I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out. It totally blew my mind. After the movie, I sat stunned waiting for my parents to pick me up, take me home. In those moments, I knew my life would never be the same again. I became a lifelong musician, and at 61, I still play keyboards in a rock band.
@@frankthespank I play a sort of Aggressive pinball, but not quite mean. LOL I do get pretty physically/vocally expressive. Feet firmly planted, hips and shoulders moving wildly, and hands on the machine, both pressing the buttons like a mad man, and bumping the table, trying to make the ball do my bidding. What I lack, is any kind of coherent strategy, just trying to get the ball to hit as many things as I can, and keep it from going down the chute. What an amazing invention!
I know just how you feel. but did you ever feel the need to trash your keyboard, and or drum kit, guitar be it base or lead or do other members just lead you to a pinball machine, he has crazy little fingers after all, How do think he does it ?
I was just an 8 year old kid in the audience the day they were filming this with Elton John and The Who. I was already a Who fan thanks to my elder brothers and the Who happened to be filming Tommy in my home town that summer. I was on my way home from school and walking past the Kings Theatre when I joined a crowd of trendy teenagers and got ushered in as extras all who were invited to form the crowds in the scene. I ended up on the shoulders of a young man who stood on the chairs in upper circle. It was pretty hairy but the excitement is something that never left me all my life. It was my first concert and my first shoot. Took me 40 years to see them in concert again.
Well lucky you !, my god this film is legendary to be part of 'Tommy' would be a dream for me Oliver reed, Jack nickolson, Anne (beautiful) margaret, Elton and the who !
"that almost sounds sped up,but wasn't." WHAT??? I hope you're trying to be funny because this is obviously sped up. You've just never heard this song played correctly.
Elton John at the peak of his amazing abilities as a singer/performer. The Who as Elton's back up band at their peak of their oh-so-cool onstage antics ( Pete's conspicuous consumption of destroying guitars ). Roger Daltrey at the peak of his insanely sexy muscular hairless blonde-hair blue-eyed good looks - and it's filmed in an era before M-TV or music videos are invented. This was a moment that altered the rock & roll universe forever. Watch this, my children, and understand "genius"!
While the Who's version of this song is great, I have always thought that Elton's version is just stellar! He really took it to the next level with the production, piano, etc.....
Tommy was the "other" mid-night movie where I'm from. One theater would show Rocky Horror, the other Tommy. I can't tell you how many times I saw this In my teens.
I remember that my friend Gail, our friend Charles and I called in to our jobs that night to go see that POS movie. It's the only part we remember, also. LOL The 70's WERE fun, weren't they? ;)
I got my grandmother to take me to see this ( my sister wanted to see "Jaws").... Grandma kind of liked the music but thought the movie was weird...lol
Yep, same here! I was forbidden to see the movie by my parents. Jumped on the forever reliable & always ready Schwinn Varsity & watched my first rock opera & as a bonus, never got caught! If Heaven isn't 1975 at 15 years old, I don't want to go. Cheers moon man!
I was 12 years old when me and my friends went to the local movie theater in illinois to see this movie. To say my mind was blown away .....is an understatement. Thank god😂❤
"we were spoiled, and didn't even know it. " That's why 21st century popular music came along; to make you realise how spoilt you were in the prior century.
@Slayy_queen4lifeIt's not knowing who Elton John is It's experiencing when he first became who he is. And hearing him in concert for the first times and all of the energy that was at that time. And he wasn't necessarily talking just about Elton John. The who was fantastic. And most of these guys are dead now.
@@LKMNOPRoger Daltrey, Pete Townsend and Elton John are still very much alive. Roger turned 80 this year and Pete & getting close to that age. So not quite true 'they're all dead now.'
lol, I wagged school when I was 13 to see this when it first came out, now I will be 61 this year. A big Thank You to "The Who" and to "Sir Elton John" for the perfect music/songs
This is when we were a part of the scene the concerts the clubs music and partys constantly flowing it was who playing tonite well zappas at the paladium and stewart and faces are at the garden and sat the eagles n heart at the meadowlands every day had something new to offer i know some of you remenber our generation never could that return or be recreated a bygone era so grateful i got to be a part of it
Trivia: The wardrobe department had gone so over budget by this point in the movie, they were forced to ask Elton John to just bring in some of his own ordinary, everyday street clothes to shoot this scene. Thankfully, he obliged.
