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Fun Music Information -> Tom Waits
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Jokes:
Who would win in a fight between Superman and Goku? Tom Waits. Submitted by: Alice
| TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Stupid Band Names:
- It's his real name (actually, Tom is short for Thomas, but that's beside the point), but it could also be a complete sentence! Submitted by: Kelly
Weird Names of Music Performer's Children:
- Kelliesimone - An interesting choice to merge two names that would otherwise be separated. Submitted by: Eric Andrews
Singers Who Act:
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Coffee and Cigarettes, Domino" | Great acting, played parts that fit him well - Jeffrey DeVilliers |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "The Piano Has Been Drinking," | A piano isn't alive, therefore it can't drink. | Isac |
| "All The World Is Green," | Much of the world is not green. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Yesterday Is Here," | Yesterday is gone. Today is here. | Yvette Bristle |
| "The Piano Has Been Drinking," | And where is its mouth? 'Nuff said! | Lou Quilson |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Mother Of Your Child," Lil' Mo | "Another Man's Wife," Tom Waits | |
| "Rock And Roll Band," Boston | "Ol' 55," Tom Waits | |
| "Never Grow Up," Taylor Swift | "I Don't Want To Grow Up," Tom Waits | |
| "National Talk Like A Pirate Day," Lambchop | "Shiver Me Timbers," Tom Waits | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Rome Is Bleeding" originally "Romeo Is Bleeding"
Natasha Bly
"Romo Is Bleeding" originally "Romeo Is Bleeding"
Sutch
"Down Here By The Train" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
"Shiver Me Timers" originally "Shiver Me Timbers"
Karen Smith
"Down There By The Rain" originally "Down There By The Train"
Rachel
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Down There Buy The Train" originally "Down There By The Train"
Pronunciation the same; different meaning.
Karen Smith
"Drown There By The Train" originally "Down There By The Train"
Peter
"Sinus Of My Father" originally "Sins Of My Father"
Doug Graves
"Sins Of My Feather" originally "Sins Of My Father"
Doug Graves
Change a Letter:
"Dawn There By The Train" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
"Down There By The Brain" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
"Down There By The Grain" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
"Down There By The Drain" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
"Down There By The Trail" originally "Down There By The Train"
Sheila Koffel
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Christmas Card From a H**ker in Minneapolis" | "Christmas Card From a Cookie Monster on Sesame Street" | slg12 |
| "Big In Japan" | "Big In My Mind" | aRot |
| "Get Behind The Mule" | "Get Beyond The Fool" | aRot |
| "The Piano Has Been Drinking" | "The Soprano Has Been Sinking" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Clap Hands" | "Crap Scans" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Heigh-Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)" | "My Hos (A Pimp's Peacock Song)" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "In the Neighborhood" | "In America" | Jaykob Walson |
| "Chocolate Jesus" | "Republican Humor" | aRoT |
| "Martha" | "Mothra" | Blaydeman |
| "Bad As Me" | "Puberty" | Abbott Skelding |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Earth Died Screaming | Environmental Protection Agency | Greg Boize |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Tom Petty Waits
Tom Petty combined with Tom Waits
What does he wait for?
Submitted By: Butch
Tom Waits 28 Days
Tom Waits combined with 28 Days
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
Tom Waits Four Seasons
Tom Waits combined with Four Seasons
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
Tom Waits 10 Years
Tom Waits combined with 10 Years
Sounds like "Time waits 10 years"
Submitted By: Gretchen Wieners
There are additional Tom Waits Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"New Coat of Paint"
Misheard Lyrics: Les out a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town Original Lyrics: Let’s put a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town | "Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna will you into killing
Original Lyrics: Gonna whittle you into kindling.
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"New Coat of Paint"
Misheard Lyrics: Less butter new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town Original Lyrics: Let's put a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town | "Heartattack and Vine"
Misheard Lyrics: all the tekken time
Original Lyrics: on heartattack and vine.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"New Coat of Paint"
Misheard Lyrics: Les out a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town Original Lyrics: Let’s put a new coat of paint
On this lonesome old town |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Oscar I mean come on Les, propping up the paint industry all by yourself. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"
The Lyrics: and I still have that record
of Little Anthony & the Imperials but someone stole my record player now how do you like that? Who They Mention: Little Anthony & the Imperials
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
| "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun"
The Lyrics: I'd rather die before I wake like Marilyn Monroe,
And you can throw my dreams out in the street Who They Mention: Marilyn Monroe
Submitted by: Tania WYEP
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Made Up Words in Songs:
"Swordfishtrombone"
The Made Up Words: swordfishtrombone
Comments: "He went and took up with a Salvation Army band girl
Who played dirty water on a swordfishtrombone." -- are the lyrics that have the title word in context. Neither the word nor its overall context in the song make its meaning very self-explanatory. I googled the word and tried to look up a definition, to make sure it wasn't a pre-existing word. I found nothing to suggest it to be anything other than the song's invention. It seems an obscure, not clearly definable term, just a juxtaposition of two dissimilar entities. Submitted by: Natalie Lundgren
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Song Title Space Change:
"I'll Beg One" originally "I'll Be Gone"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Ill Be Gone" originally "I'll Be Gone"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Big Black Maria H." originally "Big Black Mariah"
Submitted by: Cheryl Jordan
"Big Black Maria H." originally "Big Black Mariah"
Submitted by: Cheryl Jordan
"In No Cent When You Dream" originally "Innocent When You Dream "
Are we in dollars?
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Band Name Anagrams:
Most Wait Submitted by: Kirsten Abercrombie
Atom's Wit Submitted by: Karen Smith
Remarkable for a mere atom to have wit!
Song Title Anagrams:
"Tom's Worn Bored Fish" originally "Swordfishtrombone"
Submitted by: Natalie Lundgren
"Tom's Fish-Borne Word" originally "Swordfishtrombone"
Submitted by: Natalie Lundgren
Super Short Pop Songs:
"Frank's Wild Years" Length: 1:34
One of Tom Wait's "story" songs where the lyrics are spoken
Submitted by: Ra'akone
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Town Down Train" originally "Downtown Train"
Submitted by: Sutch
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Romeo Is Bleeding"
1993 film with Gary Oldman & Lena Olin
Submitted by: Sutch
