Few songs by The Who are as legendary as “Pinball Wizard”. This hard rock power pop tune was a standout track on the band’s 1969 rock opera concept record, Tommy. The whole of the album is quite ...

Like so many ’60s pop bands, The Who was a singles band. Albums were often an afterthought, and the rest of the songs on the records were nothing more than filler. Radio play drove the sales.

Pete Townshend recounted the truth behind the story of how “Pinball Wizard” came to be part of the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy, forcing him to make the deaf, dumb and blind lead character into an ...

The Who gave the world many unique rock ‘n’ roll songs. For example, one of the only hit songs about a game is The Who’s “Pinball Wizard.” In his autobiography, Pete Townshend explained how the words ...

Green Day songs are some of the most essential classic rock tunes of the 1990s and 2000s. However, the band drew significant influence from The Who, one of the most iconic bands of the 1960s and 1970s ...

John is seen performing the song “Pinball Wizard” in giant boots as he becomes increasingly infuriated by lead character Tommy, the “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who “sure plays a mean pinball.” Writing ...