I was a pre-teen in the mid-70s. Some rainy or snowy Saturday or Sunday afternoons, I'd be stuck inside. Sometimes I'd play with whatever toys or puzzles I had or I would read and sometimes I'd watch TV. Once, a rerun of Viva Las Vegas, with Elvis and Ann Margret was playing. I was about 9 or 10, but watching Ann Margret on screen, I knew I was heterosexual. #ComingOfAge
The chorus from this song just popped in my head this afternoon. Just out of nowhere. I remembered the 1975 hit by Elton John. Love this version over "The Who's" original. Elton made it better IMO. Elton's costume is hilarious. Love his facial expressions, and I want that hat!
Happy 54th Birthday, Pinball Wizard!!! LOVE The WHO (Crushing on Roger), they're in my TOP 3 BANDS,...but I gotta say, Elton OWNS this song!!! I knew every word to this movie, back in the day - saw it 4 times in the theatre. *Yes, dating myself here. Rock ON Roger, Pete, and Elton! RIP Keith and John.
TOMMY WAS AND STILL IS A MASTERPIECE OF A FILM LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT THANK TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE IT AMAZING 🥰 RIP KEITH MOON THEY'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU SLEEP WELL 😃 BUT THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL PLAYING THE DRUMS
Same here, Elton’s version was the first one I heard and when I heard The Who’s I was disappointed. It was good, but their’s didn’t have the same dynamic feel as Elton’s
Elton John was absolutely perfect for this scene. On top of being one the greatest musicians ever, he really looks like he also could have had a career in acting.
I was 17 when "Tommy" made it to the movie screen. It was a double treat for me because I was a fan of Elton John _and_ The Who. I was so hyped I went to The Northpoint Theater in San Francisco three nights in a row. The Northpoint (which closed in 1997) was known for having the smallest movie theater screen in San Francisco.
Pinball was illegal in my state when this movie came out. I was fascinated with the machines. When they became legal in Alabama I played them all. My favorite to this day is Power Play, the hockey themed table.
I have seen a ton of musicals but that has to be my all time favorite musical scene in any film. This scene is pure energy, excitement and best of you have Elton John and The Who!
Wow. Talk about bringing back memories! I was a sophomore in high school when this movie came out. Went to see it. Liked it. Bought the soundtrack too. Oh the 70’s! I preferred the 80’s myself. Great time for music too!
This IS one of the greatest movie songs ever done this movie has never got the recognition it deserves music has lost the innocence this movie projects
Boy this brings back memories! I was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver,saw the movie when it first came out,stayed at the same theatre on East Colfax for 6 months!
I always wanted to know about the backstory of the Pinball Wizard. Such a wild character, wish we knew more about him before Tommy defeats him, and what happened to him after. There is a story there for someone to write.
I suspect he probably settled down to an obscenely luxurious retirement (and wearing giant bunny slippers) afterward. After all, if a newcomer like Tommy was able to buy fancy yachts and stately manors with his winnings, then Elton the longtime Champ must've surely amassed a GNP-sized fortune during HIS career. (And we all know Professional Pinball was a HUGE sport back in the '70's. :)
@@sidnew2739 Some kid who handed his pinball crown to Tommy. So I think he is more than some random kid. So I think it would be a great story of what happened after he handed his pinball crown to Tommy. Every fictional story is bullshit.
Yep, he sure was in Los Angeles, from about '72 to '76, about half of what KHJ and KKDJ played. I remember the girls at my school were just plain crazy for him, David Bowie and Rod Stewart at that time.
