes, thank you
Now he has. He just putted the song on his list because it is really a cool one.
NC? Isn't he that cringelord who made that godawful cover of The Wall?
@@HOTD108_ It was a parody and a pretty bad one.
'Twas his ONLY number....
I've never watched the muppets as a child, so I don't really care about the movie, but I just love this soundtrack. Everything Hans Zimmer touches turns to pure gold!
Deprived childhood. You poor thing!
Dude, you had a sad childhood
Hans Zimmer is amazing, without a doubt.
Hans Zimmer didn't write the songs though. That was Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
I can not believe that I was 6 years old when I saw this at the cinema, this song at the beginning was just brilliant and I never excepted him to shoot the crew. I love the bit where the skulls are singing and this does sound like a seashanty and I love the end line "shiver my timbers, shiver my sails, dead men tell no tales"
"Dead men tell no tales" always slaps
"he died!?!??? and this is supposed to be a kids film!!!"
This is one of the best pirate songs I've ever heard and I can't believe it came from a muppet movie
Amazing work by Zimmer here. Also you can really hear the Holst influence at around 1:37 with that brass in the background.
would have better if they left in that gunshot at the end
Definitely dude! That thunder crashing BANG always makes my heart stop for a moment
It's better with the gunshot.
Aye. 15 men went ashore that day and only Flint himself returned
Now, isn't that a story worth the hearing?
@@Phentari It was the first dozen times we've heard it.
“There are hungers strong as the wind and tides” is a heck of a line
"ONE-MORE-TIME-NOW" - kills me every time
1:35
I'm still disturbed by that pile of singing skulls after 10 years.
Bruh, same
Nerd bro why they just vibing
I just listened to a treasure island audiobook on audible and my god Treasure Island is legendary. Such a classic, simple, yet well done pirate story. My god.
One of the greatest movies I've ever seen, and this song was a certified banger.
When I was 8, and my brother was 4, we watched this movie every Saturday and would always sing this song, Sailing For Adventure, Cabin Fever, and Professional Pirate when we would play on the swing set. Good times! :D
This song waa so good, they've changed some of the lines in the Disneyland ride to lyrics ❤
"Shiver my timbers shiver my spine"
"When greed and villainy sail the seas.."
I don't know who decided to add in the electric guitar, but it works surprisingly well.
Oh sweet we can comment on this video now. Anyways awesome song from underrated Muppets film.
You think its cause of the language used?
0:58 I grew up with this movie and I've only just noticed that piece of Guitar.
I once watched this movie at 2 in the morning after having way too much cough syrup and it was one of the wildest experiences of my life. I loved it.
I don’t know if it’s intentional or not, but the Muppets just keep dropping some of the most ironically banging songs of all time
When the main sail's set and the anchor's weighed
There's no turning back from any course that's laid
And when greed and villainy sail the sea
You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
SHIVER MY TIMBERS, SHIVER MY SAILS
DEAD. MEN. TELL. NO. TALES.
@@metallord6960 "Aye, fifteen men went ashore that day, and only ol' Flint himself returned..."
Hmm I wonder who made this..
Hans Zimmer: *waves hello*
Me: *sounds about right*
Disney: Pirates are good people and we should root for them.
also Disney: Dead men tell no tales
I love this movie as a child I'm 24 and I still love this movie. I remember when I was younger I was scared of Sweetums the big Muppet that has long brown hair. I was so scared of him I would have to cover my face but the more I watched the movie the more I found out he was a good guy all along.
One more time now!
As a kid, I always thought the nostrils were the eyes on those stone statues
Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. They are muppets.
Me too!
Me too.
Not me too because I'm not an idiot
@@blind_surgeon sheesh! Go easy on us man! How were we supposed to know those were statues of pigs?!
Pretty dark song for a movie about a Frog, Pig, Bear, Alien, and Rat playing dress up as Pirates...
And in 2025.... I STILL LOVE IT!!!
Fun fact: when I was 6 years old my dad would play this in his truck all the time. I've loved it but have never sat down and watch it. 15 years by the end of 2018, I noticed that Tim Curry was in I said to myself. "Guess what I'm watching tonight."
WHO HIRED THIS CREW!? This is undoubtedly the seediest bunch of cutthroats, villains, and scoundrels I have ever seen so who hired them!?
👉👆
@@elwoodjacobs4353 your finger hired the crew?
@@michaelflores9384 _No,_ that's _silly._ The man who _lives_ in my finger, Mr. Bimble.
@@elwoodjacobs4353👆*whisper whisper*
Which is an AMAZING thing to have as the opening song to a KID'S movie!
"OK we just need you to make a intro song to Muppet Treasure Island. Don't go crazy and let me know what you come up with."
The Result:
Pretty sure i've never even seen this film, at least not properly, and yet Shiver My Timbers, Shiver My Soul kept repeating in my head.
So now i'm here to quell the ear worm.
It really didn't have to go this hard, but it did didn't it. My question is, how can a song be BOTH silly AND epic?
@@stephanginther9051 good question...
