Tommy | Elton John Singing Pinball Wizard 

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Hahahahahaha "what a shit load of fuck!" As the nerd would say!

​@@m1lst3r89How sweet is you it's mine everyday I own it all church music

Wow. I can't unsee that now.

Angry Pinball Machine Nerd

Meanwhile Entwhistle's no flash, just business as usual and that's what makes him one of the best bass players ever.

¡Absolutamente!

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I guess Elton only agreed to do this if he was able to keep the giant Doc Martens.

@@daviddemaria3982 Absolute stompers, aren't they? 🤣

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says the unfunny ulcer !

Portsmouth UK?

Sounds like a fair trade to me

So coool

So did all the 800 girls who showed the boobs

Small world👍🏻

😄😄 You and me both.

Replacing the acoustic guitar with Elton's piano riff, during the intro, was a stroke of genius.

Easier for him to produce because he didn't produce it. Elton used his own band and produced Gus Dudgeon for the track.

One of my favorite songs

The movie clip doesn't include Davey Johnstone's guitar solo, which is just as amazing as Elton's piano parts

@@gerinurse5975 That gels with what I'd heard - that the Who didn't show up on time for the recording session, so Elton and his band recorded the song on their own without waiting for them. Pete did look after the whole soundtrack for the film though, so he would have likely had a hand in further production on that track for the film after the day of recording. It sounds like he at least overdubbed the guitar part from 2:30 for example, and the track was edited to fit the needs of the scene.

Not being enough of a music geek to know, I'm watching the video thinking "Isn't that a young Hugh Fitzcairn from Highlander? He sure got around."

Kinda a flip of Elton's and Rogers normal on-stage personas

Tommy is a Masterpiece in all the way!Greetings from Greece

Love this movie so much. Every so often, I'll listen to the soundtrack & sing along to every song. ❤

Set to music, of course.

"Tommy" is the Who's attempt to write/create/perform/produce a "rock opera." Andrew Lloyd Webber was so enamored with this idea of a "rock opera," he and Tim Rice started writing "Jesus Christ Superstar." And the rest is history, Webber being credited with the birth of "rock operas"-- when in fact the Who did it first.

@@edricawebb1578 This movie was creative genius. I wish this kind of quality musical theater and/or movie could still be found. I get so tired of Hollywood’s endless remakes of classic films that have had their storylines “sanitized” for political correctness. That seems to be all that’s coming out today.

Nice pinhead avatar to go along with this pinball video.

@@Keranu Hey! Who you callin’ a pinhead?

Me too

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Elton John did two cover versions in 73/74 -both of which were superior to the original versions-"Pinball Wizard" as you say is one;"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" being the other. Outdoing the Who and the Beatles with their own songs says a lot about EJ in his 70's hey day.

@@infrasleepsaid you and maybe two other people! 😂

@@GreyMarano Exactly.

the whole movie is now on youtube, it's such a trip watching Keith Moon as Uncle Ernie. LOL

Those were the days! I grew up on the mean streets of Winnipeg in the 70's playing pinball and smoking cigarettes in our teens.

I remember -that was the cool machine...I remember I could score really high on it and kept getting free balls. Boy, that was a long time ago...

@@johnathandavis3693 Yeah it was too long ago. 😥

That was a real machine? amazing.

There was an original machine that was kept pristine at a small 50's style diner on Sunset Boulevard and La Brea in Hollywood. It was the only machine still going in the city when the diner finally closed and the lines to play at at the end were suprising.

Wouldn't Roger be the Pinball wizard?

Do you remember Ann Margaret getting covered in baked beans? With some really odd music playing?

He's good. But, music-wise, I much prefer the original with Roger on vocals (like live at Woodstock).

@@lib556 True enough. There's a sparseness, punch and raw power that only the original Who recording has (and maybe Woodstock....haven't heard that in years.) But I do love this version too!

@@greatwestern101 Oh yeah. I grew up with the original 1969 album and always loved it. When I finally saw the film, the guest performances were ... jarring to me. I've grown to appreciate Elton, Tina and Eric's versions of their songs. They are their unique performances. But, I still prefer Daltrey's voice. He is the voice of the Who!... Except, of course those few songs sung by Pete and John...😁

Beautiful Moon the loon! ❤

Apparently they were already ruined from water damage.

Moon and Townsend tearing shit up and Entwistle just standing there playing bass like nothing is happening.

He was about to take a nosedive tho - 1977-1979 were not good years for him.

@@LannieLord1977-78 were forgettable for him, but 1979 was the beginning of the peak of his vocal capabilities in a live setting, which lasted until 1986

​@@LannieLordThat was the loss of Bernie. Elton could compose but writing wasn't his forte. I wasn't overly fond of his later stuff even hits.

I believe he recorded LSD for All This and WWII that year as well. I don't normally like covers of Beatles but it was as good as this.

I was so young and green that Tina's "Acid Queen" actually frightened me somewhat.It was like a car wreck you can't stop staring at. Miss you Miss Tina!