My favorite!!! I was the actual pinball wizard!!! I played the pinball wizard machine and would always rack up 25 games!!! That's the most you could get on it!!! I could beat any pinball machine and then I went to Fooze ball and was the champ at it!!!! I lived in arcade's!!!!!
I can still remember with decent clarity being taken to this by my older siblings when I was six years old. Threre were some other teenaged kids from my neighborhood (that were around my sibs' ages) there also. I though it was a weird film, but I recall the vibe in the theater, etc.
It was an existing musical work turned into a film. One of the most important works in Rock and Roll. Listen to the live at Leeds extended LP when the Who played in live, years before the film was made.
I had to watch this movie twice the weekend it came out. Stoned out of my gourd, first time the visuals blew me away. The second time it was the music.
I am a true Who fanatic I also like Elton John Have you listened to the entire album goodbye yellow brick road it almost sounds like the Who backing him up he's got such a great original band
Thank you for uploading this! What a crazy combo! I always like both of them but never imagined a team up like that, damn costumes are enough already, lmao, I really enjoyed this!
Good ol' pinball wizard. A friend of mine had an arcade in his town close recently that was called "Pinball Wizard" and him, myself and 2 others harmonized this as tribute.
Roger Daltry Elton John Tina Turner Oliver Reed , what a great cast. Especially the singers. Who knew then what we know now. Keith Moon and PeteTownsend
I'm a big fan of The Who and Elton John, and I loved this scene in the movie. I feel like this was the best of the cover songs in the movie. Although I loved the movie, it was different than the rawness of the Who's original rock opera, "Tommy." I guess for me, one reason I liked the album a bit better was because all the other artists took The Who's songs and adapted them to their own styles, and a couple of the songs were a lot different (e.g. "Eyesight to the Blind"). But overall, the movie was worthwhile, and I'm glad I was able to compare the movie with the album.
I wonder how they decided that Elton John's master pinball machine should be an Art Decco fixture. I really love the organ overlay over the intro. It adds yet another dimension to the tune; sort of imperialistic, and then kind of melacholy once the piano arpeggio starts.
I was 18 or 19 in the Army stationed in Germany when this came out. We had been hearing the soundtrack on Armed Forces radio. We were on maneuvers while it played in the base theater. A group of friends and I went to see it. We were blown away. They don't play this enough on the radio.
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I remember seeing this in the theater when it first came out.
It totally blew my mind. After the movie, I sat stunned waiting for my parents to pick me up, take me home.
In those moments, I knew my life would never be the same again.
I became a lifelong musician, and at 61, I still play keyboards in a rock band.
But do you play a mean pinball?
@@frankthespank I play a sort of Aggressive pinball, but not quite mean. LOL
I do get pretty physically/vocally expressive.
Feet firmly planted, hips and shoulders moving wildly, and hands on the machine, both pressing the buttons like a mad man, and bumping the table, trying to make the ball do my bidding.
What I lack, is any kind of coherent strategy, just trying to get the ball to hit as many things as I can, and keep it from going down the chute.
What an amazing invention!
I know just how you feel. but did you ever feel the need to trash your keyboard, and or drum kit, guitar be it base or lead or do other members just lead you to a pinball machine, he has crazy little fingers after all, How do think he does it ?
@@michaelgwyndavies2827 Idk
@@anthonyforte7907 explain idk please or just call me daft no freaks going to beat my hand,damn he is just breaking every damn rule. Goodnight.
I was just an 8 year old kid in the audience the day they were filming this with Elton John and The Who. I was already a Who fan thanks to my elder brothers and the Who happened to be filming Tommy in my home town that summer. I was on my way home from school and walking past the Kings Theatre when I joined a crowd of trendy teenagers and got ushered in as extras all who were invited to form the crowds in the scene. I ended up on the shoulders of a young man who stood on the chairs in upper circle. It was pretty hairy but the excitement is something that never left me all my life. It was my first concert and my first shoot. Took me 40 years to see them in concert again.
