And now he's crooned his way through The Who's Pinball Wizard, using the tune of Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues.
He's known all over the world as Puddles Pity Party. Tommy was playing a Kings and Queens EM pin, and I couldn't make out the game Elton john was playing. Video: Depressed 7ft clown sings Pinball Wizard in the style of Johnny Cash.
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Good for Pete to turn pinball into something special and give us a HERO in Tommy! I was looking at some images of the Pinball battle between Rodger and Elton John in the movie Tommy. Puddles has since performed all over the planet. I would be great to hear (or view) your presentation! It is hard to believe that pinball was viewed by many as a "bad thing". Hallelujah and a smoosh-up of The Whos Pinball Wizard with Johnny Cashs Folsom Prison Blues. Queen and his unforgettable mash-up of Pinball Wizard/Folsom Prison Blues.
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I was into pinball before April 1969 and can personally attest to the attitude shift. From The Video Vaultz Of Clevelandz Masterz Of Mayhem Underground TV - Puddles Pity Party - Who/Johnny Cash mash-up Pinball Wizard. 66K views, 961 likes, 246 loves, 161 comments, 204 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Puddles Pity Party: You wanted this Switcharoo, you got it The Who and Elton John and Johnny Cash. Puddles the Clown with chin resing on fist to promote Puddles Pity Party. In my telling of the history of pinball, "Pinball Wizard" as a hit song was the first positive mention of pinball in mass media (since 1931!) that actually shifted public attitudes on a mass scale. Last month Puddles released an emotional rendering of Cheap Trick’s 1977 smash I Want You To Want Me, but his latest adventure may just be his most implausible yet: a cover of The Who’s Pinball Wizard sung to the tune of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues. He DOES get adequate credit in my presentation called "The History of Pinball Fandom" (given at Expo and Pintastic). Yes, he created the expression and introduced it into popular culture.
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