This week’s “Video Find of the Week” features Grammy nominated American violinist, Jenny Oaks Baker, and her rendition of the popular song. Elton John’s version uses a piano as the song’s centerpiece in place of the acoustic guitar in the original (in the film, his character is shown playing his pinball machine via a small piano keyboard), and features additional lyrics specially written by Townshend for the movie version. That version was released in 1975 as a promotional single only in the United States, and in 1976 in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 7. Billboard Hot 100.Īlbeit, most people are perhaps more familiar with the version of the song that Elton John performed in Ken Russell’s 1975 film adaptation of Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. The song was featured on the band’s 1969 rock opera album, Tommy. In fact, Peter Townshend, best known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the English rock band The Who, wrote a song called “Pinball Wizard.” The lyrics of the song 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 main character, Tommy Walker. The popularity of the game has also been used as the theme of books, and expressed through music and video productions. Every kid who has ever visited a game room has either played the game, or have watched others play the game as they compete for the highest score. Many modern pinball machines include a story line where the player must complete certain objectives in a certain fashion to complete the story, usually earning high scores for different methods of completing the game. Pinball machines have been around for quite some time, and have evolved from a simple tabletop game, into highly impressive and challenging games.
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