Well lucky you !, my god this film is legendary to be part of 'Tommy' would be a dream for me Oliver reed, Jack nickolson, Anne (beautiful) margaret, Elton and the who !
PURE AWESOMENESS ❤️
Hey thanks that's a great story!
Did Pedo Pete offer you candy?
which town?
No matter how many times I watch this video, those giant Dr. Martens on Elton always make me smile!
They`re in the DMs Museum in Northampton now.
Funny that Elton sold them. Only way he would play the role, was if they let him keep those boots.
And it's where the "The bigger the feet..." conjecture started.
Elton John and The Who together In Tommy. A Classic masterpiece...
absolutely !
And it’s the original band, with Keith Moon.
it was more than a masterpiece it was awesome as hell takes me back good time i loved the 70s love to go back
The Elton John Band does not suck. The Who are absolutely hero's.
Nobody but Tina could do The Acid Queen... Had to see this today. Much respect...
This is when Elton was able to sing with that particular higher pitch that almost sounds sped up,but wasn't. Unique tone.
It is pitched up in this bad recording..
@@compfox LOLOLOL... exactly. There are plenty of WAY better recordings of this out there.
"that almost sounds sped up,but wasn't." WHAT??? I hope you're trying to be funny because this is obviously sped up. You've just never heard this song played correctly.
Yes, " trying to be funny". By the way, I think you mean upload not recording.
By the way, Elton could sing like this without things having to be manipulated. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is one example.
Elton John at the peak of his amazing abilities as a singer/performer. The Who as Elton's back up band at their peak of their oh-so-cool onstage antics ( Pete's conspicuous consumption of destroying guitars ). Roger Daltrey at the peak of his insanely sexy muscular hairless blonde-hair blue-eyed good looks - and it's filmed in an era before M-TV or music videos are invented. This was a moment that altered the rock & roll universe forever. Watch this, my children, and understand "genius"!
liked dee murrays guitar solo better.
Yes I agree must say the 70s was the best years
Today I still look back thinking how good we had days of brilliant music and rock
While the Who's version of this song is great, I have always thought that Elton's version is just stellar! He really took it to the next level with the production, piano, etc.....
I agree
Yes great ending and solo ..a really Kool sound that went with the Era!! 🎹🎹
agreed
It was all Townsend. This was from the movie the wall. Elton was a great choice for the movie
@@roberthansen7549 eh? The Wall was Pink Floyd mate! lol
Those boots were so brilliant 😂
Tommy was the "other" mid-night movie where I'm from. One theater would show Rocky Horror, the other Tommy. I can't tell you how many times I saw this In my teens.
4 of us guys went to see this in 75 we were so stoned that this is the only part I can remember.
I remember that my friend Gail, our friend Charles and I called in to our jobs that night to go see that POS movie. It's the only part we remember, also. LOL The 70's WERE fun, weren't they? ;)
I got my grandmother to take me to see this ( my sister wanted to see "Jaws").... Grandma kind of liked the music but thought the movie was weird...lol
Yep, same here! I was forbidden to see the movie by my parents. Jumped on the forever reliable & always ready Schwinn Varsity & watched my first rock opera & as a bonus,
never got caught!
If Heaven isn't 1975 at 15 years old, I don't want to go.
Cheers moon man!
I sort of remember it the same way, saw it with some college buddies, "stoned agin"!
In 2023, Tommy still being AMAZING
might be one of the best covers version ever superb
I was 12 years old when me and my friends went to the local movie theater in illinois to see this movie.
To say my mind was blown away .....is an understatement.
Thank god😂❤
I watch this and laugh with joy! God, we were spoiled, and didn't even know it. Those shoes!!!
Ikr. Can't get a pair of doc martens like that for love nor money these days. Even inserts don't make you quite as tall
"we were spoiled, and didn't even know it. "
That's why 21st century popular music came along; to make you realise how spoilt you were in the prior century.
Young people today will never experience the icons that started it all back in the day
Everyone thought young folks out of control at that point . 🤣
Les 70's ont marqué my génération.....quel bonheur j'ai pu les voir en 1972 et plus tard. Quel groupe énergique et des musiciens hors pair.
