Extreme Pinball

"Pinball Wizard" is one of the songs that took their own life. Completely out of context of the original rock opera "Tommy," for which it was written, "Pinball Wizard" appears to be a somewhat fanciful, strange tale of a deaf, dumb and blind child who has managed to master playing pinball. His skill level is great enough to defeat even the most talented champions lights, and he will become the king of the local community of pinball. It may even seem as if the song was written for children, given its non-threatening breaks acoustic guitar and apparently the light of lyrical content.

The sense of the way and why it was written are clearly very different. "Tommy" is the story of a boy who was robbed of sense standard that humans are generally granted, and as such it is not a fairy light. The group is concerned that perhaps the main message and themes explored in "Tommy" was too dark for public consumption, and that something must be done to prevent people from falling too deeply into the spiritual abyss. This concern was amplified when the critics have responded to a set of rough of the album with limited enthusiasm. At WHO Pinball Wizard is a way to give their character as eccentric as a skill to make him love the public, although Pete Townshend never been happy with what he considered his "clumsy" arrangement song.

The song was originally intended to be a little less clean cut and gay than the version that has been put on the album. Townshend wrote the lyrics slightly raunchier and had hoped to imbue the song with the kind of irreverence and humor school he felt was appropriate for the characters in the story. It is also interesting to note that of all the songs on "Tommy", was the only one that was picked up by rock radio and became extremely popular. Given that the whole room looks like a novelty song from the boundaries of the work, perhaps it is not uncommon for many casual fans of The Who Pinball Wizard is the only track of that album which they are familiar. The appeal of "Pinball Wizard" is not limited to fans. Artists as diverse as Rod Stewart and Elton John has recorded covers of the track, and continues to be a popular song to cover modern rock band.