“I made a huge leap into the absurd when I decided that the hero would play pinball while still deaf,, and blind,” he said. Townshend discussed making pinball central to Tommy. RELATED: The Who’s Pete Townshend Said 1 Beatles Album and 1 Beach Boys Album ‘Redefined Music’ Peter Townshend felt The Who’s ‘Pinball Wizard’ would be a hit even if fans disliked ‘Tommy’ “In the next three or four weeks it was relatively simple to interpolate ‘pinball’ into a couple of other places in the sequence of Tommy songs, and to redo the necessary vocal lines.” Meher Baba | Bettmann / Contributor “The terms ‘pinball wizard’ and ‘mean pinball’ had been used by whenever we played,” he recalled. Townshend explained where the title of “Pinball Wizard” originated. “Meher Baba had spoken about ‘God playing marbles with the Universe,’ and the newly introduced pinball element echoed that in Tommy,” he wrote. In his 2012 book Who I Am: A Memoir, Townshend discussed Meher Baba’s influence on The Who’s music. Townshend was one of his most famous followers. Meher Baba was an Indian mystic who taught he was God in human form. The Who’s Peter Townshend was inspired by a mystic’s belief that God plays around with the universe 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 of a famous mystic helped inspire the track. The Who gave the world many unique rock ‘n’ roll songs. Pete Townshend was one of his followers.The guru in question claimed to be God in human form.The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” was partly inspired by a spiritual guru.

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