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Tommy is a 1975 British psychedelic musical fantasy drama film written and directed by Ken Russell.It was based on the Who's 1969 album of the same name, a rock opera about a "psychosomatically deaf, mute, and blind" boy who becomes a pinball champion and religious leader. [5]
"Pinball Wizard" was a major hit when released as a single. This sequence in the film depicts Elton John being backed by the Who (dressed in pound-note suits); the band portrayed the Pinball Wizard's band for filming, [123] but on the music track and soundtrack album, the music was performed entirely by him and his regular touring band. [121]
"Pinball Wizard" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 .
[8] and the 1976 machine Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, [9] both made by Bally and based on the 1975 movie. The former features an image of Roger Daltrey as the Pinball Wizard, the latter features an image of Elton John as the Pinball Champion.
The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard is a pinball machine based on the rock musical The Who's Tommy, based upon the band's 1969 rock opera album of the same name, which was also adapted into a 1975 motion picture. The machine features twenty-one songs from the musical sung by original Broadway cast members.
In "Pinball Wizard", Elton John's character says (about Tommy), "He's a pinball wizard". In the song "Miracle Cure", the lyrics "Pinball Wizard in a miracle cure" seems to support this as well (I don't think the the local lad got any sort of miracle cure). 11 August 2006 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.222.49.103 ( talk • contribs ...
His most valuable piece? "The Big Lebowski," named after the 1998 movie by Dutch Pinball. “It got rave reviews and I was among the first 100 people to order one in 2012 for $8,500, but due to a ...
The soundtrack was used in the 1975 Tommy film that was based on the original album that was released by The Who in 1969. Pete Townshend oversaw the production of this double-LP recording that returned the music to its rock roots, and on which the unrecorded orchestral arrangements he had envisaged for the original Tommy LP were realised by the ...