I was wondering, thank you.

That's very cool information to know, thanks!

What? ...,..Sorry mate I fell asleep,lol

Never mind that Elton's *keyboard* isn't even controlling the flippers...!

He's a pinball wizard though, so he's obviously using magic

52 year fan ;)

I'm 68 and remember going the theatre to watch it, unreal back then.

I was 12 when this movie came out - saw it in the theater & was absolutely obsessed!!! My first time seeing so many people perform - Tina Turner, The Who, Eric Clapton and of course Sir Elton!!!

The boots are now in the footwear museum in Northampton.

Nice souvenir if he pocketed it.

@@mangoman9290 He didn't, in the next scene, you can see Roger Daltrey's Tommy wearing the cap like a crown.

My grandmother took me to see this movie when I was 12. She would do things like that for me. She hated it but she did it for me. What I remember and didn’t see in the vhs or the dvd was 4:36 when Elton threw the cap off, someone ran over and picked it up off the floor and put it on Tommy’s head. Does anyone remember that? I know I saw that at the movie in the theater.

Who is she?

@@zapkvr Taron Egerton is the actor who portrayed Elton John in the biopic Rocketman

@@spezifisch4468 He can't sing like Elton, no one can match him. Taron was good in the movie though.

My mom wouldn't allow me to see this at the movies when I was 13. I don't think I ever got over it. 😂

It got pretty negative reviews generally, but I quite enjoy it.

I thought I saw him move a couple of inches to the right, but I could be mistaken?

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and not just hitting the piano all the time

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@@csabacsiszer1197: But isn't the piano the flippers' control?

@@EuMesmoVII yes

Johnstone?

And the Quintaphonic sound

He's not this tall in person!

He has got so many talents

Hope you've upgraded to Blu-ray by now LOL.

I saw it at the,cinema the year it came out. I cant stand The who but i liked the movie. Unwatchable today.

@@zapkvr0101 Same here, I thought it was outstanding and the symbolism was so well articulated.

@@zapkvr0101 And Ann Margaret is a dude with boobs!

Fun Fact: The Who’s Touring Keyboardist Loren Gold was at the Dodger Stadium concert.

Ikr, I was at his last show in Dodgers Stadium, would have loved to hear this!

Yes he has so many hits he finds it hard to choose successes like (Scrifice Nikata some saved my life tonight or Tonight) and others are not part of the singing tour

It was last nights opener!

Yeah, he opened his headliner set at Glastonbury with it!

He will...He is worth £320 Million.

I can play the fast strumming part about 50% of the time. For some reason (I'm pretty good) it can be difficult - for me at least.

understood since I have one as well.

Don’t gatekeep. Your parents probably said the same thing about the music of their time.

@Steven Cramsie Good point. My parents were born in the 50s, so they are of relevant age for this music and era. And, they weren't huge fan of British rock, indeed. Mainly because they didn't know English since they're Norwegians. I have listened through most of their record collections (both willingly and unwillingly), but a lot of it is really interesting (besidens Scandinavian dance-band music which sucks more than running a marathon during a hangover from rum). Modern music is primarily not interesting because they're mostly cast in the same mould. I am not saying all modern pop music suck, all modern rock does as well (besides Blood Ceremony, Uncle Acid, and a very few more you've never heard of). I could probably pick myself over a dozen pop songs from the past decade, which I can admit to actually find enjoyable. But how can one compare today's music with an era that had Sabbath, Zeppelin, Tull, Purple, Floyd, T Rex, New York Dolls, Grateful Dead, The Who, Humble Pie, CCR, Joni Mitchell, and so forth. Actually, CCR is the only band both me and my parents genuinely love. They like the more boring radio hits, I love the way interesting deep cuts. Sorry. I hope I don't sound like an ass, but this is my honest opinion.

Ann Margaret deserved an award for flipping around in all those baked beans!

And Anne Margaret ❤️

Me too. Great scene as well

the whole movie was just uploaded to youtube...unbelievably great. Keith Moon is Uncle Ernie. LOL

Hardly ! Most artists were off their face in the 70’s on drugs ! Other than ABBA and punk most of it is pretty forgettable.

Great decade but the 60s laid the groundwork for it

Steely Dan. @@dogwalker456

​@dogwalker456 that is the most ridiculous thing you've ever said.

​@dogwalker456 70s music was fungus Jackie walnut paste of the car. CLEAB VARSITY

1975 was his year

Dude, I saw him live in 2022 that guy is *still* a force of nature, as a keyboardist watching him absolutely destroy that grand piano was magical.

You probably wouldn't like him so much if you know what they have to do to be mega successful in this world and that he has most definitely been involved in blood sacrifice to Moloch.

@@discodirk48 did you ever stop to think that some people got where they are cause of talent?

I saw it in a theater I was a kid and I didn't get it. Years later our high-school class chose the " senior movie" 1980 . The film stopped at the baked beans scene and it was announced that anyone wanting to leave could go to the cafeteria and sit.3/4 of the place emptied out. Lol