@Slayy_queen4lifeIt's not knowing who Elton John is It's experiencing when he first became who he is. And hearing him in concert for the first times and all of the energy that was at that time. And he wasn't necessarily talking just about Elton John. The who was fantastic. And most of these guys are dead now.
Very true!
@@LKMNOPRoger Daltrey, Pete Townsend and Elton John are still very much alive. Roger turned 80 this year and Pete & getting close to that age. So not quite true 'they're all dead now.'
I was in Chicago and saw the world premiere in 1975
lol, I wagged school when I was 13 to see this when it first came out, now I will be 61 this year. A big Thank You to "The Who" and to "Sir Elton John" for the perfect music/songs
Through the magic wand of Elton John, the Who has made Pinball Wizard it's most epic tune.
This is when we were a part of the scene the concerts the clubs music and partys constantly flowing it was who playing tonite well zappas at the paladium and stewart and faces are at the garden and sat the eagles n heart at the meadowlands every day had something new to offer i know some of you remenber our generation never could that return or be recreated a bygone era so grateful i got to be a part of it
Elton seems a little bit taller than I remember him.
I don’t know why 😂
😅😅😅
Forced perspective
All the members of The who are very short
@@VinluvAntonHandesbukia actually no. He really did have very tall boots, and only did the film on the condition that he could keep the boots.
Spice Girls: "we had the tallest platform shoes in music"
Elton: "hold my beer"
Can the spice girls play the pinball under their own brand name?
😂😂😂
Trivia: The wardrobe department had gone so over budget by this point in the movie, they were forced to ask Elton John to just bring in some of his own ordinary, everyday street clothes to shoot this scene. Thankfully, he obliged.
LOL 😆 LOL 😆!
So they spent the entire wardrobe budget on those big doc marten boots.
Hard to notice with all the enormous talent, but that is one cooking bass line! Entwistle best ever hands down!
Elton used his own band to record his version of the song. The Who are not really playing here.
Dee Murray is the bassist you're hearing here
John Alec Entwhistle, AKA The Ox, AKA Thunderfingers. I could watch him play bass all day even if the sound was off.
That vintage Flying V bass from his collection though!
@@johnleurck7139 My favorite bass player. Elton's band was so underrated.
2023 still love the who pinball Wizard this blown me out then still playing my 1973 pinball today playing these great tracks today 😊
Tommy was the very first rock opera!❤️👍
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good Ann Margret rolling around in baked beans is?
Agreed…she still looks great (I don’t care how old she is).
She let down the troops in south east Asia, not her fault though Saigon fell,
I’ll second that.
I was a pre-teen in the mid-70s. Some rainy or snowy Saturday or Sunday afternoons, I'd be stuck inside. Sometimes I'd play with whatever toys or puzzles I had or I would read and sometimes I'd watch TV. Once, a rerun of Viva Las Vegas, with Elvis and Ann Margret was playing. I was about 9 or 10, but watching Ann Margret on screen, I knew I was heterosexual.
#ComingOfAge
That was a lil naughty, wasn't it ? :)
This might seem weird but I'm 11 right now and I love 70's music. I'm not old enough to watch Tommy yet but I can't wait to see it.
Quadrophenia the movie should be on your list. To be honest it is a better movie.
@@seaturtledog When do you think it's a good age to watch it?
I was 8 or 9 when this movie came out. My big brother took me to see it and I turned out fine.
There’s plenty out there waiting for you.
Oh, and you’ll definitely get a thrill out of Ann-Margret in Tommy
seaturtledog…..Tommy was horrible, so overrated, the movie that is. Quad is much better.
The chorus from this song just popped in my head this afternoon. Just out of nowhere. I remembered the 1975 hit by Elton John. Love this version over "The Who's" original. Elton made it better IMO. Elton's costume is hilarious. Love his facial expressions, and I want that hat!
Take your meds. Your critical thinking is shot.