OMG, that guitar riff at 0:58 . Either that's not in the on-screen version, or I've missed it all these years.
You been missing it ^^ It's the original. Though it's an easy part to miss. If you listen close though, you can hear the the guitar for most of the rest - it's just under all the other instruments and vocals.
You have missed it all these years.
quod non est The choir and guitar riff killed me with the perfect dose of epic.
It's actually an old Zimmer trope
~*lyrics*~
Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
Yo ho heave ho
There are men whose hearts are black as coal
Yo ho heave ho
And they sail their ship 'cross the ocean blue
A bloodthirsty captain and a cutthroat crew
It's as dark a tale as was ever told of the lust for treasure and
The love of gold
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
Yo ho heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
Yo ho heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the winds and tides
Yo ho heave ho
And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum
The devil himself would have to call them scum
Every man on board would have killed his mate
For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight
(a piece of eight [a piece of eight])
{Five, six, seven, eight}
Hoola wacka Oola Wacka
Somethin' not right
Many wicked things gonna happen tonight!
Hoola Wacka Oola Wacka
Sailor man beware!
When dere's money in de ground, dere murder in de air
(murder in the air)
[one more time now]
Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones
Yo ho heave ho
There are secrets that sleep with ole Davy Jones
Yo ho heave ho
When the mainsail's set and the anchor's weighed
There's no turning back from any course that's laid
And when greedy and villainy sail the sea,
You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
{Yoweeaheeahiahiahhh}
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails,
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES...
I'm eighteen now, but I remember watching the movie when I was really quite young. I practically grew up with it (it came out when I was 1!) and it's still one of my all time favourite films!
One of the most epic Muppet songs ever made!
This Movie was my favorite when i was a kid i think i must have watched it 100 times . ^^
Hans Zimmer did an amazing job with this soundtrack!
This seems to be based on a work song called “On the Railroad”. This version’s cooler though.
If Hans Zimmer composed this movie, this opening song reminds me of Deliver us- From The Prince of Egypt.
hans zimmer did compose this
If you're into music theory, this song is a good lesson in modulation. Each verse changes the key a half-step up.
I know this has probably been pointed out, but the lyric is:
"And when greed and VILLAINY sail the seas you can ..."
Oh, and btw, Crowning Moment of Awesome, anybody?
THANK YOU I've been looking for the OST everywhere you're a lifesaver ^^ now onto more muppet madness
best movie ever for the muppets!!!!! hands down muppet treasure island!!!!
I just now noticed the epic electric guitar coming in after the chorus! AWESOME! :D
The best movie opening of the 90's.
Bad boys opening scene better
@@vildachaya6462 Ok, the best Rated-G movie opening of the 90's.
2:22 "BOOM!!!"
Really wish it did end with a flintlock going off.
This was a pretty epic and bad ass song it honestly got my goat every time I watched the Movie
Both Shiver My Timbers and Sailing for Adventure are my favorite songs in Muppet Treasure Island
Is this a progenitor of pirate metal? I don't think I'd be mad if it was.
I never heard the guitar in the back as a kid! This is even better!!
1:58 This is the part of the rave everyone goes mental for.
I just watched this movie for the first time in 6 years and this song still hits as hard.
Seriously, every Pirate move should start off like this. Its literally perfect.
Binging on all things Muppet tonight. They were such a huge, irreplaceable part of my childhood.
Still a fantastic opening song after 25 years
You know this is why Tim Burton called Disney hypocrites because of the dark things in their movies and them not excepting his movies because of the dark things.
Especially with how some of their villains get bumped off:
Evil Queen gets crushed by a boulder.
Maleficent gets stabbed in the heart.
Ratigan falls from Big Ben's tower.
Gaston falls from Beast's castle.
Frollo falls (getting a little repetative here) into molten material (at least its spiced up).
Scar gets EATEN ALIVE.
Clayton gets hung by vines.
Barbosa gets shot.
Shan Yu gets blown up by fireworks.
Favilier gets dragged to the Other Side.
And, saving the most gruesome for last, the Horned King literally GETTING TORN PIECE BY PIECE BY THE A CURSED CAULDRON.
Yeah, Disney should have had no complaints with Burton's work.
1:19: hula wocka hula wocka, something's not right. Many wicky icky things gonna happen tonight. Hula wocka hula wocka, saliorman beware.
Best part.
WHEN THE MONEEE IN THE GROUND, DERE'S MURDER IN THE AAIIIR.
@@vandeheyeric MURDER IN THE AIR!
@@Sora-md1ye ONE MORE TIME NAO!
I really wish the soundtrack version ended with the gunshot like in the film. It punctuates such a mystifying and dark song perfectly.
Well, I can imagine Capitan Jack Sparrow singing along with this, oddly enough. Love this movie so much!
Hans Zimmer also composed PoTC. It's hardly any wonder this is so good!
Firs time listing to this and...it fire
Damn Muppets you ain't have to go that hard!
This song didn't have to go this hard, but boy am I glad it did.
That gun shot at the end is the best part of the ..... ahh damn. Disappointed it’s not there but still love this song