It was a perpetual concert favourite for Who fans due to its pop sound and familiarity. Nevertheless, the song was a commercial success and remains one of the most recognised tunes from the opera. Townshend once called it "the most clumsy piece of writing ever done". The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called "Local Lad" in the Tommy libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: "He ain't got no distractions / Can't hear those buzzers and bells / Don't see lights a flashin' / Plays by sense of smell / Always gets a replay / Never seen him fall / That deaf dumb and blind kid / Sure plays a mean pinball.", and "I thought I was the Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him". Despite the title, it has no musical connection to the Who's 1968 UK single " Dogs". The B-side of the "Pinball Wizard" single is an instrumental credited to Keith Moon, titled "Dogs Part Two". The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. That’s what this intro does." Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band the Who, featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy.
I love it when musicians take something simple and turn it into something iconic.
We have the chorus hook and then we also have the hook created on the guitar that we hear right at the start of the track. Give a little bit by your mum, I mean, Supertramp is one of those tracks that has more than one infinitely memorable hook. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #12 Give a Little Bit Supertramp The acoustic guitar intro In Mama I’m Coming Home starts with a lovely little lick and then becomes a calm and warming hook that draws you in instantly. The names Ozzy Osbourne and Zak Wylde aren’t exactly the first that come to mind when you think acoustic intros and nor do they come to mind when you think power ballad but they do it well despite it not being their usual bag. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #11 Mama I’m Coming Home Ozzy Osbourne The inro of this song (I can’t keep writing song titles with brackets) is just a few short bars, but in that short time, you hear an acoustic guitar sound that embodies this kind of music and it has a charming reminiscing feel to it. It’s from their fifth album Nimrod and it served as the second single. I think I’m right in saying that Good Riddance (time of your life) by Greenday is the most contemporary entry on the list so far. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #10 Good Riddance (time of your life) Greenday Sure, this intro isn’t a big monster hook but it’s light and gentle and has a floaty magical feel to it that’s almost impossible to match. Simon and Garfunkel aren’t exactly strangers to the odd piece stunning music and their Scarborough Fair recording is the perfect piece of evidence for that and the short but sweet intro sets the stall out early. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #9 Scarborough Fair Simon and Garfunkel It’s not as big and flashy as some of the other entries but it has a certain tenderness and sensitivity to it. I don’t know what goats head soup tastes like but the intro to this track has a delicate flavour to it. Angie was the lead single from The Rolling Stones album Goats Head Soup. The next entry takes us a couple of years further back in time to the year 1973. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #8 Angie The Rolling Stones Definitely lives up to the first word of the song title. I’d go as far as to describe it as mind blowing. It was later released as a single and is considered one of the band’s signature songs and it’s easy to see why because that intro is in a class of its own. Greatest acoustic guitar intros #7 Crazy on You HeartĬrazy on You is a song by the band Heart and it comes from their debut studio album Dreamboat Annie from 1975.
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