I like Elton’s version better, too. I especially like the way he sings the chorus.👍
More creativity and inventiveness in this short 5 minute clip than in most full length movies nowadays.
No kidding!
One of tge geeatest rock movies ever!!!!
Happy 54th Birthday, Pinball Wizard!!! LOVE The WHO (Crushing on Roger), they're in my TOP 3 BANDS,...but I gotta say, Elton OWNS this song!!! I knew every word to this movie, back in the day - saw it 4 times in the theatre. *Yes, dating myself here. Rock ON Roger, Pete, and Elton! RIP Keith and John.
you are clearly a babe
This isn't a scene from "Tommy". It's just Elton John hanging around his house on a normal Tuesday afternoon.
Daniel Bradford Totally!
When George Micheal was arrested his cell mate was a skinhead.When released George recorded Hairless Fister.
Craven Morehead Get out!
Daniel Bradford Lmao. Pretty sure I saw Freddy Mercury in the audience nodding in approval.
comettamer Wait, what? Where?
Grew up with Elton Johns music but I never watched this-That was tremendous!!!!!
Back in 1979 my sister and l saw this movie 50 times!! 😅
The first few times, it's hard to follow the plot, but after the 4th time it all makes sense. Well, to me anyway.
TOMMY WAS AND STILL IS A MASTERPIECE OF A FILM LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT THANK TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE IT AMAZING 🥰 RIP KEITH MOON THEY'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU SLEEP WELL 😃 BUT THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL PLAYING THE DRUMS
I was 10 when this came out, I knew this as an Elton song - it was all over the radio that summer - before I'd ever even HEARD of The Who.
Same here, Elton’s version was the first one I heard and when I heard The Who’s I was disappointed. It was good, but their’s didn’t have the same dynamic feel as Elton’s
50 years as a Rock N Roller and I have never seen this, A super treat. Thank You!!!
Elton covered Pinball Wizard and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds in 1975. 2 classic '60s tracks from 2 incredible bands The Beatles and The Who.
yes! i really like his versions of both songs
Elton John was absolutely perfect for this scene. On top of being one the greatest musicians ever, he really looks like he also could have had a career in acting.
He only agreed to do this scene if he could keep the shoes.
He does look like a British TV actor. There’s like a face they have.
Pk
@@treebahn yes , Brits always pretend
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm a huge fan of The Who and a moderate Elton fan but Elton owned this song from the moment he recorded it
AGREED. (Though I'm more than a moderate Elton fan, but DEF a huge Who fan). This version ROCKS!!!
Yep. “Lucy in the Sky” as well. Only Elton could cover the Beatles and go to #1 with it.
@@drhoo2053 Well, he was huge then, but I was never big on his non psychedelic Lucy
I was 17 when "Tommy" made it to the movie screen. It was a double treat for me because I was a fan of Elton John _and_ The Who. I was so hyped I went to The Northpoint Theater in San Francisco three nights in a row. The Northpoint (which closed in 1997) was known for having the smallest movie theater screen in San Francisco.
Pinball was illegal in my state when this movie came out. I was fascinated with the machines. When they became legal in Alabama I played them all. My favorite to this day is Power Play, the hockey themed table.
Such an amazing movie, album and concept, bringing all these musical talents and famous names together. There may never be another like tgis
Yes we will take 5 minutes and 8 seconds so that we will recognize how gifted and great Sir Elton John is YOU ROCK Elton ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
I still have some CD-ROM discs. And while the view could stand the time, this sounds AMAZING
What an excellent version of this song!
One of the most Epic scenes in any Musical.
This is my favorite part of the whole movie. I like this version better than the original version.
There hasn't been a great Rock Opera in the last 40 years...Sad.
Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche and The Crimson Idol by WASP aren't 40 years old yet.
I like how they snuck I Can't Explain in there
INCREDIBLE watching Tommy play. I was pretty good in my day, but NOTHING like Tommy.
