Sometimes a songwriter will despise one of their tunes that becomes a hit. John Lennon disparaged his own efforts all the time. Pete Townshend came to loathe this song, added at the last minute to The Who’s rock opera “Tommy” to curry favor with rock music critic Nik Cohn, an avowed pinball addict. Yet this became a fixture of their concerts and album rock radio due to the iconic intro. The LP begat a play, which begat a movie in 1975 in which Elton John played the Pinball Wizard and Tina Turner was the Acid Queen. Some inspired casting for that flick.
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