It’s silly keeping them under contract for a year, because, ah, I might never work again. I always do things by instinct and I just know it’s time to cool it I mean, who wants to be a 45-year-old entertainer in Las Vegas like Elvis?” Y’know, I feel really strange at this particular point in time. I’m definitely not retiring but I want to put my energies elsewhere for a while. It came to the point where I sang ‘Yellow Brick Road’ and I thought, ‘I don’t have to sing this anymore,’ and it made me quite happy inside.” He sighed and ran a finger along the coffee table edge. “It was a pretty weird night, a very sad occasion, I must say. Rolling Stone‘s #49 Greatest Artist of All Time: Elton John His show in Madison Square Garden the night before (August 17th), with its dancing bananas and flying trousers, was the big finish to a sellout 16-day swing through the East and, by report, marked his farewell to the road for a long time, maybe even for good. He rarely does interviews and when his eyes, behind blue-tinted glasses, look away, they reveal his discomfort. The story is tells is very cool - imagine someone like Helen Keller amazingly being able to dominate, of all things, a pinball machine!? Anyway, sorry for the somewhat shaky review of this good but underachieving song.Elton John walked shyly into the corner room of his sprawling suite on the tenth floor of the Sherry-Nether-land Hotel in New York, delivered a bone-crushing handshake and assumed the middle of a white sofa. It can't help but feel slow though, and I've never caught on to it that much for this reason. The acoustic is good in this, though, and it's pretty catchy. Personally, I think Elton John's cover of the song is many times better, as it more successfully conveys emotion, along with a flowing piano. There's a cool acoustic that slowly fades out as the song ends.Ĭomments: This is a good, classic song, but I don't think it reaches its full potential. The man speaking about Tommy basically admits his complete defeat to the deaf, dumb, and blind boy in the final verse. It sticks with the acoustic theme however, and the acoustic part from the beginning is repeated. The music in the song seems like it's being kept back or restrained, and compared with some Who songs, it probably is. A drum has been added in by the bridge/chorus, both describing the disbelief of people on how he is so successful. "That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball." quite the subject content! The lyrics describe the rise of Tommy, the pinball wizard, and how he becomes one with the machine, destroying all opponents just by sense. The acoustic goes into a quick back-and forth frenzy and there's an electric tossing in single chords to help build the emotion as well. The song starts out with an acoustic guitar, making little chord changes and subtly rising, ready to explode, so it seems. Unfortunately, I'd never heard the whole thing, but I've heard this, the most well-known off the album. Pete Townshend of the Who had an idea for a "rock opera" about a deaf, dumb(mute) and blind boy named Tommy who finds his niche at pinball. "Pinball Wizard" is just one of the links in the epic chain that is Tommy. Just don't tell any Aaron Carter fans.I'll have to review one of his songs when they request them! AHHHHHH!!! Onto the review. :\ I'll get through them though, and then you guys can shower me with all of your cruddy requests once more Nah, seriously though, this site is back. I hadn't and still really am not looking forward to completing "Phase 1" of requests, I'm sorry, but I have some boring songs to review. I'M BACK!!! Yes, John has finally been cured of his laziness, indifference, or whatever may have been the symptom. Song Review for The Who's "Pinball Wizard"Ĭhart Position/Album Cover: N/A (I don't do them for songs) Welcome to the placid realm of J-R-R, John's Rock Reviews.
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