I have seen a ton of musicals but that has to be my all time favorite musical scene in any film. This scene is pure energy, excitement and best of you have Elton John and The Who!
Que saudades!!! nos anos 70 eu era "viciado" em Pinbal! hj tenho 57 anos, e sinto muita saudades! Acredito ser um privilegiado em ter nascido em 1960.
This is:
the best scene of the movie,
the best theme of the film,
the best song of The Who, and
the best performance of Elton John.
Anything else?
tantrismx the best shoes ever worn? Lmao
and also the best eye glasses frame, lol
(and cap) :P
tantrismx Pinball Arcade has a remix of it.
tantrismx the most exciting scene
@UsirRaMaroon I have to admit I was a little disappointed the video cut off right before the Ann Margret scene.
This was a great time to be a teenager
The movie, the music or the pinball before video games?
Wow. Talk about bringing back memories! I was a sophomore in high school when this movie came out. Went to see it. Liked it. Bought the soundtrack too.
Oh the 70’s! I preferred the 80’s myself. Great time for music too!
'Tommy' is a master piece!
This IS one of the greatest movie songs ever done this movie has never got the recognition it deserves music has lost the innocence this movie projects
Watching Rocky Horror picture show was bizarre but Tommy just blew my mind as a teenager
Boy this brings back memories! I was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver,saw the movie when it first came out,stayed at the same theatre on East Colfax for 6 months!
I was at Chanute when this came out . First time I smelled pot in a military theater ( smoking was legal then ) .
I saw this when I got back from Saigon. It changed my life.
I always wanted to know about the backstory of the Pinball Wizard. Such a wild character, wish we knew more about him before Tommy defeats him, and what happened to him after. There is a story there for someone to write.
It's bullshit anyway. On the Album, the Pinball Wizard is Tommy himself, the song' s "narrator" is some kid from the arcades.
I suspect he probably settled down to an obscenely luxurious retirement (and wearing giant bunny slippers) afterward.
After all, if a newcomer like Tommy was able to buy fancy yachts and stately manors with his winnings, then Elton the longtime Champ must've surely amassed a GNP-sized fortune during HIS career.
(And we all know Professional Pinball was a HUGE sport back in the '70's. :)
Refugee from Willy Wonka, maybe?
@@sidnew2739 Some kid who handed his pinball crown to Tommy. So I think he is more than some random kid. So I think it would be a great story of what happened after he handed his pinball crown to Tommy. Every fictional story is bullshit.
@@Dresdentrumpet Nope, this one is especially stupid.
The ORIGINAL Album is dope, though.
For a couple of years in the mid 70's Elton was the biggest thing on the radio.
Yep, he sure was in Los Angeles, from about '72 to '76, about half of what KHJ and KKDJ played. I remember the girls at my school were just plain crazy for him, David Bowie and Rod Stewart at that time.
This song charted no.1 for weeks, and it was never released as a single. It basically sold the album, "Tommy."
My favorite!!! I was the actual pinball wizard!!! I played the pinball wizard machine and would always rack up 25 games!!!
That's the most you could get on it!!!
I could beat any pinball machine and then I went to Fooze ball and was the champ at it!!!!
I lived in arcade's!!!!!
Not Deaf Dumb andBlind yet?
Stepping into Elton's Boots
On TV tonight overhere, The Netherlands, saw film when I was 15 or 16 years young
Size 31 shoe-wearing Elton John in stilts singing “no freak’s gonna beat my hand” lol
He was bad-ass back then. Too bad he softened later on.
The pinball at the top of Elton's hat. Yes.
Wow, somehow I never noticed that. Thanks!
Which became Tommy’s at the end of the scene; guess that beanie is the “pinball crown,” lol. Personally I’d rather have the Docs 🤣
I can still remember with decent clarity being taken to this by my older siblings when I was six years old. Threre were some other teenaged kids from my neighborhood (that were around my sibs' ages) there also. I though it was a weird film, but I recall the vibe in the theater, etc.
Elton, magnificent performance. I know you didn't want to lose
Tommy = Best Rock soundtrack of the 1970s, thanks for posting.
