Who wrote the song "Pinball Wizard"?
A deaf, dumb, and blind kid who plays pinball better than anyone else alive isn't exactly the most obvious topic for a rock song. It's weird, specific, and the whole concept sounds like something dreamed up at 3 a.m. after too many drinks. But somehow "Sure plays a mean pinball" became one of rock's most memorable lines. Who wrote the song "Pinball Wizard"?
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Correct Answer: Pete Townshend
(Source)Why did a deaf and blind kid need to become a pinball prodigy with his sense of smell (I don't even know how that works)? Well, depending on which Pete Townshend story you believe, he wrote the song and included it in "Tommy" to win over a critic who happened to be a major fan of pinball. Townshend himself hated it, the song not the game. Actually, he kinda hated the game, too.
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