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    Waits, Tom

    Which two Waits albums have won Grammy awards?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      'Bone Machine' and 'Mule Variations'. The awards crowd has finally caught up with one of the great songwriters of our time. Two of his four albums in the 90's won awards, but strangely, or in typical Tom Waits style, in two completely different categories.

    Which song contains these lines: 'Strangle all the Christmas carols, scratch out all your prayers, tie em up with barbed wire, and push them down the stairs.'?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      Wrong Side of the Road. It appeared on the 1978 album 'Blue Valentines' and is one of my favourite songs.

    Which band covered the first song on Tom's first album, "'Ol 55"?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      The Eagles. Not such a good a cover, stick to the original.

    Which album was his first one?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      Closing Time. It was released in 1973.

    Where did Waits record "Nighthawks at the Diner?"Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      In a studio. Waits invited a few guest to give the place a live audience feel. He told jokes made fun of the patrons and gave the album one of the most uniquely live feelings I have ever experienced on a record. I especially loved "The Ballad of Big Joe and Phantom 309."

    What was Tom's first movie?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Paradise Alley. Waits played Mumbles in a movie written and directed by Sylvester Stallone about three brothers growing up in Hell's Kitchen, so I guess, Sly Stallone gave him his big break in the movies.

    What snack food did Tom sue for doing an imitation of his song "Step Right Up"?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      Doritos. He won the suit for ripping of his song and style.

    What is the only movie Tom Waits has written?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Big Time. It was a concert movie, but man, what a weird concert movie it was.

    What is the name of the play Waits debuted in 1986?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Frank's Wild Years. Based on a song From 'Swordfishtrombones', 'Frank's Wild Years' is the story of Frank O'Brien, a guy sitting on a park bench in East St. Louis dreaming of his past.

    What is not a credited instrument on 'Swordfishtrombones'?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Saw. 'Swordfishtrombones' is probably the most radical changes of style any artist has ever taken in music. Waits went from piano and bass lead music to something from another planet with this album. It is a masterpiece that most resembles a carnival freak show in style and content. It also established Waits as one of the most unique artists in the history of American music.

    What did Waits perform on the 1988 Disney film song compilation album, "Stay Awake?" Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Heigh Ho. In typical Tom Waits style, he totally re-worked the dwarves marching song giving it a melancholy feel that lingered high above the other songs on the album.

    Tom Waits was credited for the soundtrack of which 1991 Jim Jarmusch film? Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Night on Earth. 'Night on Earth' is the only time Waits was credited for a soundtrack on a Jarmusch movie although Jarmusch has used many of Waits' songs in his movies. Waits was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Score for the movie, "One From The Heart."

    Tom Waits recorded the song 'I Never Talk to Strangers' with which actress?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      Bette Midler. The song first appeared on the album 'Foreign Affairs' (1977). It's about two lonely people who meet in a bar and start talking to each other.

    Tom Waits earned an Academy Award nomination for writing the music for which movie?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      One from the Heart. A Francis Ford Coppola film. Waits has also played in many of Coppola's movies, including "Bram Stoker's Dracula".

    The song "Innocent When You Dream" was featured at the end of what 1995 film?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      Smoke. An excellent film starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau Jr., Stockard Channing and Ashley Judd.

    On what date was Tom born?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      December 7, 1949. He was born on the eighth anniversary of the day of infamy.

    Legend says that Tom Waits was born in the back of a taxi cab, he popped out, got a shave and grabbed a beer. What state was he born in?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      California. Tom originally hails from Pomona,CA.

    In the song "Going Out West" from the album "Bone Machine" which is not one of the attributes that Tom mentions?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      he can eat like a starving pit bull. If you're not familiar with the music of Tom Waits, you should be.

    In the song "Eyeball Kid", where does the "Eyeball Kid" want to play at some day?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      Carnegie Hall. No arms, no legs, just a great big eye.

    In 1992 his album 'Bone Machine' won Grammy Award for best album in which musical genre?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      Alternative. It was an easy one, I hope.

    In "Fishing with John" where do John Lurie and Tom go fishing?Tom Waits in Other Places (JoeSmow)

      Jamaica. Tom got sick midway through the episode and was obviously pissed at John Lurie. According to rumor, he didn't speak to Lurie for two years, and has never seen the episode.

    According to Waits's own words, what does he hate?Tom Waits Trivia (pia_fraus)

      Disneyland. He says that Disneyland primes kids for Las Vegas.

    "Gun Street Girl", "Big Black Mariah" and "Walking Spanish" are songs from which Tom Waits album?The Great Tom Waits (jjalan)

      Rain Dogs. My personal favorite Tom Waits album.

    "And it entertains visiting relatives,
    it turns a sandwich into a banquet,
    Tired of being the life of the party?
    Change your shorts, change your life, change your life,
    Change into a nine-year-old Hindu boy, get rid of your wife,
    And it walks your dog, and it doubles on sax,
    Doubles on sax, you can jump back Jack, see you later alligator"     		Ten Tom Waits Songs (MollyGrue)

      Step Right Up. Trivia Bit - "Waits v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 978 F.2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1992) Frito Lay, Inc. used the sound of `Step Right Up' from Small Change for a commercial and didn't think anyone would notice. Tom Waits won the suit and then Frito-Lay, Inc. sued him for some sort of embarrassment which they did not win." (www.officialtomwaits.com/toc.htm)

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