It was an existing musical work turned into a film. One of the most important works in Rock and Roll. Listen to the live at Leeds extended LP when the Who played in live, years before the film was made.
“Tommy” a essential watch for any kid getting into classic rock
saw this at the theatre when i was 9. loved it then - love it now.
Gravatt Entertainment Huh, me too!
That's BECAUSE you were 9. I was 16, and thought it was CRAP. LOL
Me too - I was 10. Never forgot it
I had to watch this movie twice the weekend it came out. Stoned out of my gourd, first time the visuals blew me away. The second time it was the music.
Cuantos recuerdos de mi adolescencia ...!! Tenia 13 años cuando vi esta pelicula ...!!! Una de las favoritas de esa epoca ...!!!
I was such a pinball nut in the 70 s I mean I m so lucky to be a teenager in 1976 the late the best era of all!! And disco doesn't t suck!!
I am a true Who fanatic I also like Elton John Have you listened to the entire album goodbye yellow brick road it almost sounds like the Who backing him up he's got such a great original band
Seen this concert back in the day
Perhaps the Champ would have won if he focused on playing pinball instead of wandering around the stage singing a song about his opponent 😂
Elton John and The Who together on [movie] stage. Two of the greatest Live acts of this era. Can't beat that.
Thank you for uploading this! What a crazy combo! I always like both of them but never imagined a team up like that, damn costumes are enough already, lmao, I really enjoyed this!
Good ol' pinball wizard. A friend of mine had an arcade in his town close recently that was called "Pinball Wizard" and him, myself and 2 others harmonized this as tribute.
Tommy is one off the lps ever double that is buy one of the best groups ever
I saw the actual concert. It was amazing!!!
ELTON...You Da King baby!!
Roger Daltry Elton John Tina Turner Oliver Reed , what a great cast. Especially the singers. Who knew then what we know now. Keith Moon and PeteTownsend
Woke up trying to find Tina Turner as the Acid Queen but I love this song too lol
Those are the biggest doc martins I've ever seen.
Glorious.
I'm a big fan of The Who and Elton John, and I loved this scene in the movie. I feel like this was the best of the cover songs in the movie. Although I loved the movie, it was different than the rawness of the Who's original rock opera, "Tommy." I guess for me, one reason I liked the album a bit better was because all the other artists took The Who's songs and adapted them to their own styles, and a couple of the songs were a lot different (e.g. "Eyesight to the Blind"). But overall, the movie was worthwhile, and I'm glad I was able to compare the movie with the album.
I don't know the Tina Turner scene is pretty badass!
@@snydmark yes, it was good. But this is one example where I'm more partial to the original album version.
@@jnix911 it was a blast in the past when I saw it the other day! See me feel me touch me heal me!
Keith, being "Uncle Ernie", was pretty good.....
Wow! I haven’t thought about this movie in forever!! Life changing stuff right here!🎵🎵🎹❣️
I wonder how they decided that Elton John's master pinball machine should be an Art Decco fixture. I really love the organ overlay over the intro. It adds yet another dimension to the tune; sort of imperialistic, and then kind of melacholy once the piano arpeggio starts.
I was 12, I was traumatized and yet still love the Who.
I love the '70s The Who Elton John
I saw this movie when it opened at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York 1975.
Excellent movie. My older brother took me to see it when I was 8 ☺️
I really miss the 70s. 0h well now I can't deal with kids that were my age
My favourite scene in the movie, followed by Eyesight to the blind.
+Radio Rob Same. Also, EC was so hot in that scene! I'm a straight chick, so it's JMO. Not implying that's why you like it.
I like Sally Simpson too
I was 18 or 19 in the Army stationed in Germany when this came out. We had been hearing the soundtrack on Armed Forces radio. We were on maneuvers while it played in the base theater. A group of friends and I went to see it. We were blown away. They don't play this enough on the radio.
Lol, Elton John with those shoes calling Tommy a freak🤣