Video Games Vista: The Who - Pinball Wizard Videos

Added: Nov 23, 2008

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The Who - Pinball WizardHigh Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJw6Hp2OQNs&fmt=18"Pinball Wizard" - Tommy is discovered to have a talent for pinball, and quickly defeats the game's tournament champion. This propels Tommy to international celebrity status. "Pinball Wizard" is the reigning champion's song. "Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached #4 in the UK charts.The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called "Local Lad" in the Tommy libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: "That deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball", and "I thought I was the Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him".Townshend once called it "the most clumsy piece of writing [he'd] ever done"; nevertheless, the song was a gigantic commercial success and one of the most recognized tunes from the opera. It was a perpetual concert favourite for Who fans due to its pop sound and familiarity.The song was introduced into Tommy as an afterthought. In late 1968 or early 1969, when The Who played a rough assembly of their new album to critic Nik Cohn, Cohn gave a lukewarm reaction. Following this, Townshend, as Tommy's principal composer, discussed the album with Cohn and concluded that, to lighten the load of the rock opera's heavy spiritual overtones (Townshend had recently become deeply interested in the teachings of Meher Baba), the title character, a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy, should also be particularly good at a certain game. Knowing Cohn was an avid pinball fan, Townshend suggested that Tommy would play pinball, and Cohn immediately declared Tommy to be a masterpiece. The song "Pinball Wizard" was written and recorded almost immediately.Lyrics:Ever since I was a young boyI've played the silver ballFrom Soho down to BrightonI must have played them allBut I ain't seen nothing like himIn any amusement hallThat deaf dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballHe stands like a statueBecomes part of the machineFeeling all the bumpersAlways playing cleanHe plays by intuitionThe digit counters fallThat deaf dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballHe's a pinball wizardThere has got to be a twistA pinball wizard,S'got such a supple wrist'How do you think he does it? I don't knowWhat makes him so good?He ain't got no distractionsCan't hear those buzzers and bellsDon't see lights a flashin'Plays by sense of smellAlways has a replay'n' never tilts at allThat deaf dumb and blind kidSure plays a mean pinballI thought I wasThe Bally table kingBut I just handedMy pin ball crown to himEven my usual tableHe can beat my bestHis disciples lead him inAnd he just does the restHe's got crazy flipper fingersNever seen him fallThat deaf dumb and blind kindSure plays a mean pinball

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